[1.12.2] Mod Updating Question

[PulseBeat_02]

So, I was updating a mod when I thought about this question. If I download the latest 1.12.2 Forge Mod Development Kit (MDK) and import at 1.8 project (not 1.12.2 project) will it show errors in eclipse (my program for Java) that if I fix, I would be able to make the mod work in 1.12.2? If that was so, mod updating would me much easier.

[Animefan8888]

44 minutes ago, PulseBeat_02 said:

If I download the latest 1.12.2 Forge Mod Development Kit (MDK) and import at 1.8 project (not 1.12.2 project) will it show errors in eclipse (my program for Java) that if I fix, I would be able to make the mod work in 1.12.2? If that was so, mod updating would me much easier

Yes this is how you should update a mod. Though just fixing those errors won't always solve the issue.

[PulseBeat_02]

What else could be the case?

[MDW01]

It is mainly just fixing errors but as it is with coding just because there aren't any errors doesn't mean it will work. The things the code does could have changed and some stuff is added or removed entirely.