Which would be more practical?

[Sty2000]

Hey, just wondering if it would be more practical for a person like me to wait for forge 1.13 to come out or try backporting and hope it doesn't blow up in my face?

 

I understand that spamming Lex isn't the way to go; I'm also very impatient as a person and love some of the new 1.13 additions but can't stand vanilla mc.

I'm unaware if it's even legal to backport mc content or how to do so (i'd literally have to ask on the official forums or whatnot).

 

any input would be welcome,

[Sty2000]

on a sidenote is anyone willing to mentor me when it comes to coding a mod?

[Cadiboo]

Honestly there weren't that many additions (on the surface) that came in 1.13 so back porting the features probably won't be too hard (except for the water stuff, don't even try & touch that).

3 hours ago, Sty2000 said:

hope it doesn't blow up in my face

Its still going to blow up in your face, theres no way around it

3 hours ago, Sty2000 said:

I'm unaware if it's even legal to backport mc content or how to do so (i'd literally have to ask on the official forums or whatnot).

Its probably legal (very very probably, I'm not a lawyer though), however why would you back port stuff, thats the entire point of new versions.

3 hours ago, Sty2000 said:

I understand that spamming Lex isn't the way to go; I'm also very impatient as a person and love some of the new 1.13 additions but can't stand vanilla mc.

Forge 1.13 is almost done, it only took so long because they chose this update to entirely rewrite both Forge Gradle & Forge Mod Loader and large parts of Forge. Feel free to take a look at

and

 

3 hours ago, Sty2000 said:

on a sidenote is anyone willing to mentor me when it comes to coding a mod?

All of us are always happy to help, you should however know Java or another Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Language before trying to make a mod. You can make a topic, message us personally (don't if you are able to make a topic for it) and ask for help on the Forge Discord Chanel (https://discord.gg/UvedJ9m). 

Edited October 16, 2018 by Cadiboo

[vpontin]

Dont know about legality, but Ganymedes did this before (but seems like he retired from modding)...