Just saw in the Minecraft forum they announced MC 1.3 for August 1st and they will release a week before that a preview version for mods to have some time to update themselves. I'm not a long term modder so I would like to know how Forge upgrade to new version of Minecraft. Is it immediate? Or taking a few weeks? Also what would the major changes mods will have to make for this update?

1.3 will be a major change.

It compleetly re-write the entirity of how MC functions by adding in the local SMP for single player.

So it'll take some time.

No garentees but I'll work on it as best I can.

1.3 will be a major change.

It compleetly re-write the entirity of how MC functions by adding in the local SMP for single player.

So it'll take some time.

No garentees but I'll work on it as best I can.

 

Thanks lex.

Really hope it doesn't affect it to much.  Will be good since our mods will technically not need a server release of it.

its more like you wont need a client version lol

If your mods add in-game content, it NEEDS a server side in 1.3

If your mods add in-game content, it NEEDS a server side in 1.3

would this mean server and client will have the same code? As in nolonger needing to have a seperate download for each.

Depends on how you make it.

I think they will still make a server version of it. How would you host servers without a Minecraft server jar? Bukkit?

Depends on how the obfuscation is done.

Depends on how the obfuscation is done.

Depends on how you make it.

 

I guess everything is dependent on how 1.3 turns out. Can't really predict the future. Thanks for the notify.

Think of it this way.  It will be easier to port your multiplayer capable mod, then it will be a single player only mod (since you will have to make it support the multiplayer code, whether multiplayer or not). 

Think of it this way.  It will be easier to port your multiplayer capable mod, then it will be a single player only mod (since you will have to make it support the multiplayer code, whether multiplayer or not). 

 

In other words, making my mod multiplayer now will make the transition to 1.3 easier? If so I might do so, but on the last minute. I always feel that multiplayer slows my development speed down.

Think of it this way.  It will be easier to port your multiplayer capable mod, then it will be a single player only mod (since you will have to make it support the multiplayer code, whether multiplayer or not). 

 

In other words, making my mod multiplayer now will make the transition to 1.3 easier? If so I might do so, but on the last minute. I always feel that multiplayer slows my development speed down.

In that case, do not make a single player, just make multiplayer. 

Think of it this way.  It will be easier to port your multiplayer capable mod, then it will be a single player only mod (since you will have to make it support the multiplayer code, whether multiplayer or not). 

 

In other words, making my mod multiplayer now will make the transition to 1.3 easier? If so I might do so, but on the last minute. I always feel that multiplayer slows my development speed down.

In that case, do not make a single player, just make multiplayer. 

 

Won't be able to debug lol... I'm glad that there won't be this variable called World.isRemote anymore....

Think of it this way.  It will be easier to port your multiplayer capable mod, then it will be a single player only mod (since you will have to make it support the multiplayer code, whether multiplayer or not). 

 

In other words, making my mod multiplayer now will make the transition to 1.3 easier? If so I might do so, but on the last minute. I always feel that multiplayer slows my development speed down.

In that case, do not make a single player, just make multiplayer. 

 

Won't be able to debug lol... I'm glad that there won't be this variable called World.isRemote anymore....

Debugging is easy still. 

You win.

Although they aren't releasing the official API in 1.3, it seems that mojang is working on it.  When the API get's released, what does that mean for forge?  What I've been getting from a few modders is that it will become obsolete.  Figured I'd come to the source to get clarification on the role that forge will play after the official Minecraft API get's released.

Not repeating something ive stated a few hundred times because you're to lazy to search or use common sense.