Loading additional mods

[handicraftsman]

Hello! I am writing a mod downloader for minecraft (something like chikenbones' deploader).

It can already download mods and their dependencies, but i cannot tell forge to load them.

 

Are there any ways to do that either as a mod or as a coremod?

 

It seems that all required apis became private since last rewrite (or, maybe, even before).

Although if there is still a way to do that (even if it uses reflections, which is very probable as it's needed to load jars), please tell me.

[handicraftsman]

Sorry, but i did not ask if i should do that. I asked how to do that as these cases you said is exactly what i want to avoid. Mod downloading will be fully controlled by users through a manifest file (like forges mod list, but more advanced and supports multiple repos), and, in future, through a GUI.

 

Also dont mod developers essentially download random stuff from inet and then pack it into jars which are then executed by players?

Edited March 2, 2019 by handicraftsman

[DaemonUmbra]

"I didn't ask if I should, I asked how I could" isn't usually a wise response when told "No".

You will not receive help with this.

[handicraftsman]

Well, oops. Sorry if that was too... sharp?

 

[Cadiboo]

  On 3/2/2019 at 8:19 AM, handicraftsman said:

Also dont mod developers essentially download random stuff from inet and then pack it into jars which are then executed by players?

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No, players download mods from the internet and then play them. What mod developers are “downloading random stuff and putting it into jars”?

[handicraftsman]

  On 3/3/2019 at 1:10 PM, Cadiboo said:

No, players download mods from the internet and then play them. What mod developers are “downloading random stuff and putting it into jars”?

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While modding you might need to add stuff like http server (like wizards of lua does) or something else. Since you cannot just download the library automatically in the way its provided to the user (like most java/c# apps do on build stage), you must embed it into jar by using gradle shadow (although it does not work well with forge) or doing similar stuff

[Cadiboo]

  On 3/4/2019 at 7:08 AM, handicraftsman said:

you must embed it into jar by using gradle shadow (although it does not work well with forge) or doing similar stuff

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Forge has its own jar-in-jar system.

[DaemonUmbra]

  On 3/4/2019 at 7:08 AM, handicraftsman said:

While modding you might need to add stuff like http server (like wizards of lua does) or something else.

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There are nefarious modders, yes. They are not allowed here but they do exist and it is on the user to not download the mods that pack in Malware,

this is why it is critical to let the user have control of what is and isn't downloaded.