[1.12.2] I have no experience with adding my own selection of mods to the mods folder. It keeps crashing. Help?

[Neptune453]

This is the first time I have ever added my own mods to my worlds. I usually just download modpacks from different launchers. I decided to try it out. When I hit play, the screen will do it's usual loading, get through a bit of the "loading - constructing mods" phase and then crash. I have no idea how to figure out what is wrong. Its says: 

The game crashed whilst initializing game
Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Initializing game

 When I look at the crash report it says this:

Big crash.txtFetching info...

[DaemonUmbra]

Where are you getting your mods?

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 2:43 AM, DaemonUmbra said:

Where are you getting your mods?

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curseforge.com and 9minecraft.net

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 8:03 AM, diesieben07 said:

Only download mods from their official sources. Check out https://stopmodreposts.org/ for why this is a problem. Then obtain all mods properly.

If you still have issues then, post updated logs.

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What if I can't find an official source? Like for Industrial Foregoing

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 8:33 AM, diesieben07 said:

Uhm... first result on Google:

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/industrial-foregoing

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That was one of the websites I got my mods from. So is that one okay?

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 8:37 AM, diesieben07 said:

Yes. CurseForge is almost always the official source for mods.

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How do I know if it's not? What if there is a website for the mod? Should I get it there?

Edited July 3, 2019 by Neptune453
Missing question

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 8:47 AM, diesieben07 said:

If the mod is on CurseForge it's fine to download from there.

Official websites for the mods are also fine (if they are actually official).

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Would it be okay to download a mod if it was never updated to a newer version and somebody other than the original creator updates it?

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 8:58 AM, diesieben07 said:

If they have the permissions to do so, it's fine.

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1 More question for now. Do some mods work with new versions of minecraft? Like a 1.11.2 mod working with 1.12.2 forge?

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 8:47 AM, diesieben07 said:

If the mod is on CurseForge it's fine to download from there.

Official websites for the mods are also fine (if they are actually official).

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What about shaders?

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 9:56 AM, diesieben07 said:

What about them?

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Should I only download those from sites like curseforge?

[Neptune453]

Now it says i am missing dependencies like endercore 1.12.2-o.5.58 or above and cofhcore 4.6.0. Are those just other mods that these need to run? Do I just download them like any other mod?

[DaemonUmbra]

Yes

[Neptune453]

  On 7/3/2019 at 8:03 AM, diesieben07 said:

Only download mods from their official sources. Check out https://stopmodreposts.org/ for why this is a problem. Then obtain all mods properly.

If you still have issues then, post updated logs.

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I downloaded all the mods and their dependencies from curseforge and official websites and now when I launch the game, the loading screen wont even show up. The launcher will close like normal, then pop back up a couple seconds later with the message "An unexpected issue occurred and the game has crashed. We're sorry for the inconvenience." When I click on "View crash report", nothing happens. What do I do?

[Neptune453]

EAQ?

[Neptune453]

  On 7/4/2019 at 9:28 AM, diesieben07 said:

 

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I think its this one

 

jYNVZJPi.txtFetching info...

Edited July 4, 2019 by Neptune453
Wrong thing