This came up when i tried to start up my modded server

[Jonty]

[Server thread/ERROR] [minecraft/MinecraftServer]: Encountered an unexpected exception
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/Render
        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLModContainer.constructMod(FMLModContainer.java:539) ~[forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2847-universal.jar:?]
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber.invokeSubscriberMethod(Subscriber.java:91) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber$SynchronizedSubscriber.invokeSubscriberMethod(Subscriber.java:150) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber$1.run(Subscriber.java:76) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors$DirectExecutor.execute(MoreExecutors.java:399) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber.dispatchEvent(Subscriber.java:71) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Dispatcher$PerThreadQueuedDispatcher.dispatch(Dispatcher.java:116) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:217) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.LoadController.sendEventToModContainer(LoadController.java:219) ~[forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2847-universal.jar:?]
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.LoadController.propogateStateMessage(LoadController.java:197) ~[forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2847-universal.jar:?]
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber.invokeSubscriberMethod(Subscriber.java:91) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber$SynchronizedSubscriber.invokeSubscriberMethod(Subscriber.java:150) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber$1.run(Subscriber.java:76) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors$DirectExecutor.execute(MoreExecutors.java:399) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber.dispatchEvent(Subscriber.java:71) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.Dispatcher$PerThreadQueuedDispatcher.dispatch(Dispatcher.java:116) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:217) ~[minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar:?]
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.LoadController.distributeStateMessage(LoadController.java:136) ~[LoadController.class:?]
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:595) ~[Loader.class:?]
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.server.FMLServerHandler.beginServerLoading(FMLServerHandler.java:98) ~[FMLServerHandler.class:?]
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler.onServerStart(FMLCommonHandler.java:333) ~[FMLCommonHandler.class:?]
        at net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer.func_71197_b(DedicatedServer.java:125) ~[nz.class:?]
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:486) [MinecraftServer.class:?]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_241]
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.Render
        at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.findClass(LaunchClassLoader.java:191) ~[launchwrapper-1.12.jar:?]
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        ... 34 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.findClass(LaunchClassLoader.java:182) ~[launchwrapper-1.12.jar:?]
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_241]
        ... 34 more
[00:22:29] [Server thread/ERROR] [minecraft/MinecraftServer]: This crash report has been saved to: C:\Users\JMAN\Desktop\Minecraft Modded Server 1.12.2\.\crash-reports\crash-2020-04-05_00.22.29-server.txt

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