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*universal.jar files no longer on minecraftforge.net?

By smmmadden, January 19 in Support & Bug Reports

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Posted January 19

I was looking for the latest 1.16.5 builds on https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/net/minecraftforge/forge/index_1.16.5.html but saw that someone removed all the universal.jar files from each of the releases.  Is this no longer needed or is there a new process to follow when we create modpacks that contain the installer and universal jars?

Thanks!

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Posted January 19

You should never have downloaded them. Use the installer.

The universal jars are for download by the installer, you should not be downloading them as a user. They were confusing to people and people downloaded the wrong thing, thats why they are no longer listed.

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Posted January 19

Thanks - I think at some point, Technic Launcher required both files and copying the installer to modpack.jar (total 3 jars) in the bin folder for client modpack.  So I just continued that process. 🙂

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Posted January 19

Well that's a technic thing and is their fault for not being compatible with the official Minecraft Launcher, which Forge will always target.

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The only official source for Forge is https://files.minecraftforge.net, and the only site I trust for getting mods is CurseForge.

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...for Crashes and Runtime issues:

Minecraft 1.14.4 and newer:

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Older versions:

Please update...

 

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Windows hides file extensions by default so the installer may appear without the .jar extension then when the .log is added the log will appear with the .jar extension

 

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Mojang Launcher: When using the Mojang launcher debug.log is found in .minecraft\logs.

 

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If you don't see logs generated in the usual place, provide the launcher_log.txt from .minecraft

 

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