How to make a modded minecraft server 1.8

6 to 16.5

Firstly, you need the Forge installer, which can be downloaded from the official Forge download page. Once downloaded, launch it and choose option “Install server”. If youre installing Forge on a headless server with no graphical interface, run the following command in the directory where you downloaded the jar installer (replace “x.xx.x” with the correct version number for the installer you downloaded):

If the message “Downloading Minecraft server failed, invalid e-tag checksum” appears install a vanilla Minecraft server first, then launch the Forge installer. The vanilla server can be downloaded in its respective page.

Click on the three dots to select the current location of your Minecraft server if you encounter the error “There are already files at the target directory” (the video demonstrates this).

Install Forge after starting the vanilla server (don’t forget to change the EULA), and you’re done. Now you can launch Forge server by double clicking “forge-version-xx. xx. x. xxxx-version. universal. jar” or using the command below.

Video version

Although this tutorial is geared toward Windows users, those who use Mac or Linux may find it useful.

5 and prior

Although this tutorial is geared toward Windows users, those who use Mac or Linux may find it useful.

By changing the value of 1024 to a multiple of 1024, you can give the server more memory.

Try renaming SERVER_FILE_NAME to SERVER_FILE_NAME if the server start text isn’t working. jar without the apostrophes. Or you could use this server start text instead:

If you get the message “Java is not recognized,” substitute the location of the file for “java.” (e. g. : “C:Program Files (x86)Javajre7binjavaw. exe”) The full string would be:

If you see the message “An error occurred while running the Server launcher,” java. lang. reflect. Download and install JRE 8 and make sure to specify its location when running if you receive the “InvocationTargetException” message. This would look like: