NickName:Ashwin Gupta Ask DateTime:2015-12-20T04:43:19

Why are my forge mod exports titled incorrectly and don't show up in minecraft forge's mods tab?

So I just started using Forge. I just have a very simple example mod for learning purposes. When I export the mod using gradlew build, everything works fine, it puts the mod into the build\libs folder of forge. However, the name of the file is modid-1.0. Now I am pretty sure I named the mod differently in my mcmod.info file. Why is it doing this and how can I change it? Furthermore, even though the mod runs correctly,(the minecraft launcher console prints the statement) but when I click on the mods tab in the mainmenu of minecraft my mod doesn't show up.

Also, another problem, its actually generating two files into build\libs. One called modid-1.0 and another called modid-1.0-sources. Which one do I want to use ( meaning which one do I put into the .minecraft/mods folder)

My mcmod.info file

[
{
  "modid": "myexamplemod",
  "name": "Example Mod",
  "description": "Example placeholder mod.",
  "version": "1.0",
  "mcversion": "1.8.8",
  "url": "",
  "updateUrl": "",
  "authorList": ["ExampleDude"],
  "credits": "The Forge and FML guys, for making this example",
  "logoFile": "",
  "screenshots": [],
  "dependencies": []
}
]

Mod Source Code:

package com.example.examplemod;

import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLPostInitializationEvent;

@Mod(modid = ExampleMod.MODID, version = ExampleMod.VERSION)
public class ExampleMod
{
    public static final String MODID = "myexamplemod";
    public static final String VERSION = "1.0";

    @EventHandler
    public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event)
    {
        // some example code
        //while(true) {
        for(int x = 0; x < 100; x++) {
        System.out.println("My Mod Says: DIRT BLOCK >> "+Blocks.dirt.getUnlocalizedName());
        }
        //}
    }
    @EventHandler
    public static void postInit(FMLPostInitializationEvent event) {
        //while(true) {
            System.out.println("DIRT BLOCK >> "+Blocks.dirt.getUnlocalizedName());
            //}
    }
}

I know for testing purposes I can run it using the console command gradlew runClient, but I want to be able to do it the normal way for users where I can place a jar file into the mods folder of minecraft and have the mod run.

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Link to original article：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34375204/why-are-my-forge-mod-exports-titled-incorrectly-and-dont-show-up-in-minecraft-f