What version of Minecraft is compatible with mods?

Minecraft 1.12. 2 is by far the best version for modding. Over the years people have created “future version” mods (Mods that take the newer features from more modern versions and bring them to 1.12. 2) thus keeping the game fresh and modding compatible.

Are all Minecraft mods compatible?

IMO it’s not the overall best launcher out there but it’s a great choice for people starting out with modding Minecraft. As an addendum to what has been said, for the vast majority of cases, all mods (of the same version) are compatible with all the other mods on that version.

Do mods have to be the same version as forge?

For forge, generally as long as the forge version is later than what the mod requires, it’ll work. On rare occasions stuff changes which breaks a mod. This happens frequently with Optifine for example, so you should match Optifine version to forge version.

What version of Forge should I install?

It makes it possible for you to install and activate mods. The best version of Minecraft Forge to use is Java. This is because Minecraft Forge only works with the java version, not the windows 10 version.

How do I know if my mod is incompatible?

The best rule-of-thumb indicator of whether two mods will conflict is to compare the list of . class files they contain. If there are no files which exist in both mods, chances are good that they’ll work just fine together.

What does game version forge +4 mean?

It means it only has a version of the mod for Minecraft Forge. As opposed to Fabric which gained a lot of momentum for 1.14, as Forge takes longer to release stable builds for modders to use.

Can newer mods run on older Minecraft?

Sorry :P. It is pretty much impossible to get a mod to work on a different major version than it was designed for without serious redesigns, you -might- be able to reprogram a minor version change (1.71, to 1.7.