diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index b84642def6..402a68d632 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,30 +1,18 @@ *** HOW TO INSTALL *** For Mod Users: -Copy all files from this zip to your minecraft.jar, thats it. -Thats it, you're done, during first run FML will download all needed libraries for you. +Download the latest installer from http://files.minecraftforge.net and follow instructions given by the installer. For Mod Devs: -The install scripts should take care of everything for you, you do NOT need to -have MCP installed before running install.cmd/sh as Forge will download it for you. - -Just start the install.cmd/.sh, MCForge will install itself into the proper -locations and copy all needed files, as well as modifying the needed baseclasses. - -Forge also includes a snapshot of the MCP mapings, this may not be the current -version of the mapings. But you must use the provided mapings in order for the -patch files to work together. - +Download the latest Forge source distribution from http://files.minecraftforge.net and unzip it to a folder. +Open a command prompt, navigate to the directory where you unzipped the Forge sources, and run: +If you have Gradle: gradle setupDevWorkspace +If you DO NOT have Gradle installed: +Windows: gradlew.bat setupDevWorkspace +MacOS/Linux: gradlew setupDevWorkspace Requirements: - You must ahve a JDK installed and accessible, there is a big in java 1.6_21 that + You must have a JDK installed and accessible, there is a big in java 1.6_21 that causes compile errors, just update your jdk to fix them. - -For Mac users: - It should automatically set the execution bits on mcp/runtime/bin/astyle-osx, - if it does not, please do so manually: chmod +x mcp/runtime/bin/astyle-osx - -For Linux users: - Astyle is required for the patches to apply properly, so either install wine, or astyle - Instalation instructions are distro specific, so I can not give them here. \ No newline at end of file + Optionally, you can install Gradle from http://www.gradle.org/ .