Follow these simple steps to install Forge on your Minecraft Server

  1. First, login to the SMpicnic Control Panel and navigate to your Server Manager page.
  2. Stop your server.
    Stop location from the SMpicnic Control Panel
  3. If you are switching game versions, we recommend creating a new world to prevent any conflicts.
  4. Click on the Installer tab.
    Click Installer tab from Server Manager
  5. Scroll down and click on the FORGE category.
    Click the Forge category in the Installer
  6. Click the blue Install button to install the recommended version of Forge. Alternatively you can click the Versions button to view and install a different version.
    Install recommended or a different version of Forge
  7. Finished! Forge will be automatically installed onto your server. Happy mining! ⛏️

Install a custom version of Forge

  1. Go to the Forge website and download the version of your choice.
    Downloading Forge from the Forge website.
  2. Open the file. Then select the Install server option.
    Server location on the Forge Installer.
  3. Select an easy to remember file path for the server files and click OK
    File path location on the Forge Installer.
  4. Wait for the Libraries to download.
    The Libraries install window for the Forge Installer.
  5. Click OK.
    The success window for the Forge Installer.
  6. Login to the SMpicnic Control Panel and navigate to your Server Manager page.
  7. Stop your server.
    Stop location on the SMpicnic Control Panel
  8. Using FTP access, upload all the generated files to your server.
    Drag and drop Forge files onto your server
  9. Click on the Installer tab.
    Click the Installer tab on SMpicnic
  10. Click the CUSTOM JAR category.
    Clicking custom JAR category via the SMpicnic installer
  11. If the upload was successful, then your custom JAR file should now be visibile.
    Click run button next to custom JAR file
  12. You can then click the Run File button next to the file you'd like to run.
  13. Finished! Your uploaded version of Forge will now be run. Happy mining! ⛏️