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How to install Forge on your Minecraft Server

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.
  3. If you are switching game versions, we recommend creating a new world to prevent any conflicts.
  4. Click on the Installer tab.
  5. Scroll down and click on the FORGE category.
  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.
  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.
  2. Open the file. Then select the Install server option.
  3. Select an easy to remember file path for the server files and click OK
  4. Wait for the Libraries to download.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Login to the SMpicnic Control Panel and navigate to your Server Manager page.
  7. Stop your server.
  8. Using FTP access, upload all the generated files to your server.
  9. Click on the Installer tab.
  10. Click the CUSTOM JAR category.
  11. If the upload was successful, then your custom JAR file should now be visibile.
  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! ⛏️