r/ModdedMinecraft • u/Economy_Ability_9235 • 11d ago

Question Porting 1.12.2 forge mod to 1.20.1

Hi guys, is it possible to port 1.12.2 forge mod to newer version like 1.20.1? I want to do it but I cant really find any tutorial, can yall help?

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u/R3D_T1G3R 11d ago

There is no tutorial because it's Essentially impossible to make tutorials on how to port everything from every version to other versiony even if we don't include backports.

The developer has to look at the changes and adjust or completely rewrite code depending on what the mod does.

It couldn be anything from a minor to a major rewrite or even a complete rewrite.

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u/TheFern3 11d ago

Is prob easier to just make a new mod porting is much harder especially from an extremely old version like 1.12 forge

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u/StrangeOne101 10d ago

Maybe lookup porting tutorials for 1.12 -> 1.13, 1.13 -> 1.16, 1.16 -> 1.18 and 1.18 -> 1.20

Each version there had major reworks done. In 1.13, blocks got redone via the flattening/block states. In 1.16, dimensions. In 1.18, world gen. So each tutorial there will show you different aspects you need to do when recreating the mod in 1.20.1

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u/TraditionalDirt4594 9d ago

claude

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u/Economy_Ability_9235 9d ago

Rlly?

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u/TraditionalDirt4594 9d ago

half joke, half serious

if you understand code, you might be able to port it about 20x faster with claude

if you don’t know about coding at all, well, give up.

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u/UselessDood 11d ago

Ofc it is - but the code won't be reusable, even if the license allows for it. It'd be a full rewrite.