ethernity4everBut if you have time to update 1.7 versions then you have time to upgrade to 1.10 or 1.12 even.

I get what you're trying to say and it's not completely unreasonable for an outsider (apologies for the quasi ad-hominem) to think. However, the inner working of the game have changed so much in that time that some of the bigger mods would basically need to be re-done from scratch again (I know a few that have basically had to do this). Updating a stable 1.7 version takes a fraction of the time that such a re-work would take. I might get a few hours to tinker with the 1.7 build but I am not going to get the few weeks* I would need to actually carry out such a rework. I mean implying I'm even competent enough to do that in the first place.

ethernity4ever
MC 1.0 is easier to texture as well, does this mean that texture pack artist should drop support for all newer versions because its hard?

Textures packs are not mods. The complexities involved in porting the two are completely different and they are not exactly analogous. I get what you are trying to say here but it's not that simple.

ethernity4everMy point is, having your mod 1.7 only is just bad,

Long term I basically can't refute this. But everyone moves on at some point. Be it they leave it on 1.7.10 or 1.12.





Also, bonus point, don't take it too seriously as it doesn't apply to all cases but it did apply to me:

We actually moved past 1.7.10. Over a year later our core community remained on 1.7.10 and didn't take to the then far superior new version. Sure, the wider community wants 1.12, but the people who actually stuck with us and supported us stuck with 1.7.10 even after we moved past it. I guess I could put apathy towards the wider community as an alternative to laziness? Functionally the same but technically different.



*("just do it in small bits over time", doesn't end well, tried that already. Technically possible but extremely messy, not to mention a new version would probably be out by the time you are done making the whole thing moot in the first place)

NO!
It's my favorite version!
And if I use it, it's not dead...

Nah I still use 1.7.10 Myself, Its still got a ton of good mods that 1.10+... The later versions aren't the best anyway... Well the worst should I say.

People move on.

I still use 1.7.10, it's still common among the modded community.

LeeTheENTP

PrototypeTheta
Yes, we all have literally infinite amounts of time to dedicate to mods. We are just incredibly lazy and play host to incredible levels of spite towards the wider community.

1.7.10 is more than 3 years old, man.

Windows 7 is approaching the decade mark, and as an operating system it's still a viable option. Add programs and features to it and you don't need the new stuff.

If the mods still have more than modern minecraft versions, then there's no good reason to upgrade to something that would just prove buggy in the beginning and not add much more than the mods did.

PrototypeTheta
Yes, we all have literally infinite amounts of time to dedicate to mods. We are just incredibly lazy and play host to incredible levels of spite towards the wider community.

1.7.10 is more than 3 years old, man.

LeeTheENTP
This I find rather self-centered, since they are refusing to "get with the times" because they don't want to do much recoding.

Yes, we all have literally infinite amounts of time to dedicate to mods. We are just incredibly lazy and play host to incredible levels of spite towards the wider community.

I still run one of my servers with the 1.7/1.8 spigot protocol hack

1.7.10 is dead only because Forge devs are dropped support for Forge for 1.7.10. If somebody is going to find a bug in this version (like messed up AABB), nobody is going to fix that, and the only solution would be is to host your own version of Forge.

I do agree, however, it's not laziness that keeps big mods stuck at 1.7.10, but stupid changes to the API. Those changes add a lot of work to modders, but on other hand, JSON models are great or Capabilities system. JSON models allow people to create fancy models for blocks in texture packs or even cool item models like those rad katana swords, while capabilities allow more flexible way of storing mod's data while also allowing to create your APIs.

What other things are great about newer versions are that they're still supported by ForgeCrafters, much more hooks, and more. The problem with 1.7.10 modders with newer versions, is the need to relearn stuff, which can be quite hard. Other than that, I think new versions are great some of my mods weren't be possible without new features. That's my opinion, anyways

Heh, I actually just posted a mod that ported the new concrete to 1.7.10, I'll be porting to other versions as well.

1.7.10 is simpler to mod for, and when a majority of big mods have that as a foundation, I find it reasonable for them to stay with what works rather than suffer the rollercoaster of Mojang making big changes to the underlying structure for no particular reason.

Some, quite frankly, do not need to "get with the times", because what they offer compared to Mojang's addition pace means that Mojang's additions would compete sometime in 1.68.8. If Conquest Reforged just stuck with the 1.7.10 core and continued to update that, they would still have over a thousand more blocks than Vanilla has now.

Now, if it is simple gameplay modifications that don't add more than what Mojang offers overall in new versions, I'd understand the need for those to update and consider the ones offering little gameplay shifts dumb if they don't want to take advantage of what's now a decently larger offering of content compared to 1.7.10.

There are still a lot of mods and modpacks only working with 1.7.10 but it seems like a lot of populair mods have updated to 1.8 and 1.10.2. Pixelmonmod is updated to 1.10.2 and all the 1.7.10 servers are drying out.

yeah its not dead the old mods are still there and they are updating and also kohi and pvp kinds of stuff are still there

No one uses 1.7 anymore! Why even try to find mods to that version?

Considering 1.7.10 is nearing 3 years old, it's safe to say it's dead, even from a modding standpoint. Most mods have been updated to 1.10.2 or newer.

I use it lol

I use 1.11.2 not 1.7 I don't know anyone who still uses 1.7

I'm fairly certain a lot of modders are working on making them 1.10.2 compatible or have stopped there.

I do not think it's dead, I do think that the current mods are still being updated, but I do not think many more mods are being made for 1.7.10 anymore. I would like to see new mods though...