Modern Beta Forge

A port of Modern Beta Fabric for Forge 1.12.2!

Enjoy all the toggle-able features of Minecraft 1.12.2 with the faithful re-implementation of the Beta, Alpha, Infdev, and Indev terrain generators. Originally done for a friend's server but now expanded on to match the original Fabric version in feature parity plus additional improvements/fixes. Please don't expect updates beyond bugfixes and minor improvements if I feel like it.

Features

• Terrain generators:
  • Beta 1.7.3
  • Alpha 1.1.2_01
  • Infdev 20100611
  • Infdev 20100420
  • Infdev 20100415
  • Infdev 20100227
  • Indev 20100223
  • Classic 0.0.23a
  • Beta Skylands
  • Pocket Edition v0.6.0
  • Release (Vanilla) 1.12.2
  • The End
• Biome generators:
  • Beta 1.7.3
  • Pocket Edition v0.6.0 (with Beta biomes)
  • Single/Fixed
  • Release (Vanilla) 1.12.2 with biome mod support
  • Biomes O' Plenty (when Biomes O' Plenty mod is installed)
• Mix and match terrain and biome generators.
• Classic Nether terrain generation.
• Options to substitute Beta biomes with other vanilla or mod biomes for the Beta biome generator.
• In-game world generation customization, based on the vanilla Customized world type.
• Shareable and built-in world generation presets, like with the vanilla Customized world type.
• Toggleable modern structures and decoration features.
• Accurate Beta sky and Beta biome colors when playing in SP.
• Adjustable cloud height for Modern Beta worlds, y108 by default.
• Modified player spawns that place players on beaches like in classic versions.
• In-game terrain/biome generation previewer before world creation.
• Commands for inspecting and editing generator settings in-game.

Server Usage

The following should be done in the server.properties file:

• Set the 'levelType' field to 'modernbeta', without the quotes.
• Set generation options in the 'generator-settings' field. You can create the generator options string using the in-game GUI.

Mod Support

Additional support is provided for these mods:

• Biomes O' Plenty
• Thaumcraft
• Buildcraft Energy
• Dynamic Trees
• Yung's Better Mineshafts
• Millénaire - Download config files here

These mods are known to cause issues:

• Galacticraft - Sky/Fog visual features will be disabled when this is installed.
• Muon - This mod is incompatible.
• Cave Generator - If you are experiencing tick/entity lag, please disable all biome replacement options to improve performance.

Add-ons

Modern Beta supports custom add-ons. Here are a few:

• Modern Beta Forge Release Plus - Adds biome generators from late Beta to early Release versions of Minecraft.
• Modern Beta Forge Islands - Adds island generation for several terrain generators.
• Modern Beta Forge Rivers - Adds river generation for several terrain generators.
• Modern Beta Forge Voronoi Climates - Adds biome generation with customizable biome maps and a visual editor.

Preset Note

For accurate generation for non-Beta chunk sources, please select from the built-in presets first; simply changing the chunk source will not accordingly update the needed noise settings.

Why no Forge version for current versions of Minecraft?

I have no plans on working on current versions of Minecraft at the moment. Please take a look at Moderner Beta for an alternative!

Credits

Thanks to mrburgerUS, SuperCoder7979, Arenovas, Amb0s, PaulEvs, comp500, and the folks behind RetroMCP.