NodeCraft
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macOS Apple Silicon (M1/M2) and Pixelmon 9.0+
Pixelmon 9.0+ is based on Minecraft 1.16.5 which poses a problem for Apple Silicon Macs. The problem arises due to a problem in one of Minecraft's core libraries known as LWJGL. The version that ships with Minecraft 1.16.5 is not compatible with Apple Silicon Macs. Here is a solution:
- First we are going to download Prism Launcher as the launcher. This is a fork of MultiMC which allows for changing libraries and Java versions.
- Next, we need to download an older version of Java 8. Why? Later Java 8 versions broke some stuff with Forge so we need Java 8u311.
- Open Prism Launcher and during the setup it will auto-detect Java installations. Make sure the Java 8u311 (will appear as 1.8.0_311) and there may be 2 listed. Either one should be fine!
- Once that is all done, go ahead and download the Pixelmon Reforged Modpack by clicking "Add Instance" and then clicking CurseForge or ATLauncher and searching Pixelmon Reforged. You can also create a regular vanilla instance and do the installation manually.
- Right click your new instance and select Edit Instance and once that opens select LWJGL and click Change Version on the right side. Select version 3.3.1.
- At this point, if everything is correct it should load up no problem!
