Errors/Crashes or Black Screens?

  • Be sure you followed the installation instructions
  • Always include your .minecraft/forgemodloader.log and/or .minecraft/crash-report (use pastebin.com or [spoiler][/spoiler] tags)
  • Be specific, I cant help you if the only thing you say is: I can’t get it to work help or help I have a black screen or I think it isn’t compatible with mod x
  • Post it on the MinecraftForum

Client Installation

  • Locate your .minecraft folder
    • Run minecraft (don’t login)
    • Press options
    • Click the link to Game location on disk
  • Download Forge-Universal
  • Open .minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar with winrar(or something similar)
  • Extract all files from forge-universal.zip into the minecraft.jar
  • Delete the META-INF in the minecraft.jar
  • Run minecraft and login to test if it is working so far
  • A folder .minecraft/mods should have been create when you ran it
  • Download Custom NPCs and place the zip in the .minecraft/mods folder (Don’t unzip it)
  • You now have installed the Custom Npcs Mod

Server Installation

  • Download the minecraft_server.jar from minecraft.net
  • Download Forge-Universal
  • Place the minecraft_server.jar in a folder and open it with winrar(or something similar)
  • Extract all files from forge-universal.zip into the minecraft_server.jar
  • Do NOT delete the META-INF in the minecraft_server.jar NOT
  • Run the minecraft_server.jar to check if you installed it correctly
  • A folder named mods should now have been created in your server folder
  • Download Custom NPCs and place the zip in the mods folder (Don’t unzip it)
  • You now have installed the Custom Npcs Mod for your server
  • Remember people joining need to have customnpcs installed.