setup guide improvement suggestions

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maskers63 messagesstarted May 23, 2026, 8:33 AM

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maskersOPlast week

- please dont recommend multimc, having to download java is just a lot of extra effort, if anything id recommend modrinth app
- make it clear clients & cracked launchers arent supported, "Any launcher works" is kinda misleading
- prism manages java for you by default, i would change the java part to say smth like "if you get an error telling u to update java, do that in ..." , someone potentially going to the adoptium website when they dont need to do anything is silly
- very minor but could mention waywall/slackowwall in allowed tools
- "Currently, we only allow SRC legal mods" maybe explicitly clarify fabric api here?

isqqclelast week

Create a new Minecraft 26.1.1 instance with the Fabric loader 0.18.6+ in Prism Launcher (recommended, but MultiMC also works).

Client launchers (Lunar Client, Feather, Badlion, etc.) and cracked launchers are not supported. If you see errors in Prism on launch, update the launcher first.

Prism manages Java for you - you usually do not need to do anything here. Minecraft 26.1.1 requires Java 25+.

If the game tells you to update Java, or you do not see Java 25 under Detect in Edit Instance → Settings → Java, click Open Java Downloader and install Java 25 from there.

isqqclelast week

fabric api is not something ppl need to explicitly download

isqqclelast week

idk if its worth mentioning

isqqclelast week

i think mentioning multimc is chill because i dont want people to think they are required to use prism

isqqclelast week

i would assume the majority of mcsr uses multimc

isqqclelast week

but let me know if theres any specific wording that would help reduce common issues

maskersOPlast week

some people see you need to download fabric and assume this means fapi and get confused seeing its not allowed

isqqclelast week

hmmm

isqqclelast week

should i clarify 'loader' in the requirements part

isqqclelast week

i think the screenshot is clear enough i literally put my cursor over fabric

isqqclelast week

but also if anyone wants to provide screenshots with arrows and stuff on windows it might help

isqqclelast week

labelling jvm args, max memory, all the buttons and stuff

maskersOPlast week

thoughts on whitelisting fabric api just to reduce confusion

stupid_yumetamalast week

i think its better to clarify it as “mod loader fabric”
its surprisingly how many ppl confuse it with fapi

isqqclelast week

i will use Fabric Mod Launcher

isqqclelast week

loader

isqqclelast week

potentially

stupid_yumetamalast week

just checked pingu has all those except java arg

stupid_yumetamalast week

https://discord.com/channels/1493030345048719483/1507390946910928916/1507681216994742282
very beautifully labeled

maskersOPlast week

idk some people probably just glance at the guide and try to figure it out themselves instead of following it step by step
im sure pretty much everyone also does figure it out, we only hear about people who don't

isqqclelast week

i will make the god screenshot

isqqclelast week

does prism manage the java version when you create a new instance

maskersOPlast week

yes

maskersOPlast week

unless you changed this

maskersOPlast week

which might be common in mcsr, but by default yes

isqqclelast week

i might also add a screenshot for mod download?

isqqclelast week

are people getting tripped up there or nah

maskersOPlast week

if the screenshot is meant to be specifically for prism, yeah edit > mods > download mods > draftout is way simpler

maskersOPlast week

but thats not a thing in multimc

maskersOPlast week(edited)

i don't think downloading a mod from modrinth is really an issue right now, at most more complicated than it needs to be but its not hard

isqqclelast week

alright yeah ill prioritize the in launcher download, otherwise mods > add file > select downloaded mod

isqqclelast week

does mmc have that option

maskersOPlast week

isqqclelast week

great

maskersOPlast week

add file, yeah i think it does

maskersOPlast week

i thought you meant Download mods

isqqclelast week

alright cool

isqqclelast week

@maskers what do you think is better if i make gifs, ensuring auto-detect java is on, or downloading 25

maskersOPlast week

probably downloading 25 since its all within instance settings?
maybe start the gif with prism telling you to download java 25

isqqclelast week

ill do 3 gifs
add instance (correct version and fabric loader)
install mod (through prism)
java settings (download 25, memory, arg)

isqqclelast week

then also provide other options in text

maskersOPlast week

oh yeah prism also already has 4 gb ram by default instead of mmc's 1 gb

isqqclelast week

yeah i noticed but ill highlight it just to make sure

isqqclelast week

maskersOPlast week

you didn't select java 25 in first gif

isqqclelast week

say sike

isqqclelast week

all good

maskersOPlast week

apart from this lgtm

isqqclelast week

is auto download needed

isqqclelast week

if you have auto detect on

isqqclelast week

im assuming yes

maskersOPlast week

basically yes

isqqclelast week

it will just switch to one thats downloaded if available otherwise?

maskersOPlast week

if you have auto-detect but not auto-download, you need to manually download java 25

isqqclelast week

ok all good

maskersOPlast week

idk what it does if theres no java 25 but it will somehow crash

isqqclelast week

https://draftoutmc.com/download

Download · Draftout

Download and install Draftout for Minecraft 26.1.1.

isqqclelast week

updated with the videos

isqqclelast week

the options for downloading mod and configuring java version might be extraneous but lmk

maskersOPlast week

yeah this is definitely better ty

isqqclelast week

also just added mod list to resources