Minecraft mods "in a way most people would care to enjoy", or have "bugs that grind the experience to a halt". At "San Jose Mercury News", George Avalos claims that mods are definitely suited for "mainstream enthusiasts", but does warn that precaution must be taken in order to avoid downloading "dangerous and spammy software" when looking for "Minecraft" mods. Avalos also remarks that installing mods will probably require adult attention, even though "Minecraft" typically appeals to children. Minecraft mods "Minecraft" mods are independent, user-made additions and changes to the 2011 Mojang video game "Minecraft". Thousands of these mods exist, and users can
Minecraft mods Around November 2011, the mod "Forge" was released. Rather than adding new gameplay features to "Minecraft", "Forge" allowed players to be able to run several client-side mods simultaneously. Before becoming compatible with "Forge", "IndustrialCraft" and "BuildCraft" would not run side-by-side, because both of them needed to overwrite the same "Minecraft" base Java files. "Forge" ended the necessity to manipulate these files, allowing separate mods to run together without requiring them to touch the base source code. After "Minecraft" received its first full release in November 2011, the game's modding community continued to grow. In February 2012, Mojang hired developers of