Pixelmon 1.8.9 - 4.2.7 SpongeAPI is not working and no plugins are working. Please, help!

Hello! Me and a few friends were interested in started our own Minecraft server so we went to one of the many hosting services, ours being Minecraftserverhost.net and we payed for them to create the server with Pixelmon(4.2.7 for MC 1.8.9.) pre-installed. This is what our file config looks like at the time of the server being created.

… and the mods folder.

I was under the impression that it was a simple install. I simply downloaded Spongeforge and installed it directly into the mods folder, which now looks like this…

However, when I try to start the server, it simply fails to start. I’ve also tried the same process again, but instead with the latest version of SpongeAPI and the server would start, but none of the plugins would work so I’m under the assumption that it was no loaded correctly. I’ve very new to this and our main goal is to just have a MC-Pixelmon server for a few friends and myself. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

We’ve seen other servers running our same version of Pixelmon and Minecraft and they claim to use Sponge for their plugins, and it’s really confusing to us as we’re not too experienced with Sponge.

You have copied SpongeForge correctly into the mods folder, Do not copy SpongeAPI into the mods folder, it will not help.

After copying SpongeForge into mods and running, you say the server doesn’t start, Do you have log files or console output to say what was going wrong?

Also worth checking is that the forge version matches the forge version in SpongeForge,
The format of the filename is spongeforge-{MCVersion}-{ForgeVersion}-{SpongeAPIVersion}-{SpongeBuildId}

So ideally for SpongeForge-1.8.9-1890 You should be running Minecraft 1.8.9, which you are, and Forge 1890 Which I can’t tell from the screenshots.

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This is what I get when I attempt to start the server after putting Spongeforge-1.8.9-1890 into the Mods folder.

You said something about installing FORGE? I’m guessing FORGE has to be on the server before Spongeforge works properly, but my question is how can I install forge onto my server through the Control panel (Which is mPanel)? Is it just a simple copy and past as well?

Nope, it’s not simple copy and paste. If Pixelmon is already working, then Forge must already be installed. Pixelmon won’t run without Forge.

Also:

  • Can you tell us which Java version the server is using? The minimum required version for SpongeForge is Java 8 Update 40.
  • Can you tell us which Forge version you’re using?
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It says that the server is using Java 1.8.0_91 from the Control Panel. I think that might be what you’re looking for, but I’m not too sure. The version of Forge that I tried installing into the server was the 1.8.9 version but I did that by installing these files…

…directly into the Minecraft folder in my server files (This is before I knew that the server already had to have forge installed and if that’s the case, I don’t know version was preinstalled into the server).

1.8.0_91 was exactly was i was looking for. Thats Java 8 update 91, so everythings alright. At least Java wise…

So, when I try to install the Spongeforge into the mods folder, the server will just not start. It won’t give me any errors or anything… but it just won’t start. I’m just really confused as what to do now. Would you like more pictures of how my config files look?

Is that it? Is there anyway I can tell what version of forge I’m running. Here:

This is what the server files look like after I’ve done everything and the inside of the mods folder is merely this.

You’re running Forge version *.1902 for Minecaft 1.8.9.
The SpongeForge build you’re using requires *.1890, so it should work since your version of Forge is newer than the one your SpongeForge version requires.
You should really provide us the log file so we can help you properly. (that is logs/fml-server-latest.log)

[23:19:34] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Discovering coremods
[23:19:34] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Examining for coremod candidacy Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar
[23:19:34] [main/TRACE] [FML/]: Found FMLCorePluginContainsFMLMod marker in Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar, it will be examined later for regular @Mod instances
[23:19:34] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Instantiating coremod class Java8CheckerCoremod
[23:19:34] [main/WARN] [FML/]: The coremod chylex.javacheck.Java8CheckerCoremod does not have a MCVersion annotation, it may cause issues with this version of Minecraft
[23:19:34] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Enqueued coremod Java8CheckerCoremod
[23:19:34] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Loading tweak class name net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.FMLInjectionAndSortingTweaker
[23:19:34] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Loading tweak class name net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.FMLDeobfTweaker
[23:19:34] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Calling tweak class net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.FMLInjectionAndSortingTweaker
[23:19:34] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Calling tweak class net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.FMLInjectionAndSortingTweaker
[23:19:34] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Calling tweak class net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.CoreModManager$FMLPluginWrapper
[23:19:34] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Injecting coremod FMLCorePlugin {net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.FMLCorePlugin} class transformers
[23:19:34] [main/TRACE] [FML/]: Registering transformer net.minecraftforge.fml.common.asm.transformers.BlamingTransformer
[23:19:34] [main/TRACE] [FML/]: Registering transformer net.minecraftforge.fml.common.asm.transformers.SideTransformer
[23:19:34] [main/TRACE] [FML/]: Registering transformer net.minecraftforge.fml.common.asm.transformers.EventSubscriptionTransformer
[23:19:34] [main/TRACE] [FML/]: Registering transformer net.minecraftforge.fml.common.asm.transformers.EventSubscriberTransformer
[23:19:34] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Injection complete
[23:19:34] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Running coremod plugin for FMLCorePlugin {net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.FMLCorePlugin}
[23:19:34] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Running coremod plugin FMLCorePlugin
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Read 818 binary patches
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Loading deobfuscation resource /deobfuscation_data-1.8.9.lzma with 27891 records
[23:19:35] [main/ERROR] [FML/]: FML appears to be missing any signature data. This is not a good thing
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Coremod plugin class FMLCorePlugin run successfully
[23:19:35] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Calling tweak class net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.CoreModManager$FMLPluginWrapper
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Injecting coremod FMLForgePlugin {net.minecraftforge.classloading.FMLForgePlugin} class transformers
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Injection complete
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Running coremod plugin for FMLForgePlugin {net.minecraftforge.classloading.FMLForgePlugin}
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Running coremod plugin FMLForgePlugin
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Coremod plugin class FMLForgePlugin run successfully
[23:19:35] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Calling tweak class net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.CoreModManager$FMLPluginWrapper
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Injecting coremod Java8CheckerCoremod {chylex.javacheck.Java8CheckerCoremod} class transformers
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Injection complete
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Running coremod plugin for Java8CheckerCoremod {chylex.javacheck.Java8CheckerCoremod}
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Running coremod plugin Java8CheckerCoremod
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Coremod plugin class Java8CheckerCoremod run successfully
[23:19:35] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Calling tweak class net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.FMLDeobfTweaker
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Loaded 163 rules from AccessTransformer config file forge_at.cfg
[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Loaded 9 rules from AccessTransformer mod jar file /home/ivan6308/minecraft/mods/Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar!META-INF/pixelmon_at.cfg

[23:19:35] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Validating minecraft
[23:19:36] [main/DEBUG] [FML/]: Minecraft validated, launching…
[23:19:36] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Loading tweak class name net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.TerminalTweaker
[23:19:36] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Calling tweak class net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.TerminalTweaker
[23:19:36] [main/INFO] [LaunchWrapper/]: Launching wrapped minecraft {net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer}
[23:19:39] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: MinecraftForge v11.15.1.1722 Initialized
[23:19:39] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Replaced 204 ore recipies
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: File /home/ivan6308/minecraft/config/injectedDependencies.json not found. No dependencies injected
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Building injected Mod Containers [net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLContainer, net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeModContainer]
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Attempting to load mods contained in the minecraft jar file and associated classes
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Found a minecraft related file at /home/ivan6308/minecraft/pixelmon.jar, examining for mod candidates
[23:19:39] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Skipping known library file /home/ivan6308/minecraft/mods/Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Minecraft jar mods loaded successfully
[23:19:39] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Found 0 mods from the command line. Injecting into mod discoverer
[23:19:39] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Searching /home/ivan6308/minecraft/mods for mods
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Found a candidate zip or jar file Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Examining file pixelmon.jar for potential mods
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: The mod container pixelmon.jar appears to be missing an mcmod.info file
[23:19:39] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Examining file Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar for potential mods
[23:19:39] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Located mcmod.info file in file Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar
[23:19:40] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Identified a mod of type Lnet/minecraftforge/fml/common/Mod; (com.pixelmonmod.pixelmon.Pixelmon) - loading
[23:19:40] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/]: Parsed dependency info : [] [] []
[23:19:40] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Forge Mod Loader has identified 4 mods to load
[23:19:40] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Received a system property request ‘’
[23:19:40] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: System property request managing the state of 0 mods
[23:19:40] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: After merging, found state information for 0 mods
[23:19:40] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Found translations in pixelmon.jar [af_ZA, ar_SA, br_FR, ca_ES, cs_CZ, da_DK, de_DE, el_GR, en_US, es_ES, fa_IR, fi_FI, fr_FR, he_IL, hu_HU, it_IT, ja_JP, ko_KR, lt_LT, nb_NO, nl_NL, nn_NO, no_NO, pl_PL, pt_BR, pt_PT, ro_RO, ru_RU, sl_SI, sr_SP, sv_SE, tr_TR, uk_UA, vi_VN, zh_CN, zh_TW]
[23:19:40] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Found translations in pixelmon.jar [af_ZA, ar_SA, br_FR, ca_ES, cs_CZ, da_DK, de_DE, el_GR, en_US, es_ES, fa_IR, fi_FI, fr_FR, he_IL, hu_HU, it_IT, ja_JP, ko_KR, lt_LT, nb_NO, nl_NL, nn_NO, no_NO, pl_PL, pt_BR, pt_PT, ro_RO, ru_RU, sl_SI, sr_SP, sv_SE, tr_TR, uk_UA, vi_VN, zh_CN, zh_TW]
[23:19:40] [Server thread/DEBUG] [pixelmon/]: Enabling mod pixelmon
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Found translations in Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar [de_DE, en_GB, en_US, es_ES, es_MX, fr_FR, it_IT, ja_JP, ko_KR, nl_NL, pt_BR, pt_PT, ru_RU, sv_SE, th_TH, tr_TR, zh_CN, zh_TW]
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Verifying mod requirements are satisfied
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: All mod requirements are satisfied
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Sorting mods into an ordered list
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Mod sorting completed successfully
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Mod sorting data
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: pixelmon(Pixelmon:4.2.7): Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar ()
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLConstructionEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLConstructionEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: Construction - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.001s
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLConstructionEvent to mod FML
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Mod FML is using network checker : Invoking method checkModLists
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Testing mod FML to verify it accepts its own version in a remote connection
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: The mod FML accepts its own version (8.0.99.99)
[23:19:41] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/FML]: Attempting connection with missing mods [mcp, FML, Forge, pixelmon] at CLIENT
[23:19:41] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/FML]: Attempting connection with missing mods [mcp, FML, Forge, pixelmon] at SERVER
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLConstructionEvent to mod FML
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: Construction - Forge Mod Loader took 0.237s
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLConstructionEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/Forge]: Mod Forge is using network checker : No network checking performed
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/Forge]: Testing mod Forge to verify it accepts its own version in a remote connection
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/Forge]: The mod Forge accepts its own version (11.15.1.1722)
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLConstructionEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: Construction - Minecraft Forge took 0.004s
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLConstructionEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Mod pixelmon is using network checker : Accepting version 4.2.7
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Testing mod pixelmon to verify it accepts its own version in a remote connection
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: The mod pixelmon accepts its own version (4.2.7)
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/pixelmon]: Attempting to inject @SidedProxy classes into pixelmon
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLConstructionEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: Construction - Pixelmon took 0.418s
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: Construction took 0.660s
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Mod signature data
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Valid Signatures:
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: (95a5984bdbf8b83c2aaa5879ff215c39fc5d104e) pixelmon (Pixelmon 4.2.7) Pixelmon-1.8.9-4.2.7-universal.jar
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Missing Signatures:
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: mcp (Minecraft Coder Pack 9.19) minecraft.jar
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: FML (Forge Mod Loader 8.0.99.99) pixelmon.jar
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Forge (Minecraft Forge 11.15.1.1722) pixelmon.jar
[23:19:41] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Processing ObjectHolder annotations
[23:19:41] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Found 384 ObjectHolder annotations
[23:19:41] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Identifying ItemStackHolder annotations
[23:19:41] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Found 0 ItemStackHolder annotations
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLPreInitializationEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLPreInitializationEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: PreInitialization - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.001s
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLPreInitializationEvent to mod FML
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLPreInitializationEvent to mod FML
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: PreInitialization - Forge Mod Loader took 0.009s
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLPreInitializationEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:41] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/Forge]: Configured a dormant chunk cache size of 0
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLPreInitializationEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: PreInitialization - Minecraft Forge took 0.029s
[23:19:41] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLPreInitializationEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:41] [Forge Version Check/INFO] [ForgeVersionCheck/Forge]: [Forge] Starting version check at http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/net/minecraftforge/forge/promotions_slim.json
[23:19:42] [Forge Version Check/DEBUG] [ForgeVersionCheck/Forge]: [Forge] Received version check data:
{
“homepage”: “Minecraft Forge”,
“promos”: {
“1.10-latest”: “12.18.0.2000”,
“1.10.2-latest”: “12.18.1.2014”,
“1.10.2-recommended”: “12.18.1.2011”,
“1.5.2-latest”: “7.8.1.738”,
“1.5.2-recommended”: “7.8.1.737”,
“1.6.1-latest”: “8.9.0.775”,
“1.6.2-latest”: “9.10.1.871”,
“1.6.2-recommended”: “9.10.1.871”,
“1.6.3-latest”: “9.11.0.878”,
“1.6.4-latest”: “9.11.1.1345”,
“1.6.4-recommended”: “9.11.1.1345”,
“1.7.10-latest”: “10.13.4.1614”,
“1.7.10-latest-1.7.10”: “10.13.2.1343”,
“1.7.10-recommended”: “10.13.4.1558”,
“1.7.2-latest”: “10.12.2.1147”,
“1.7.2-recommended”: “10.12.2.1121”,
“1.8-latest”: “11.14.4.1577”,
“1.8-recommended”: “11.14.4.1563”,
“1.8.8-latest”: “11.15.0.1655”,
“1.8.9-latest”: “11.15.1.1902”,
“1.8.9-recommended”: “11.15.1.1722”,
“1.9-latest”: “12.16.0.1942”,
“1.9-recommended”: “12.16.1.1887”,
“1.9.4-latest”: “12.17.0.1990”,
“1.9.4-recommended”: “12.17.0.1976”,
“latest”: “12.18.1.2014”,
“latest-1.7.10”: “10.13.2.1343”,
“recommended”: “12.18.1.2011”
}
}
[23:19:42] [Forge Version Check/INFO] [ForgeVersionCheck/Forge]: [Forge] Found status: UP_TO_DATE Target: null
[23:19:46] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Loading TM/HMs.
[23:19:46] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Extracting database.
[23:19:46] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Loading database driver.
[23:19:46] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Establishing connection.
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Trainer as pixelmon.Trainer
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Hallwoeen as pixelmon.Hallwoeen
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Trader as pixelmon.Trader
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Pixelmon as pixelmon.Pixelmon
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Statue as pixelmon.Statue
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Claw as pixelmon.Claw
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity ChattingNPC as pixelmon.ChattingNPC
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Relearner as pixelmon.Relearner
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Tutor as pixelmon.Tutor
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Pokeball as pixelmon.Pokeball
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Hook as pixelmon.Hook
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity EntityChairMount as pixelmon.EntityChairMount
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity NurseJoy as pixelmon.NurseJoy
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity Shopkeeper as pixelmon.Shopkeeper
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/pixelmon]: Automatically registered mod pixelmon entity PixelmonPainting as pixelmon.PixelmonPainting
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLPreInitializationEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:49] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: PreInitialization - Pixelmon took 7.611s
[23:19:49] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: PreInitialization took 7.650s
[23:19:49] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Applying holder lookups
[23:19:49] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Holder lookups applied
[23:19:49] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Injecting itemstacks
[23:19:49] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Itemstack injection complete
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLInitializationEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLInitializationEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:49] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: Initialization - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.000s
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLInitializationEvent to mod FML
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLInitializationEvent to mod FML
[23:19:49] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: Initialization - Forge Mod Loader took 0.000s
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLInitializationEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLInitializationEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:49] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: Initialization - Minecraft Forge took 0.000s
[23:19:49] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLInitializationEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:50] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Registering shop items.
[23:19:50] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Registering NPCs.
[23:19:50] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Registering structures.
[23:19:51] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Registering drops.
[23:19:51] [Server thread/INFO] [Pixelmon/pixelmon]: Registering entity spawns.
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLInitializationEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: Initialization - Pixelmon took 3.137s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: Initialization took 3.138s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Attempting to deliver 0 IMC messages to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event IMCEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event IMCEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: InterModComms$IMC - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.002s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Attempting to deliver 0 IMC messages to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event IMCEvent to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event IMCEvent to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: InterModComms$IMC - Forge Mod Loader took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Attempting to deliver 0 IMC messages to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event IMCEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event IMCEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: InterModComms$IMC - Minecraft Forge took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/]: Attempting to deliver 0 IMC messages to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event IMCEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event IMCEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: InterModComms$IMC - Pixelmon took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: InterModComms$IMC took 0.003s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Injecting itemstacks
[23:19:52] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Itemstack injection complete
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLPostInitializationEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLPostInitializationEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: PostInitialization - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLPostInitializationEvent to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLPostInitializationEvent to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: PostInitialization - Forge Mod Loader took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLPostInitializationEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLPostInitializationEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: PostInitialization - Minecraft Forge took 0.006s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLPostInitializationEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLPostInitializationEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: PostInitialization - Pixelmon took 0.053s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: PostInitialization took 0.059s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLLoadCompleteEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLLoadCompleteEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: LoadComplete - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLLoadCompleteEvent to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLLoadCompleteEvent to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: LoadComplete - Forge Mod Loader took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLLoadCompleteEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: Forge RecipeSorter Baking:
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 14: RecipeEntry(“Before”, UNKNOWN, )
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 13: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:shaped”, SHAPED, net.minecraft.item.crafting.ShapedRecipes) Before: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 12: RecipeEntry(“forge:shapedore”, SHAPED, net.minecraftforge.oredict.ShapedOreRecipe) Before: minecraft:shapeless After: minecraft:shaped
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 11: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:mapextending”, SHAPED, net.minecraft.item.crafting.RecipesMapExtending) Before: minecraft:shapeless After: minecraft:shaped
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 10: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:shapeless”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraft.item.crafting.ShapelessRecipes) After: minecraft:shaped
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 9: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:repair”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraft.item.crafting.RecipeRepairItem) After: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 8: RecipeEntry(“forge:shapelessore”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraftforge.oredict.ShapelessOreRecipe) After: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 7: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:armordyes”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraft.item.crafting.RecipesArmorDyes) After: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 6: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:fireworks”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraft.item.crafting.RecipeFireworks) After: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 5: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:pattern_add”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraft.item.crafting.RecipesBanners$RecipeAddPattern) After: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 4: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:pattern_dupe”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraft.item.crafting.RecipesBanners$RecipeDuplicatePattern) After: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 3: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:bookcloning”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraft.item.crafting.RecipeBookCloning) After: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 2: RecipeEntry(“minecraft:mapcloning”, SHAPELESS, net.minecraft.item.crafting.RecipesMapCloning) After: minecraft:shapeless
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: 1: RecipeEntry(“After”, UNKNOWN, )
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/Forge]: Sorting recipies
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLLoadCompleteEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: LoadComplete - Minecraft Forge took 0.010s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLLoadCompleteEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLLoadCompleteEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: LoadComplete - Pixelmon took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: LoadComplete took 0.011s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Freezing block and item id maps
[23:19:52] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Forge Mod Loader has successfully loaded 4 mods
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLServerAboutToStartEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLServerAboutToStartEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerAboutToStart - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLServerAboutToStartEvent to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLServerAboutToStartEvent to mod FML
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerAboutToStart - Forge Mod Loader took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLServerAboutToStartEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLServerAboutToStartEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerAboutToStart - Minecraft Forge took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLServerAboutToStartEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLServerAboutToStartEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerAboutToStart - Pixelmon took 0.000s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: ServerAboutToStart took 0.002s
[23:19:52] [Server thread/ERROR] [fml.ModTracker/]: This world was saved with mod sponge which appears to be missing, things may not work well
[23:19:53] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Injecting existing block and item data into this server instance
[23:19:53] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLModIdMappingEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:53] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLModIdMappingEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:53] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ModIdMapping - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.001s
[23:19:53] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLModIdMappingEvent to mod FML
[23:19:53] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLModIdMappingEvent to mod FML
[23:19:53] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ModIdMapping - Forge Mod Loader took 0.000s
[23:19:53] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLModIdMappingEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:53] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLModIdMappingEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:53] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ModIdMapping - Minecraft Forge took 0.001s
[23:19:53] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLModIdMappingEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:53] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLModIdMappingEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:53] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ModIdMapping - Pixelmon took 0.000s
[23:19:53] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: ModIdMapping took 0.002s
[23:19:53] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Applying holder lookups
[23:19:53] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Holder lookups applied
[23:19:53] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Loading persistent fluid defaults from world
[23:19:53] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: The fluid minecraft:lava has been selected as the default fluid for lava
[23:19:53] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: The fluid minecraft:water has been selected as the default fluid for water
[23:19:53] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Loading dimension 0 (world) (net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer@1663b589)
[23:19:53] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Loading dimension 1 (world) (net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer@1663b589)
[23:19:53] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Loading dimension -1 (world) (net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer@1663b589)
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLServerStartingEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLServerStartingEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerStarting - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.000s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLServerStartingEvent to mod FML
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLServerStartingEvent to mod FML
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerStarting - Forge Mod Loader took 0.000s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLServerStartingEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLServerStartingEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerStarting - Minecraft Forge took 0.004s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLServerStartingEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLServerStartingEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerStarting - Pixelmon took 0.259s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: ServerStarting took 0.263s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sending event FMLServerStartedEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [mcp/mcp]: Sent event FMLServerStartedEvent to mod mcp
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerStarted - Minecraft Coder Pack took 0.000s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sending event FMLServerStartedEvent to mod FML
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [FML/FML]: Sent event FMLServerStartedEvent to mod FML
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerStarted - Forge Mod Loader took 0.000s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sending event FMLServerStartedEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [Forge/Forge]: Sent event FMLServerStartedEvent to mod Forge
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerStarted - Minecraft Forge took 0.000s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sending event FMLServerStartedEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:56] [Server thread/TRACE] [pixelmon/pixelmon]: Sent event FMLServerStartedEvent to mod pixelmon
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Step: ServerStarted - Pixelmon took 0.000s
[23:19:56] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Bar Finished: ServerStarted took 0.001s

Hm looks like Forge doesn’t even find the sponge file or doesn’t consider it to be a proper Forge mod.
You did have the spongforge jar in the mods folder on that startup right?

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Yes, I did. It looks like this afterward.

You could try removing pixelmon and check if sponge loads then.
If yes, it must be some kind of conflict between the two.
If no, you could try installing Forge version *.1890 and see if that works.

Post the full fml-server-latest.log found in the logs folder so we can see exactly what’s going on.

I noticed this when reading the log posted above:

23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: mcp (Minecraft Coder Pack 9.19) minecraft.jar
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: FML (Forge Mod Loader 8.0.99.99) pixelmon.jar
[23:19:41] [Server thread/DEBUG] [FML/]: Forge (Minecraft Forge 11.15.1.1722) pixelmon.jar
[23:19:41] [Server thread/INFO] [FML/]: Processing ObjectHolder annotations

Are you sure that you’re actually starting the right Forge *.jar file? Common practice is that you can select different jars in your server panel.

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That’s not guaranteed. In order to be sure, they should match . Non matching versions may work occasionally, and if a newer version of Forge isn’t working that is a good reason to report a bug, so that SpongeForge can be updated, but if you want it to just work, the easiest thing to do is to make sure that the versions match.

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Tzk, I think you have hit the nail on the head, I believe the launch script they are using is still referencing the old version of forge, and not the version uploaded by the user.