"Trying" and failing to build Spongeforge for FTB ultimate reloaded

Forge Mod Loader version 14.23.5.2811 for Minecraft 1.12.2
Java is OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM, version 1.8.0_191, running on Linux:amd64:4.15.0-43-generic, installed at /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre

I am running FTB ultimate reloaded dedicated server trying to load latest spongeforge-1.12.2-2768-7.1.5 on a forge 14.23.5.2811 server loads ok but the sponge commands are unrecognized when typed in server console letting me believe it hasn’t loaded properly.

I can’t downgrade/upgrade forge without breaking things, so i’ve decided to try my luck building spongeforge for forge 14.23.5.2811

I have edited gradle.properties
name=SpongeForge
implementation=Forge
description=The SpongeAPI implementation for Forge
url=https://www.spongepowered.org
organization=SpongePowered

forgeVersion=1.12.2-14.23.5
forgeBuild=2811

forgeGradlePlugin=net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3G

run ./gradlew setupDecompWorkspace --refresh-dependencies
and ./gradlew --stracktrace --info --debug

EDIT: just run ./gradlew --stracktrace --info --debug > buildlogdebug its no surprise its almost 100mb txt file

heres the tail end of the buildlog
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08:19:17.584 [INFO] [org.gradle.launcher.daemon.client.DaemonClient] Received result Failure[value=org.gradle.initialization.ReportedException: org.gradle.internal.exceptions.LocationAwareException: Execution failed for task ‘:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:test’.] from daemon DaemonInfo{pid=9175, address=[de879065-2082-42b9-bcd6-5e8bd7096281 port:44013, addresses:[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1, /127.0.0.1]], state=Idle, lastBusy=1550989676958, context=DefaultDaemonContext[uid=054cc530-c8b2-4d83-824a-b928bf14c3f9,javaHome=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64,daemonRegistryDir=/home/ftbur/.gradle/daemon,pid=9175,idleTimeout=10800000,daemonOpts=-Xmx3G,-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8,-Duser.country=US,-Duser.language=en,-Duser.variant]} (build should be done).
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Is there any way to bypass test errors or is that a bad idea?

I will try building an even newer version in hopes of it succeeding and report back my novice experiences…

just tried building against 2814 same thing

:testmods:build
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:javadoc
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/event/item/inventory/DropItemEvent.java:87: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: ChangeBlockEvent.Break
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/event/item/inventory/DropItemEvent.java:87: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: DestructEntityEvent.Death
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/service/context/Context.java:53: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: Map.Entry
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
/home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/api/util/CatalogBuilder.java:69: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: C
15 warnings
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:javadocJar
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:shadowJar
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:sourceJar
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:assemble
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:checkLicenseAp
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:checkLicenseMain
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:checkLicenseTest
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:checkLicenses
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:checkstyleAp SKIPPED
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:checkstyleMain SKIPPED
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:checkstyleTest SKIPPED
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:test

org.spongepowered.api.command.CommandSpecTest > testNoArgsFunctional FAILED
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Sponge has not been initialized!
at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:444)
at org.spongepowered.api.Sponge.check(Sponge.java:77)
at org.spongepowered.api.Sponge.getCauseStackManager(Sponge.java:269)
at org.spongepowered.api.command.dispatcher.SimpleDispatcher.process(SimpleDispatcher.java:338)
at org.spongepowered.api.command.CommandSpecTest.testNoArgsFunctional(CommandSpecTest.java:57)

443 tests completed, 1 failed
:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:test FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  • What went wrong:
    Execution failed for task ‘:SpongeCommon:SpongeAPI:test’.

There were failing tests. See the report at: file:///home/ftbur/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge/SpongeCommon/SpongeAPI/build/reports/tests/test/index.html

  • Try:
    Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 2 mins 36.414 secs
ftbur@localhost:~/SpongeForge-2814/SpongeForge$

is it just me doing something wrong or is it just not working?

Stack trace is useless, that’s just showing which part of Gradle caused the error. You already know which part of Gradle caused the error, it’s the test suite.

That would probably be where to look. Meanwhile,

FTB Ultimate is a big name modpack. Sponge is the only way to get server plugins. Ergo, six thousand people already had your exact problem. Here’s one of them.

Hi there thanks for the quick response. I tried the fix mentioned I’m not having any luck with it, also just disabled the plugin foamfix from loading and spongeforge still isn’t loading.

Here is the logs before i disabled foamfix
http://139.162.20.198/ftbur_logs.7z

I seem to have fixed what ever was causing it to not load correctly.

  1. try the foamfix config changes.
  2. try renaming spongeforge to _aspongeforge to get in early with mixins, something else is polluting mixins before spongeforge is loaded.
  3. for the sake of simplicity also rename spongeforge plugins to _worldedit _vanish _luckperms so that those plugins also get loaded before everything else and are easy find when you need to look for them.

Those are the two most common SpongeForge quick-fixes for modpacks, i.e. the FoamFix config and renaming SF to get past an old_mixin conflict with a coremod.

In future, can you please put stack traces and log files into a separate link (e.g. GitHub gist)? It saves a lot of space and makes it easier to read the thread.

It was #2 then, because a mod was loading an outdated version of Mixin first.
#3 isn’t a thing, Sponge loads plugins independently of Forge loading mods.

Just for reference, I have fixed your original test failing problem as I was getting it too.