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Q: mod button missing but i have forge (minecraft)

HiCaptain_25i've downloaded forge but i can't see the mods button in Minecraft 1.7.10. What do i do? I've tried restarting, changing the name of my profile, and it's still not showing up. What can i do to fix this problem?

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Alex
Alex
@sommerjj This isn't off-topic. It is not a crash report.
Frank
Frank
@Alex It's still tech support.
Alex
Alex
@Frank It's not tech support though, so it's not off-topic
Frank
Frank
@Alex Application is not working as expected. Resolving that is tech support.
Alex
Alex
@Frank the same issue will occur even in non-modded Minecraft, I'm supporting opening this question again.
Frank
Frank
21:14
@Alex Except this issue happens ONLY because you're trying to mod it.
Alex
Alex
@Frank Except it doesn't. This can happen with ONLY not mods, too. Making this on-topic.
Frank
Frank
@Alex You're trying to change the launcher to launch a modded version. Not vanilla. Wanna launch vanilla? There's no need to change these settings. Modded only.
Alex
Alex
@Frank To change the version from 1.10 to 1.2 for example, you have to use these settings. So it IS on topic
Frank
Frank
@Alex It's still not on-topic. Making mods work in Minecraft is off-topic. Period.
It's not just limited to crashes.
Alex
Alex
21:26
But it's not a crash. It's a very easy issue to fix, it should be closed for that reason, but it's not Tech Support
Frank
Frank
Yes it is.
The app is not working.
Fixing it is tech support.
If mods were not involved, this wouldn't be a problem.
It's literally in the title.
Alex
Alex
meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/q/11168/142044 Look at UnionHawk's answer
Frank
Frank
Yeah. And?
I, and many others, have a much broader view of what constitutes tech support.
Alex
Alex
He says "No. Gameplay questions about modded Minecraft are, and have always been, on-topic. The decision you are referring to specifically mentions technical support questions being disallowed (which as far as I'm aware, we are limiting that to mean crashes)"
Frank
Frank
This isn't a gameplay question.
It's literally a, "Help me get modded Minecraft working!" question.
Which I classify as tech support.
I don't care if it's not a crash or not. It's tech support, therefore off-topic.
Alex
Alex
21:35
Ok. If I see any questions like that, I'll make sure to flag them. But it's still not a crash. So I must of gotten the two confused
Frank
Frank
Definitely not a crash.
But we don't limit it to just crashes, because the problem space is huge.
Alex
Alex
Then I'll make sure to flag future questions like that as off-topic.
Frank
Frank
The broader interpretation I use is, "Is this asking us to get modded Minecraft working?" If the answer to that is yes, then I vote to close.

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