Add comment on targetJavaVersion.

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Use these Java versions
         java: [
-          16    # Minimum supported by Minecraft
+          1.8,  # Minimum supported by Minecraft
+          11,   # Current Java LTS
+          15    # Latest version
         ]
         # and run on both Linux and Windows
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-latest]
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: build
         run: ./gradlew build
       - name: capture build artifacts
-        if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.java == '16' }} # Only upload artifacts built from latest java on one OS
+        if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.java == '11' }} # Only upload artifacts built from LTS java on one OS
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: Artifacts

build.gradle

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 plugins {
-	id 'fabric-loom' version '0.9-SNAPSHOT'
+	id 'fabric-loom' version '0.5-SNAPSHOT'
 	id 'maven-publish'
 }
 
-sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_16
-targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_16
-
 archivesBaseName = project.archives_base_name
 version = project.mod_version
 group = project.maven_group
 
+// This field defines the Java version your mod target.
+// The Minecraft launcher currently installs Java 8 for users, so your mod probably wants to target Java 8 too.
+def targetJavaVersion = 8
+
 repositories {
     // Add repositories to retrieve artifacts from in here.
     // You should only use this when depending on other mods because
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ dependencies {
 
 	// Fabric API. This is technically optional, but you probably want it anyway.
 	modImplementation "net.fabricmc.fabric-api:fabric-api:${project.fabric_version}"
+	// You can also use individual Fabric API modules with
+	// `modImplementation fabricApi.module('module-name', project.fabric_version)`
+	// If you do this, you will need to depend individually on each modules in the fabric.mod.json file.
 
 	// PSA: Some older mods, compiled on Loom 0.2.1, might have outdated Maven POMs.
 	// You may need to force-disable transitiveness on them.
@@ -46,11 +50,17 @@ tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
 	// If Javadoc is generated, this must be specified in that task too.
 	it.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
 
-	// Minecraft 1.17 (21w19a) upwards uses Java 16.
+	// JDK 9 introduced a new way of specifying this that will make sure no newer classes or methods are used.
-	it.options.release = 16
+	// We'll use that if it's available, but otherwise we'll use the older option.
+	if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
+		it.options.release = targetJavaVersion
+	}
 }
 
 java {
+	sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(targetJavaVersion)
+	targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(targetJavaVersion)
+
 	// Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
 	// if it is present.
 	// If you remove this line, sources will not be generated.

gradle.properties

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1G
 
 # Fabric Properties
-	# check these on https://fabricmc.net/versions.html
+	# check these on https://fabricmc.net/use
-	minecraft_version=1.17.1
+	minecraft_version=1.16.5
-	yarn_mappings=1.17.1+build.63
+	yarn_mappings=1.16.5+build.1
-	loader_version=0.11.7
+	loader_version=0.11.0
 
 # Mod Properties
 	mod_version = 1.0.0
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1G
 	archives_base_name = fabric-example-mod
 
 # Dependencies
-	fabric_version=0.41.0+1.17
+	# currently not on the main fabric site, check on the maven: https://maven.fabricmc.net/net/fabricmc/fabric-api/fabric-api
+	fabric_version=0.29.3+1.16

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

gradlew

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ case "`uname`" in
   Darwin* )
     darwin=true
     ;;
-  MSYS* | MINGW* )
+  MINGW* )
     msys=true
     ;;
   NONSTOP* )

src/main/java/net/fabricmc/example/ExampleMod.java

@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 package net.fabricmc.example;
 
 import net.fabricmc.api.ModInitializer;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class ExampleMod implements ModInitializer {
-	// This logger is used to write text to the console and the log file.
-	// It is considered best practice to use your mod id as the logger's name.
-	// That way, it's clear which mod wrote info, warnings, and errors.
-	public static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger("modid");
-
 	@Override
 	public void onInitialize() {
 		// This code runs as soon as Minecraft is in a mod-load-ready state.
 		// However, some things (like resources) may still be uninitialized.
 		// Proceed with mild caution.
 
-		LOGGER.info("Hello Fabric world!");
+		System.out.println("Hello Fabric world!");
 	}
 }

src/main/java/net/fabricmc/example/mixin/ExampleMixin.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package net.fabricmc.example.mixin;
 
-import net.fabricmc.example.ExampleMod;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screen.TitleScreen;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
@@ -11,6 +10,6 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
 public class ExampleMixin {
 	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "init()V")
 	private void init(CallbackInfo info) {
-		ExampleMod.LOGGER.info("This line is printed by an example mod mixin!");
+		System.out.println("This line is printed by an example mod mixin!");
 	}
 }

src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json

@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@
   ],
 
   "depends": {
-    "fabricloader": ">=0.11.3",
+    "fabricloader": ">=0.7.4",
     "fabric": "*",
-    "minecraft": "1.17.x",
+    "minecraft": "1.16.x"
-    "java": ">=16"
   },
   "suggests": {
     "another-mod": "*"

src/main/resources/modid.mixins.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "required": true,
   "minVersion": "0.8",
   "package": "net.fabricmc.example.mixin",
-  "compatibilityLevel": "JAVA_16",
+  "compatibilityLevel": "JAVA_8",
   "mixins": [
   ],
   "client": [