
Is there a way to create an account without all this nonsense? Or possibly somewhere else I can download Java 8?ĮDIT: Bonus question-of all the available mods for backporting 1.17 stuff, are there any specific ones y'all would recommend? I've found, like, five. Java SE Development Kit 8 By Sun Microsystems Free Visit Site Key Details of Java SE Development Kit 8 Build highly sophisticated applications, applets, and components using the Java programming. It's all required info to create an account. Oracle has two products that implement Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) 8: Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 8 and Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 8. Here's the create an account page so you can see exactly what I mean. I'm certainly not giving them my personal home info. The problem is, to make an Oracle account I apparently need to give them my work information?! Never mind that I'm a stay-at-home spouse so I couldn't even if I wanted to.

Alright, sure, not that big a deal, I'll make an account. I found the link to get the Java SE Development Kit 8 Download, but this time it's asking me to log in to do it. I installed the latest version of Java fine, but it turns out it was the wrong one for what I needed and only works with Forge 1.17.1 and 1.17.1 JAR files. I'm on a new laptop, and it didn't have any Java stuff installed. Oracle has two products that implement Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) 8: Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 8 and Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 8.

I want to use forge for 1.16.5 since the mods I really want are only on that version, and I can just mod in 1.17 stuff.
