We recommend the Forge/Liteloader option if you only plan on using it yourself, because it doesn’t require you to run a separate server, plus you can install the WorldEdit CUI mod, which makes it easy to see what you have selected. When you start Minecraft back up, WorldEdit should be installed. One is a litemod and one is a jar, both go in the “mods” folder. This was created by Forge and Liteloader and is where you will place the mod files. In your Minecraft folder there is another folder called “mods”. On Mac you can hold down Command while in the Finder “Go” menu and click Library, then Application support. You can get to it on Windows by searching for %appdata% from the Windows menu a folder called ‘Roaming’ should pop up and the. Close out of it after it loads and open your Minecraft folder in Windows Explorer or Finder. The game is setting things up the first time it runs. Once both of those have installed, open Minecraft, select the Liteloader with Forge profile, and wait for the title screen. Make sure to select the ‘Forge’ profile to extend from in the Liteloader installer. Liteloader is like Forge, and can be installed on top of it. Once you have Forge installed, download Liteloader for 1.8. The Forge installer writes a few files to your Minecraft folder and makes a new profile in the Minecraft launcher called ‘Forge’.
Just select ‘release 1.8’ in the ‘Edit Profile’ section of the Minecraft launcher. It is not available for 1.8.1 or any later releases, just 1.8, but since newer versions of 1.8 are primarily bug fixes and do not contain any major new features it’s okay to downgrade. Forge is a mod API that makes installing mods as easy as dragging and dropping. However, if you don’t want to set up a server, you can download and run the Forge Installer for 1.8. If you want to be careful about not installing mods, you can set up a Spigot server and download the WorldEdit plugin. WorldEdit is primarily used as a server plugin, but it does have it’s own singleplayer mod.