Editing Minecraft modding (section)

===Alpha===
With the release of Minecraft Alpha, the first server-side mods began to appear. One of them was hMod,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lock this thread (hMod thread) - Server Support and Administration - Support - Minecraft Forum - Minecraft Forum |url=https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/support/server-support-and/1891855-lock-this-thread-hmod-thread |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=www.minecraftforum.net |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421201846/https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/support/server-support-and/1891855-lock-this-thread-hmod-thread |url-status=live }}</ref> which added some simple but necessary tools to manage a server. Michael Stoyke, also known as Searge<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Stoyke video game credits and biography |url=https://www.mobygames.com/person/125826/michael-stoyke/ |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=MobyGames |language=en |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421201846/https://www.mobygames.com/person/125826/michael-stoyke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (who would later go on to work for Mojang), created Minecraft Coder Pack (MCP).<ref>{{Cite web |title=https://twitter.com/SeargeDP |url=https://twitter.com/SeargeDP |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420064131/https://twitter.com/SeargeDP |url-status=live }}</ref> This was later renamed to Mod Coder Pack, keeping the same acronym. MCP<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.modcoderpack.com/ |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=www.modcoderpack.com |title=Archived copy |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421201848/http://www.modcoderpack.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (succeeded by MCP Reborn<ref>{{Citation |last=Hexeption |title=Hexeption/MCP-Reborn |date=21 April 2023 |url=https://github.com/Hexeption/MCP-Reborn |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421201846/https://github.com/Hexeption/MCP-Reborn |url-status=live }}</ref>) was a tool that decompiled and deobfuscated ''Minecraft'' code. MCP would recompile and obfuscate new and changed classes, which could be injected into the game. However, if multiple mods modified the same base code, it could cause conflicts resulting in an error. To solve this problem, Risugami's {{sic|Mod|Loader}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Risugami's Mods - Updated. - Minecraft Mods - Mapping and Modding: Java Edition - Minecraft Forum - Minecraft Forum |url=https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-java-edition/minecraft-mods/1272333-risugamis-mods-updated |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=www.minecraftforum.net |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420034823/https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-java-edition/minecraft-mods/1272333-risugamis-mods-updated |url-status=live }}</ref> was created to prevent any conflicts from occurring due to multiple mods modifying the same base classes or game resources.