I'm going to just leave this here to show the process of setting this up for anyone who also may experience the same issues i run into along the way.
First i downloaded the EnvyGTS-Forge-4.5.5-1.16.5.jar and added it to my server mods, im using minecraft 1.16.5 with forge. when i start my server i get this error before the console abruptly closes:
i read i will have to setup an sql database which will be new to me but im sure i can do it, i saw in another post someone showed a good youtube guide how to set one up. before i go and try to do that off the bat though if someone could give me the flat out process i need to do to get the GTS going that would be awesome before i jump into doing anything myself.
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