diff --git a/CREDITS.txt b/CREDITS.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a70c53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CREDITS.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+Minecraft Forge: Credits/Thank You
+
+Forge is a set of tools and modifications to the Minecraft base game code to assist 
+mod developers in creating new and exciting content. It has been in development for 
+several years now, but I would like to take this time thank a few people who have 
+helped it along it's way.
+
+First, the people who originally created the Forge projects way back in Minecraft 
+alpha. Eloraam of RedPower, and SpaceToad of Buildcraft, without their acceptiance 
+of me taking over the project, who knows what Minecraft modding would be today.
+
+Secondly, someone who has worked with me, and developed some of the core features
+that allow modding to be as functional, and as simple as it is, cpw. For developing
+FML, which stabelized the client and server modding ecosystem. As well as the base
+loading system that allows us to modify Minecraft's code as elegently as possible.
+
+Mezz, who has stepped up as the issue and pull request manager. Helping to keep me
+sane as well as guiding the community into creating better additions to Forge.
+
+Searge, Bspks, Fesh0r, ProfMobious, and all the rest over on the MCP team {of which 
+I am a part}. For creating some of the core tools needed to make Minecraft modding 
+both possible, and as stable as can be.
+  On that note, here is some specific information of the MCP data we use:
+    * Minecraft Coder Pack (MCP) *
+      Forge Mod Loader and Minecraft Forge have permission to distribute and automatically 
+      download components of MCP and distribute MCP data files. This permission is not 
+      transitive and others wishing to redistribute the Minecraft Forge source independently
+      should seek permission of MCP or remove the MCP data files and request their users 
+      to download MCP separately.
+      
+And lastly, the countless community members who have spent time submitting bug reports, 
+pull requests, and just helping out the community in general. Thank you.
+
+--LexManos
+
+=========================================================================
+
+This is Forge Mod Loader.
+
+You can find the source code at all times at https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/tree/1.12.x/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml
+
+This minecraft mod is a clean open source implementation of a mod loader for minecraft servers
+and minecraft clients.
+
+The code is authored by cpw.
+
+It began by partially implementing an API defined by the client side ModLoader, authored by Risugami.
+http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/75440-
+This support has been dropped as of Minecraft release 1.7, as Risugami no longer maintains ModLoader.
+
+It also contains suggestions and hints and generous helpings of code from LexManos, author of MinecraftForge.
+http://www.minecraftforge.net/
+
+Additionally, it contains an implementation of topological sort based on that 
+published at http://keithschwarz.com/interesting/code/?dir=topological-sort
+
+It also contains code from the Maven project for performing versioned dependency
+resolution. http://maven.apache.org/
+
+It also contains a partial repackaging of the javaxdelta library from http://sourceforge.net/projects/javaxdelta/
+with credit to it's authors.
+
+Forge Mod Loader downloads components from the Minecraft Coder Pack
+(http://mcp.ocean-labs.de/index.php/Main_Page) with kind permission from the MCP team.
+
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 3baa851..7a3265e 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2f53ed1..949819d 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Sat Aug 06 10:35:15 EDT 2016
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 27309d9..cccdd3d 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 ##############################################################################
 ##
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
 
-warn ( ) {
+warn () {
     echo "$*"
 }
 
-die ( ) {
+die () {
     echo
     echo "$*"
     echo
@@ -154,11 +154,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     esac
 fi
 
-# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-function splitJvmOpts() {
-    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
 }
-eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
-JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 832fdb6..f955316 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ goto fail
 @rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line