Crashes before starting up
version is for 1.17 fabric for client-side use

full crash report below:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// This doesn't make any sense!

Time: 6/13/21, 7:37 PM
Description: Initializing game

java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not execute entrypoint stage 'main' due to errors, provided by 'emerald_tools'!
at net.fabricmc.loader.entrypoint.minecraft.hooks.EntrypointUtils.invoke0(EntrypointUtils.java:53)
at net.fabricmc.loader.entrypoint.minecraft.hooks.EntrypointUtils.invoke(EntrypointUtils.java:36)
at net.fabricmc.loader.entrypoint.minecraft.hooks.EntrypointClient.start(EntrypointClient.java:32)
at net.minecraft.class_310.(class_310.java:459)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(Main.java:179)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:78)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
at net.fabricmc.loader.game.MinecraftGameProvider.launch(MinecraftGameProvider.java:226)
at net.fabricmc.loader.launch.knot.Knot.launch(Knot.java:146)
at net.fabricmc.loader.launch.knot.KnotClient.main(KnotClient.java:28)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: me/shedaniel/autoconfig/serializer/PartitioningSerializer$GlobalData
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:1010)
at java.base/java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:150)
at net.fabricmc.loader.launch.knot.KnotClassLoader.loadClass(KnotClassLoader.java:163)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:519)
at com.kwpugh.emerald_tools.EmeraldTools.(EmeraldTools.java:22)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:466)
at net.fabricmc.loader.util.DefaultLanguageAdapter.create(DefaultLanguageAdapter.java:45)
at net.fabricmc.loader.EntrypointStorage$NewEntry.create(EntrypointStorage.java:112)
at net.fabricmc.loader.EntrypointStorage$NewEntry.getOrCreate(EntrypointStorage.java:99)
at net.fabricmc.loader.EntrypointStorage.lambda$getEntrypointContainers$1(EntrypointStorage.java:184)
at net.fabricmc.loader.entrypoint.EntrypointContainerImpl.getEntrypoint(EntrypointContainerImpl.java:37)
at net.fabricmc.loader.entrypoint.minecraft.hooks.EntrypointUtils.invoke0(EntrypointUtils.java:50)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: me.shedaniel.autoconfig.serializer.PartitioningSerializer$GlobalData
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:636)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:182)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:519)
at net.fabricmc.loader.launch.knot.KnotClassLoader.loadClass(KnotClassLoader.java:168)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:519)
... 25 more

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:

-- Head --
Thread: Render thread
Stacktrace:
at net.fabricmc.loader.entrypoint.minecraft.hooks.EntrypointUtils.invoke0(EntrypointUtils.java:53)
at net.fabricmc.loader.entrypoint.minecraft.hooks.EntrypointUtils.invoke(EntrypointUtils.java:36)
at net.fabricmc.loader.entrypoint.minecraft.hooks.EntrypointClient.start(EntrypointClient.java:32)
at net.minecraft.class_310.(class_310.java:459)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(Main.java:179)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:78)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
at net.fabricmc.loader.game.MinecraftGameProvider.launch(MinecraftGameProvider.java:226)
at net.fabricmc.loader.launch.knot.Knot.launch(Knot.java:146)
at net.fabricmc.loader.launch.knot.KnotClient.main(KnotClient.java:28)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.17
Minecraft Version ID: 1.17
Operating System: Windows 10 (amd64) version 10.0
Java Version: 16.0.1, Microsoft
Java VM Version: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Microsoft
Memory: 767589752 bytes (732 MiB) / 1207959552 bytes (1152 MiB) up to 2147483648 bytes (2048 MiB)
CPUs: 12
Processor Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Processor Name: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Identifier: AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 113 Stepping 0
Microarchitecture: Zen 2
Frequency (GHz): 3.60
Number of physical packages: 1
Number of physical CPUs: 6
Number of logical CPUs: 12
Graphics card #0 name: AMD Radeon RX 6800
Graphics card #0 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (0x1002)
Graphics card #0 VRAM (MB): 4095.00
Graphics card #0 deviceId: 0x73bf
Graphics card #0 versionInfo: DriverVersion=27.20.14501.28009
Memory slot #0 capacity (MB): 8192.00
Memory slot #0 clockSpeed (GHz): 3.20
Memory slot #0 type: DDR4
Memory slot #1 capacity (MB): 8192.00
Memory slot #1 clockSpeed (GHz): 3.20
Memory slot #1 type: DDR4
Memory slot #2 capacity (MB): 8192.00
Memory slot #2 clockSpeed (GHz): 3.20
Memory slot #2 type: DDR4
Memory slot #3 capacity (MB): 8192.00
Memory slot #3 clockSpeed (GHz): 3.20
Memory slot #3 type: DDR4
Virtual memory max (MB): 44465.84
Virtual memory used (MB): 16100.57
Swap memory total (MB): 11776.00
Swap memory used (MB): 52.54
JVM Flags: 9 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xss1M -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M
Fabric Mods:
emerald_tools: Emerald Tools 1.2.11
fabric: Fabric API 0.35.0+1.17
fabric-api-base: Fabric API Base 0.3.0+a02b44633d
fabric-api-lookup-api-v1: Fabric API Lookup API (v1) 1.1.0+1d383bb63d
fabric-biome-api-v1: Fabric Biome API (v1) 3.1.11+c345aea83d
fabric-blockrenderlayer-v1: Fabric BlockRenderLayer Registration (v1) 1.1.5+a02b44633d
fabric-command-api-v1: Fabric Command API (v1) 1.1.1+a02b44633d
fabric-commands-v0: Fabric Commands (v0) 0.2.2+92519afa3d
fabric-containers-v0: Fabric Containers (v0) 0.1.12+a02b44633d
fabric-content-registries-v0: Fabric Content Registries (v0) 0.2.2+a02b44633d
fabric-crash-report-info-v1: Fabric Crash Report Info (v1) 0.1.5+be9da3103d
fabric-dimensions-v1: Fabric Dimensions API (v1) 2.0.10+a02b44633d
fabric-entity-events-v1: Fabric Entity Events (v1) 1.1.0+a02b44633d
fabric-events-interaction-v0: Fabric Events Interaction (v0) 0.4.8+a02b44633d
fabric-events-lifecycle-v0: Fabric Events Lifecycle (v0) 0.2.1+92519afa3d
fabric-game-rule-api-v1: Fabric Game Rule API (v1) 1.0.6+a02b44633d
fabric-item-api-v1: Fabric Item API (v1) 1.2.4+a02b44633d
fabric-item-groups-v0: Fabric Item Groups (v0) 0.2.10+b7ab61213d
fabric-key-binding-api-v1: Fabric Key Binding API (v1) 1.0.4+a02b44633d
fabric-keybindings-v0: Fabric Key Bindings (v0) 0.2.2+36b77c3e3d
fabric-lifecycle-events-v1: Fabric Lifecycle Events (v1) 1.4.4+a02b44633d
fabric-loot-tables-v1: Fabric Loot Tables (v1) 1.0.4+a02b44633d
fabric-mining-levels-v0: Fabric Mining Levels (v0) 0.1.3+92519afa3d
fabric-models-v0: Fabric Models (v0) 0.3.0+a02b44633d
fabric-networking-api-v1: Fabric Networking API (v1) 1.0.11+b7ab61213d
fabric-networking-blockentity-v0: Fabric Networking Block Entity (v0) 0.2.11+a02b44633d
fabric-networking-v0: Fabric Networking (v0) 0.3.2+92519afa3d
fabric-object-builder-api-v1: Fabric Object Builder API (v1) 1.10.9+b7ab61213d
fabric-object-builders-v0: Fabric Object Builders (v0) 0.7.3+a02b44633d
fabric-particles-v1: Fabric Particles (v1) 0.2.4+a02b44633d
fabric-registry-sync-v0: Fabric Registry Sync (v0) 0.7.9+a02b44633d
fabric-renderer-api-v1: Fabric Renderer API (v1) 0.4.3+676f40fa3d
fabric-renderer-indigo: Fabric Renderer - Indigo 0.4.8+a02b44633d
fabric-renderer-registries-v1: Fabric Renderer Registries (v1) 3.2.0+a02b44633d
fabric-rendering-data-attachment-v1: Fabric Rendering Data Attachment (v1) 0.1.5+a02b44633d
fabric-rendering-fluids-v1: Fabric Rendering Fluids (v1) 0.1.13+a02b44633d
fabric-rendering-v0: Fabric Rendering (v0) 1.1.2+92519afa3d
fabric-rendering-v1: Fabric Rendering (v1) 1.6.0+a02b44633d
fabric-resource-loader-v0: Fabric Resource Loader (v0) 0.4.7+b7ab61213d
fabric-screen-api-v1: Fabric Screen API (v1) 1.0.4+198a96213d
fabric-screen-handler-api-v1: Fabric Screen Handler API (v1) 1.1.8+a02b44633d
fabric-structure-api-v1: Fabric Structure API (v1) 1.1.10+be9da3103d
fabric-tag-extensions-v0: Fabric Tag Extensions (v0) 1.1.4+a02b44633d
fabric-textures-v0: Fabric Textures (v0) 1.0.6+a02b44633d
fabric-tool-attribute-api-v1: Fabric Tool Attribute API (v1) 1.2.12+b7ab61213d
fabricloader: Fabric Loader 0.11.3
java: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 16
minecraft: Minecraft 1.17
voxelmap: VoxelMap 1.10.15
Launched Version: fabric-loader-0.11.3-1.17
Backend library: LWJGL version 3.2.2 build 10
Backend API: NO CONTEXT
Window size:
GL Caps: Using framebuffer using OpenGL 3.2
GL debug messages:
Using VBOs: Yes
Is Modded: Definitely; Client brand changed to 'fabric'
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
CPU:

Do you have Cloth Config API installed, it is required.

I have this, is that what you mean, or do I need an additional file?

ohmigosh, i'm an idiot, i found what you're talking about, installing now

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/cloth-config

installed the file in question and it launches and plays like normal. thank you!
but... some installation instructions may be good to have for future reference :T

You should get in the habit of checking dependences when you download.

yeah, you're right, i had no idea that tab existed! i apologize :x you have a good one!

Enjoy the mod

By the way a new version is up that fixes a problem with the Excavators.