[CREATING MODS] HELFULL'S TUTORIALS [1.2.5][FORGE]

hey everyone,

Tutorials Twitter: @helfullsTutoria

i am going to show and explainyou how to create mods with MinecraftForge.

You need to get MCP and MinecraftForge. Installinstructions u can find here:

MCP

MinecraftForge

Once you got Forge you are able to create mods with it since Forge has his own ModLoader.

Your base file is the mod_XXX.java file normal it should look like this:

package net.minecraft.src;
import net.minecraft.src.forge.MinecraftForge;
public class mod_XXX extends BaseMod {
@Override
public String getVersion() {
return "YOUR MOD VERSION";
}

@Override
public void load() {

}
}

All sourcecodes can be found here: https://github.com/Helfull/MinecraftForge-Modding-Tutorial/

Difficulty

  Easy

  Medium

  Hard

  Advanced

List of Contents

Creating porperties file

Creating a Block

Creating a Block with metedata

Creating a Item - ​includes ITextureProvider

Creating Recipes

Creating a Tool

Creating item which takes damage when used in recipe //Coming coon

Creatinga Tree //Coming soon

topic at minecraftforum.net (always up to date)

greetz

helfull

Ooo. I might learn a little something beyond ModLoader with these. It couldn't hurt to give these a whirl as I waiting for my next semester. I'll be sure to keep these pages bookmarked along with my other tutorials.

Always useful!  You might even think about putting them on the wiki (link above forum)?  It has dedicated tutorial sections. 

added block, block with meta, tool, recipes tutorials

I feel like I know how to make trees but I feel I need to read a tutorial on it.  When will that one be added?

i add it when i understand the whole tree class from minecraft, because i dont want to add things i dont understand.

Okay, thank you for responding

Um, you should add these to the wiki. They're really good.

i will add it when i am done with the most, because i rewrite them for the wiki

If it would be okay for me to make a request, I have been dealing with gui's and such, and have been having a hard time grasping how TileEntities work, containers, and all that jazz.  Would it be possible to come out with a tutorial on that?  I have the basics of dealing with them down, however it would be nice to have a clear tutorial on how they work and such.

Shout out to hotrods20

Hey, i tried your block tutorial and i did everything correctly but this pops up:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal object for naming null

at cpw.mods.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.getObjectName(FMLClientHandler.java:817)

at cpw.mods.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler.addNameForObject(FMLCommonHandler.java:469)

at net.minecraft.src.ModLoader.addName(ModLoader.java:142)

at net.minecraft.src.ModLoader.addName(ModLoader.java:130)

at net.minecraft.src.tutorial.mod_mymod.addNames(mod_mymod.java:28)

at net.minecraft.src.tutorial.mod_mymod.load(mod_mymod.java:19)

at cpw.mods.fml.common.modloader.ModLoaderModContainer.init(ModLoaderModContainer.java:356)

at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.modInit(Loader.java:273)

at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.initializeMods(Loader.java:628)

at cpw.mods.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.onLoadComplete(FMLClientHandler.java:223)

at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.startGame(Minecraft.java:429)

at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:738)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)

I did everything you di and made my own stuff and that didnt work, so i just copied everything you wrote into eclipse and then just edited names to my block names and it still didnt work. PLease Help, Im getting really frustrated because ive been all around the internet and this is the first legit one i saw but yea please help!!!!

That error means that in your mod_mymod.java file, on line 28, you are trying to assign a name to something that is null.  Make sure it is not null first.

as OvermindDL1 already said, there is a NULL object where u try to name, it would be nice to see the code u used, it could be a rename misstake taht u misspelld it

Do you think you could make a tutorial on how to make an custom bow? 

That would be nice. Then my plan for harvesting the power of lighting would work. (It's a kite launcher)

You should update your tutorials for Minecraft 1.3... when Forge comes out with it.

Thanks you ! Finally some serious and up to date tutorials for MC Forge.