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Go ahead and make a custom launcher. Just use it to launch the vanilla game from the vanilla source. Your process would probably look something like this: Locate Minecraft directory, verify it's installed and on the proper version Check if you mod is installed, if it isn't install it Upon clicking launch, use a process handler to run Minecraft.exe on the requested profile On subsequent launches, allow the launcher to access the mod PlayerData files to display their stats without launching the game This way, you don't violate the EULA, you don't violate any copyright laws, and you don't ask for any login or authentication data. This also is a lot easier than trying to write everything you think you need to.

What are you trying to install Forge for? Playing mods, or creating them. They are two entirely different processes.

It would be helpful for you to mark this topic as "Solved" (you can do this by editing your initial post), and also letting everyone know how you did it. This way, when modders look through the forums for help on this topic, they can see how to do it themselves.

You made my day, Draco But seriously, yes. Brush up on at least basic Java first. Minecraft Modding is a wonderful way to learn how to program in Java, but you need to know the fundamentals first, otherwise you will have no idea what anything you're doing actually means.

Coming from someone who updated all of his projects quite recently, I actually had a lot of trouble trying to update. I can understand why they are confused. I'd offer to help, but my "patchwork" is shoddy on that bit. I often just update ItemModelMesher on my old mods to match the current syntax, and just use ModelLoader on new projects. ItemModelMesher works, but it doesn't work well. ModelLoader is a lot more stable.

There is not going to be a tutorial for everything you need. That's why you need to reverse engineer some things from the code. Hence my previous suggestion: you yourself said you don't understand what everything does. By learning what all of those "meaningless variables" do, odds are you'll find what you're looking for.

I know lol, just poking fun.

Where are you getting these "useless variables" from? Are you looking at the source from Minecraft, or following a tutorial? Also, don't just rule them out as useless, each one has a purpose. You yourself said you have no way of understanding what they do, so maybe by deleting some, you're deleting what you need, hm?

Sorry, a little bit longer than a bit. Either way, the end advice was to learn ModelLoader. Stop coming to this forum just like to make fun of us, be confrontational, and make our personal lives miserable. jk, you're the most helpful person on here

According to your mod class, you're trying to mod 1.12.1, correct? Put that in your title so we know what versions you're using. Also, you're using ItemModelMesher, which is a bit outdated, but you've also set it up wrong, from what I can tell. Minecraft.getMinecraft().getRenderItem().getItemModelMesher().register(Item.getItemFromBlock(block), 0, new ModelResourceLocation(Occultcraft.modid + ":" + block.getUnlocalizedName().substring(5), "inventory")); This is how we used to use ItemModelMesher to register renders. Try this instead: Minecraft.getMinecraft().getRenderItem().getItemModelMesher().register(Item.getItemFromBlock(block), 0, new ModelResourceLocation(block.getRegistryName(), "inventory")); However, you should work on trying to understand ModelLoader, and use that instead of ItemModelMesher. Looking at your .json files, I don't see anything immediately wrong, so the problem is most likely in your class files.

Done

This was it. By removing that line and setting return true;it now works. Thanks!

I just want it to act like a normal DoublePlant, and drop itself when bonemeal is used. It was working properly before, and I cannot figure out what I did to mess it up.

Lol, jeez. Alright. I didn't realize that. Thanks. However, that doesn't fix the bonemeal issue.

Alright, so now, I've gotten the models to work. But, I've encountered yet another problem: my flower now longer drops itself (when destroyed or clicked with bonemeal). It was working earlier, and I do not know what I changed to make it not work. BlockTwoPlant.java (my doubleblock class) BlockAsphodelPlant.java (my flower)

Oh, that's a nifty little page there... thanks! You, draco, are a lifesaver.

Considering that the .json and the BlockTwoPlant.class were most stripped from the minecraft source, and neither included all of the variants, I didn't think they were necessary. Note: I did try implementing everything the console spat out at one point, but it didn't help, could you possible just example one for me? .json is still relatively new to me. I had just listed all of the respected variants that were listed but it didn't help.

That's the problem, everything is working, the .json, the class file, but in the console, its trying to implement variants that are (to the best of my, and my comrades' knowledge), defined. I ended up writing my own class to handle a two-high plant (see BlockTwoPlant.java) above, and that runs fine, but for some reason, Minecraft/Forge are trying to call upon variants that I didn't implement. The Error:

Yes, I have those. I've been digging around for a while in between editing and adding other parts of the code. I've verified that the .json are set up correctly. Everything is working except the model render. Originally, it was because I was calling on BlockDoubleClass and not defining what variant (sunflower, fern, etc). my new plant was. So. I've gone as far as to recreate my own DoubleBlock class named BlockTwoPlant, and calling upon that instead, only defining one variant (my plant), but for some reason, its still registering the variant I added as undefined. Source below: BlockTwoPlant.java (My version of BlockDoublePlant, almost c+p) BlockAsphodelPlant.java (My 2-high plant)

Oh. I did fix that and it still isn't working. I didn't realize that I uploaded the errored .json. (Updated to fix).

Alright. So, please, bear with me for a minute here... I've made my class extend BlockDoublePlant, and everything seems to be working fine. I've got everything working except for the actual model itself. I've 99% verified that it isn't a problem in my .json files, so I must be missing something to override in the class itself, I'm thinking something along the lines of the variants. BlockClass.java Blockstates.json Let me know if you need something else.

Would it also be possible to get all of these variables directly from BlockDoublePlant and just reference them in my own mod? Or would I actually need to implement everything in the individual class for my own double plant? ie. public class BlockAplant extends BlockDoublePlant

So, I'm trying to implement a flower block that is a Double Plant, and after taking a look at the double plant class to try and figure out how this is done, it's left me with my head spinning. I'm usually able to reverse-engineer classes, but with the amount of variants that are used, I just can't figure out where the specific things I need are implemented. The latest info I can find is for 1.7.10 and I have verified that it doesn't translate over well. Would anyone be willing to help simplify the process of going about this?

I figured it out. I had moved the block initialization up, but neglected to move up the registry as well. It seems to be working alright now. I want to thank both of you sincerely for helping me out. I've been told in many places to just "leave and find a tutorial somewhere" rather than "waste their time" with my "pointless questions." You two have been a big help!

So I'm still getting the crash upon planting, same error as before. Initializing my blocks first hasn't solved that.