calclavia

How can I get the frame rate of Minecraft? I want to know this to reduce lag if the lag is too much...

Those two variables are multiplied. They are either -1 or 1. If the position is negative, the xMod and zMod will be negative. This is used to make sure they fly the correct direction. \ The surrounding code aren't really related to this. I was testing and trying to make it orbit. Basically we have an entity that is walking around. If the entity goes close enough range to a specific position, the position will pull the entity towards it orbiting around it. Kind of like a block that has massive gravity.

Isnt that the same as the code i wrote?

What?! I don't really understand.. What I'm trying to get is to have blocks orbiting around an origin. I'm not sure what math I have to do to calculate the position of where these blocks should fly.

I've got this question and it's more of a math question (I just got into high school so please don't expect too much). I have a entity that grabs nearby blocks (block entities like sand) and spins them around the entity. Kind of like a tornado that just spins blocks in circles. How can I find the X and Z position of these spinning blocks based on - the position of the entity controlling these blocks, the radius/distance between the entity and the flying block and the rotation orbit? I currently found something similar to this: this.targetX = this.posX + xMod*orbitRadius * Math.cos(orbitDegree); this.targetZ = this.posZ + zMod*orbitRadius * Math.sin(orbitDegree); but it didn't work (pushed out all the blocks outwards and that's all).

Buildcraft has this hook allowing you to add the wrench, but then it's only available in BC 3 which won't be release till MC 1.3 I guess.

You're right. Too bad Buildcraft, IC2 and Forestry each have their own wrench (and same for my mod) and they are all not compatible with each other!

You win.

In other words, making my mod multiplayer now will make the transition to 1.3 easier? If so I might do so, but on the last minute. I always feel that multiplayer slows my development speed down. In that case, do not make a single player, just make multiplayer. Won't be able to debug lol... I'm glad that there won't be this variable called World.isRemote anymore....

I wish there was something like that... Hate all the wrenches I have that fills up my chest! Maybe have Forge offer a way to allow a dictionary for mod common items. Something like ore dictionary but not for ores, instead for items that can be used interchangeably. That might be useful. I am planning on adding a system like that to my Universal Electricity API so the add-ons will have no problem using each other's items. But if Forge has something like that, then it might give some use for modders. Or is there already a way you could do that? Thanks, Calclavia

In other words, making my mod multiplayer now will make the transition to 1.3 easier? If so I might do so, but on the last minute. I always feel that multiplayer slows my development speed down.

I guess everything is dependent on how 1.3 turns out. Can't really predict the future. Thanks for the notify.

I think they will still make a server version of it. How would you host servers without a Minecraft server jar? Bukkit?

I can't make a tutorial yet because I am not even sure I am doing this 100% correctly and in the most efficient manner. Maybe when I'm more experienced with these packet things and when I do things efficiently. If you care to look through the packet code of UE and tell me what makes my code inefficient, I will do a tutorial. Otherwise I need to learn more about it before teaching. Don't want to teach the wrong stuff... Client Network Code: https://github.com/calclavia/Universal-Electricity/tree/master/minecraft/net/minecraft/src/universalelectricity/network Server Network Code: https://github.com/calclavia/Universal-Electricity/tree/master/minecraft_server/net/minecraft/src/universalelectricity/network

Thanks lex.

Just saw in the Minecraft forum they announced MC 1.3 for August 1st and they will release a week before that a preview version for mods to have some time to update themselves. I'm not a long term modder so I would like to know how Forge upgrade to new version of Minecraft. Is it immediate? Or taking a few weeks? Also what would the major changes mods will have to make for this update?

Works. Hugs to Forge!

But that tutorial is UE dependent and uses UE classes. Not suitable for Forge users who do not use UE.

How would I create a config file for a server? Same as client?

Try replacing some blocks in the Block.blockList array by setting them to null.

Universal Electricity SMP is now approx 80% stable done so yeah...

Fixed it in UE 0.4.2. Thanks for telling me that bug I just fixed it. It was something wrong with the container... Btw, on your server now

You use packets. UE has this packet system (although as you mentioned in the UE forum it's a bit bugged) will help you do that. I wrote a page on this for you: https://github.com/calclavia/Universal-Electricity/wiki/Tile-Entity-Syncing

Take a look at how Minecraft does texture packs... Some mods have textures packs and I'm not sure how they did it.

Fixed it. Read the UE post.