Smooth Out Terrain for Large Jigsaw Structures

[smithbro2115]

Hello!

I'm new to modding but have experience coding in Java. 

I'm spawning a large structure into the world using the structure and jigsaw blocks. My problem is that even if I add the structure to the NoiseEffectingFeatures list, the structure still really conflicts with the terrain. I'm not sure how to fix this since I haven't been able to find good documentation for the forge or minecraft packages. 

 

So I have two questions.

1. Is there a way to smooth out the terrain before or after I generate the structure. Alternatively, is there a way to check and make sure there is a smooth bit of terrain of a certain size using the Structure class isFeatureChunk method (where I check if a chunk should generate the structure).
    
2. Is there a good source of documentation for all the forge and minecraft classes?

 

If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great!

[Luis_ST]

1 hour ago, smithbro2115 said:

Is there a way to smooth out the terrain before or after I generate the structure. Alternatively, is there a way to check and make sure there is a smooth bit of terrain of a certain size using the Structure class isFeatureChunk method (where I check if a chunk should generate the structure).

i'm not sure but i don't think so, look at the village structure, it is also large but consists of several parts
either to divide your structure into several smaller ones (take the villager structure as an example for the generation),
or you create your own method that adapts the terrain to your structure

1 hour ago, smithbro2115 said:

Is there a good source of documentation for all the forge and minecraft classes?

unfortunately not, some methods have small notes, but most methods haven't.
if you are looking for information about something you can try the following:
Forge Community Wiki, the forge docs, the forge discord server  and the forum

Edited June 2, 2021 by Luis_ST

[smithbro2115]

@Luis_ST Thank you! I'll check the discord out.