Creating a Fluid

[CobblestoneTree]

Hi Modders,

 

I'm interested in making a fluid in 1.16.x, but I'm running into an issue with textures not loading for the liquid; I'm wondering if it has something to do with the fluid tags as well, but I'm not sure.

 

Here's my code for registering the fluid:

@Mod.EventBusSubscriber
public class FluidMod {

    public static final AmbrosiaFluid.Source AMBROSIA = (AmbrosiaFluid.Source) new AmbrosiaFluid.Source().setRegistryName(BaseMod.MODID, "ambrosia");
    public static final AmbrosiaFluid.Flowing AMBROSIA_FLOWING = (AmbrosiaFluid.Flowing) new AmbrosiaFluid.Flowing().setRegistryName(BaseMod.MODID, "ambrosia_flowing");

    public static final class Tags extends ForgeRegistryEntry<Tags> {
        public static final ITag.INamedTag<Fluid> AMBROSIA = FluidTags.makeWrapperTag("ambrosia");
    }

    @SubscribeEvent
    public static void registerFluids(RegistryEvent.Register<Fluid> event) {
        event.getRegistry().register(AMBROSIA);
        event.getRegistry().register(AMBROSIA_FLOWING);
    }

}

And here is the class for the fluid itself:

public abstract class AmbrosiaFluid extends FlowingFluid {
    @Override
    public Fluid getFlowingFluid() {
        return FluidMod.AMBROSIA_FLOWING;
    }

    @Override
    public Fluid getStillFluid() {
        return FluidMod.AMBROSIA;
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean canSourcesMultiply() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    protected void beforeReplacingBlock(IWorld worldIn, BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
        // If it runs over some grass, what does it do?
    }

    /*
    The shape that this thing forms when it flows out.
     */
    @Override
    protected int getSlopeFindDistance(IWorldReader worldIn) {
        return 4; // Same value as water and lava.
    }

    /*
    How far it goes out; water and lava are both 8.
     */
    @Override
    protected int getLevelDecreasePerBlock(IWorldReader worldIn) {
        return 3;
    }

    /*

     */
    @Override
    public Item getFilledBucket() {
        return ItemMod.BUCKET_AMBROSIA;
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean canDisplace(FluidState p_215665_1_, IBlockReader p_215665_2_, BlockPos p_215665_3_, Fluid p_215665_4_, Direction p_215665_5_) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int getTickRate(IWorldReader p_205569_1_) {
        return 60;
    }

    @Override
    protected float getExplosionResistance() {
        return 100.0f;
    }

    @Override
    protected BlockState getBlockState(FluidState state) {
        return BlockMod.AMBROSIA_BLOCK.getDefaultState().with(FlowingFluidBlock.LEVEL, Integer.valueOf(getLevelFromState(state)));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isEquivalentTo(Fluid fluidIn) {
        return fluidIn == FluidMod.AMBROSIA || fluidIn == FluidMod.AMBROSIA_FLOWING;
    }

    @Override
    protected FluidAttributes createAttributes() {
        return FluidAttributes.builder(
                new ResourceLocation(BaseMod.MODID, "textures/block/ambrosia.png"),
                new ResourceLocation(BaseMod.MODID, "textures/block/ambrosia_flowing.png"))
            .translationKey("block.examplemod.ambrosia")
            .build(this);
    }

    public static class Flowing extends AmbrosiaFluid {

        @Override
        protected void fillStateContainer(StateContainer.Builder<Fluid, FluidState> builder) {
            super.fillStateContainer(builder);
            builder.add(LEVEL_1_8);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isSource(FluidState state) {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public int getLevel(FluidState state) {
            return state.get(AmbrosiaFluid.LEVEL_1_8);
        }
    }

    public static class Source extends AmbrosiaFluid {

        @Override
        public boolean isSource(FluidState state) {
            return true;
        }

        @Override
        public int getLevel(FluidState state) {
            return 8;
        }
    }

}

Here is the JSON in the "resources/assets.examplemod/blockstates" folder:

{
  "variants": {
    "": {
      "model": "examplemod:block/ambrosia"
    }
  }
}

And the JSON in the "resources/assets.examplemod/models/block" folder:

{
  "textures": {
    "particle": "examplemod:block/ambrosia"
  }
}

In "resources/assets.examplemod/textures/block", I have the following mcmeta files accompanying the textures:

ambrosia.png.mcmeta:

{
  "animation": {
    "frametime": 2
  }
}

ambrosia_flowing.png.mcmeta:

{
  "animation": {}
}

In "resources/data.examplemod/tags/fluids" I have the following file, "ambrosia.json":

{
  "replace": false,
  "values": [
    "examplemod:ambrosia",
    "examplemod:ambrosia_flowing"
  ]
}

Currently, the fluid appears to be working except for the fact that the texture displays as a purple-black checker pattern.

 

Is it maybe the ambrosia_flowing.png.mcmeta file? All the textures are in the textures folder for blocks.

 

I would really appreciate assistance; I'm actually doing this for a tutoring job (I tutor Minecraft modding on a very basic level), and I would really appreciate insight into what I could do to get the texture to appear.

 

Thank you and thanks in advance!

[ShipHeatRook]

Did you manage to solve it? If so, would you mind sharing the code or a link to one of your tutorials? I'm trying to create a fluid mod myself, but it seems I can't get the fluid to work, like it didn't initialize at all