Custom Packets

[XenoPyax]

I've been following this doc (https://mcforge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/networking/simpleimpl/) but I don't see how the INSTANCE encodes the message how should know how to decode the message?

and also does the MessageClass packet need to implement something or does it just send the Object of a class as the message?

[Luis_ST]

the message class needs only three static methods:

1. encode with parameters: a message and a FriendlyByteBuf
2. decode with parameters: FriendlyByteBuf, and returns an instance of your message
3. handle with parameters: a message and a Supplier with NetworkEvent.Context

when registering your message to a SimpleChannel you must provide these three methods (via a BiConsumer for encode, a Function for decode and a BiConsumer for handle)
you can take a look at this doc  for about how to register messages