I have a weird system for texturing in my mod and I'd like to make it so that if texture packers include a png file with a certain name it will override my weird texturing system. I know in java there's a file.exists() function but that doesn't seem to work in a compiled jar.

Why would a texture maker put his png file in a jar ? 

in a compiled jar.

<the more you know >jar files are only zipped file with a different extension btw</the more you know >

but, you can use JarEntry or ZipEntry class to check the content of your jar

Why would a texture maker put his png file in a jar ?

 

Good point. But hopefully you kinda know what I mean. I want my mod to check he current texture pack and if there is a png file with a certain name than overwrite my weird texturing system and use that png instead. How could I do this?

isnt it the same thing as a texture pack ?

Not really. What I'm doing currently is that each of my items has two different textures that are recolored depending on different variables. I have gotten requests from texture packers that I have an option for them to not use the default coloring system and instead use there own textures.

well you can always use JarEntry or ZipEntry to check the content of a jar

well you can always use JarEntry or ZipEntry to check the content of a jar

 

But as GotoLink mentioned earlier, which I completely forgot, texture packers don't use jars.

I have a weird system for texturing in my mod and I'd like to make it so that if texture packers include a png file with a certain name it will override my weird texturing system. I know in java there's a file.exists() function but that doesn't seem to work in a compiled jar.

yeah ok, sooo .. whats the problem now ?

Not really. What I'm doing currently is that each of my items has two different textures that are recolored depending on different variables. I have gotten requests from texture packers that I have an option for them to not use the default coloring system and instead use there own textures.

I thought this issue was already handled by Minecraft due to 1.6 changes ?

All a texture maker would have to do is make a resource pack with the same folder system as your mod: assets/modid/textures...

Well as I mentioned earlier I have a weird texture system so if a texturer packer wanted to support my mod they'd have to work with that. Maybe what I need to do is add a mcmeta file similar to how mojang does it. How might I do that?