Modular Modding

[Flenix]

Hey guys,

 

I want to make my mod modular, so people just install whatever parts they want.

Is there anything special I'd need to do? Does each module need to be its own "mod"?

[Mazetar]

I'd look into Build Craft, that should give you some clues.

I haven't looked into it myself yet but I figure each module is a mod with dependency on the core module

[hydroflame]

pretty much, just put everything in common in a core mod (different meaning of core then like those who change the code at runtime )  kinda like how buildcraft used to be, you install the core and you add wtv you want after

[Flenix]

BC Isn't modular any more though is it? I don't remember it ever being modular in fact...

Is there any other open-source mods which are modular?

 

The main thing I need is "disable X if Y module isn't installed". For example, one of my modules will be an economy system. If that's installed, then everything else should have a pre-defined value - so obviously I don't want it to crash when X module isn't installed

 

I want those values to be set within the module, so say I have a module called Food, then a burger should tell Economy how much it's worth, not Economy saying the burger is worth X. That way other people could theoretically make modules to work with my mod too.

 

That's just a simple example, I could probably just use a variable for that but hopefully you get what I mean.

[GotoLink]

Use FML inter mod message system with IMCEvent ?

Make an abstract core and only implement in modules ?

[hydroflame]

meh, for the burger example, i would simply make a config files "id -> price"

 

and if you want to check if something is installed:

 

boolean economyPresent = false;
try{
    Class.forName("com.flenix.economy.Core")
    economyPresent = true;
}catch(Exception e){
    println("economy mod not present, skipping")
}

if(economyPresent){
    loadEconomyMod()
}