Custom Animations/Particles Doubt

[ShadowNhyazk]

Hey guys.

First of all i'd like to note that i do know java perfectly, i'm a software developer, so that's not an issue, but i am completly new to minecraft modding, and animations.

I've been reverse engeneering a few mods to figure out how they work, mostly simple stuff for now.

But i need some guidance, on particles and some effects.

I'm not necessarily building the exact the examples i'm gonna list, i just want to know how they work. I'm gonna keep it somewhat simple

For example, let's imagine i designed a custom staff on blockbench, and i want it to shoot a ray of light.

Let's not focus on the staff itself

How should i procede to do the ray of light?
The ray of light counts has particles? Or is it an animation of some kind? What sort of software do i use to create it?

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Another Example, if anyone here used draconic evolution, then most of you guys know the energy core.

How could i procede to create a sphere animation like it?
Does it classify has the same type has the ray of light?

i'm completly lost on where to start with these sort of Particles/Animations.

[warjort]

The details of what you are asking are off topic for this forum.

This is a support forum for answering specific questions, not teaching or mod design advice.

 

For particles, look at the section named particles here: https://forge.gemwire.uk/wiki/Main_Page

How you draw them is up to you in the render() method of your Particle class.

For drawing a ray of light you might want to look at how vanilla does BeaconRenderer.renderBeaconBeam() or a mod like Botania's mana animation

Animations are done by changing data in the tick() method then referencing that in the render() method.

The base Particle class already has code for moving particles around using "physics". see Particle.tick()

 

The DE energy core is a BlockEntity which has a BlockEntityRenderer and client side ticking for doing custom rendering/animation.

See the previous link for topics on those.

 

If you are new to modding, I would suggest you start with simpler examples. Don't try to run until you can walk as the saying goes. 🙂 

[ShadowNhyazk]

Thanks.

That's kinda of what i was looking for, a bit of direction.

I'll dissect Botania to try and see if i can figure it out.