Working through http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Basic_Items with forge-1.7.2-10.12.0.1029 the GenericItem example extends Item and expects to be able to use a non-default constructor to pass in the item id. At least in this version Item only has a default constructor. A search through source and the forums throws up the GameRegistry.registerItem method.

 

Could someone confirm (or deny) that this is the equivalent for the old Item constructor, i.e., you're expected to register the new Item with a specific string rather than have the instance itself retain a unique numeric value?

 

Thanks.

Working through http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Basic_Items with forge-1.7.2-10.12.0.1029 the GenericItem example extends Item and expects to be able to use a non-default constructor to pass in the item id. At least in this version Item only has a default constructor. A search through source and the forums throws up the GameRegistry.registerItem method.

 

Could someone confirm (or deny) that this is the equivalent for the old Item constructor, i.e., you're expected to register the new Item with a specific string rather than have the instance itself retain a unique numeric value?

 

Thanks.

I think it might be.

here is the code for a basic item:

 

(this is before your preInit method)

public static Item itemName;

 

(this is in you preInit method)

itemName = new Item().setCreativeTab(class.tabName).setUnlocalizedName("itemName").setTextureName("textureName");

GameRegistry.registerItem(itemName, "itemName")

 

to make an advanced item change item() to you own class name.