I want to create blocks out of the dyes but can't find what the dyes are called to but into the recipe as dyes such as "bonemeal" doesnt work?

They aren't called by their specific name - they have metadata.

The way to get the item (for example, bonemeal) is to get it by its metadata. (Items.dye, int metadata)

 

Bonemeal is Dye (metadata: 15)

Items.dye, 15.

ok thanks but how does that work if the code is getting a string

GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(dyeblock1, 1), new Object[] {"  ","BB ","BB ", 'B', Item.itemRegistry.getObject("bonemeal")});

       

        }

because it wouldnt function if i changed bonemeal to Item.Dyes, 15. Also arent they (trying to) removing that in 1.8 so would there be another way to call the dyes

You don't call items like that.

 

GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(dyeblock1, 1), new Object[] {"   ","BB ","BB ", 'B', new ItemStack(Items.dye, 1, 15)});

 

Would be how you do it.

 

From what I know, the Item class is what contains all the methods that you'll use and it initialises the items, but the Items class is where you call the items from when using the item objects in code.

 

When you need metadata for something you use an ItemStack

 

call it using "new ItemStack(Block/Item, amount, metadata)"

 

so yours would be

new ItemStack(Items.dye, 1, 15)

where Items.dye is the dye item

1 is the amount (which is irrelevant really, because it sorta defaults to 1 and nothing higher really works as far as I know)

and 15 would be the metadata