Hiho,

 

I am quite new to modding Minecraft and would like to start with something small. That being said: I seem not to be able to find a working method for replacing an already existing vanilla block (say dirt). Where should I look?

 

I added new blocks to the game without a hitch, but changing properties of existing blocks?

 

Thanks,

Olav

If you wan't to do little things, like changing the hardness, you can just do Blocks.dirt.setHardness(1F), but else there's no legit way to replace the vanilla block.

Well, thanks. I will have to rethink my ideas then.

 

What about extending BlockGrass (for example) and registering it instead of the vanilla grass block so that it would be used in biome creation? Could I do that?

 

Thanks,

Olav

You are going to need your own worldgen and biome for that to work.