Hi fellow forgers (ha ha, see what I did there?) Anyway, I recently started coding with forge and made my first attempt at ore generation (I was following a tutorial for guidance.) It failed. The ore does not generate, even with the obscure numbers I have set. Any help is appreciated.

 

 

Below is my ore generation class.

 

 

package com.DeadEnd78.block;


import java.util.Random;


import com.DeadEnd78.Main.MainRegistry;


import net.minecraft.world.World;
import net.minecraft.world.chunk.IChunkProvider;
import net.minecraft.world.gen.feature.WorldGenMinable;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.IWorldGenerator;


public class withiumOreGeneration implements IWorldGenerator {


@Override
public void generate(Random random, int chunkX, int chunkZ, World world,
		IChunkProvider chunkGenerator, IChunkProvider chunkProvider) {

	switch(world.provider.dimensionId) {
	case -1:
		generateInNether(world, random, chunkX*16, chunkZ*16);
		break;
	case 0:
		generateInOverworld(world, random, chunkX*16, chunkZ*16);
		break;
	case 1:
		generateInEnd(world, random, chunkX*16, chunkZ*16);
	}

}


private void generateInEnd(World world, Random random, int x, int z) {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}


private void generateInOverworld(World world, Random random, int x, int z) {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++) { // means set i = 0, then if its less than 25 keep adding one to i
		int chunkX = x + random.nextInt(16);
		int chunkY = random.nextInt(256);
		int chunkZ = z + random.nextInt(16);


		new WorldGenMinable(MainRegistry.withiumOre, 50).generate(world, random, chunkX, chunkY, chunkZ);


	}
}


private void generateInNether(World world, Random random, int x, int z) {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}


}

 

 

Next is my main registry (I know it is messy)

package com.DeadEnd78.Main;


import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
import net.minecraft.init.Items;
import net.minecraft.item.Item;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;


import com.DeadEnd78.lib.RefStrings;


import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.Instance;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.SidedProxy;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPostInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.Side;
import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;
import com.DeadEnd78.block.*;
@Mod (modid = RefStrings.MODID , name = RefStrings.NAME , version = RefStrings.VERSION)
public class MainRegistry {
@SidedProxy(clientSide = RefStrings.CLIENTSIDE, serverSide = RefStrings.SERVERSIDE)
    public static ServerProxy proxy;
@Instance(value="growaspell")
public static MainRegistry instance;
public static CreativeTabs gasTab = new CreativeTabs("Grow a Spell"){
@Override
@SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
public Item getTabIconItem(){
	return Items.stick;
}

};
public static withiumOreGeneration withiumWorldGen;
public static Block withiumOre;
public static Item withiumOreItem;

@EventHandler 
public static void PreLoad(FMLPreInitializationEvent PreEvent) {
	proxy.registerRenderInfo();

	withiumOre = new withiumOreBlock(Material.rock).setBlockName("WithiumOre").setCreativeTab(MainRegistry.gasTab).setBlockTextureName("growaspell:withiumOre");
	withiumOreItem = new withiumOreItem().setUnlocalizedName("WithiumShard").setCreativeTab(MainRegistry.gasTab).setTextureName("");
	withiumWorldGen = new withiumOreGeneration();
	GameRegistry.registerItem(withiumOreItem, "Withium Shard");
	GameRegistry.registerBlock(withiumOre, "Withium Ore");
	GameRegistry.registerWorldGenerator(withiumWorldGen, 1);
}

Much love, Dead <3

Sorry for the early bump, but this is pretty important ;c

 

How do you know it doesn't generate? Where have you looked?

Yeah see the thing with random is, sometimes it just won't happen for a long time, or not in your observable frame.

 

Throw a SYSO on there with some coords, can watch it more easily then

How do you know it doesn't generate? Where have you looked?

Everywhere.

I added a System.out.println("Spawned at: " + world + " " + chunkX + " " + chunkY + " " + chunkZ);

It prints out many times that the ore has spawned, but when I check any of the coordinates it does not show the ore.

 

Pleeeease help! I really don't know what i am doing wrong!!

Hey, I've been in much the same place!

I'm not sure if it matters but in the Withium ore class have a super of Material.Stone? I remembered that goofed up mine, but I'm no expert so..

If you need it I can provide my code.

Here's your problem:

GameRegistry.registerWorldGenerator(withiumWorldGen, 1);

1 is the generation weight. The higher the number, the later it generates. Your ore is generating, then being overridden with other generation like stone. I haven't been able to find the vanilla generation weights, but I have found that setting it to 128 seems to work good.

I have found that setting it to 128 seems to work good.

Yikes! That's some top-priority generation!!

 

Instead of using an absurd weight, try registering your generator in your mod's initialization stage instead of your pre-initialization stage. That way your WorldGen gets registered AFTER the vanilla generators and is weighted only against other mods' generators who have done the same.

I have found that setting it to 128 seems to work good.

Yikes! That's some top-priority generation!!

 

Instead of using an absurd weight, try registering your generator in your mod's initialization stage instead of your pre-initialization stage. That way your WorldGen gets registered AFTER the vanilla generators and is weighted only against other mods' generators who have done the same.

Here's your problem:

GameRegistry.registerWorldGenerator(withiumWorldGen, 1);

1 is the generation weight. The higher the number, the later it generates. Your ore is generating, then being overridden with other generation like stone. I haven't been able to find the vanilla generation weights, but I have found that setting it to 128 seems to work good.

 

Thank you guys, It worked.

 

DA REAL MVP(S)!!