[1.7.10] OreRecipes

[Pancake]

Greetings!

 

If you don't like reading, read my question at the bottom (bold). If you don't know what I'm talking about, read the text.

 

I want to make an autocrafting system. I can currently load ShapedRecipes and ShapelessRecipes correctly into an Object that will be generated once at the initialisation. (although the code is now in a onBlockActivated method, for testing)

I have an issue regarding OreRecipes though.

 

I'd link to link (HashMap) every output (ItemStack) to a collection (HashSet) of possible outputs (HashMap) where every ingredient (ItemStack) is linked to the amount you need (Integer). The complete type of this Object is HashMap<ItemStack,HashSet<HashMap<ItemStack,Integer>>>. It looks complicated, but it contains everything I'll need. I use this for ShapedRecipes and ShapelessRecipes. The ShapedOreRecipe and ShapelessOreRecipe are a different story...

 

For those I'll replace the HashMap<ItemStack,Integer> by a HashMap<Object,Integer> where the Object can be an ItemStack (normal, non OreDictionary item) or an Integer (the OreDictionary ID). My problem lies within getting that ID. I'll explain how data is retrieved from OreRecipes for those who want to try it themselves.

 

A ShapedOreRecipe gives you, just like the ShapedRecipe, an array of size 9, but it isn't an ItemStack array, it's an Object array. It can contain null (no item), an ItemStack (just a normal item with no OreRegistry ID mapped to it) or an ArrayList (a special kind of ArrayList, but whatever). If it's an ArrayList, It will contain all possible ItemStacks for that slot.

 

You can ask the OreDictionary IDs (it can have multiple) of an ItemStack, it gives you integer array (int[]). I get those arrays of all the items in the arraylist, and check which value(s) are common between all items.

 

Now for, my problem...

 

Let's suppose someone made a recipe that combines any 2 metals, and gives a mixed metal ingot. there are 2 metals in game: "oreCopper" and "oreTin" and they are both also registered as "oreMetal". The valid items for slot 1 would be "oreCopper" AND "oreTin". I try to get the common ore ID, and get the number associated with "oreMetal" (it's the common between an itemstack of copper and tin).

 

Now we try to paint wool red. for slot 1 you get a common name of "cloth" or something like that. for slot 2, there's only 1 option: rose red. what are the common ore names for that 1 item? "dye" and "dyeRed". there's no way to check which is the more 'specific' one, because there's only 1 item.

 

If you understood all of that, and comprehend where the problem lies, congratulations to you. And to me, for explain so well If not... i'm sorry. feel free to ask questions.

 

Now for my core question: is it possible to, instead of an arraylist of all the possible blocks that fit in that slot, get the OreDictionary name/ID for that slot? Is there anyway to get the name used in the constructor of an OreRecipe? (they require them)

 

 

Thanks in advance,

Pancake.

 

PS: If an admin/moderator storms in, blurts out an answer without reading and closes this thread, I reserve the right for myself to copy-paste this wall of text, and recreate an exact copy of this thread. #nohate

[Pancake]

I might've found a work-around. It's amazing how writing everything down, and trying to formulate things for another person orders your thoughts for yourself, allowing you to think outside the pattern that you've been in for hours.

 

So, when getting that arraylist, it contains all possible itemstacks that fit there, right?

I take the first stack, get all the oredictionary ids for that stack (int[]).

For each id, I get oreDictionary.getOres(id), which is what the OreRecipe classes get and put in their fields.

I then check if that arraylist is equal to the original arraylist. Exactly one of the ids should produce the exact same ArrayList ('exact' is a big word, it's a different object), and that id is the one filled in in the constructor.

 

I rest my case.

 

It would still be nice if the OreRecipes would save the OreDictionary strings as fields though. It'd be faster that way. But hey. 10 milliseconds for all the ShapedOreRecipes isn't bad... And it should only run once anyways.

[Draco18s]

I might've found a work-around. It's amazing how writing everything down, and trying to formulate things for another person orders your thoughts for yourself, allowing you to think outside the pattern that you've been in for hours.

 

Story of my life.