[1.8.1] How does this work?

[FlashBash21]

After setting up my main mod file I am completely lost. I have no idea where to start or what to do. The code seems to have changed a ton(Y DO U HAVE TO CHANGE SO OFTEN). And to make it all better I can't find the source code for vanilla minecraft... yay *cries*. But in all seriousness, I need somewhere to get started, so anything that gives examples of the new code and can somewhat explain it or make it clear as to what it does or is used for would be fabuloooooooooous! Thanks.

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

 

A good place to start might be to fork this tutorial project

https://github.com/TheGreyGhost/MinecraftByExample

 

--> delete the bits you don't want, and customise the rest, step by step.  If you make small changes and test after each one, it will be a lot less frustrating I think.

 

-TGG

[jabelar]

And to make it all better I can't find the source code for vanilla minecraft... yay *cries*.

 

What command did you use to setup your workspace? Did you use gradlew setupDecompWorkspace or setupDevWorkspace? You need to use the decomp workspace if you want the source available.

 

If you do that, it should show up as a referenced library in your project with name forge-src

[FlashBash21]

 

What command did you use to setup your workspace? Did you use gradlew setupDecompWorkspace or setupDevWorkspace? You need to use the decomp workspace if you want the source available.

 

If you do that, it should show up as a referenced library in your project with name forge-src

 

I'm positive I used setupDecompWorkspace, when I go under forgeSrc I don't get any source code, I do get assets, however.

[jabelar]

Did you get any errors during the build?

[FlashBash21]

Did you get any errors during the build?

 

Nope, everything seemed to be successful.

[Awesome_Spider]

If you use eclipse did you do this command: gradlew.bat eclipse?

[FlashBash21]

If you use eclipse did you do this command: gradlew.bat eclipse?

No, I did not. I assume I run this in the command prompt inside my mod folder?

[Draco18s]

If you use eclipse did you do this command: gradlew.bat eclipse?

No, I did not. I assume I run this in the command prompt inside my mod folder?

 

Uh huh.  Like it says in the readme.

(though you'll want setupDecompWorkspace, rather than the readme's setupDevWorkspace)

[Awesome_Spider]

Uh huh.  Like it says in the readme.

 

Yep, and the source setup tutorial.

 

And yes you'll want to run the command in your mod folder. Here's a tip, once you are in your mod folder, click Shift+RightClick and select "open command window here". Then run the command. The you don't have to do "cd C:\Your\Mod\Directory\". It's faster.

[FlashBash21]

If you use eclipse did you do this command: gradlew.bat eclipse?

Still no source code after running it.

[Draco18s]

setupDecompWorkspace

[Awesome_Spider]

Wait, what exactly were you running? You said you ran setupDecompWorkspace. Try: gradlew.bat setupDecompWorkspace --refresh-dependencies

 

That's what this says to run: http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Installation/Source

[FlashBash21]

setupDecompWorkspace

Thanks for all the help, I was able to fix it. The file was corrupted or something so I just re-downloaded it. It's all good.

[Awesome_Spider]

Ok, that's good.

[TheDogePwner]

Um, back on the subject of what to do once you've made your MainMod file...

Go to wuppy29's site:

http://www.wuppy29.com/minecraft/modding-tutorials/forge-modding-1-8/#sthash.GUAStUe5.dpbs

 

His tutorials are really useful and really accurate.

Also, please keep in mind:

getUnlocalizedName() returns name.[the unlocalizedname you set it to]

And when you call GameRegistry.registerItem(), register your item with its getUnlocalizedName().substring(5).

I took me something like 8 posts to figure this out- if you don't do this, your textures won't load.