Child Mod/Add-Ons

[calclavia]

I've been working on a mod with an API in which other mods can use. The problem though is that a lot of people are getting problems with the add-on loading before the API loads. I see the new FML has this thing called child mods but I am not sure which function to call and how to use it. Is there a way I can ensure that the API mod gets loaded BEFORE the add-ons to not create errors?

[LexManos]

Make sure the mods that rely on your API, load after you API... ModLoader has a function for this, look at getPriorities

[calclavia]

Get priority seems to return a String. So typing a number "1" will have lower priority than "0"?

 

[DarkGuardsman]

best way to make sure is to just test it but i always though there was some that just checked to make sure another mod was loaded or was that bukkit that did that.

[LexManos]

https://github.com/cpw/FML/blob/master/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/modloader/ModLoaderModContainer.java#L440

Also, Dark.. there is...

Please go read the ModLoder API and learn it.

[DarkGuardsman]

https://github.com/cpw/FML/blob/master/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/modloader/ModLoaderModContainer.java#L440

Also, Dark.. there is...

Please go read the ModLoder API and learn it.

thank you for posting that i like source code better than java docs . yes, when i get time i really do need to sit down, learn the modloader api and the forge one as well.

[calclavia]

I am trying to change into the new modding system. I've implemented the interface "ModContainer" but I am not sure how I can register my mod as a FML mod. The mod seems to load but the preinit, init and postinit functions are never called.

[LexManos]

Umm, no, you don't do anything with ModContainer.

 

you do exactly the same thing you would with modloader.

[calclavia]

But it seems like none of the ModContainer implemented interfaces are being called. For example the init() function doesn't get called after the mod initialized. Am I supposed to do something to make those functions work?

[LexManos]

no...

As a modder, you do NOTHING related to ModContainer.

ModLoader mods are loaded and every function is called appropriately.

[calclavia]

Oh I got really confused there. I thought ModContainer is like a replacement for BaseMod. I understand what it is now.