I am trying to make a custom tool, but am unsure how to do this, by custom I mean custom custom, only effective on certain blocks with durability etc, without extending pickaxe / shovel etc.

 

how do I go about doing this, do I still need ToolMaterial? should I extend one of the tool classes but override everything? any help is appreciated.

 

thanks.

 

 

PS: I am trying to make a 'rake' tool that when you click on a grass block with it it will gather a few sticks, rocks, etc. and then loose durability, but also has damage against entities etc.

Wouldn't overriding a hoe work well in your case?

Wouldn't overriding a hoe work well in your case?

 

yes but I really want to do more with it, and create other tools such as hammers, wrenches, etc

Extend

ItemTool

and call

setHarvestLevel("someCustomToolClass", toolMaterial.getHarvestLevel())

in the constructor. As long as the

ItemTool#toolClass

field is

null

(which it will be if you extend

ItemTool

directly), 

getHarvestLevel

and

getToolClasses

will return the result of the super methods (which use the values set by

Item#setHarvestLevel

).

 

You can then call

Block#setHarvestLevel

with the same tool class to allow a block to be harvested by that tool.

Extend

ItemTool

and call

setHarvestLevel("someCustomToolClass", toolMaterial.getHarvestLevel())

in the constructor. As long as the

ItemTool#toolClass

field is

null

(which it will be if you extend

ItemTool

directly), 

getHarvestLevel

and

getToolClasses

will return the result of the super methods (which use the values set by

Item#setHarvestLevel

).

 

You can then call

Block#setHarvestLevel

with the same tool class to allow a block to be harvested by that tool.

 

the super constructor needs a float, an enum, and a set. for the float, damage i just put 2.0f, but for the enum I put EnumHelper.addToolMaterial("woodenrake", 0, 31, 0f, 2f, 2); and for the set, I put null (does that just mean none set)?

the super constructor needs a float, an enum, and a set. for the float, damage i just put 2.0f, but for the enum I put EnumHelper.addToolMaterial("woodenrake", 0, 31, 0f, 2f, 2); and for the set, I put null (does that just mean none set)?

 

You should create the

ToolMaterial

once (probably in the same class where you instantiate and register your items, just before you do that) and then reference it for your tools. Multiple tools can share a

ToolMaterial

(e.g. all vanilla wooden tools use

ToolMaterial.WOOD

). You can also just use an existing

ToolMaterial

.

 

The

Set

is the

Block

s that the tool is effective against, but Forge replaces that with the harvest level system so it's not actually used unless some mod decides to ignore Forge's system and use the vanilla system. Just in case, you should pass an empty

Set

(just create a new

HashSet

) instead of

null

; that way the vanilla system won't crash with a

NullPointerException

.

Create a normal item an override canharvestblock in your item. Create a private float wich will be the efficiency of the tool and override func_150893_a and return the private efficiency float. Use onitemuse do create the rocks and stuff you wanted.