[1.8] Registering metadata items with Ore Dictionary?

[Jagm]

I have made a mod which adds an item which has several metadata sub-items, and I am trying to register an individual sub-item with the Ore Dictionary, like so:

 

OreDictionary.registerOre("gemAmber", new ItemStack(item, 1, 0));

OreDictionary.registerOre("gemRoseQuartz", new ItemStack(item, 1, 1));

OreDictionary.registerOre("ingotAluminium", new ItemStack(item, 1, 2));

 

This is in the main initialization method of my mod (which has several other things in it which all work).

Then, I am trying to register a recipe which uses the aluminium ingot in a bucket recipe. I have tried two methods:

 

List<ItemStack> list = OreDictionary.getOres("ingotAluminium");

for(int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++){

GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(Items.bucket), new Object[]{"i i", " i ", 'i', list.get(i)});

}

 

and also

 

GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ShapedOreRecipe(Items.bucket, new Object[]{"i i", " i ", 'i', "ingotAluminium"}));

 

Neither of them work, which suggests its a problem with my registering. Is it just impossible to register metadata items with the Ore Dictionary or am I doing something wrong?

 

Thanks.

[Jagm]

I did, in my second example, but it didn't work. Am I doing it wrong?

[Jagm]

Wow I'm dim. Had all the Ore Dictionary registrations in a method which I never actually called. Sorry for wasting your time, thanks for the help.