[FORGE][1.8] Adding an additional slot to the player's inventory?

[HappyKiller1O1]

My question is rather simple, I would like to add an additional slot the the vanilla player inventory. I looked through a tutorial on creating your own inventory, and am thinking about using a Tick handler to replace the vanilla inventory with my own when opened. Is there a more efficient way of doing this? Or, is what I have planned the best one?

[coolAlias]

There is the Gui Open event or some such thing that would be much more effective than a tick handler, just keep in mind that there are plenty of mods that are doing that exact same thing...

 

Personally, I would suggest having an 'alternate' inventory menu the player can open to access their additional slots, but if you don't anticipate your mod being played alongside any others that try to replace the player inventory, then go for it.

 

Another alternative is to look into adding a button / tab to the player inventory screen to access your special slots; mods like Battlegear2 and several others take this route, though I haven't looked into how it's done.

[HappyKiller1O1]

I was actually thinking that over, and am going to add a simple button that will display the extra slot when needed. I would add an entirely separate menu, but I am only adding one slot, so I feel it's a waste of time. Thank you though Alias, you are a great help to this community, and I believe you aren't appreciated enough.

[coolAlias]

Aw, thanks. 

[HappyKiller1O1]

No problem! Merry Christmas to you, and have a Happy New Year!