Item/Blocks Meta subtypes

[Dijkstra]

So block/item meta is 4 bit so you can only 0-15 for meta data, but then I seen items added by other with meta values way into the hundreds, so this can not be meta data can it? Or are they using there own system for meta data or is something else.

 

I would like to make item with more than 16 sub items is there, how would i go about this   

[Choonster]

Block metadata is limited to the range

[0, 15]

(4 bits), but item metadata is limited to

[0, Short.MAX_VALUE]

(16 bits).

[Dijkstra]

So say I wanted add to 17 ores i could not subtypes of the one ore block I could not, but ingots would be fine.

[Draco18s]

Ore-type-by meta isn't really worth doing unless you have a good reason. If your set on it, try and group things intelligently (eg by harvest level) just to make the coding easy (rather than having to do lookups by meta).

[jeffryfisher]

And if you wanted all of your ore types to share some characteristics/behavior, then you could first create an abstract class implementing what's shared. Then each set of up to 16 ores could extend that class.

 

How many ores does a game need anyway? Well, I suppose if you're using Minecraft to teach the periodic table to students... Otherwise game playability should be a consideration.