I am able to put things in other tabs.... but not the one I just created.

 

How do I put my items in my own tab? here's what I got:

package guru.tbe;

import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;

public class ModCreativeTabs {

public static CreativeTabs TheBasicElements;

public static void load(){

	TheBasicElements = new TBECreativeTab(CreativeTabs.getNextID());
}
}

 

package guru.tbe;

import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
import net.minecraft.init.Items;
import net.minecraft.item.Item;

public class TBECreativeTab extends CreativeTabs {



public TBECreativeTab(int id) {
	super("TheBasicElements");
	//this.setBackgroundImageName("item_search.png");
}

@Override
public Item getTabIconItem() {
	return guru.tbe.init.GuruItems.NetherOrb;
}

}

 

itemGroup.TheBasicElements=The Basic Elements
item.AirOrb.name=Air Orb
item.EarthOrb.name=Earth Orb
item.FireOrb.name=Fire Orb
item.WaterOrb.name=Water Orb
item.NetherOrb.name=Nether Orb
item.InvisibleOrb.name=Invisible Orb
item.CreativeOrb.name=Creative Orb

 

public static void init()
{
	Item item = (new ItemBucket(Blocks.AIR)).setUnlocalizedName("bucket").setMaxStackSize(16);
	AirOrb = new ItemAirOrb().setUnlocalizedName("AirOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.COMBAT);
	WaterOrb = new ItemWaterOrb().setUnlocalizedName("WaterOrb").setContainerItem(item).setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.COMBAT);
	EarthOrb = new ItemEarthOrb().setUnlocalizedName("EarthOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.COMBAT);
	FireOrb = new ItemFireOrb().setUnlocalizedName("FireOrb").setContainerItem(item).setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.COMBAT);
	NetherOrb = new ItemNetherOrb().setUnlocalizedName("NetherOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.COMBAT);
	InvisibleOrb = new ItemInvisibleOrb().setUnlocalizedName("InvisibleOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.COMBAT);
	CreativeOrb = new ItemCreativeOrb().setUnlocalizedName("CreativeOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.MISC);
}

 

 

When I change:

AirOrb = new ItemAirOrb().setUnlocalizedName("AirOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.COMBAT);

 

To:

AirOrb = new ItemAirOrb().setUnlocalizedName("AirOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.TheBasicElements);

 

It does not work.

I have also checked to see if this would work:

AirOrb = new ItemAirOrb().setUnlocalizedName("AirOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(TBECreativeTab.INVENTORY);

 

no red... but still doesn't work and item doesn't appear.

 

I can't get my items to appear in my tab *sigh*

and again... no red but no item in the tab.

 

AirOrb = new ItemAirOrb().setUnlocalizedName("AirOrb").setMaxStackSize(64).setCreativeTab(ModCreativeTabs.TheBasicElements);

@Mod(modid = Reference.MOD_ID, name = Reference.MOD_NAME, version = Reference.MOD_VERSION)
public class Guru
{
@SidedProxy(clientSide = Reference.CLIENT_PROXY_CLASS, serverSide = Reference.SERVER_PROXY_CLASS)
public static CommonProxy proxy;
@Instance(Reference.MOD_ID)
private static Guru instance;
@EventHandler
public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event)
{
	proxy.preInit();
	GuruItems.init();
	GuruItems.register();
	GuruEntities.registerEntities();
	ModCreativeTabs.load();
	initRecipes();
}
    @EventHandler
    public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event)
    { 
	proxy.registerRenders();
        proxy.registerKeybindings();
        NetworkRegistry.INSTANCE.registerGuiHandler(instance, proxy);
    }	
private static void initRecipes()
{
	GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(GuruItems.AirOrb), new Object[] {" X ", "X X", " X ", 'X', Items.FEATHER});
	GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(GuruItems.WaterOrb), new Object[] {" X ",  "X X", " X ", 'X', Items.WATER_BUCKET});
	GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(GuruItems.EarthOrb), new Object[] {" X ",  "X X", " X ", 'X', Item.getItemFromBlock(Blocks.DIRT)});
	GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(GuruItems.FireOrb), new Object[] {" X ",  "X X", " X ", 'X', Items.LAVA_BUCKET});
	GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(GuruItems.NetherOrb), new Object[] {" X ",  "X X", " X ", 'X', Item.getItemFromBlock(Blocks.OBSIDIAN)});
}
public static Guru getInstance()
{
	return instance;
}
}

Theres not really a whole bunch of info to learn this stuff on... the only guide i could find on youtube was in german man, im just doing what i can. Thats all i can do.

 

You create your items (

GuruItems.init

) before you call

ModCreativeTabs.load()

so when you call

setCreativeTab

on your items,

ModCreativeTabs.TheBasicElements

is null so you're effectively calling

setCreativeTab(null)

. You need to initialize your creative tab before you create your items/blocks.

Oh! Ok, cool. My items appear in my tab now, thanks shadowfacts.

 

I didn't know that

@EventHandler
public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event)
{
	ModCreativeTabs.load();
	proxy.preInit();
	GuruItems.init();
	GuruItems.register();
	GuruEntities.registerEntities();
	initRecipes();
}