[SOLVED!] Ores Aren't Spawning!

[Landuros]

I'm newish to Minecraft coding and how the game works but I have some knowledge on other Java programs and mods. I recently tried to spawn an ore (called money ore) but it doesn't spawn.

 

Could someone please check my code for any errors?

 

package com.landuros.world;

import java.util.Random;

import com.landuros.blocks.MBlocks;

import cpw.mods.fml.common.IWorldGenerator;
import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
import net.minecraft.world.World;
import net.minecraft.world.chunk.IChunkProvider;
import net.minecraft.world.gen.feature.WorldGenMinable;

public class MOre implements IWorldGenerator {

@Override
public void generate(Random random, int chunkX, int chunkZ, World world, IChunkProvider chunkGenerator,
		IChunkProvider chunkProvider) 
{
	switch(world.provider.dimensionId)
	{
	case -1:
		generateNether(random, chunkX * 16, chunkZ * 16, world);
		break;
	case 0:
		generateOverworld(random, chunkX * 16, chunkZ * 16, world);
		break;
	case 1:
		generateEnd(random, chunkX * 16, chunkZ * 16, world);
		break;
	}
}

private void addOre(Block block, Block blockspawn, Random random, World world, int posX, int posZ, int minY, int maxY, int minVein, int maxVein, int spawnChance)
{
	for(int i = 0; i < spawnChance; i++)
	{
		int defaultChunkSize = 16;

		int xPos = posX + random.nextInt(defaultChunkSize);
		int yPos = minY + random.nextInt(maxY - minY);
		int zPos = posZ + random.nextInt(defaultChunkSize);

		new WorldGenMinable(block, (minVein + random.nextInt(maxVein - minVein)), blockspawn).generate(world, random, xPos, yPos, zPos);
	}
}

private void generateEnd(Random random, int chunkX, int chunkZ, World world) 
{

}

private void generateOverworld(Random random, int chunkX, int chunkZ, World world) 
{
	addOre(MBlocks.MoneyOre, Blocks.iron_ore, random, world, chunkX, chunkZ, 0, 150, 10, 50, 20);
}

private void generateNether(Random random, int chunkX, int chunkZ, World world) 
{

}

}

 

I have another .java file that registers the World Gen and calls upon GameRegistry, and I don't think that's the problem. Also, could someone please confirm what the integers in this line of code represent?

 

addOre(MBlocks.MoneyOre, Blocks.iron_ore, random, world, chunkX, chunkZ, 0, 150, 10, 50, 20);

 

I'm pretty sure the first two are the minY and maxY values, and 50 is the spawn rate.

 

Thanks

[kremi151]

Try to replace Blocks.iron_ore with Blocks.STONE when calling the addOre method, because it looks like you want to replace iron ores with your money ores instead of normal stone blocks

[jeffryfisher]

Yeah, it would be rare for a random coord to hit iron ore to replace it. In overworld, you'll almost always want to specify stone as the replaceable block. In nether, normally specify netherrack. If you have an unusual purpose, then you might want to add some search logic to one of your methods (like if you wanted to replace some lava).

 

If you really want to replace something like iron ore, then there might be an ore-spawn event that you can harness to detect each impending iron-ore body and substitute your own ore block in its place

[Draco18s]

  On 12/31/2016 at 6:40 PM, jeffryfisher said:

If you have an unusual purpose, then you might want to add some search logic to one of your methods (like if you wanted to replace some lava).

 

I wrote one once that replaced [dirt, sand] but only if the block was directly under a water block.

https://github.com/Draco18s/ReasonableRealism/blob/master/src/main/java/com/draco18s/farming/world/WorldGenMinableSalt.java#L76

Required duplicating a whole method of WorldGenMinable save for the one if-statement, but whatever.

[Landuros]

Oh, thank you, I will try that... My brain thought that Blocks.iron_ore was the material for some reason.

 

Edit: Yup, that was the issue. Thank you to kremi151, jeffryfisher and Draco18s for quickly helping me with the problem.