[1.11.2] Interacting with other mods

[Rohzek]

I have a mod that changes the way ores generate in the overworld by blocking the vanilla ore generation (using the OreGenEvent#GenerateMinable event), and adds nether and end ores.

 

I know how to make my mod aware of other mods by checking the mod Id with Loader#isModLoaded, and using the @Optional tag, but I'm not sure where to go from here.

The most requested feature is to add support for ores from other mods, but I'm not sure how to go about that exactly. Another thing that got requested recently is for my ore generation to be used in (dynamic?) dimensions added by another mod, and I'm not sure how to go about that either - or can I even do that?

[Rohzek]

19 hours ago, diesieben07 said:

You have to basically copy what they are doing, unless they are exposing their ore generation with some sort of API.

I would imagine there would be a way to get the list of ores from the mods and pass those to my own generate methods, but how would I be able to stop their ores from spawning first? I'm assuming when checking for an ore to block, EventType.CUSTOM will block any WorldGenerator extended block that isn't a vanilla one?