How would I go about having an item being used in a recipe, but so that I get to keep the item after the crafting. Example: Buckets in cake recipes.

Have a look at setContainerItem in the Item Class.

So if I set it as the item it should give me back the item after crafting?

So if I set it as the item it should give me back the item after crafting?

Yup.

I just tried it, it didn't work:

metalConvert = new portableMagik(metalID).setMaxStackSize(1).setCreativeTab(MagikTab).setIconIndex(0).setItemName("MetalConvert").setContainerItem(metalConvert);

So basically it should turn iron into copper, but when I craft with it, it uses it up.

You need to create your Item first of course. At the point where you do setContainerItem(metalConvert) metalConvert is still null (= no containerItem).

So inside my item class?

 

EDIT: Nevermind, just put it after the declaration like so:

metalConvert.setContainerItem(metalConvert);

You need to create your Item first of course. At the point where you do setContainerItem(metalConvert) metalConvert is still null (= no containerItem).

Ok, but it disappears every time I craft something. Is there a way how to prevent it from going into my inventory every time? Example: The minium stone from EE3.

The EE3 source is open to everyone, so you could check how they do it inn EE by going to their github

The EE3 source is open to everyone, so you could check how they do it inn EE by going to their github

I did, I couldn't find it.

Bump

I dont know how or where did you look but you definetly missed it,

I found this in EE3 code just in 5 mins (that includes time of testing it)

https://github.com/pahimar/Equivalent-Exchange-3/blob/master/ee3_common/com/pahimar/ee3/item/ItemMiniumStone.java

Look at line 65 and 52.