[1.11.2] Adding Mobs to All Biomes

[HalestormXV]

Quick question and maybe someone can provide an example. Is there a way to add a spawn to ALL biomes? I am aware of the addSpawnable function but I am sure there is an easier way then physically adding in every Biome to an array. Also what if you have a mod that adds biomes like Biomes O Plenty and the like? How would you have your spawnables get added into that list also?

[Jacky2611]

Not sure if you can still get registered biomes from the BiomeDictionary, but older versions had a getBiomesForType(Type.Forest) that could be useful (I seriously doubt you really want it to be in absolutely every biome. e.g. ocean and nether).

 

Another way I found is to wait for the RegistryEvent.Register<Biome> event and then just do something like this:

        final IForgeRegistry<Biome> registry = event.getRegistry();
        for(Biome b :registry) {
            System.out.println(b.getBiomeName());
        }

But I am sure that there is a better way to get access to the ForgeRegistry.  My example above is an absolute nightmare for way too many reasons. Could one of the code gods please descend and help us?

Edited July 19, 2017 by Jacky2611

[Choonster]

All of the registries for vanilla types are stored in the ForgeRegistries class.

 

As @Jacky2611 said, use the BiomeDictionary (specifically BiomeDictionary#getBiomes) to get the Biomes with the specified Type.

[Jacky2611]

@Choonster Damn, I knew it. The ForgeRegistries class was the first place I looked. Could it be that I need a forge version newer than 14.21.1.2387(recommended) if I want to get the registries from inside the ForgeRegistries class?

[Choonster]

4 minutes ago, Jacky2611 said:

@Choonster Damn, I knew it. The ForgeRegistries class was the first place I looked. Could it be that I need a forge version newer than 14.21.1.2387(recommended) if I want to get the registries from inside the ForgeRegistries class?

 

No, the ForgeRegistries class was first added in 1.9 and the Biome registry has been in it since then.

[HalestormXV]

So lets, see. In looking at the biome dictionary. Types, HOT, COLD, MUSHROOM, BEACH, FOREST, MOUNTAIN, PLAINS, WET, MESA pretty musch seems to catch all biomes. Anyone know if I am missing any off the top of their head? Yes this one mob is supposed to spawn everywhere lol. Including in the mushroom biomes.

 

Secondly EntityRegister.addSpawn looks for the actual Biome though. How can I make it so that i put in the BiomeDictionary.getBiomes(BiomeDictionary.Type.HOT) and it will be acceptable for the .addSpawn

I'm sure it is rather simple, but  I've enver worked with spawns in the updated forge versions.

 

EntityRegistry.addSpawn(EntityCreeperPrime.class, 14, 1, 6, EnumCreatureType.MONSTER, BiomeDictionary.getBiomes(BiomeDictionary.Type.MUSHROOM));

Still looks for the actual Biome even though if I am reading correctly, that should return all biomes of type Mushroom. (Mushroom Shore, Mushroom)

Edited July 19, 2017 by HalestormXV

[Choonster]

If you want the mob to spawn in every single biome rather than biomes of a certain type, use IForgeRegistry#getValues to get a List of every registered Biome. You then need to convert this to an array and pass it as the vararg parameter of EntityRegistry.addSpawn.

[HalestormXV]

43 minutes ago, Choonster said:

If you want the mob to spawn in every single biome rather than biomes of a certain type, use IForgeRegistry#getValues to get a List of every registered Biome. You then need to convert this to an array and pass it as the vararg parameter of EntityRegistry.addSpawn.

Okydokey. Thanks

 

Unlreated note but if either of you can take a look at another thread I made that is giving me issues. I'd apprecaite it. I don't want to keep bumping the thread over and over but perhaps a simplistic answer can be made: 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited July 19, 2017 by HalestormXV