Adding Shaped Recipe Ignoring ItemStack Arg

[jredfox]

ItemStack charcoal = new ItemStack(Items.COAL, 0, 1);
GameRegistry.addShapedRecipe(new ResourceLocation("cbm:tst"), new ResourceLocation("recipes"), new ItemStack(MainJava.golden_charcoal), new Object[]{"ggg","gcg","ggg",'g', Items.GOLD_INGOT, 'c', charcoal});

As you can see there this use to be a thing were it would scan for meta and item if you put an item stack into the argument well now it's not working anymore it only accepts the gold_ingot. I did this under pre-init. Also tried this in init. Why are there only shaped recipes that means if I make a sword recipe I have to make 3 recipes?

Also what is the first argument suppose to be?

Edited February 5, 2018 by jredfox

[Draco18s]

1) Use JSON recipes.

2) If you want metadata, you need to specify it with an ItemStack, like you did with charcoal

3) Use JSON recipes.

[xModRed]

I do mine like this just to have it.

public static void registerToolCrafting() 
{
  GameRegistry.addShapedRecipe(new ResourceLocation("obsidian_axe"), new ResourceLocation("OTA_Tools"), new ItemStack(OTA_Items.obsidian_axe), new Object[]{"ii ", "is ", " s ", 'i', OTA_Items.obsidian_ingot, 's', Items.STICK});
}

and then call it in the main class you use to run the mod

@Mod.EventHandler()
public static void init(FMLInitializationEvent event) 
{
  Obsidian_Crafting.registerToolCrafting();
}

the JSON file is structured like this

Spoiler

{
    "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
    
    "pattern":
    [
        "II ",
        "IS ",
        " S "
    ],
    
    "key":
    {
        "I":
        {
            "item": "obsidiantools:obsidian_ingot"
        },
        
        "S":
        {
            "item": "minecraft:stick"
        }
    },
    
    "result":
    {
        "item": "obsidiantools:obsidian_axe"
    }
}

Sorry if this wasn't helpful for your meta problem.

Edited February 6, 2018 by xModRed