[1.12.2] Custom Villager Help

[Hazmatik]

So I've been trying to add a custom villager to the game and I have added a villager profession and career and set up a trade and everything is working when I use a spawn egg I can get the villager from it however they don't seem to be spawning naturally in villages. Do I need to add a structure for them to spawn with or is there something else that I need to do to get them to spawn?

My Professions Class: https://github.com/Hazmatik/SonicTech/blob/master/src/main/java/hazmatik/sonictech/init/STProfessions.java

 

and here is where it is called in the init() of my main mod class: https://github.com/Hazmatik/SonicTech/blob/master/src/main/java/hazmatik/sonictech/SonicTech.java#L49

Edited April 16, 2018 by Hazmatik

[jabelar]

The proper way is to add some village structure pieces. In the StructureVillagePieces.Village class there is a chooseForgeProfession() method where you return the villager type you want to populate.

[Hazmatik]

Is it possible to load a village structure from an NBT file created from Structure Blocks? I decided on adding a structure in the village for my villager to spawn with and I am trying to wrap my head around how to define the different blocks of the structure and was thinking it would be a lot easier if I could build the structure in world and use a Structure Block to export it to an NBT file like I've done before to spawn structures in the world in general.

[jabelar]

15 hours ago, Hazmatik said:

Is it possible to load a village structure from an NBT file created from Structure Blocks? I decided on adding a structure in the village for my villager to spawn with and I am trying to wrap my head around how to define the different blocks of the structure and was thinking it would be a lot easier if I could build the structure in world and use a Structure Block to export it to an NBT file like I've done before to spawn structures in the world in general.

Yeah, in your method for addComponentParts() it is up to you how you place the blocks. It is your code, so you can do whatever you want there, either using loops to generate algorithmically, using arrays to generated based on a "map", using a file to load a structure, etc.

 

What I usually do is create a command where I can "capture" an area of the world as an array of blocks and store that to file. Then I just copy that array directly into my code and loop through it. Here is an example of the command I use: https://github.com/jabelar/ExampleMod-1.12/blob/master/src/main/java/com/blogspot/jabelarminecraft/examplemod/commands/CommandStructureCapture.java.