[1.12.2] Custom Structure Loot Tables

[lyghtningwither]

Hi,

 

I am wondering how you do a loot table for your custom structure. I have tried looking through the Minecraft code and I have not found anything that helps me.

 

Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.

[Krevik]

After the chest in your structure is generated you need to get it tile entity using world.getTileEntity (you must know it position). Then you call it to TileEntityChest and at the final you need to use methods setLootTable and fillWithLoot.
Hope this will help you a bit, greetings!

Edited May 16, 2018 by Krevik

[lyghtningwither]

Only problem is, exactly how would I find the location of the chest?

[Krevik]

It depends on how are you generating your structure. If it's done using .nbt file (structure block) then you have to personally count blocks from the structure start to chest pos.
Or less efficient way: you can make loop in loop in loop to check to check every block in your structure if it's chest block like:
 

for(int x=0;x<=structure.getSize().getX();x++){
	for(int y=0;y<=structure.getSize().getY();y++){
		for(int z=0;z<=structure.getSize().getZ();z++){
			BlockPos tmp = new BlockPos(structurePosIn.getX()+x,structurePosIn.getY()+y,structurePosIn.getZ()+z){
				if(world.getTileEntity(tmp)!=null){
					if(world.getTileEntity(tmp) instanceof TileEntityChest){
						TileEntityChest chest = (TileEntityChest)world.getTileEntity(tmp);
						//fill this chest with loot 
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

But this is not recommended to use this cause you're adding unnecessary math. Better to personally check where's the chest pos.

Edited May 19, 2018 by Krevik

[lyghtningwither]

For chest.fillWithLoot, what would you put as the "player" parameter?

[Draco18s]

null

[jabelar]

Wait, it should be pretty easy. This is your own custom structure, right. So you're the one that places the chest block. The StructureComponent class has a generateChest() method that takes in a loot table parameter.

 

Or you can simply force the placement with something like:

                            worldIn.setBlockState(blockpos2, Blocks.CHEST.correctFacing(worldIn, blockpos, Blocks.CHEST.getDefaultState()), 2);
                            TileEntity tileentity1 = worldIn.getTileEntity(blockpos);

                            if (tileentity1 instanceof TileEntityChest)
                            {
                                ((TileEntityChest)tileentity1).setLootTable(LootTableList.CHESTS_SIMPLE_DUNGEON, rand.nextLong());
                            }

  Of course you would adjust the loot to suit your needs.

Edited May 19, 2018 by jabelar

[lyghtningwither]

It said null and when I opened the chest it had nothing. It has given me no errors, no anything. I even used a custom loot table generator and it didn't work. Please help!!!

 

Here's my code:

public static void generateStructure(World world, BlockPos pos) {
		
		MinecraftServer mcServer = world.getMinecraftServer();
		TemplateManager manager = worldServer.getStructureTemplateManager();
		ResourceLocation location = new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID, structureName);
		Template template = manager.get(mcServer, location);
		
		if(template != null) {
			
			IBlockState state = world.getBlockState(pos);
			world.notifyBlockUpdate(pos, state, state, 3);
			template.addBlocksToWorldChunk(world, pos, settings);
			for(int x = 0; x <= template.getSize().getX(); x++) {
				
				for(int y = 0; y <= template.getSize().getY(); y++) {
					
					for(int z = 0; z <= template.getSize().getZ(); z++){
						
						BlockPos tmp = new BlockPos(pos.getX() + x, pos.getY() + y, pos.getZ() + z);
							
						if(world.getTileEntity(tmp) != null){
							
							if(world.getTileEntity(tmp) instanceof TileEntityChest){
								
								TileEntityChest chest = (TileEntityChest) world.getTileEntity(tmp);
								chest.setLootTable(new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID + ":hub_chest.json"), new Random(chest.getWorld().getSeed()).nextLong());
								chest.fillWithLoot(null);
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

 

[lyghtningwither]

OK, so I got NBTExplorer to look at the hub.nbt and it said the chest was located at x 2, y 1, and z 3. So I created a BlockPos of pos.getX() + 2, pos.getY() + 1, pos.getZ() + 3 (see above post for the pos variable). Here is my code:

IBlockState state = world.getBlockState(pos);
			world.notifyBlockUpdate(pos, state, state, 3);
			template.addBlocksToWorldChunk(world, pos, settings);
			BlockPos chestPos = new BlockPos(pos.getX() + 2, pos.getY() + 1, pos.getZ() + 3);
			TileEntity tileentity = world.getTileEntity(chestPos);
			
			if(tileentity == null) {
				
				Main.logger.info("There is no chest!!! Run away!!!");
				return;
			}
			
			if(tileentity instanceof TileEntityChest) {
				
				TileEntityChest tileEntityChest = (TileEntityChest) tileentity;
				tileEntityChest.setLootTable(new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID + ":hub_chest.json"), new Random(world.getSeed()).nextLong());
				tileEntityChest.fillWithLoot(null);
			}

When I run the game, it says "There is no chest!!! Run away!!!" repeatedly. I don't know what's wrong.

 

And by the way, I tried running the loop in loop in loop code and it didn't work. I clearly have the loot table correctly named, as you can see in the attached image.

 

Yes, there is a chest in there. To prove it, I the second screenshot clearly shows a minecraft:chest in there.

 

Please help, and thank you in advance.

Edited May 19, 2018 by lyghtningwither

[jabelar]

  On 5/19/2018 at 5:06 PM, lyghtningwither said:

It said null and when I opened the chest it had nothing. It has given me no errors, no anything. I even used a custom loot table generator and it didn't work. Please help!!!

 

Here's my code:

public static void generateStructure(World world, BlockPos pos) {
		
		MinecraftServer mcServer = world.getMinecraftServer();
		TemplateManager manager = worldServer.getStructureTemplateManager();
		ResourceLocation location = new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID, structureName);
		Template template = manager.get(mcServer, location);
		
		if(template != null) {
			
			IBlockState state = world.getBlockState(pos);
			world.notifyBlockUpdate(pos, state, state, 3);
			template.addBlocksToWorldChunk(world, pos, settings);
			for(int x = 0; x <= template.getSize().getX(); x++) {
				
				for(int y = 0; y <= template.getSize().getY(); y++) {
					
					for(int z = 0; z <= template.getSize().getZ(); z++){
						
						BlockPos tmp = new BlockPos(pos.getX() + x, pos.getY() + y, pos.getZ() + z);
							
						if(world.getTileEntity(tmp) != null){
							
							if(world.getTileEntity(tmp) instanceof TileEntityChest){
								
								TileEntityChest chest = (TileEntityChest) world.getTileEntity(tmp);
								chest.setLootTable(new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID + ":hub_chest.json"), new Random(chest.getWorld().getSeed()).nextLong());
								chest.fillWithLoot(null);
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

 

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I don't think the fillWithLoot(null) is really the right thing to do there. Vanilla generation just does the code I said -- sets the loot table. I think the fill with loot would happen later (probably when player actually opens the chest).

Edited May 20, 2018 by jabelar

[lyghtningwither]

How would this work? Would I use the event bus? If so, then what event would you use? Or would the chest automatically do it when you open it?

Edited May 20, 2018 by lyghtningwither

[Krevik]

  On 5/20/2018 at 12:21 AM, lyghtningwither said:

How would this work? Would I use the event bus? If so, then what event would you use? Or would the chest automatically do it when you open it?

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Putting loot can be also done without custom loot table. Do you must have loot table?

[Krevik]

  On 5/19/2018 at 6:33 PM, lyghtningwither said:

OK, so I got NBTExplorer to look at the hub.nbt and it said the chest was located at x 2, y 1, and z 3. So I created a BlockPos of pos.getX() + 2, pos.getY() + 1, pos.getZ() + 3 (see above post for the pos variable). Here is my code:

IBlockState state = world.getBlockState(pos);
			world.notifyBlockUpdate(pos, state, state, 3);
			template.addBlocksToWorldChunk(world, pos, settings);
			BlockPos chestPos = new BlockPos(pos.getX() + 2, pos.getY() + 1, pos.getZ() + 3);
			TileEntity tileentity = world.getTileEntity(chestPos);
			
			if(tileentity == null) {
				
				Main.logger.info("There is no chest!!! Run away!!!");
				return;
			}
			
			if(tileentity instanceof TileEntityChest) {
				
				TileEntityChest tileEntityChest = (TileEntityChest) tileentity;
				tileEntityChest.setLootTable(new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID + ":hub_chest.json"), new Random(world.getSeed()).nextLong());
				tileEntityChest.fillWithLoot(null);
			}

When I run the game, it says "There is no chest!!! Run away!!!" repeatedly. I don't know what's wrong.

 

And by the way, I tried running the loop in loop in loop code and it didn't work. I clearly have the loot table correctly named, as you can see in the attached image.

 

Yes, there is a chest in there. To prove it, I the second screenshot clearly shows a minecraft:chest in there.

 

Please help, and thank you in advance.

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Also about resource location:
 

				tileEntityChest.setLootTable(new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID + ":hub_chest.json"), new Random(world.getSeed()).nextLong());

shouldn't it be :
 

tileEntityChest.setLootTable(new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID + ":chests/hub_chest"), new Random(world.getSeed()).nextLong());

?
or just

tileEntityChest.setLootTable(new ResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID + ":hub_chest"), new Random(world.getSeed()).nextLong());

 

Edited May 20, 2018 by Krevik