Hi, so I just started out forge modding, with no prior knowledge of it. I have a good knowledge of java and have coded some plugins before, but this is my first time when it comes to modding. So, I'm trying to follow the official forge documentation. I kind of tried to register the item into the game, however it doesn't appear in the creative tab I set it to or using /give. Here is the code I have thus far: (Proxies are displayed in the same class, but they're not.

Proxies:

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//Proxies
public class ClientProxy extends CommonProxy {

    public void preInit() {
        super.preInit();
        RegisterItems.registerItemModels();
        RegisterItems.registerBlockModels();
    }

    public void init() {
        super.init();
    }

    public void postInit(){
        super.postInit();
    }

}
public class ServerProxy extends CommonProxy {

    public void preInit() {
        super.preInit();

    }

    public void init() {
        super.init();

    }

    public void postInit(){
        super.postInit();

    }


}
public abstract class CommonProxy {

    public void preInit() {
        RegisterItems.registerBlocks();
        RegisterItems.registerItems();

    }

    public void init() {


    }

    public void postInit(){

    }


}

 

Main

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@Mod(modid = Main.MODID, name = Main.NAME, version = Main.VERSION)

public class Main {

    public static final String MODID = "pmod";
    public static final String NAME = "Practice Mod";
    public static final String VERSION = "1.0";


    @SidedProxy(clientSide = "rektek249.practicemod.client.ClientProxy", serverSide = "rektek249.practicemod.server.ServerProxy")
    public static CommonProxy proxy;


    @EventHandler
    public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event) {
        proxy.preInit();
    }

    @EventHandler
    public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event) {
        proxy.init();

    }

    @EventHandler
    public void postInit(FMLPostInitializationEvent event){
        proxy.postInit();

    }


}

 

RegisterItems.java

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public class RegisterItems {

    static List<Item> items = new ArrayList<>();
    static List<Block> blocks = new ArrayList<>();


    public static void registerItems(){
            Item rbsteak = (SimpleItem)(new SimpleItem("Raid Boss Steak", "rbsteak", CreativeTabs.FOOD, 16));
            items.add(rbsteak);
            System.out.println("Items Registered");
    }
    public static void registerBlocks(){

    }
    public static void registerItemModels(){

        ModelResourceLocation resLoc;
        for(Item i : items){
            resLoc = new ModelResourceLocation("pmod:rbsteak", "inventory");
            ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation(i, 0, resLoc);
            System.out.println("One Model Registered");
        }
    }
    public static void registerBlockModels(){

    }

}

 

SimpleItem.java

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public class SimpleItem extends Item {

    public SimpleItem(String unlocalizedName, String registryName, CreativeTabs tab){

        this.setUnlocalizedName(unlocalizedName);
        this.setRegistryName(registryName);
        this.setCreativeTab(tab);


    }
    public SimpleItem(String unlocalizedName, String registryName){

        this.setUnlocalizedName(unlocalizedName);
        this.setRegistryName(registryName);

    }
    public SimpleItem(String unlocalizedName, String registryName, CreativeTabs tab, int stackSize){

        this.setUnlocalizedName(unlocalizedName);
        this.setRegistryName(registryName);
        this.setCreativeTab(tab);
        this.setMaxStackSize(stackSize);


    }
    public SimpleItem(String unlocalizedName, String registryName, int stackSize){

        this.setUnlocalizedName(unlocalizedName);
        this.setRegistryName(registryName);
        this.setMaxStackSize(stackSize);


    }



}

 

So, am I missing something out there ? I tried to follow the documentation's recommendation as to proxies, server/client side stuff. Apparently I should have used an Interface for CommonProxy but I thought an abstract class would be a better choice. If you find any other issues in the code, don't hesitate to let me know.

Edited June 10, 20187 yr by RekTek249

You're not actually registering any items or blocks:

http://mcforge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/registries/#registering-things

You will want to follow the same nomenclature for registering item models as well, using the ModelRegistryEvent inside your client proxy. e.g. like this (albeit my code takes in the data in a different way, storing it in an custom typed array, but still calling ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation from this method).

1 hour ago, Draco18s said:

You're not actually registering any items or blocks:

http://mcforge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/registries/#registering-things

You will want to follow the same nomenclature for registering item models as well, using the ModelRegistryEvent inside your client proxy. e.g. like this (albeit my code takes in the data in a different way, storing it in an custom typed array, but still calling ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation from this method).

Alright, so I'm still not quite sure about how theses SubscribeEvent annotations... Your source code is quite long and seems to contain elements I do not need to use. I tried adding the following to my code: 

CommonProxy.java

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@SubscribeEvent
public void registerItems(RegistryEvent.Register<Item> event) {
    event.getRegistry().register(RegisterItems.rbsteak);
}

ClientProxy.java

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@SubscribeEvent
public void registerModels(ModelRegistryEvent event) {
    ModelResourceLocation resLoc = new ModelResourceLocation("pmod:rbsteak", "inventory");
    ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation(rbsteak, 0, resLoc);

}

 

However, it would seem theses two are not even fired up. I'm sure there's something I should know but I don't know here...

5 minutes ago, RekTek249 said:

Alright, so I'm still not quite sure about how theses SubscribeEvent annotations... Your source code is quite long and seems to contain elements I do not need to use. I tried adding the following to my code: 

CommonProxy.java

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@SubscribeEvent
public void registerItems(RegistryEvent.Register<Item> event) {
    event.getRegistry().register(RegisterItems.rbsteak);
}

ClientProxy.java

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@SubscribeEvent
public void registerModels(ModelRegistryEvent event) {
    ModelResourceLocation resLoc = new ModelResourceLocation("pmod:rbsteak", "inventory");
    ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation(rbsteak, 0, resLoc);

}

 

However, it would seem theses two are not even fired up. I'm sure there's something I should know but I don't know here...

Actually, I managed to add it to the game using the following code in my previous function: 

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public static void registerItems(){
        Item rbsteak = (SimpleItem)(new SimpleItem("Raid Boss Steak", "rbsteak", CreativeTabs.FOOD, 16));
        items.add(rbsteak);
        ForgeRegistries.ITEMS.register(rbsteak);
//Would use a foreach loop here if it wasn't one single item

}

Is it correct to use this ? It seems to be working, but there might be a reason for you to use the @SubscribeEvent instead.

Do not use ForgeRegistries.ITEMS.register(rbsteak); directly. Use the registry events.

The problem is that you likely did not register the class with the event bus correctly / at all.

5 minutes ago, Draco18s said:

Do not use ForgeRegistries.ITEMS.register(rbsteak); directly. Use the registry events.

The problem is that you likely did not register the class with the event bus correctly / at all.

For example, my common proxy:

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@Mod.EventBusSubscriber
public abstract class CommonProxy {

    public void preInit() {
    }

    public void init() {


    }

    public void postInit(){

    }

    @SubscribeEvent
    public void registerItems(RegistryEvent.Register<Item> event) {
        event.getRegistry().register(RegisterItems.rbsteak);
    }




}

Would there be a problem in there ? It still won't work with your method. 

registerItems needs to be static if you want to use the @Mod.EventBusSubscriber annotation.

 

 

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Note

This does not register an instance of the class; it registers the class itself (i.e. the event handling methods must be static).

 

 

4 minutes ago, Draco18s said:

registerItems needs to be static if you want to use the @Mod.EventBusSubscriber annotation.

 

 

 

Yep, that did it... I rarely get to use annotations, other than @Deprecated, @Nullable and such vanilla ones. Thanks for your help.