Configurable per Block Variable

[1SDAN]

What would be the best way to create an integer variable for every block that can be modified via a .cfg file? I've tried using the search function but I'm pretty bad at it.

[DaemonUmbra]

Is this a question about how to have the block reference the value or how to build a config file?

[1SDAN]

13 minutes ago, DaemonUmbra said:

Is this a question about how to have the block reference the value or how to build a config file?

How would I build a config file system with a variable for every block?

Edited September 3, 2018 by 1SDAN

[DaemonUmbra]

For a config file I would suggest Forge's @Config annotation, "for every block" still needs some interpretation though, do you mean every block of that kind will reference the same value or every block of that kind will have that variable but the value may be different from individual block to individual block?

[1SDAN]

3 minutes ago, DaemonUmbra said:

For a config file I would suggest Forge's @Config annotation, "for every block" still needs some interpretation though, do you mean every block of that kind will reference the same value or every block of that kind will have that variable but the value may be different from individual block to individual block?

I have a Capability set up that stores a "health" value for each block. I would like to create a default value for each block type and be able to modify them via a .cfg file.

 

Thank you, I must have overlooked that part of the documentation.

Edited September 3, 2018 by 1SDAN

[1SDAN]

I'm looking at the config annotation documentation but am still having trouble. What I'd prefer is if there was a region in the .cfg file where players can enter the name of a block and couple of health-related values, which the mod would use to fill an array of values.

I'm completely clueless as to how I would go about this. It seems the config annotation requires you to define the individual variables ahead of time, unless I'm misunderstanding this.

Edited September 4, 2018 by 1SDAN

[Animefan8888]

7 minutes ago, 1SDAN said:

I'm looking at the config annotation documentation but am still having trouble. What I'd prefer is if there was a region in the .cfg file where players can enter the name of a block and couple of health-related values, which the mod would use to fill an array of values.

I'm completely clueless as to how I would go about this. It seems the config annotation requires you to define the individual variables ahead of time, unless I'm misunderstanding this. 

Use two arrays, one that will hold the registry name of the block and the other that will hold the value.

[DaemonUmbra]

I can't recall, does @Config work with Maps?

[Animefan8888]

2 minutes ago, DaemonUmbra said:

I can't recall, does @Config work with Maps?

I don't believe it does since Configuration doesn't have support for Maps, but it does for arrays. So if you wanted to you could use one array and parse Strings numbers.

[1SDAN]

2 minutes ago, Animefan8888 said:

I don't believe it does since Configuration doesn't have support for Maps, but it does for arrays. So if you wanted to you could use one array and parse Strings numbers.

Oh it works with arrays? That helps a lot then. Thank you.

[Choonster]

@Config does work with Maps that have String keys, the Map becomes a category in the config file and the key-value pairs become properties.

 

See here for an example of this.