IDE Setup

[KaedenCraft]

Going to take the plunge and get into modding myself. Never done Java, but I have some coding experience in other similar languages. I want to develop for 1.15.2. But upon following an (admittedly outdated) 1.12.2 setup video for Eclipse, things aren't quite working right. Is there a link somebody could provide to a good setup guide for Eclipse and the Forge gradle script? I'm 95% sure the issue was with my gradle execution, as it's the one bit that I was 0% familiar with, and the videos mostly say "do this, do this" and never explain why, so no context to know where I went wrong. Please and thank you.

[Ugdhar]

The setups from 1.12 -> 1.15 are really different. For 1.15, you can just import the build.gradle as an existing gradle project, or if you want to set it up from the commandline, the tasks are eclipse and genEclipseRuns

[KaedenCraft]

I ran the eclipse task, but it doesn't seem to like the Mod() bit in the Main class of my mod, it's not sure which package to import. Again, this may simply be a difference between 1.15.2 and 1.12.2, but I wouldn't know.

[Draco18s]

5 minutes ago, KaedenCraft said:

I ran the eclipse task, but it doesn't seem to like the Mod() bit in the Main class of my mod, it's not sure which package to import. Again, this may simply be a difference between 1.15.2 and 1.12.2, but I wouldn't know.

net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;

[KaedenCraft]

If Eclipse is setup correctly for Forge, should it not import that automatically? The tutorial seemed to imply it would. I just want to make sure that the IDE is completely setup properly.

[Draco18s]

Nothing adds imports automatically, unless you're copying code from a place where it's already imported.

[KaedenCraft]

I apologize for being imprecise. In the tutorial video I watched, when the Main class didn't have the Mod package, it had a right click saying: "Do you want to import package net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod?" Mine never gave that option. It just asks to create a new package.

 

Here's what I see:

 

 

Says it doesn't recognize the package "net".

Edited March 21, 2020 by KaedenCraft

[Draco18s]

Well the @Mod annotation changed and no longer takes all those parameters.

[KaedenCraft]

Okay, so back to my original question: Is there any link anywhere to something more up-to-date? Text? Video? How did you guys figure out the parameters for Mod changed?

[DavidM]

44 minutes ago, KaedenCraft said:

How did you guys figure out the parameters for Mod changed?

We use our IDE and read the source code regarding the Mod annotation.

[KaedenCraft]

As somebody brand new to Forge specifically and Java generally, could you expand on that a little bit?

[Draco18s]

33 minutes ago, KaedenCraft said:

As somebody brand new to [...] Java generally,

Don't use modding to learn Java.

[Drumline18]

3 hours ago, KaedenCraft said:

Okay, so back to my original question: Is there any link anywhere to something more up-to-date? Text? Video? How did you guys figure out the parameters for Mod changed?

There are videos for 1.15.2 setup. I've tried it a few days with no prior Java experience and things seem working fine. Just go on youtube and search for "minecraft modding tutorial 1.15", you can't miss em. Knowing Eclipse from working with it some ~10 years ago I elected to try IntelliJ and I like it, for now. 

 

1 hour ago, Draco18s said:

Don't use modding to learn Java.

Oof ? Maybe development as a whole, but Java as a language? Why not?

 

1 hour ago, KaedenCraft said:

As somebody brand new to Forge specifically and Java generally, could you expand on that a little bit?

The videos essentially get you through the Getting Started in the documentation. You can also get more information in the README.txt indluded in the mdk.

Such as :

Quote

If you prefer to use IntelliJ:
1. Open IDEA, and import project.
2. Select your build.gradle file and have it import.
3. Run the following command: "gradlew genIntellijRuns" (./gradlew genIntellijRuns if you are on Mac/Linux)
4. Refresh the Gradle Project in IDEA if required.

Admittedly, following those instructions were more natural to me than following the videos.

[DavidM]

3 hours ago, Drumline18 said:

Oof ? Maybe development as a whole, but Java as a language? Why not?

Forge is a rather complicated API and will be unnecessarily confusing for people who are not familiar with Java. Learning Java through making a mod might be slower than the combined time of learning Java properly + making a mod.

 

5 hours ago, KaedenCraft said:

As somebody brand new to Forge specifically and Java generally, could you expand on that a little bit?

On my setup, I can view the source code of a class by pressing cmd and left click on the class name. Hotkeys like this varies depending on your setup, so it is recommended to get familiar with your specific IDE (i.e. read its manual).

[DragonITA]

16 hours ago, KaedenCraft said:

Going to take the plunge and get into modding myself. Never done Java, but I have some coding experience in other similar languages. I want to develop for 1.15.2. But upon following an (admittedly outdated) 1.12.2 setup video for Eclipse, things aren't quite working right. Is there a link somebody could provide to a good setup guide for Eclipse and the Forge gradle script? I'm 95% sure the issue was with my gradle execution, as it's the one bit that I was 0% familiar with, and the videos mostly say "do this, do this" and never explain why, so no context to know where I went wrong. Please and thank you.

https://cadiboo.github.io/tutorials/1.15.1/forge/1.0-gradle-configuration/

https://cadiboo.github.io/tutorials/1.15.1/forge/1.1-importing-project/

[KaedenCraft]

THANK YOU to those above who actually read my opening post and helped guide me in the right direction. Those who didn't read it, didn't post anything helpful, and basically said "git gud," you all must really be bored during the lockdown.

 

I will check out that documentation on cadiboo. Even a cursory glance at it shows it will likely be very helpful.