Posted May 14, 20205 yr I've been looking at a lot of Data Generators for recipes and other things in mods' source code and was wondering if they are worth using. If so, does anyone know how to set one up? Thanks for your time! Edited May 14, 20205 yr by squidlex
May 14, 20205 yr The main benefit(s) I can see are not having to make sure your json syntax is spot on, using code completion in your IDE for the method names, and being able to make loops where things are similar. That being said, I have yet to use them myself, since I'm a tinkerer more than a modder making a mod. https://wiki.mcjty.eu/modding/index.php?title=Tut14_Ep7 McJty has a pretty good starting point, also forge has some examples, and the net.minecraftforge.client.models.generators package has BlockState/Model generators, https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/1.15.x/src/test/java/net/minecraftforge/debug/DataGeneratorTest.java has examples of those I think.
May 14, 20205 yr Author 14 minutes ago, Ugdhar said: since I'm a tinkerer more than a modder making a mod. You're also really great help, thank you so much for all you do on these forums That's really helpful thank you, I've managed to get one up and running now following the link you sent and I can see why they're useful, I'd definitely recommend trying it out. Have a great day!
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