Json Files For Textures

[BeerHuntor]

OK i had everything working as intended originaly,  however I wanted to make my project window more organized and looked to create folders for each "catagory" of block/item in my mod, having downloaded and looked at how another mod did it, albeit a 1.12 mod.. I have managed to solve the issue of the models not rendering correctly when in world,  but for the life of me, i cannot get the textures to show when in the inventory. And for some reason only 1 item doesnt show its localized name when all the rest do.

What am i doing wrong?

 

EDIT: from more testing, it seems that the item json file is the cause of the issue. Is there a way I can direct something to that path? as I cant seem to find a way currently

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by BeerHuntor

[poopoodice]

the item models needs to be under models/item and you have them in wood which I dont think they will work unless you specify their position

[BeerHuntor]

5 minutes ago, poopoodice said:

the item models needs to be under models/item and you have them in wood which I dont think they will work unless you specify their position

My post literally asks, where do I set the path to these..

[BeerHuntor]

5 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

You cannot set the path. The path must match your registry name.

So there is no way to 'catagorize' the items like I have with models?

 

[BeerHuntor]

3 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

No. You should look into data generators instead of writing your JSONs manually.

 

Ill have a research of that, thanks for the tip...is there a best place to read up on those?

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by BeerHuntor

[BeerHuntor]

1 minute ago, diesieben07 said:

I don't know of any docs, but there is a test mod (DataGeneratorTest) that does it.

Ill look that mod up thanks.

[BeerHuntor]

1 hour ago, BeerHuntor said:

Ill look that mod up thanks.

Ive looked it up, and all i could really find that was indepth was a complete class base from a forge website https://collaborating.tuhh.de/cev7691/minecraftforge/-/blob/1.14.x/src/test/java/net/minecraftforge/debug/DataGeneratorTest.java

 

I can piece some things together, and would like to use it, but I cannot for the life of me understand what I need and what I don't to suit my needs.  So i think Ill stick with the manual JSON editing for the time being. Thanks for the suggestion tho.

[Alpvax]

When I was starting to use DataGenerators, I found that Lex's mod CobbleForDays helped me understand.

[BeerHuntor]

5 minutes ago, Alpvax said:

When I was starting to use DataGenerators, I found that Lex's mod CobbleForDays helped me understand.

Ill have a look at the source code.. Thanks

[BeerHuntor]

On 6/27/2020 at 5:51 PM, diesieben07 said:

https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/1.15.x/src/test/java/net/minecraftforge/debug/DataGeneratorTest.java

Thanks, but that is basically the same as the one I found, and doesn't go towards helping me understand what it does in its entirety... For example.. the mod im trying to create is creating slabs of blocks form vanilla... How would I transfer this json into code to suit my needs..

{
  "parent": "block/slab",
  "textures": {
    "bottom": "minecraft:block/white_concrete",
    "top": "minecraft:block/white_concrete",
    "side": "minecraft:block/white_concrete"
  }
}

And the more confusing aspect is how to do the loot_tables with said dataGeneration.. I have tried messing around with it but I couldn't get it to work...

{

  "type": "minecraft:block",
  "pools": [
    {
      "rolls": 1,
      "entries": [
        {
          "type": "minecraft:item",
          "functions": [
            {
              "function": "minecraft:set_count",
              "conditions": [
                {
                  "condition": "minecraft:block_state_property",
                  "block": "moreslabsmod:acacia_log_slab",
                  "properties": {

                    "type": "double"

                  }
                }
              ],
              "count": 2
            },
            {
              "function": "minecraft:explosion_decay"
            }
          ],
          "name": "moreslabsmod:acacia_log_slab"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

[BeerHuntor]

ok seeing  as my other thread got deleted... ill ask here..

I am trying to organize my files in my project window, and cannot find anywhere where having the models/item files can be linked to a directory of my choosing, for example models/items/wood as i do in models.. Is there somewhere that I can point to this directory to enable me to do that as I have in models, or does the base code only look in the models/items folder for the inventory item textures?

[Draco18s]

57 minutes ago, BeerHuntor said:

and cannot find anywhere where having the models/item files can be linked to a directory of my choosing

You can't. Item models are loaded based on a path constructed entirely outside your control. Its the same reason you can't put blockstate files wherever you want.

The only reason you can move your block models around is because you actually specify their paths in the blockstate file.

[BeerHuntor]

28 minutes ago, Draco18s said:

You can't. Item models are loaded based on a path constructed entirely outside your control. Its the same reason you can't put blockstate files wherever you want.

The only reason you can move your block models around is because you actually specify their paths in the blockstate file.

Yeah thats what I thought it might be.. thats...unfortunate.  Thanks anyway