How to make a basic sword? (1.15.2)

[ihavenoidea]

The answer is probably super obvious but how do I make a custom sword for Minecraft 1.15.2? I have most the code written out but I need help with one part of it. Here's my code: 

 

public static final RegistryObject<Item> KNIFE = ITEMS.register("knife", () -> new SwordItem(ItemTier.IRON, 4, 1.3F, ));

 

It tells me I need to put an Item.Properties builder but I don't know how to do that, and yes I did try and learn some Java (it was a Codecademy course). So what am I meant to put after 1.3F (which is the sword attack speed)?

Edited September 13, 2020 by ihavenoidea

[ihavenoidea]

Nope not yet, I'll look into them though.

[Draco18s]

Pro tip: if someone else already did it, go look at their code. All of vanilla is there for you to examine. There are only a couple of systems that Forge provides that aren't vanilla (such as capabilities) but for the most part the advice holds true. 

[ihavenoidea]

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Have you tried looking at vanilla items?

Since that didn't help, I decided to put Item.Properties() and the Item properties and my IDE doesn't give me any errors so I'll see if it works when I run Minecraft.

Edited September 13, 2020 by ihavenoidea

[ihavenoidea]

2 minutes ago, Draco18s said:

Pro tip: if someone else already did it, go look at their code. All of vanilla is there for you to examine. There are only a couple of systems that Forge provides that aren't vanilla (such as capabilities) but for the most part the advice holds true. 

Thanks for the tip, I also just tried looking at vanilla code and looking at Patty's More Stuff mod, but they used some custom features that they made themselves.

[Beethoven92]

It was enough to look at the vanilla "Items" class, there you can find all the vanilla items and see how they are initialized.

[ihavenoidea]

2 minutes ago, Beethoven92 said:

It was enough to look at the vanilla "Items" class, there you can find all the vanilla items and see how they are initialized.

Oh ok, I missed that class so many times and now I see how you are meant to initialize swords, thanks for telling me that.

[Draco18s]

Right click on (almost) anything -> References -> Find in Project

 

So if you did that on the SwordItem class, you'd find everywhere that the class itself was referenced....such as the Items class.

Edited September 13, 2020 by Draco18s

[ihavenoidea]

2 minutes ago, Draco18s said:

Right click on (almost) anything -> References -> Find in Project

 

So if you did that on the SwordItem class, you'd find everywhere that the class itself was referenced....such as the Items class.

Thanks!