While I was coding my mod, it frustrated me that there is nothing that says that the different particles are, because they are identified in the spawnParticle() method as a string.

 

So I thought, What if Minecraft Forge added an enum or a database file that includes all of the known particles in Minecraft for easy referencing and access.

 

I took the liberity of drafting a file for what the said enum or database might look like. Here it is

public enum EnumParticles
{
/** the smoke particle */
SMOKE("smoke"),

/** the flames particle */
FIRE("flame"),

/** the water bubbles particle */
BUBBLES("bubble"),

/** the block breaking particle */
BLOCK_BREAK("iconcrack_"),

/** the snowball/egg crack particles */
SNOWBALL_CRACK("snowballpoof"),

/** the nether portal/ender chest particle */
PORTAL("portal"),

/** the water splash particle */
WATER_SPLASH("splash"),

/** the mycelium spore particle  */
MYCELIUM("townaura"),

/** the explosion particle */
EXPLOSION("hugeexplosion"),

/** the hearts/love particle */
HEART("heart"),

/** the critical hit particle */
CRIT_HIT("crit"),

/** the critical hit with an enchanted weapon particle */
MAGIC_CRIT_HIT("magicCrit"),

/** the note particle */
NOTE_BLOCK("note"),

/** the enchantment glyphs particle */
MAGIC_GLYPH("enchantmenttable"),

/** the popping bits of lava particle */
LAVA("lava"),

/** the footstep particle */
FOOTSTEPS("footstep"),

/** the redstone particle */
REDSTONE_FUMES("reddust"),

/** the drips of water particle */
DRIPPING_WATER("dripWater"),

/** the drips of lava particle */
DRIPPING_LAVA("dripLava"),

/** the slime splatter particle */
SLIME_SPLAT("slime");

private EnumParticles(String par1)
{

}
}

 

Hope this is a good suggestion as I use Minecraft Forge regularly with mods that I make, and for all that it has given me, I would like to give something back.

Just some public static final Strings for example. I mean more often used and just "easier" to understand.

Or even that, like I said, a database. Whatever is easiest