Hello everyone! Being that this is a mod community, I have finally decided to get started on modding itself. I was wondering how all you great modders began, and where I should start. Is there a particular guide I should use? I know that with 1.3.2 and forge things have changed, so a up to date guide would help. Other than that, any tips or pointers? I have a few ideas for small mods I can work on, and, if I become better, perhaps some bigger ones. But thats all in the future. For now, I'm still learning. Any and all help would be appreciated! Thanks! :good:
New to modding
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For forges mods, I know that Iron chests mod is open source, and you can find the link by searching the forge forum.
It is a good start as it uses a good part of forge's functionalities, and should even have a custom renderer for crystal chests.
That being said, it is always good to have good basis in standard Java programming too, so I would start looking for java guides first if it wasn't the case.
It is a good start as it uses a good part of forge's functionalities, and should even have a custom renderer for crystal chests.
That being said, it is always good to have good basis in standard Java programming too, so I would start looking for java guides first if it wasn't the case.
Alright, I'll check into that. Also, just curious, would me being on a mac change anything? Are there certain programs I should use instead?
bluechance12 said:Alright, I'll check into that. Also, just curious, would me being on a mac change anything? Are there certain programs I should use instead?
No Java is compatible on all platforms so u should have no problem.
Alright, so I've started with some simple crafting recipes and smelting recipes for a sort of test. Only problem is when I go and try it out the recipies don't work. This is what I have so far:
http://pastebin.com/xVaZuc1t
Am I missing something? Thanks.
http://pastebin.com/xVaZuc1t
Am I missing something? Thanks.
Might sound stupid, but on this forum, we are mostly players, for dev help, Forge forum seems to be the place to get help.
I would suggest learning java, if you haven't already. Also EE3 is also open source https://github.com/pahimar/Equivalent-Exchange-3 so you could look at that as well. The forge IRC is also a great place to get help. It's normally faster then the forums.
When i looked into modding i was quite confused about what i did. I think i need more than 3 lessons of Java. LexManos said it require years of programming experience, to be able to mod.
Well, 3 years, maybe not, but sure that you can't fully grasp a language such as Java with 3 hours.
The very basics are the same as many others, but there are so many specific ways to do things, and what is used in modding is yet again different in some aspects.
You could do it two ways:
1. Take your time to actually learn the language and how it is used.
2. Start something small and learn all the stuff along the way, rewriting the whole project at the end when you know what you should be doing.
The very basics are the same as many others, but there are so many specific ways to do things, and what is used in modding is yet again different in some aspects.
You could do it two ways:
1. Take your time to actually learn the language and how it is used.
2. Start something small and learn all the stuff along the way, rewriting the whole project at the end when you know what you should be doing.
There's this, if you don't have it already. - http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Coder_Pack