changes.txt

Changes from 1.12.2 to 1.14.4
Lots.  See https://gist.github.com/williewillus/353c872bcf1a6ace9921189f6100d09a


Changes from 1.12 to 1.12.2 final
ItemTool.getStrVsBlock became getDestroySpeed


Non-obvious changes from 1.11 to 1.12
ForgeRegistries.ITEMS.register, ForgeRegistries.BLOCKS.register etc instead of GameRegistry.register
Item.getSubItems() signature change, and vanilla Items no longer add subitems unless the tab parameter equals CreativeTabs.SEARCH
Particle.shouldDisableDepth() instead of .isTransparent()
IPerspectiveAwareModel has been integrated into IBakedModel
Items in recipes now default to using WILDCARD, i.e. damaged items will still match the recipe.

Changes from 1.10.2 to 1.11
A major change is that itemStacks can't be null anymore, the EMPTY item is used instead.  i.e.
When the player's hand is empty, the ItemStack is no longer null.  instead, the itemStack.isEmpty() returns true.
An empty ItemStack is ItemStack.EMPTY - use this instead of Null for ItemStacks.

Block.getCollisionBoundingBox has changed signature to use IBlockAccess instead of World.  IBlockAccess is used for
   methods which are called by multithreaded access, typically chunk rendering (compiling rendering lists)
   or AI (entity decision logic)
Block.getSubBlocks() signature change to use NonNullList
CreativeTabs.displayAllRelevantItems signature change to use NonNullList
Item.onItemRightClick: signature change.  get ItemStackIn from playerIn.getHeldItem(hand);
Block.onBlockActivated : signature change.  get held ItemStack from playerIn.getHeldItem(hand);
Item.onItemRightClick() and .onItemUse(): signature change.  get ItemStackIn from playerIn.getHeldItem(hand);
ItemStack stacksize is now private.  Access through:
   getter: getCount()
   setter: setCount()
   grow(int i) : increase stacksize by i
   shrink(int i) : decrease stacksize by i
An empty ItemStack is ItemStack.EMPTY - use this instead of Null for ItemStacks
ItemStack.loadItemStackFromNBT() has been changed to a constructor instead

Slot.onPickupFromSlot has changed to onTake()

Blocks, Items, and Model Registry
https://github.com/LexManos/VoidUtils/blob/master/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/lex/voidutils/VoidUtils.java
Block.neighborChanged() now has extra BlockPos for the neighbor block

Changes from 1.8.9 to 1.10.2

EntityPlayerMP.theItemInWorldManager -> EntityPlayerMP.interactionManager
BlockRenderLayer -> BlockRenderLayer
GameRegistry.findItem -> Item.REGISTRY.getObject(new ResourceLocation(...))
Material.rock etc have new names
CreativeTabs.blocks etc have new names


For better or for worse, they have changed the registration methods for blocks and items; ItemBlocks also require
  explicit registration of the Item (previously, Forge did it automatically).

BlockRenderLayer ->  BlockRenderLayer

BlockState has become BlockStateContainer

WorldRenderer has become VertexBuffer

Vec3 has become Vec3d

AxisAlignedBB, ModelResourceLocation, and BlockPos have moved packages

MovingObjectPosition is RayTraceResult

BlockBounds are now replaced with AABB
ChangeBlockBounds based on state is all by pull, not push.  Uses final AABB.

The appearance of some items and blocks has changed because the isGui3D no longer affects the rotation, i.e.
  3D blocks previously defaulted to an isometric view, but now they are the same as the default face-on view.
  isGui3D now affects lighting only.

For some reason, not longer copied assets to the run folder:
C:\Users\TGG\IdeaProjects\MinecraftByExample1-10-2\out\production\MinecraftByExample1-10-2\assets\minecraftbyexample
See FMLClientHandler::addModAsResource()

Addition of left and right hand means the item transforms have changed.
Now have:
    "thirdperson_righthand":
    "thirdperson_lefthand":
    "firstperson_righthand":
    "firstperson_lefthand":

ISmartItemModel, ISmartBlockModel, IFlexibleBakedModel are all gone
They are no longer there because they are no longer needed.
IBakedModel now has has a IBlockState argument in getQuads and ItemOverrideList (returned from IBakedModel#getOverrides) has the functionality of ISmartItemModel.

onItemUseXXXX methods have a different return value; changed to include which Hand is being used

    playerIn.setItemInUse(itemStackIn, this.getMaxItemUseDuration(itemStackIn)); replaced by playerIn.setActiveHand(hand)

ItemColors instead of getColorFromItemStack
call registerItemColorHandler with IItemColor
Minecraft.getItemColors()  (tint index)

Items have a propertyOverride for animation -?

are itemoverrides the same as the ItemPropertyGetter properties?
They are starting to abstract methods to getters
eg
DAMAGED_GETTER
DAMAGE_GETTER
LEFT_HANDED_GETTER
---> ItemPropertyGetter

The item file has overrides in it, to look up a model based on one or more particular predicates

Minecraft.getBlockColors()  (colorMultiplier - from blockstate, position, tintindex)

EntityPlayer.isUsingItem() -> .isHandActive()

Sound effects now by ENUM not string

TileEntity synching is changed from getDescriptionPacket() and onDataPacket() to:
  getUpdatePacket(), getUpdateTag(), onDataPacket(), and handleUpdateTag()

entity.setDead() is entity.setExpired()

Block.onNeighborBlockChange()  is neighborChanged()

BlockColors instead of Block.colorMultiplier()
call registerItemColorHandler with IItemColor
Minecraft.getItemColors()  (tint index)



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New block & Item registration:

Instead of creating your Block and registering it with GameRegistry.registerBlock, create your Block, set its registry name (using the IForgeRegistryEntry#setRegistryName method or one of the overloads from IForgeRegistryEntry.Impl, all of which are inherited by the Block class) and register it with GameRegistry.register.

You also need to create the ItemBlock, set its registry name to the Block's registry name and register it with GameRegistry.register.

The same process applies to any other IForgeRegistryEntry implementation (e.g. Item, BiomeGenBase, SoundEvent): create the instance, set its registry name and then register it with GameRegistry.register.

ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation and ModelLoader.setCustomMeshDefinition take exactly the same arguments as the corresponding overloads of ItemModelMesher#register. The main difference is that they need to be called in preInit rather than init.

Never use unlocalised names for anything other than translation purposes, there's no reason to use getUnlocalizedName().substring(5) anywhere in your code. The default model loaded for every Item is the one with its registry name (which is unrelated to the unlocalised name), so use the registry name for the default model location.

If you want, you can set the unlocalised name to the full registry name so it includes your mod ID (avoiding conflicts with other mods).

You can see how I register my Blocks here. This uses Java 8's lambdas/method references, if you're targeting Java 6/7 you'd need to use Guava's functional interfaces and anonymous classes instead (or an alternative solution).

You can see how I register models for my Blocks/Items here.

	/**
	 * Register a Block with a custom ItemBlock class.
	 *
	 * @param <BLOCK>     The Block type
	 * @param block       The Block instance
	 * @param itemFactory A function that creates the ItemBlock instance, or null if no ItemBlock should be created
	 * @return The Block instance
	 */
	protected static <BLOCK extends Block> BLOCK registerBlock(BLOCK block, @Nullable Function<BLOCK, ItemBlock> itemFactory) {
		GameRegistry.register(block);

		if (itemFactory != null) {
			final ItemBlock itemBlock = itemFactory.apply(block);

			GameRegistry.register(itemBlock.setRegistryName(block.getRegistryName()));
		}

		blocks.add(block);
		return block;
	}



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Hey,

If you're wanting to learn how to use the new registry system, then look no further, I'll give you a step by step guide on using it for both blocks and items.

For Items:
1) Create your Item Instance.
2) Set your "Registry Name" against the Item Instance.
3) Set the unlocalizedname against the Item Instance, you don't need to substring it.
4) Register your Item.

For Blocks:
1) Create your Block instance.
2) Set the registry name against the block instance.
3) Set the unlocalizedname against the instance.
4) Create your ItemBlock Instance.
5) Set the ItemBlock registry name to the block instance registry name.
6) Set the ItemBlock unlocalizedname to the block instances unlocalizedname.
7) Register Block
8) Register ItemBlock


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Models:
@SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
public class ModModelManager {
	public static final ModModelManager INSTANCE = new ModModelManager();

	private static final String FLUID_MODEL_PATH = Constants.RESOURCE_PREFIX + "fluid";

	private ModModelManager() {
	}

	public void registerAllModels() {
		registerFluidModels();
		registerBlockModels();
		registerItemModels();
	}

	private void registerFluidModels() {
		ModFluids.modFluidBlocks.forEach(this::registerFluidModel);
	}

	private void registerFluidModel(IFluidBlock fluidBlock) {
		final Item item = Item.getItemFromBlock((Block) fluidBlock);

		ModelBakery.registerItemVariants(item);

		ModelResourceLocation modelResourceLocation = new ModelResourceLocation(FLUID_MODEL_PATH, fluidBlock.getFluid().getName());

		ModelLoader.setCustomMeshDefinition(item, MeshDefinitionFix.create(stack -> modelResourceLocation));

		ModelLoader.setCustomStateMapper((Block) fluidBlock, new StateMapperBase() {
			@Override
			protected ModelResourceLocation getModelResourceLocation(IBlockState p_178132_1_) {
				return modelResourceLocation;
			}
		});

		itemsRegistered.add(item);
	}

	private void registerBlockModels() {
		ModelLoader.setCustomStateMapper(ModBlocks.waterGrass, new StateMap.Builder().ignore(BlockLiquid.LEVEL).build());

		registerBlockItemModel(ModBlocks.rightClickTest, new ModelResourceLocation(ModBlocks.rightClickTest.getRegistryName(), "has_ender_eye=false"));

		for (EnumDyeColor color : EnumDyeColor.values()) {
			registerBlockItemModelForMeta(ModBlocks.coloredRotatable, color.getMetadata(), String.format("color=%s,facing=north", color.getName()));
			registerBlockItemModelForMeta(ModBlocks.coloredMultiRotatable, color.getMetadata(), String.format("color=%s,face_rotation=up,facing=north", color.getName()));

			BlockColouredSlab.EnumColourGroup colourGroup = BlockColouredSlab.EnumColourGroup.getGroupForColour(color);
			if (colourGroup != null) {
				registerBlockItemModelForMeta(ModBlocks.stainedClaySlabs.getSlabGroupByColourGroup(colourGroup).singleSlab, colourGroup.getOffsetMetadata(color), String.format("colour=%s,half=bottom", color.getName()));
			}
		}

		for (BlockVariants.EnumType enumType : BlockVariants.EnumType.values()) {
			registerBlockItemModelForMeta(ModBlocks.variants, enumType.getMeta(), "variant=" + enumType.getName());
		}

		registerBlockItemModel(ModBlocks.mirrorPlane, new ModelResourceLocation(ModBlocks.mirrorPlane.getRegistryName(), "horizontal_rotation=north,vertical_rotation=up"));

		ModBlocks.blocks.stream().filter(block -> !itemsRegistered.contains(Item.getItemFromBlock(block))).forEach(this::registerBlockItemModel);
	}

	private void registerBlockItemModel(Block block) {
		Item item = Item.getItemFromBlock(block);
		if (item != null) {
			registerItemModel(item);
		}
	}

	private void registerBlockItemModel(Block block, String modelLocation) {
		registerItemModel(Item.getItemFromBlock(block), modelLocation);
	}

	private void registerBlockItemModel(Block block, ModelResourceLocation fullModelLocation) {
		registerItemModel(Item.getItemFromBlock(block), fullModelLocation);
	}

	private void registerBlockItemModelForMeta(Block block, int metadata, String variant) {
		registerItemModelForMeta(Item.getItemFromBlock(block), metadata, variant);
	}

	private final Set<Item> itemsRegistered = new HashSet<>();

	private void registerItemModels() {
		// Register items with custom model names first
		registerItemModel(ModItems.snowballLauncher, "minecraft:fishing_rod");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.unicodeTooltips, "minecraft:rabbit");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.swapTestA, "minecraft:brick");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.swapTestB, "minecraft:netherbrick");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.blockDebugger, "minecraft:nether_star");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.woodenHarvestSword, "minecraft:wooden_sword");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.diamondHarvestSword, "minecraft:diamond_sword");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.clearer, "minecraft:nether_star");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.heightTester, "minecraft:compass");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.heavy, "minecraft:brick");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.entityTest, "minecraft:porkchop");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.blockDestroyer, "minecraft:tnt_minecart");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.replacementHelmet, "minecraft:chainmail_helmet");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.replacementChestplate, "minecraft:chainmail_chestplate");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.repacementLeggings, "minecraft:chainmail_leggings");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.replacementBoots, "minecraft:chainmail_boots");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.pigSpawnerFinite, "minecraft:porkchop");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.pigSpawnerInfinite, "minecraft:porkchop");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.respawner, "minecraft:clock");
		registerItemModel(ModItems.lootTableTest, "minecraft:gold_ingot");

		// Then register items with default model names
		ModItems.items.stream().filter(item -> !itemsRegistered.contains(item)).forEach(this::registerItemModel);
	}

	private void registerItemModel(Item item) {
		registerItemModel(item, item.getRegistryName().toString());
	}

	private void registerItemModel(Item item, String modelLocation) {
		final ModelResourceLocation fullModelLocation = new ModelResourceLocation(modelLocation, "inventory");
		registerItemModel(item, fullModelLocation);
	}

	private void registerItemModel(Item item, ModelResourceLocation fullModelLocation) {
		ModelBakery.registerItemVariants(item, fullModelLocation); // Ensure the custom model is loaded and prevent the default model from being loaded
		registerItemModel(item, MeshDefinitionFix.create(stack -> fullModelLocation));
	}

	private void registerItemModel(Item item, ItemMeshDefinition meshDefinition) {
		itemsRegistered.add(item);
		ModelLoader.setCustomMeshDefinition(item, meshDefinition);
	}

	private void registerItemModelForMeta(Item item, int metadata, String variant) {
		registerItemModelForMeta(item, metadata, new ModelResourceLocation(item.getRegistryName(), variant));
	}

	private void registerItemModelForMeta(Item item, int metadata, ModelResourceLocation modelResourceLocation) {
		itemsRegistered.add(item);
		ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation(item, metadata, modelResourceLocation);
	}
}