CUSTOM_GENERATOR_OLD.md

How to create custom generator

Open ./config/yacg/config.json and add custom generator

{
    "generators": {
        "custom": [
            {
                "itemId": "minecraft:iron_ingot",
                "coefficient": 100,
                "count": 2
            }
        ],
        "cobble": [
        ]
    }
}

After restart game you can see it in creative menu.

Now we need to attach next things.

• Textures and models
• Localization
• Craft
• Mining possibility

You can download that example files and edit it how u need custom_textures.zip and custom_data.zip.

Textures and models

Textures and models require multiply files.

• BlockState locate in./resourcepacks/custom_textures/assets/yacg/blockstates/ file name should be same like generator id. In that example it is custom.json. It contains logic for block rotation on placment.

  {
    "variants": {
      "facing=north": {
        "model": "yacg:block/custom"
      },
      "facing=east": {
        "model": "yacg:block/custom",
        "y": 90
      },
      "facing=south": {
        "model": "yacg:block/custom",
        "y": 180
      },
      "facing=west": {
        "model": "yacg:block/custom",
        "y": 270
      }
    }
  }

• Textures locate in ./resourcepacks/custom_textures/assets/yacg/textures/block/custom/ In that folder you can find 5 files. Like names says it different sides textures.

  • back.png
  • bottom.png
  • front.png
  • side.png
  • top.png

• Models locate in 2 directory ./resourcepacks/custom_textures/assets/yacg/models/

  • item - contains item in hand model

  {
    "parent": "yacg:block/custom"
  }

  • block - contains block texture settings for block

  {
    "parent": "block/cube_all",
    "textures": {
      "down": "yacg:block/custom/bottom",
      "east": "yacg:block/custom/side",
      "north": "yacg:block/custom/front",
      "south": "yacg:block/custom/back",
      "up": "yacg:block/custom/top",
      "west": "yacg:block/custom/side",
      "particle": "yacg:block/custom/side"
    }
  }

  It both should be custom.json

Localization

It should locate in ./resourcepacks/custom_textures/assets/yacg/lang/. By default it contains only en_us.json that is English localization file. U can see other available locales on minecraft wiki.

{
  "block.yacg.custom": "Awesome Custom Generator"
}

Craft

I recommend add crafts using KubeJS or something else. Because datapacks that this tutorial use can be installed only after world created or if you manually select it from datapacks for world. Also I can recommend that mod for make global datapacks . Next locations is write for that mod

It should locate in ./datapacks/custom.zip(/data/yacg/recipes/) I recommend to use as file name same id that you used for generator. In that example it will be custom.json.

{
  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
  "pattern": [
    "   ",
    "CCC",
    "   "
  ],
  "key": {
    "C": {
      "item": "minecraft:copper_block"
    }
  },
  "result": {
    "item": "yacg:custom",
    "count": 1
  }
}

Mining possibility

That also required 2 file.

• ./datapacks/custom_data.zip(/data/minecraft/tags/blocks/mineable/pickaxe.json) With that file we allow to mine us generator using pickaxes.

  {
    "replace": false,
    "values": [
      "yacg:custom"
    ]
  }

• ./datapacks/custom_data.zip(/data/yacg/loot_tables/blocks/custom.json) With that file we add self drop for us generator.

  {
    "type": "minecraft:block",
    "pools": [
      {
        "bonus_rolls": 0.0,
        "conditions": [
          {
            "condition": "minecraft:survives_explosion"
          }
        ],
        "entries": [
          {
            "type": "minecraft:item",
            "name": "yacg:custom"
          }
        ],
        "rolls": 1.0
      }
    ]
  }