Hello, I am Darkhax. Some of you may already be familiar with me through some of the mods I have worked on, and others may know me from my work as a moderator on the forums. I have been developing Java applications and Minecraft mods for over five years now, and over that period of time I have created a lot of tools and resources for other developers to use. It's been several years since I have dedicated time to writing in depth tutorials, however with the rise of 1.9 I feel this is the perfect opportunity to start writing tutorials again. If you have any questions or requests please feel free to comment on this post. Please do not send me emails or private messages with modding questions, I would like to keep my private messages open for moderation related messages and business related messages.
Why do you use tutorials.darkhax.net and not the Minecraft Forums?
While the Minecraft Forums has an editor with a lot of features, it lacks some features that are essential to my tutorials. These features being the ability to add code highlights, and the ability to add raw HTML into my posts. The forum editor can also be unreliable if you edit your post a bunch of times. Using my own site also allows me to track how many readers I have, and get a rough idea of what countries they are from.
I have an idea for a tutorial, can you please make it?
I am definitely open to suggestions for tutorials, however it takes a fair bit of time to research and write each tutorial. I also want to avoid basic tutorials like "How to make a new Item" or "How to make a new Stair Block". Another thing I want to avoid is highly specific tutorials that would only be useful to a few people. If you are looking for a tutorial on something weird and new, I am definitely the right person to ask.
What are some of the mods you have worked on?
I currently have an extremely long list of mods that I have worked on, but I do have a few which may be noticeable. Wawla is an addon for Waila and Enchanting Plus which is a new approach to the enchantment table. I also make a few random mods like Additional Banners which adds some new banner designs and Tesla which is a modern approach to a cross mod power API.
How can I help you?
The best way you can help me out is by sharing my tutorials with your friends. By using links to my site in forum post responses and social media you help improve the ranking of my site in various search engines. The more traffic my site gets, the easier it will be to maintain and cover the associated costs. Another way to help me out is to add darkhax.net to your adblock white-list if you use one. The ads on my site are meant to be unobtrusive and family safe. If you really want to support me you can sponsor me on Patreon.
Special Note
If my tutorials help you with your mod, please consider sending me some screenshots of what you added. I is very encouraging as a tutorial writer to directly see how my tutorials are impacting the community. I have already received a few screenshots and shutouts on Twitter and it really fills me with determination. <3
Can you update this tutorial? I like your tutorial but it needs to be updated so I can learn more from it. Please update this tutorial, because I've been modding for years personally and 1.9 is very hard to find tutorials for and also I'm planning on joining a mod project and I need good 1.9 knowledge to do actually do it.
Could you please make a tutorial on a sand block that falls upwards?
As mentioned in the original post, I don't do specific tutorials. Your suggestion is something not very useful to the majority of people. You already have the vanilla falling block entity, just extend that and on the update tick add upward motion to it. One thing to be cautious about though, is allowing the entity to go above the world height. The void will kill entities that fall into it, but there is nothing like that for the sky. You should kill your entities once they pass the world height to prevent accumulating lag.
For years ive been suggesting stuff on the forums, but i resentlly decided to start modding in order to improve the game myself. Im new to modding, and im currently trying to figure out how t make a potion stack to 3 instead of to 1. I would really like an tutorial on potions and how to give them item cooldowns like weapons.
basiclly i would much apreciate if you taught us how to do
- potions: custom potion effect
- to change stack amount of an item
- how to give potions/tool a cooldown like weapons.
1.9.4 Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do you use tutorials.darkhax.net and not the Minecraft Forums?
While the Minecraft Forums has an editor with a lot of features, it lacks some features that are essential to my tutorials. These features being the ability to add code highlights, and the ability to add raw HTML into my posts. The forum editor can also be unreliable if you edit your post a bunch of times. Using my own site also allows me to track how many readers I have, and get a rough idea of what countries they are from.
I have an idea for a tutorial, can you please make it?
I am definitely open to suggestions for tutorials, however it takes a fair bit of time to research and write each tutorial. I also want to avoid basic tutorials like "How to make a new Item" or "How to make a new Stair Block". Another thing I want to avoid is highly specific tutorials that would only be useful to a few people. If you are looking for a tutorial on something weird and new, I am definitely the right person to ask.
What are some of the mods you have worked on?
I currently have an extremely long list of mods that I have worked on, but I do have a few which may be noticeable. Wawla is an addon for Waila and Enchanting Plus which is a new approach to the enchantment table. I also make a few random mods like Additional Banners which adds some new banner designs and Tesla which is a modern approach to a cross mod power API.
How can I help you?
The best way you can help me out is by sharing my tutorials with your friends. By using links to my site in forum post responses and social media you help improve the ranking of my site in various search engines. The more traffic my site gets, the easier it will be to maintain and cover the associated costs. Another way to help me out is to add darkhax.net to your adblock white-list if you use one. The ads on my site are meant to be unobtrusive and family safe. If you really want to support me you can sponsor me on Patreon.
Special Note
If my tutorials help you with your mod, please consider sending me some screenshots of what you added. I is very encouraging as a tutorial writer to directly see how my tutorials are impacting the community. I have already received a few screenshots and shutouts on Twitter and it really fills me with determination. <3
Farewell everyone o/
Might I suggest a tutorial for something like inventories? Or hoppers/pipes? I have a bit of trouble with those.
Please read THIS before making a suggestion
And support the ability to add paintings and records!
I plan to write a tutorial on Capabilities soon, so I will do that as an offset of them.
Farewell everyone o/
I'll look forward to that!
Please read THIS before making a suggestion
And support the ability to add paintings and records!
I'm trying to get into modding, but I can't figure out how to start. I've looked everywhere for tutorials! Can you please help me?
EDIT: Found a tutorial
All of the tutorials on my site are up to date.
Farewell everyone o/
As mentioned in the original post, I don't do specific tutorials. Your suggestion is something not very useful to the majority of people. You already have the vanilla falling block entity, just extend that and on the update tick add upward motion to it. One thing to be cautious about though, is allowing the entity to go above the world height. The void will kill entities that fall into it, but there is nothing like that for the sky. You should kill your entities once they pass the world height to prevent accumulating lag.
Farewell everyone o/
I want a tutorial for enchantments.
For years ive been suggesting stuff on the forums, but i resentlly decided to start modding in order to improve the game myself. Im new to modding, and im currently trying to figure out how t make a potion stack to 3 instead of to 1. I would really like an tutorial on potions and how to give them item cooldowns like weapons.
basiclly i would much apreciate if you taught us how to do
- potions: custom potion effect
- to change stack amount of an item
- how to give potions/tool a cooldown like weapons.