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Quote from Nath99000»

Hello.

This is a tutorial to give people some useful "bits" (or shortcuts) for coding mods.

If you want anything to be included, please ask in the comments, and i will work to find something for it.

I will update this page as i find more bits.

bits:

Easy registry:

Easy registering ~ prerequisites:A basic item, pre-init phase

Purpose: To register items easier.

private static void register(Item item, String name){
  Gameregistry.registerItem(item, name);
}

public static void init(){
public static Item test = new TestItem;
register(test, "TestItem");
}

Stacker:

Stacker ~ prerequisites: Basic items.

Purpose: To prevent the need to continually create new itemstacks:

public static ItemStack stackIt(Item item){
 return new ItemStack(item);
}

Stay tuned for more!

Do you understand what static does?

Quote from Nath99000»

If my knowledge is correct:

Static is a modifier that makes a method or variable able to accessed in a static context, or through different classes.

Why, is there something about it I don't understand?

Just checking you knew, many people use static without understanding what it does. Your register method is an identical reimplementation of GameRegistry.registerItem(), except that it's private, why?.

I use helper static methods that automatically generate the string ID for registering. Personally, I use a StringID interface and @ClassID annotation because it's more human-readable, but Block/Item#getUnlocalizedName().substring(5) and Class#getSimpleName() work just as well. Having string IDs be part of the class or object itself allow it to be referenced from other classes.