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Hi everyone. I'm creating a tools mod with custom materials. I thought on creating a class for each tool type (e.g: ModItemDirtSword.java, ModItemDirtAxe.java, etc...) but now I'd like to create a class for each tool only (ModItemSword.java, ModItemAxe.java, etc...) and assing a texture that depends on the material I defined.

And by the way, how should I deal with the registryName and the unlocalizedName for this?

Thank you guys.

I solved it by passing two more arguments to the ModItemSword constructor.

Here's the detailed solution:

1) I defined a material in my ModItems.java class

public static ToolMaterial OBSIDIAN = EnumHelper.addToolMaterial("OBSIDIAN", 3, 2000, 15.0F, 4.0F, 30);

I had to import EnumHelper class

import net.minecraftforge.common.util.EnumHelper;

2) The ModItemSword constructor has two arguments for setting the item unlocalized name and its registry name

public ModItemSword(ToolMaterial material, String unlocalizedName, String registryName){
   this.setUnlocalizedName(unlocalizedName);
   this.setRegistryName(registryName);
}

3) My ModItems.java class

package danielcode7.modtools.init;

import danielcode7.modtools.item.ModItemSword;
import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ModelResourceLocation;
import net.minecraft.item.Item;
import net.minecraft.item.Item.ToolMaterial;
import net.minecraftforge.common.util.EnumHelper;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;

public class ModItems {

	[b]public static ToolMaterial OBSIDIAN = EnumHelper.addToolMaterial("OBSIDIAN", 3, 2000, 15.0F, 4.0F, 30);[/b]
	
	public static Item obsidianSword;
	
	public static void init(){
		[b]obsidianSword = new ModItemSword(OBSIDIAN, "obsidianSword", "obsidian_sword");[/b]
	}
	
	public static void register(){
		GameRegistry.register(obsidianSword);
	}
	
	public static void registerRenders(){
		registerRender(obsidianSword);
	}
	
	private static void registerRender(Item item){
		Minecraft.getMinecraft().getRenderItem().getItemModelMesher().register(item, 0, new ModelResourceLocation(item.getRegistryName(), "inventory"));
	}
}

And I call this init() method in my ClientProxy.java class