Now, let me preface this by saying that I have read up a little bit on this issue already. Yes, I know that Minecraft's code is not very neatly written. Yes, I know that the code is obfuscated, and that you need to decompile it before you can work on it. From what I gather, this is why one would need to start with Minecraft Forge /and/or Bukkit when modding.
That said:
How hard could it be to:
1. Locate where an existing crafting recipe is stored in Minecraft's files, and:
2. Change the recipe to something else using existing items?
I'm not talking about adding items.
I'm not talking about adding blocks.
I don't want to do anything that complicated.
Whenever I search for something like this, I get results like, "Install the Custom NPCs mod." No.
1. That doesn't do what I want to do. It creates new recipes. It does not change existing recipes.
2. It is out of date. I need something that works with 1.7.5, or I need to just make the modification myself.
3. I don't want to add on a bunch of unnecessary stuff just to make a few small changes.
How hard could it be to do something like change the torch recipe so that it requires 1 stick, 1 coal, AND 1 blaze powder!???
I am not a complete rookie when it comes to modding this sort of thing. I used to mod Civilization IV extensively. To make an equivalently simple change in Civ4 (if, for example, I wanted to change the strength of an archer from 3 to 4), I would open up the "units.xml" file in notepad, use ctrl+f to search for the "archer" string, find where the archer's stats were located, find where it said <strength>3</strength> or something like that, and change the 3 to a 4. How hard was that? Not hard at all.
It infuriates me that it is so much more complicated and confusing to mod a comparatively simple change in Minecraft.
Anyhow, if anyone has any pointers, I would greatly appreciate it.
Here's exactly what I would like to do:
1. Change a handful of existing recipes.
A. The torch recipe
B. The wooden pickaxe recipe
C. The wooden axe recipe
D. The wooden gate recipe
E. The stone sword recipe
F. The stone pickaxe recipe
2. Have this work in 1.7.5.
3. Have this work in both survival single player and survival multiplayer.
Now, let me preface this by saying that I have read up a little bit on this issue already. Yes, I know that Minecraft's code is not very neatly written. Yes, I know that the code is obfuscated, and that you need to decompile it before you can work on it. From what I gather, this is why one would need to start with Minecraft Forge /and/or Bukkit when modding.
That said:
How hard could it be to:
1. Locate where an existing crafting recipe is stored in Minecraft's files, and:
2. Change the recipe to something else using existing items?
I'm not talking about adding items.
I'm not talking about adding blocks.
I don't want to do anything that complicated.
Whenever I search for something like this, I get results like, "Install the Custom NPCs mod." No.
1. That doesn't do what I want to do. It creates new recipes. It does not change existing recipes.
2. It is out of date. I need something that works with 1.7.5, or I need to just make the modification myself.
3. I don't want to add on a bunch of unnecessary stuff just to make a few small changes.
How hard could it be to do something like change the torch recipe so that it requires 1 stick, 1 coal, AND 1 blaze powder!???
I am not a complete rookie when it comes to modding this sort of thing. I used to mod Civilization IV extensively. To make an equivalently simple change in Civ4 (if, for example, I wanted to change the strength of an archer from 3 to 4), I would open up the "units.xml" file in notepad, use ctrl+f to search for the "archer" string, find where the archer's stats were located, find where it said <strength>3</strength> or something like that, and change the 3 to a 4. How hard was that? Not hard at all.
It infuriates me that it is so much more complicated and confusing to mod a comparatively simple change in Minecraft.
Anyhow, if anyone has any pointers, I would greatly appreciate it.
Here's exactly what I would like to do:
1. Change a handful of existing recipes.
A. The torch recipe
B. The wooden pickaxe recipe
C. The wooden axe recipe
D. The wooden gate recipe
E. The stone sword recipe
F. The stone pickaxe recipe
2. Have this work in 1.7.5.
3. Have this work in both survival single player and survival multiplayer.
How hard could it be???