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Quote from Xuluf

maybe something like:

 public void onCreated(ItemStack par1ItemStack, World par2World, EntityPlayer par3EntityPlayer) { par1ItemStack.addEnchantment(Enchantment.fireAspect, 2); } 

but of course that would only make it enchanted when crafting it(not when taking it from creative or with commands?)

Quote from Puredarkness

I think you have to add the enchantment to the ItemStack object via the method addEnchantment (at least in 1.7.2, I think it's the same in 1.6.4), which takes an Enchantment object and an int indicating the level. If you just want the effect, however, override hasEffect and make it return true. For example, in Forge, I assume you do it like this to enchant it on crafting:

 GameRegistry.addRecipe(new ItemStack(ModItems.yourItem).addEnchantment(Enchantment.sharpness, 5), new Object[] {" X ", " X ", " Y ", new ItemStack(Items.stick), "Y", new ItemStack(Blocks.obsidian), "X"}); 

By the way, if possible, update to 1.7.2, it's the recommended version and Minecraft's code is cleaner. EDIT: Wait, this method existed? Why can't Forge just have some bleeding documentation?!

Quote from Puredarkness

For learning java, it can vary what's the best - I learnt most of it via books, but some learn best via video tutorials. Minecraft's "Basic" java is some moderately advanced OOP (packages, interfaces, etcetera), which any good java tutorial will cover early on.

If you want to get to advanced, which is what allows you to make AMAZING mods (EG. Forge, my current API project, or any real sort of API), you'd have to learn annotations, generics, and, if you use Java 8 (which not many do quite yet in the modding community, but when Minecraft hits java 7 (it had better), I'll be moving on to Java 8, if just for type/variable annotations), Lambda expressions, possibly more. But if this is a test mod, just ignore this paragraph.

Done that? Ok, good.

You can override the onItemRightClick method. Summoning the fireball will be the hard part, but you can look in the ghast code for fireball launching code. You are passed the player and the world object, which is everything needed for summoning fireballs.

 
package eclipsis.mod.items;

import net.minecraft.item.EnumToolMaterial;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemSword;

public class BlazeSword extends ItemSword{

public BlazeSword(int par1, EnumToolMaterial par2EnumToolMaterial) {
super(2010, par2EnumToolMaterial);
}
}