1. INTRODUCTION TO MINECRAFT FORGE CSCI 3130 SUMMER 2014

2. INSTALLING FORGE 1. Make sure JDK 7 (not 8) is installed 2. Download and install Minecraft from https://minecraft.net/downloadhttps://minecraft.net/download 3. Download Minecraft Forge from http://files.minecraftforge.net/http://files.minecraftforge.net/  Choose the (Src) option under “Recommended” 4. In the folder where Minecraft Forge is expanded, open the command line  Run gradlew setupDecompWorkspace –refresh-dependencies  Run gradlew eclipse  Open Eclipse and select the eclipse folder as your workspace

3. USING ECLIPSE WITH FORGE  Source code for your mod is located in src/main/java  Minecraft’s (decompiled) source is located in ReferncedLibraries/forgeSrc  Run your mod be pressing the green arrow

4. CREATING A MOD  Forge will create an example mod for you.  Your main class must have the @Mod annotation  Your init, function must have the @Event Handler Annotation

5. CREATING A NEW BLOCK  Create a new subclass of Block  Set its attributes  Register the block

6. SETTING THE NAME OF A BLOCK  In src/main/resources  Create a new package called assets.modid.lang  Create a new file for your language (en_US.lang) is default  Add tile.blockname.name=Whatever your name should be

7. GOING FURTHER  All code from this tutorial is available at https://github.com/dyule/CSCI3130GildedAge https://github.com/dyule/CSCI3130GildedAge  Many tutorials at http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Tutorials/http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Tutorials/  Warning: may be out of date  Use IDE and autocompletion to look for alterations to method names  Look at the source code of Minecraft to see how they do things  Sometimes variable names are obfuscated  Look at the source code of existing mods  Don’t just copy and paste though