Adding items

1. Creating an Item Class

To add a new item to BTA, you first need to create a class for it. You can do this by extending Minecrafts Item class.

package your.examplemod.items;
import net.minecraft.core.item.Item;

public class ExampleItem extends Item {
    public ExampleItem(String translationKey, String namespaceId, int itemId ) {
         super(translationKey, namespaceId, itemId);
    }
}

1.5 Instanciating your Item Class

By default, your item class will take three arguments:

1. translationKey - used to translate your item, has to be unique
2. namespaceId - A string used to identify your item, has to be unique. The Format for this is "Namespace:Value".
3. itemId - A number used to identify your Item, has to be unique.

new ExampleItem("ExampleItem", ExampleMod.MOD_ID + ":ExampleItem", 30000)

It is advisable to create a helper method for generating items Numeric Ids.

public static int newItemID() {
    ITEM_ID = ITEM_ID + 1;
    return ITEM_ID;
}

2. Creating your Item

To add your Item to the game, you need to instanciate it in the beforeGameStart function.
You can do this by using the Item Builder.

public static Item ExampleItem;
private static int currentItemID = 30000;

ItemBuilder GenericItemBuilder = new ItemBuilder(ExampleMod.MOD_ID);

private static int newItemID() {
    return currentItemID++;
}


@Override
public void beforeGameStart() {
    ExampleItem = GenericItemBuilder
        .build(new ExampleItem("ExampleItem", ExampleMod.MOD_ID + ":ExampleItem", newItemID()));
}

The first argument here is your newly instanciated Item, the second is the numerical Item Id.