Registries for World generation, loading, saving
The registries involved in world generation are:
- Dimension: DimensionManager.registerProviderType (in conjunction with WorldProvider) can be used to add new dimensions in addition to the Overworld, Ender, and Nether.
- Terrain generation: GameRegistry.registerWorldGenerator(IWorldGenerator) � allows you to register an IWorldGenerator to generate new chunks as they are required.
- Villages: VillageRegistry contains several methods to alter the random generation of village components (huts, farms, etc).
- Biomes: There are a bunch of registries relating to Biomes that to be honest I don�t properly understand. If you are interested, these are* GameRegistry.addBiome(BiomeGenBase).* BiomeManager.addSpawnBiome allows the new Biome to be used during random world generation, .addStrongholdBiome and .addVillageBiome are used to control whether Strongholds and Villages will randomly spawn in this biome.* BiomeDictionary � types of Biomes (HILLS, PLAINS, etc)
- Loot Chests: ChestGenHooks is used to create new types of random loot chests (DUNGEON_CHEST, VILLAGE_BLACKSMITH, etc).
- Mob spawners: DungeonHooks addDungeonMob will let you add new mobs to the vanilla spawner.
New methods and classes
- WorldProvider- has been modified to allow player to override many methods related to a custom world they have made
- IRenderHandlerhas been added to WorldProvider � it can be used by mods to perform a custom render of the sky or the clouds � setSkyRenderer() and setCloudRenderer().
- Although Forge has added a rather tempting setAdditionalProperties() method to WorldInfo, the way it has been coded means it�s not actually useful for mods to use when storing permanent data about a world. Use world.perWorldStorage instead (used by vanilla for villages, but can be hijacked for your own purposes relatively easily).
Events
- TickRegistry.registerTickHandler for WORLD ticks (every world update)
- TickRegistry.registerTickHandler for WORLDLOAD event (when world is loaded)
- WorldEvent.Load, .Unload, .Save
There�s an impressive pile of events related to world generation, biomes, loading and saving of chunks. I don�t understand most of them so I�ll leave that for a later time. Perhaps.
~Overview of Forge (and what it can do for you)
Forge concepts
Some general notes
How Forge starts up your code (@Mod, @SidedProxy, etc)
Registering your classes
Extra methods for vanilla base classes
Events
Forge summary - grouped by task
Blocks
Items
TileEntities
Entities
World generation, loading, saving
Miscellaneous - player input, rendering, GUI, chat, sounds
