Process resources and replacements when executing code

[Frontear]

Normally when you start minecraft (usually through the generated run configurations), your mcmod.info will contain stuff like `${version}` and `${mcversion}`. While I am aware that these will be fixed when actually building the code (processResources is called), I want to be able to run them in addition to my `replaceIn` and `replace` snippets before being able to test. Obviously the generated configurations will not have this happen. I considered runClient, and for a while it actually used to work, but now it no longer works, and I am at a loss. Additionally, while `processResources` works perfectly fine as I'm building, the `replace` stuff does not. How can I resolve these issues?

 

build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            name = "forge"
            url = "https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven"
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:2.1-SNAPSHOT"
    }
}

apply plugin: "net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge"

version = "0.1"
group = "org.frontear"
archivesBaseName = "MyMod"
targetCompatibility = sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8

minecraft {
    version = "1.8.9-11.15.1.2318-1.8.9"
    mappings = "stable_22"

    replaceIn 'MyMod.java'
    replace '${modid}': archivesBaseName.toLowerCase(), '${version}': project.version
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

processResources {
    // this will ensure that this task is redone when the values change.
    inputs.property "modid", archivesBaseName.toLowerCase()
    inputs.property "name", archivesBaseName
    inputs.property "version", project.version
    inputs.property "mcversion", project.minecraft.version

    // replace stuff in mcmod.info, nothing else
    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
        include "mcmod.info"

        // replace modid, name, version and mcversion
        expand "modid": archivesBaseName.toLowerCase(), "name": archivesBaseName, "version": project.version, "mcversion": project.minecraft.version
    }

    // copy everything else, thats not the mcmod.info
    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
        exclude "mcmod.info"
    }
}

 

MyMod.java

package org.frontear.mymod;

import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;

@Mod(modid = "${modid}", version = "${version}") public class MyMod {
	@Mod.EventHandler public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event) {
		// some example code
		System.out.println("DIRT BLOCK >> " + Blocks.dirt.getUnlocalizedName());
	}
}

 

mcmod.info

[
  {
    "modid": "${modid}",
    "name": "${name}",
    "description": "Blah blah blah, something something something",
    "version": "${version}",
    "mcversion": "${mcversion}",
    "url": "",
    "updateUrl": "",
    "authorList": [
      "Frontear"
    ],
    "credits": "",
    "logoFile": "",
    "screenshots": [],
    "dependencies": []
  }
]

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by Frontear

[Frontear]

I just restarted my IDE and everything decided to work fine. I just had to fix an issue with `MISSING REPLACEMENT DATA FOR RUN_DIR`, which was fixed by adding `runDir = "run"` into the `minecraft` area.