How to Add on to Another Mod

[Andrew Murdza]

I am hoping to make an addon mod to Tango Tek's Tektopia mod. I have a google document containing all of the things I want to add to the mod, but I don't think it's necessary for you to read through it to answer my question. Essentially I would like to add onto the Tektopia mod and it is more difficult to add onto a mod because, unlike Minecraft, you don't have the source code. I've seen some forum topics about deobfuscating, but I'm not sure that wouldn't apply here because Tango is still actively working on his mod.

 

If it does apply here, then is there a tutorial that you would recommend for deobfuscating a mod .jar file? I was able to decompile the TekTopia jar file, but when I used Minecraft Deobfuscator v3.0 the program outputted an empty zip file

 

If it doesn't apply here, do you have any tips for adding an addon without source code? I'll send specific questions later.

 

Thanks, Andrew Murdza

[Draco18s]

1 hour ago, Andrew Murdza said:

Essentially I would like to add onto the Tektopia mod and it is more difficult to add onto a mod because, unlike Minecraft, you don't have the source code.

You need to ask the author for source or at the very least, an API.

[Andrew Murdza]

Thanks, Draco!

 

This answers my question. I reached out to Tango on his Patreon, but I think it is unlikely that he will provide his source code and I doubt he spent the time to make an API. I guess I will never get to make an addon to his mod. I'll have to wait and see until he responds.

[Draco18s]

There's (limited) things you can do not having his code. You can use @ObjectHolders to get references to items and blocks, but that's about it.

(And anything you can do with json files: recipes, advancements, etc)

Edited December 1, 2019 by Draco18s