[1.15.1] Loot Table - understanding

[KillBill61]

Hi (I am kinda new to this)

 

Simply my answer is: How do I make that my custom block* drops "itself" (BlockItem) when I mine it. Block and BlockItem are registered and they works in game (by "works" I mean they can exists).

 

*My custom block doesn't have anything. It can be placed, it can be dropped from inventory, it can be destroyed, it can be found in tab in creative mode - basically it acts as cobblestone except the fact, it doesn't drop itself when it is destroyed*

 

I found out that I need some "loot tables".

So I created "chopping_block_loot_table.json" in src/main/resources/assets/automation/loot_tables/blocks/

and filled it with (my custom block has "chopping_block" as register name and my MODID is "automation"):

"pools": [
	{
		"rolls": 1,
		"entries": [
			{
				"type": "minecraft:item",
				"name": "automation:chopping_block"
			}
		]
	}
]

and it doesn't work - It doesn't even detect that it was loaded when I did this:

@EventBusSubscriber(bus=Mod.EventBusSubscriber.Bus.FORGE)
    public static class RegistryEventsForge {
        @SubscribeEvent
        public static void onLootTableLoad(LootTableLoadEvent evt) {
            System.out.println(evt.getName());
        }
    }

It shows all loot tables except my own.

 

I couldn't find where I make mistake. I think I have to somehow register my loot table, but I don't know where should I do this in this 1.15.1 version. Probably I have to put somewhere "  new ResourceLocation("automation:chopping_block_loot_table")  ", but I don't know where  (MODID = automation, chopping_block_loot_table is name of that json file)

[Guy123]

isn't there a data directory for server side stuff like loot tables? change

src/main/resources/assets/automation/loot_tables/blocks to src/main/resources/data/automation/loot_tables/blocks and it should work

[Draco18s]

Use the data directory in resources.

Here's a sample loot table. 

https://github.com/Draco18s/ReasonableRealism/blob/1.14.4/src/main/resources/data/harderores/loot_tables/blocks/millstone.json

[KillBill61]

Thank you! It works.

Just one more thing you missed so I will write it here for others who has the problem.

The json file that I named "chopping_block_loot_table.json" I had to rename to "chopping_block.json" because that is my register name for my custom block. There is no registration for loot tables that you need to have in your code.

That's it  thx you guys!