Teach Yourself Mod Development for Minecraft in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)

Teach Yourself Mod Development for Minecraft in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, <I>Sams Teach Yourself Mod Development for Minecraft in 24 Hours</I> will help you transform Minecraft into anything you can imagine–and share your vision with millions of players worldwide! You’ll learn all the mod development skills you need as you walk through a complete step-by-step project, complete with a mob, new tools, new armor, food, ores, and much more. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for building any mod and creating <I>any</I> world!</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Minecraft mod development tasks.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Quizzes and exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Notes present interesting information related to the discussion. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Minecraft is a registered trademark of Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB. This book is not affiliated with or sponsored by Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Learn how to... </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Set up the environment where you’ll write your mod for Minecraft 1.8</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Create the basics for your mod with the Forge API</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Establish a framework that makes it easier to build complex mods</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Work with recipes and other small modifications</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Create multiple recipes, items, blocks, and entities at once</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Cook up food items that heal your players</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Make custom pickaxes, shovels, and completely original tools</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Use Tile Entities to create complex and unique mods</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Create interesting custom armor for players</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Generate entire worlds, including ores and plants</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Design and generate new structures with MCEdit</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Understand Entities and create Entity Models with Techne</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Code mobs with a custom Entity Model</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Manufacture Throwables</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Edit Minecraft functionality without breaking other mods</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Structure, package, and release your mod</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Master Java programming techniques you can use far beyond Minecraft</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">On the Web:</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <BR>Register your book at informit.com/title/9780672337635 for access to all code examples and resources from this book, as well as updates and corrections as they become available.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>