Geckolib Entity fails building

Started by TDO on Sat, 11/11/2023 - 15:36

Topic category: Help with MCreator software

I created a custom Geckolib model with custom animations. but it causes the build to fail. heres the Build log :

> Task :compileJava 
C:\Users\onyxl\MCreatorWorkspaces\tdos_additional_features\src\main\java\net\mcreator\tdosadditionalfeatures\entity\PhoenixEntity.java:311: error: cannot find symbol 
            (entityType, world, reason, pos, random) -> (world.getBlockState(pos.below()).getMaterial() == Material.GRASS && world.getRawBrightness(pos, 0) > 8)); 
                                                                                         ^ 
  symbol:   method getMaterial() 
  location: class BlockState 
C:\Users\onyxl\MCreatorWorkspaces\tdos_additional_features\src\main\java\net\mcreator\tdosadditionalfeatures\entity\PhoenixEntity.java:311: error: cannot find symbol 
            (entityType, world, reason, pos, random) -> (world.getBlockState(pos.below()).getMaterial() == Material.GRASS && world.getRawBrightness(pos, 0) > 8)); 
                                                                                                                   ^ 
  symbol:   variable GRASS 
  location: class Material 
C:\Users\onyxl\MCreatorWorkspaces\tdos_additional_features\src\main\java\net\mcreator\tdosadditionalfeatures\entity\PhoenixEntity.java:329: error: cannot find symbol 
         if (!this.isOnGround()) { 
                  ^ 
  symbol: method isOnGround() 
C:\Users\onyxl\MCreatorWorkspaces\tdos_additional_features\src\main\java\net\mcreator\tdosadditionalfeatures\entity\PhoenixEntity.java:343: error: level has private access in Entity 
         this.lastSwing = level.getGameTime(); 
                          ^ 
C:\Users\onyxl\MCreatorWorkspaces\tdos_additional_features\src\main\java\net\mcreator\tdosadditionalfeatures\entity\PhoenixEntity.java:345: error: level has private access in Entity 
      if (this.swinging && this.lastSwing + 7L <= level.getGameTime()) {

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Are you using the latest snapshot version of Geckolib for 1.20? A lot of the calls it's using are outdated for some reason and don't work, meaning some animation types will cause build errors unless you manually lock and fix the elements.

I've seen some of these before; "this.isOnGround" should be replaced with "this.onGround," and any mention of "level" should be replaced with "level()". I'm not sure about the first two.

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You may want to try making a regular entity element and examining the code to see what's changed in the latest version; this is how I figured out which of Geckolib's functions weren't working. But yeah, it's annoying, and it doesn't look like the plugin's going to be updated for awhile. Best of luck.

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@Mindthemoods thanks i think it'll help me a lot.

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@Mindthemoods

I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK

Thanks a lot

The fact that Geckolib isn't updated is so anoying bruh wth

Btw thanks Have a great day

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Mindthemoods Fnck it It builds properly but now whenever i launch the game it crashes instantly... I think im gonna burst my desk into ashes, but still thanks though

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There can still be game crashing issues even if the code is compiling- procedures that loop endlessly, entity checks that don't actually return an entity, that sort of thing. What is the error message when the game crashes? There are other solutions you could try.

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Mindthemoods it tells me that this.lastSwing = level.getGameTime(); and if (this.swinging && this.lastSwing + 7L <= level.getGameTime()) {are private, but as you can see i already set it public.

    public PlayState attackingPredicate(AnimationState event) {

        double d1 = this.getX() - this.xOld;

        double d0 = this.getZ() - this.zOld;

        float velocity = (float) Math.sqrt(d1 * d1 + d0 * d0);

        if (getAttackAnim(event.getPartialTick()) > 0f && !this.swinging) {

            this.swinging = true;

            this.lastSwing = level.getGameTime();

        }

        if (this.swinging && this.lastSwing + 7L <= level.getGameTime()) {

            this.swinging = false;

        }

        if (this.swinging && event.getController().getAnimationState() == AnimationController.State.STOPPED) {

            event.getController().forceAnimationReset();

            return event.setAndContinue(RawAnimation.begin().thenPlay("attack"));

        }

        return PlayState.CONTINUE;

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Try replacing the 'level' in 'level.getGameTime' with 'level(),' if it's these lines specifically that are referenced in the error log.

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That was fixed in the latest patches.

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It is indeed! Thanks a bunch @Nerdy, this fixes a lot of trouble I was having with locked code! @TDO, I've tried the latest version of Geckolib, and it works just fine with unlocked mod elements in 2023.3.

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I'm having the same problem. I'm using blockbench to model with the plugin version 3.0.7 while both McCreator (2023.4) and the geckolib plugin (5.4.3) are at their latest version. I followed the instructions step by step but i keep getting tons of errors of the kind "cannot find symbol" and some others. I've tried to understand why for the last couple of days while browsing for answers but all in vain. My model and my animations should work well, the animations names are the same as they are called in McCreator. I've read that the limbs in blockbench should be named in lowercase and should not have spaces between words so i changed that. I need help.

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