MCreator 2024.4 pre-release is here

MCreator Minecraft Mod Maker 2024.4 pre-release is here!

The pre-release of one of the biggest updates to date is here. This update adds a lot of major and popular features, so make sure to check it out!

Upcoming features

Check the feature collages below to learn about the upcoming features. Can you name them all?

Collage of just some of the features coming to MCreator Minecraft Mod Maker that will completely change the way on how to make a Minecraft mod

And some more features in another collage below, this update will be really massive!

More features coming to the Minecraft mod maker that will now also be a Minecraft resource pack maker

This time, we also have a third feature collage due to the sheer number of features being added! 👀

More new features coming to MCreator, including Minecraft resource pack maker, custom entity animations, and much more!

Snapshot changelog

This is a full changelog of this snapshot with more notable changes highlighted with bold text.

Added new workspace type: resource pack
Added vanilla resource pack editor tool that makes it possible to override resource files from the mod
Added easy-to-use placement generator utility to the feature mod element editor
Added CPU and memory consumption charts to the Gradle console for mod performance monitoring
Certain preferences such as project browser state and element sorting are now stored per-workspace
Added an option to reference mod elements from third-party mods in tags
Order of custom creative tabs can now be configured
Added support for a new plant type: sapling
Added an option to make custom plants waterloggable
Added option for custom blocks to implement vanilla block state properties
Added new dimension mod element parameters: fixed time, coordinate scale, infiniburn blocks tag, sea level, generate ore veins, generate aquifers, horizontal/vertical noise size, use the default/custom effects, has clouds, cloud height, sky type, does sun height affect fog, ambient light, piglin safe, has raids, monster spawn (block) light limit
Potion effects can now specify attribute modifiers that are applied to the entity while the potion is active
Split custom biome fog and air color into separate parameters
Added new entity procedure blocks: is the entity currently aggressive
Added new world procedure blocks: for each entity with optional exclusions between two points, get a specific (block/sky) light level
[DP 1.21.1] Added support for running test Minecraft client with data pack loaded in all worlds
[Bugfix, NF 1.21.1] Using slot dependency on certain GUI procedure triggers caused build errors
[Bugfix] Adding custom entity animations has overridden existing model-specific animations
[Bugfix] Setting itemstack variables did not work correctly in some cases
[Bugfix] Java plugin events could trigger after the action they were listening to happened in some cases
[Bugfix] Some other minor fixes and improvements

Release changelog

Below is the changelog of the previous snapshots, covering all the changes in the upcoming 2024.4 release.

Some minor UI and UX improvements
Added a button to lock custom GUI and overlay components from moving in the WYSIWYG editor
Added an option to import custom Java model animations
Added new procedure local variable type: action result
Added new damage source procedure blocks: return damage source, call procedure and get damage source return value, custom damage source dependency
Added new fluid parameters: has fog, fog color, fog start and end distance, submerged overlay texture
Added an option to specify animations for custom entities that are conditionally executed by procedures
Added an option to specify walking animations for custom entities that are optionally conditional
Added image sprite GUI component type for GUI and overlay mod element types
Loot table mod element editor now shows suggestions for overriding custom block and entity loot tables
Item and block special info entries are now translatable
Item and block special info based on string procedures now support multi-line strings
Added an option to specify infinite effect duration for potion item mod element
Added new text procedure block: new line
[Bugfix] It was possible to define more block state property combinations than what Minecraft can handle
[Bugfix] Index of string procedure block caused build errors in some cases
[Bugfix] Index of string and string length procedure blocks specified wrong numeric return type
[Bugfix] Some other minor fixes and improvements

Release notes

The music disc mod element type was merged into the item mod element type. Existing mod elements will be converted automatically
Certain dimension mod element parameters were split into more granular parameters. Existing mod elements will be converted automatically

A snapshot download is possible on the Download page under the Snapshot downloads section.

Make sure to download and install the pre-release so you can test it out. This way we can make sure the release can be as stable as possible. Leave a comment with your feedback on the update below. Stay tuned and keep on modding!

Comments

It is either not implemented yet, or you can achieve the same result with some other tree variant and some modifications

Yea i know, but often times it just floats and doesn't have the nice generation like normal trees should. I do believe it's simple enough to implement it tho i might be wrong. Sorry if it sounds a bit harsh.

Resource packs! That what i want!

Make sure to try them out in the pre-release! :)

Hi. Cool update but could you add a way to make a custom craftingtable (5x5 crafting) more easier? the tutorials arent working anymore

Tutorials should still apply, you may just need some changes

instead I would rather have a way to make our custom crafting blocks and such inherit recipes from a vanilla source as well. so I could make a custom crafting table that uses vanilla recipes, or a custom furnace that inherits all vanilla furnace recipes.

For furnace, you can already do this, but it is true for crafting table it is not possible yet

Resource packs, nice.

Could you pls add the possibility to choose/create any folder if you use "Custom" Mod Element (with coding only)?

I think it's time to add this possibility and no manually creating files works but MCreator doesn't allow inside of the mod package and that is dumb to prevent something for moddders.

I mean look at this example:
me.sparklearts.examplemod (MCreator generated)
me.sparklearts.examplemod_api (Manually created to create manually files)

I mean this looks absolutely dumb. pls provide us the possibility to create "Custom" Mod Elements or Files inside of the MCreator generated package with custom folders(not the mod element folders, there are only visual. I mean actually folders in the project folder that get created by MCreator but we can choose where we want to create the folder).

Unfortunately, any folder could technically be MCreator owned, say due to some plugin adding files to this folder, so by design of the generator system, this may be really hard or even impossible to achieve without some major overhauling of the generation system.

When workspace is being regenerated say due to MC switch, the only reliable way to prepare base for newly generated files is to delete old ones. At the time of deletion, MCreator may no longer have reference to old generator and what files belonged to certain MEs. Issue becomes even more complex when plugins get involved.

It is purely cosmetical that separate package needs to be used

Can you add the blocked button to Mcreator like the difficulty of the world ?

With image and not image please

Disabling custom GUI buttons is currently not possible yet, if this is what you mean

Add a button with locked option like the difficulty button, and add in custom image and normal button to less people can disable option and locked

You can add images by using image button UI component

This is really nice, so many cool features!

Glad to hear you like it!

How does the sapling plant option work? There's no documentation on it. Do we select sapling and it will automatically place the feature like a traditional sapling, or do we still have to create a procedure to place the "tree" feature on a tick update?

It will do all automatically. You just specify what it places in different scenarios. There is documentation if you click the "?" - question mark button

I have a tree structure. It is saved as a feature with its' own spawning conditions. I created a sapling for the tree and added the structure to the sapling spawning. Normally the trees spawn into the new biome with no issues using the features. The dirt forms under the sapling, and when walking towards the sapling, there are invisible blocks. So it is placing the structure, but the structure is not rendering for some reason.

I recommend making demo workspace with tree + sapling and steps to reproduce and opening a bug report on our issue tracker on GitHub asap