Topic category: Plugins and third-party tools
MCreator Plugin Builder is a program that allows the user to easily create MCreator plugins, only requiring you to know how to code in Java. This concept has been attempted before, but none have so far been as simple to use as this, nor offering as many features.
Disclaimer
This project is not official. It is not affiliated with the respective owners and maintainers of MCreator and Pylo.
Features
MCreator Plugin Builder includes support for various options. Here is a summary of most of its capabilities:
Procedure blocks
Procedure mutators
Global triggers
Blockly categories
Datalists
Translations
APIs
Model animations
Mod elements
Git integration
Variable types
Overriding generator templates
Testing in MCreator
These are all of Plugin Builder's capabilities at this time.
An example plugin project can be cloned using the link https://github.com/NerdyPuzzle/Example-plugin-project.git
The latest version of Plugin Builder can be found here
Changelog
Release 1.8
-Added the option to make new variable types
Release 1.7
-Fixed deleting global triggers or procedures crashing the program
-Fixed global trigger custom dependencies always being lowercase named
Release 1.6
-Fixed a bug that caused procedure template code to replace the code of other procedures
-Procedures can now be coded manually too like global triggers
Release 1.5
-Fixed global triggers not exporting code properly
-Global triggers can now have new custom dependencies
-Improved the procedure template text editor
Release 1.4
-Global triggers and procedures now support the damage source variable
-Global triggers and procedures now save as json in plugin builder projects
-Refactored old hardcoded systems in preparation of new plugin builder features
Release 1.3
-Fixed color selectors generating color codes incorrectly in some cases
-Fixed procedure blocks not working when using statements in some cases
-Fixed the copy code button providing incorrect code for statements
-Fixed procedure blocks not working with custom categories in some cases
-Fixed mod elements not generating java code
-Added the logic, math and text procedure categories
-Mod elements no longer require a manual installation of java 17 to compile
Release 1.2
-You can now make procedure block mutators
-Blockly categories can now be subcategories of other categories
-NeoForge generator is now supported
-Added the missing 2023.4 procedure block categories to procedures
-Fixed some issues with the procedure block gui
Release 1.1
-Some minor UI improvements
-Vanilla templates from the MCreator generator plugins can now be overriden
Release 1.0
-UI theme redesign (minecraft launcher inspired)
Beta 4.3
-Fixed client-side global triggers causing minecraft to not load
Beta 4.2
-Fixed mod elements with spaces in their names not compiling
-Added the option to select base types for mod elements
-Added the option to use procedure selectors in mod elements
Beta 4.1
-Fixed some issues that caused crashes
Beta 4.0
-New mod elements can now be made with plugin builder
(Requires java 17 or newer to be installed in order to compile the java files)
Beta 3.0
-Fixed a small bug in procedure json generation
-Global triggers can now be coded fully manually
-Procedure block field inputs can now include default text
Beta 2.1
-Fixed a bug where procedure block code would generate incorrectly
-Procedure block number inputs can now have floats as default values
Beta 2.0
-Fixed a bug that generated extra unused code
-Added support for java model animation templates
Beta 1.0
-Official release
are you on windows?
@NerdyPuzzle I think the Procedure Block Code Generation is a little broken:
I downloaded the latest Version and for some reason it doesn't generate the .java.ftl file of the Procedure Block.
Also it seems that I cannot save the Project.
LOVE IT! hope to see custom elements soon ^^
thanks! will work on that eventually!
SparkleArts that should not be happening, I haven't encountered such an issue. Have you placed plugin builder in its own folder?
If you mean that it doesn't generate it in mcreator, that generally just means there's a mistake in your code, mcreator won't generate code that causes a build error if it's the only procedure block there.
@NerdyPuzzle by my first attempt of exporting a Procedure Block it was not generating the .java.ftl file at all.
But after that little mistake it generated it by my second attempt.
Also with the Projct saving it at all was my mistake it seems.
Sry for that ^^
Here are some QOL Features:
The procedure block colors can all be found and copied in the help window
can't i add specific imports?
Specific imports in which place? If you mean global triggers, you can select the code manually option in the latest update and write all of the code yourself (which can include imports.) if you mean procedures, you can't do that since the code is written inside a method, but you can write the entire package path when referencing something from the import. Example: net.path.to.the.class.Example.callStaticMethod();
normally imports are automatically be added in MCreator. But it could not generate imports from custom Classes.
Beta 4.0 is here, and with it support for creating new mod elements through java plugins!
Saw this yesterday and thought it'd maybe try it at some point, then today I saw the ability to make new elements with it and now I'm definitely using it. Logged in just to say this is pretty cool, especially with the new java plugin feature. Can't say how much I've been wanting something like that.