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Unknown025: /* Adding a gun */

2026-06-07T00:32:37Z

Adding a gun

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	While this may look complicated, you can actually copy this file and edit the fields instead of typing everything out from scratch. Make sure you update all the names for the model name, internal name, sounds, and the ~~accept~~ ammo.		While this may look complicated, you can actually copy this file and edit the fields instead of typing everything out from scratch. Make sure you update all the names for the model name, internal name, sounds, and the accepted ammo.

Unknown025: Added section on how to create the pack.

2026-06-07T00:32:21Z

Added section on how to create the pack.

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-= Creating a new content pack =
+= Setting up your development environment =
-To get started, you'll need to download and install Java JDK 8 and IntelliJ (or a Java compatible IDE of your choice, but we'll focus on IntelliJ here - the community edition is free). You will also need a copy of Minecraft Forge's MDK for Minecraft 1.12. I ''highly encourage'' using Minecraft Forge 1.12 instead of 1.12.2.
+To get started, you'll need to download and install Java JDK 8 and IntelliJ (or a Java compatible IDE of your choice, but we'll focus on IntelliJ here - the community edition is free). You will also need a copy of Minecraft Forge's MDK for Minecraft 1.12. I ''highly encourage'' using Minecraft Forge 1.12 instead of 1.12.2. You do not need knowledge of programming or Java to complete this tutorial, but it is helpful.
 Once you have the MDK downloaded, extract the contents into a directory of your choice. The name of the directory will be your project name. For the context of this tutorial, we'll use "Example Pack" as our project name. Open the directory in IntelliJ, and allow for the project to be imported. You may need to update Gradle to a supported version in the <code>gradle/wrapper</code> directory inside the project, such as <code>https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-bin.zip</code>. Your gradle-wrapper.properties file should look as follows.
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Unknown025: Created basic tutorial to configure development environment for pack dev.

2026-06-07T00:12:51Z

Created basic tutorial to configure development environment for pack dev.

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= Creating a new content pack =
To get started, you'll need to download and install Java JDK 8 and IntelliJ (or a Java compatible IDE of your choice, but we'll focus on IntelliJ here - the community edition is free). You will also need a copy of Minecraft Forge's MDK for Minecraft 1.12. I ''highly encourage'' using Minecraft Forge 1.12 instead of 1.12.2.

Once you have the MDK downloaded, extract the contents into a directory of your choice. The name of the directory will be your project name. For the context of this tutorial, we'll use "Example Pack" as our project name. Open the directory in IntelliJ, and allow for the project to be imported. You may need to update Gradle to a supported version in the <code>gradle/wrapper</code> directory inside the project, such as <code>https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-bin.zip</code>. Your gradle-wrapper.properties file should look as follows.

<pre>
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-bin.zip
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
</pre>

Ensure the project loads without any errors. Warnings are expected, as Forge 1.12 is a bit old. On the right side, open the Gradle side menu. Look for the "forgegradle" dropdown, and select <code>setupDecompWorkspace</code>. This will download all the files for Minecraft to run in our development environment. Once that task completes, run <code>genIntellijRuns</code>. This will create two run tasks (visible in the top right of IntelliJ's interface, next to the green run triangle). If you see a miniature "X" next to the task, click the task dropdown, select edit, and ensure that JDK 8 and the ''main'' module are selected.

Run Minecraft and ensure the game loads. You should be able to see the game run without any problems, and an example mod contained inside.

Now, open the <code>build.gradle</code> file inside the project directory. We'll need to make a few edits here. After the <code>buildscript</code> section, we'll insert the following:
<pre>
repositories {
maven {
name = "Rainyville Maven"
url = "https://maven.rainyville.org"
}
}
</pre>

Then in the dependencies block, we'll add <code>deobfCompile 'org.rainyville.modulus:expansive-weaponry:1.12-1.1.9'</code>. You may need to run <code>setupDecompWorkspace</code> after these changes to ensure that Expansive Weaponry is downloaded. Your <code>build.gradle</code> should look something like this:

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buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
maven { url = "https://maven.minecraftforge.net/" }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:2.3-SNAPSHOT'
}
}

repositories {
maven {
name = "Rainyville Maven"
url = "https://maven.rainyville.org"
}
}
apply plugin: 'net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge'
//Only edit below this line, the above code adds and enables the necessary things for Forge/EXW to be setup.

version = "1.0"
group = "com.yourname.modid"
archivesBaseName = "modid"

sourceCompatibility = targetCompatibility = '1.8' // Need this here so eclipse task generates correctly.
compileJava {
sourceCompatibility = targetCompatibility = '1.8'
}

minecraft {
version = "1.12.2-14.23.5.2847"
runDir = "run"
mappings = "snapshot_20171003"
}

dependencies {
deobfCompile 'org.rainyville.modulus:expansive-weaponry:1.12-1.1.9'
}
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