Minecraft Mods Programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide / Cadenhead, Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cadenhead, Rogers, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minecraft (Game).

Video games--Programming.

Video games.

Electric controllers--Computer simulation.

Electric controllers.

Virtual reality--Computer programs.

Virtual reality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Que, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Minecraft® Mods Programming 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. Now you can mod your Minecraft game environment into anything you can imagine, without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to master Minecraft modding and use Java to transform the Minecraft game's worlds, tools, behavior, weapons, structures, mobs… everything! Plus, you'll learn Java programming skills you can use anywhere. Learn how to do what you want, the way you want, one incredibly easy step at a time. Modding the Minecraft game has never been this simple! This is the easiest, most practical beginner’s guide to creating killer Minecraft mods in Java… simple, reliable, full-color instructions for doing everything you really want to do! Here's a small sample of what you'll learn: Set up your Minecraft server and mod development tools Master Java basics every Minecraft game modder needs to know Read, write, store, and change information throughout your mod Build mods that can make decisions and respond to player actions Understand object-oriented programming and the objects you can program in Minecraft Handle errors without crashing the Minecraft game Use threads to create mobs that can do many things at once Customize your mobs, and build on existing objects to write new mods Spawn new mobs, find hidden mobs, and make one mob ride another Dig holes and build structures Create projectile weapons and potion effects Share your mods with the world

Contents:

Part I. Java from the ground up

Dig into Minecraft programming with Java

Use NetBeans for Minecraft programming

Create a Minecraft Mod

Start writing Java programs

Understand how Java programs work

Store and change information in a Mod

Use strings to communicate

Use conditional tests to make decisions

Repeat an action with loops

Store information with arrays

Part II. The world of Java objects

Create your first object

Describe what your object is like

Make the most of existing objects

Store objects in data structures

Handle errors in a Mod

Create a threaded Mod

Read and write files

Part III. Create killer Minecraft Mods: Spawn a Mob

Make one Mob Ride another

Take a census of Mobs and villages

Transmute materials in an inventory

Dig a giant hole

Chop down a forest of trees

Respond to events in the game

Display a Mob's health during combat

Make a world change over time

Befriend the God of lightning.

Notes:

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed November 3, 2014)

OCLC:

896329150