Minecraft Forge 1.8 referencing mod problem

Question

I'm trying to make a Minecraft Forge mod. I've done this before, but I've never worked with entities. So I was trying to add an entity to the EntityRegistry, but I can't seem to reference the mod file as an object using this. It tells me that it expect Object mod, not TestMobs. What am i doing wrong?

Here is my code:

package com.scriptcoded.testmobs;

import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.EntityRegistry;

@Mod(modid = Tutorial.MODID, version = Tutorial.VERSION)
public class TestMobs
{
    public static final String MODID = "testmobs";
    public static final String VERSION = "1.0";

    @EventHandler
    public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event)
    {
        EntityRegistry.registerModEntity(EntityTutorial.class, "Test mob", 1, this, 80, 3, true);
    }
}

The problem is in the line EntityRegistry.registerModEntity(EntityTutorial.class, "Test mob", 1, this, 80, 3, true);.

Any ideas? Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

For 1.7.10 (and I'm assuming 1.8 too), you need to add an instance of the main class into itself. Just after initialising the VERSION, you should put:

@Instance(TestMobs.MODID)
public static TestMobs instance;

Then when you reference your mod reference it through:

TestMobs.instance

The only other suggestion I can give is to register it in the preInit or postInit (or the client/common proxy)

Answer 2

I know this is an OLD TOPIC, but I just could not help noticing:

In the line reading: @Mod(modid = you have the following: @Mod(modid = Tutorial.MODID, version = Tutorial.VERSION)

Do you actually HAVE a class file named "Tutorial.java", that defines both the "MODID" and "VERSION" strings?

Because, you ALSO have defined a "MODID" string var. and a "VERSION" string var. right BELOW that line, in the TestMobs class definition ITSELF! So, you have basically told Forge to "look" in a class file named "Tutorial", for the strings "MODID" and "VERSION" (resulting in "Tutorial.MODID" and "Tutorial.VERSION"; you MUST therefore HAVE that classfile in your project!

It makes absolutely no difference to Forge if you define yet another string "MODID" and a string "VERSION" anywhere else; it won't know to use THOSE strings for anything!

I mean, that's just what I noticed at a quick glance through your code...

ZTagre.