Instructions for creating your own Minecraft mods to play the game in your style

What happens when you get bored of playing Minecraft? Mod Minecraft is the answer. Mods will change everything in the Minecraft game, but it will be even more interesting when you create your own mods. This article will guide you how to create your own Minecraft mod.

Get acquainted with MCreator

Hailed as “the best Minecraft mod creation tool”, MCreator is a free tool that helps you create your own Minecraft mods. You don’t need to write code, but if you want, you can absolutely do this.

First, visit the download page mcreator.net/download, download the version suitable for the current version of Minecraft. For example, if you use Minecraft version 1.12.2, you will download MCreator version 17.9

Once you have selected an appropriate version of MCreator, download the tool for your operating system. It supports Windows, Mac and Linux. If you are running Windows, download and run the executable file (EXE), but if using Mac or Linux, the installation will be more difficult, but you can refer to the MCreator installation instructions to know how to do it, so you don’t need to worry too much.

After installation, MCreator needs to download the Minecraft Forge Development Kit and its dependencies and compile it. This process takes some time depending on your computer and Internet speed. It only needs to load once and the next time MCreator is run, it won’t load again.

Once configured, MCreator will ask if you want to sign in with your Pylo account. Go ahead and press Skip if you don’t have one.

Now everything is ready. You will see MCreator’s main screen to import or export current settings, install mods developed by others, or write your own mods.

Write Minecraft mods

In this example, we will create a super diamond ore, which produces large quantities of diamonds when mined instead of the usual one or two diamonds. To start, you need a texture for the new block. This is the image that defines the appearance of the block. It can be stone, wood or any other material. This example uses diamond ore, but you can use whatever you want.

From the top of the main menu, select Tools > Create item/block texture to open Texture Maker Create your own textures based on existing Minecraft artwork.

Texture Maker has four layer controls, allowing you to choose artwork and colors, combined into the final texture.

Except for Layer 1, the layer controls contain the same 3 settings. Here are the settings from left to right:

• Artwork selector: Use the drop-down menu or pop-up interface to select artwork.
• Color picker: select three dots to choose the color for this layer.
• Lock saturation and brightness: this option limits the color brightness of the layer.

Once you’ve designed your artwork, select Use at the bottom button and Block for structural type. Then choose Exit to return to the page Workspacethis page will display your texture.

From the menu on the left side of the tab Workspaceselect Mod Elementsthis is where you create mods that use your textures.

Select button New mod elements from the top left, looks like a big plus sign.

This is the page New mod elements new, it looks complicated but this is a very easy to use tool. In Name of the elementyou enter a unique name. This name will not be displayed in Minecraft but is used as an identifier in MCreator and Minecraft code.

For element type, you can choose your new element type. For this super diamond, the default is Block. If you are working on another mod, select the appropriate one. Then, click on OK to return to the page Texturethis is where you can assign textures to the block, as well as configure transparency and block size.

On the left is the area Block texturesthere are six squares representing each side of the block. You could use a different texture for each side but in this example we’re using the same texture. To select a texture, click on each square, select the texture you want to use and then click OK. You should leave the other options as default and then select Next.

There are many different settings in this screen but let’s start with Name in GUIthis is your block name. You can name it anything, but make sure it’s descriptive. For this block, “super diamond” is the appropriate name.

If you are not sure about the parameter, select a question mark next to the name, it will load the MCreator document. To make this block drop another block when tapped, check the edge box Doesn’t drop itself. Edge Block that dropsclick on the small rectangle to download Block/item selector. You use this menu to search and select the block you want to delete.

Finally, change Drop amount into an appropriate number. When you want to mine a large quantity of diamond ore, choose the number 10, this is the appropriate number. Select Next to go to Particle settingsthis is where you can change the block animation.

Leave the settings as they are Block’s inventory and choose Next. Page Procedure allows you to customize what happens when any event associated with this block occurs. In this example, you don’t need to change anything, so press the button Next.

Finally, p Block spawning/generation properties allows you to configure when, where, and how often new blocks are spawned. If you want your modded block to appear in the game, check it Generate in world. You can leave the other settings as their defaults or customize them to make your mod less or more popular.

Export Minecraft mods

After producing the mod, you need to export it for Minecraft to use. From the bottom left of Workspace toolbarselect the button Export workspace into mod file to bundle the mod into a separate package, ready for Minecraft to import. If you edit more than one block, all of these blocks will show up in your mod.

Note: If you want to work on multiple mods at the same time, switch to another workspace from the main menu.

Menu Mod details Provides option to package your mods. You can enter name, version, description, creator information and upload photos if you want. You need to note the most important option here is File extensionsleave the default option as .JAR.

Once everything is done, press Recompile and export to package your mod but it will take a while depending on your computer and what you change.

You will need to agree to the terms of use, but once compiled, choose a location on your file system to store the completed mod.

Import Minecraft mods with Minecraft Forge

Now that you’re done creating the mod, all that’s left is to import it into Minecraft. To install this mod, you need to use Minecraft Forge. Forge provides a simple and easy way to install custom mods into Minecraft. Then run the installer and when prompted, select Install client.

Once installed, launch or restart Minecraft. From Minecraft Launcherpress the up arrow to the right of the play button at the bottom, select Forge. This will load Minecraft with Forge, you need to do this every time you use the mod.

While in Minecraft, things will be different with Forge running. There is some additional text at the bottom, along with the button Mods. Select button Mods and you will see your mod is not visible. You need to install your mod Forge/Minecraft. Installation involves copying and pasting mods into Minecraft’s mods folder.

• On Windows, this folder is in AppData/.minecraft/
• On a Mac, this folder is located in Library/Application Support/minecraft/

You may have to restart Minecraft if you pasted your mod while it was running. Access the menu mods and you will see your mod with description, title, image and full creator information.

For this example, you’ll see “super_diamond” along with all the other blocks.

Making Minecraft mods is a great way to add more features to the game, but it’s even better if you mod it yourself. Once you have learned how to build this basic block, you can start creating more complex mods.

Wishing you success!

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