[Suggestion] Add custom mortars

[MasterBuilder747]

Being able to add custom mortars can prove this mod to be very useful for modpacks such as my own. Defining in either crafttweaker or config, here's an idea of a sample syntax that I think would be close to that:

mods.advancedMortars.createMortar(String unlocalizedMortarName, int durability, String resourcePath, String localizedName);

The resource path is where the block texture is located in the resources folder of the asset. It can use a block texture to overlay over the mortar model. I'm not sure exactly how this portion of this idea would work, but I think this is a close idea.

The unlocalizedMortarName is also the same name that one would call when defining mortar recipes with CT.

Recipes can of course be defined by the user in CT.

Also someone else had posted this same suggestion, but for some reason closed their own issue.

[codetaylor]

I agree, this would be a great feature.

I think I'd go the json route for the configuration though.

If the mod was extended to allow custom mortars, I would want to use that system to generate the default mortars. The defaults would then be supplied in a json file in the config folder. Having the self-documenting defaults available would then be easy for people to immediately copy and tweak for their own custom entries.

Something like this:

{
  "mortars": [
    {
      "name": "netherrack",
      "langKey": "tile.hellrock.name",
      "durability": 100,
      "texture": "minecraft:nether_brick"
    }
  ]
}

To do CrT support for it would require using a loader like ContentTweaker does so that the zs can be executed during the pre-init phase and the content can get registered properly.

Is there a reason you asked specifically for CrT support? Would the json support work for you?

It'll be a bit before I can get to this, so please keep that in mind when planning.