Updating Armor

A guide for converting AzureLib/Geckolib Armors to the new 3.x code.

Armor Item Class

public class ExampleArmor extends ArmorItem implements GeoItem {
    // Geckolib used GeckoLibUtil
    private final AnimatableInstanceCache cache = AzureLibUtil.createInstanceCache(this);

    public ExampleArmor(Type type) {
        super(ArmorMaterials.NETHERITE, type, new Properties());
    }

    @Override
    public void createRenderer(Consumer<RenderProvider> consumer) {
        // Where you registered your Renderer
    }

    @Override
    public void registerControllers(AnimatableManager.ControllerRegistrar controllers) {
        // Where you registered your Controllers and such
    }

    @Override
    public AnimatableInstanceCache getAnimatableInstanceCache() {
        return cache;
    }
}

As you can see here, you no longer need to implement a Geo interface to your class anymore and no longer register your controllers or renderer here. All that is needed now is to simply implement a Dispatcher, which we will cover below.

Animations

    private static final RawAnimation EQUIP_ANIMATION = RawAnimation.begin().thenLoop("equipping");

    @Override
    public void registerControllers(AnimatableManager.ControllerRegistrar controllers) {
        // Trigger Animations on armors did not with Azurelib 2.x and older and in Geckolib
        controllers.add(
            new AnimationController<>(this, "base_controller", 0,
                state -> PlayState.CONTINUE).triggerableAnim(
                    "equipping",
                    EQUIP_ANIMATION
            )
        );
    }

Heads up!

It is recommend to created a dedicated class for your Animation triggers as AzureLib now functions only using animation trigger calls, which is registered in your item like in the example above of the new Item class:

public class ExampleArmorDispatcher {
    private static final AzCommand EQUIP_COMMAND = AzCommand.create(
        "base_controller",
        "equipping",
        AzPlayBehaviors.LOOP
    );

    public void equip(Entity entity, ItemStack itemStack) {
        EQUIP_COMMAND.sendForItem(entity, itemStack);
    }
}

Rendering

public class ExampleArmorRenderer<D extends ArmorItem> extends GeoArmorRenderer<ExampleArmor> {
    public ExampleArmorRenderer() {
        super(new DefaultedItemGeoModel<>(ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
            YOUR_MOD_ID, "examplearmor"
        )));
    }
}

This is where you will now register the ResourceLocation model and texture of your armor and you register your ExampleArmorAnimator.

Registering

    @Override
    public void createRenderer(Consumer<RenderProvider> consumer) {
        consumer.accept(new RenderProvider() {
            private ExampleArmorRenderer<ExampleArmor> renderer;

            @Override
            public HumanoidModel<LivingEntity> getHumanoidArmorModel(
                LivingEntity livingEntity,
                ItemStack itemStack,
                EquipmentSlot equipmentSlot,
                HumanoidModel<LivingEntity> original
            ) {
                if (renderer == null) {
                    renderer = new ExampleArmorRenderer<ExampleArmor>();
                }
                renderer.prepForRender(livingEntity, itemStack, equipmentSlot, original);
                return this.renderer;
            }
        });
    }

Now simply call the AzArmorRendererRegistry#register() in your onInitializeClient for Fabric and FMLClientSetupEvent for Neoforge/Forge

To ensure trigger animations work properly, you will need to also call AzIdentityRegistry#register() in your onInitialize for Fabric and FMLCommonSetupEvent for NeoForge/Forge like so:

AzIdentityRegistry.register(YourItemRegistry.YOUR_ARMOR_HELMET,
                YourItemRegistry.YOUR_ARMOR_CHESTPLATE,
                YourItemRegistry.YOUR_ARMOR_LEGGINGS,
                YourItemRegistry.YOUR_ARMOR_BOOTS);

Updating Guide: 2.x to 3.x