Creating Static (No Animations) Items

Heads up!

This page assumes you have exported the assets properly as per How to Export Your Project

Creating your Renderer

This renderer is responsible for how your custom item is displayed in the game.

It connects the item with the following:

Geometry file (geo.json): Defines the 3D model of the item.
Texture file (.png): The visual appearance of the item (applies over the geometry).

Heads up!

See AzRendererConfigs 101 for all AzItemRendererConfig#builder options.

public class ExampleItemRenderer extends AzItemRenderer {
    private static final ResourceLocation GEO = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
        YOUR_MOD_ID,
        "geo/item/exampleitem.geo.json"
    );

    private static final ResourceLocation TEX = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
        YOUR_MOD_ID,
        "textures/item/exampleitem.png"
    );

    public ExampleItemRenderer() {
        super(
            AzItemRendererConfig.builder(GEO, TEX).build()
        );
    }
}

Registering your Renderer

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

AzItemRendererRegistry.register(ExampleItemRenderer::new, YourItemRegistry.YOUR_ITEM);