Swords need to be better. This mod subtly gives the player complete color customization of their swords, providing a selection of infinite colors to choose from! It fits in with Minecraft gameplay, adding a mechanic that doesn't over complicate the game, or change the medieval feel!
That mechanic is called alloy gilding, applied to your very own blade! This means, no matter what type of sword you are using [wood, stone, iron, gold, or diamond], it can be gilded with a different colored alloy that fits your style!



Gilded swords are not made with a Crafting Bench, but with the implemented Forge block. The Forge allows you to input the sword of your choice and the alloy of your choice, choose what part of the sword you want to gild [Blade, Hilt, or Handle], and then your sword will begin gilding, much like a furnace cooks steak. The alloys are made in the new Mixer block, which allows you to choose exactly what color you'd like, combine it with an iron ingot, and create your very own colored alloy.

The Mixer allows you to choose your exact color by taking your inputted dyes, splitting them up into RGB (red, green, and blue) levels, and opening up a color selection window. Here you will be able to paste a hexadecimal color code and view your output color in a display area. A hexadecimal color code is a 6-digit code that represents a specific color. Here is a hex color picker you could use with BladeCraft. Once you have selected your color, and turned it into an alloy, the RGB level required to fill that certain color will decrease, effectively using up your initially input dyes.

Craft recipes for both blocks are spoiler'd below!




Plans include creating a system that allows every mod and every texture pack to plug-in to this mod. With the system that has been coded, all that is needed for Mod Support or a Texture Pack Patch is a few easy overlay textures for each item desired to be gilded. This part of the mod will not come out upon the first release, but will likely be in a later update.
Before this system is created, there are plans to increase the types of items/tools in Minecraft that can be gilded, so there's a greater range of customization within the entire inventory.



Requires Minecraft Forge, found here. Download the latest version, which should be at the top of the list! If you want to find out more about Minecraft Forge and their forums, click here.

-Simply download the correct Forge installer, and install the client version!
-To install the BladeCraft mod itself, drag the complete .jar file into the "mods" folder that shows up after Forge has set up.

I'd like to hear back from you players out there, so we can take this mod in a direction you all like! Please report back after playing and tell me what you like, what you don't, is it too simple? too complex? more content? Thanks!

Update Agenda:
-Add sound to blocks
-Add Sword Pedestal
-Add RGB slider color selection

If you have noticed a bug not mentioned, or find an issue with the mod, please help us out and report it on the Issue Tracker!













If you would like to show support, provide feedback on things you may want added to BladeCraft! Taking any and all suggestions for consideration! If not a suggestion, at least comment so we can see how happy you are! (:


Credits:
DarkHax and Ghost - for creating BladeCraft and updating it back and forth up to this point. Both have put up with my relentless ideas and new suggestions, and added their own along the way. One way or another, we get it done. Thanks guys!
All of you! - for supporting and helping to shape and change BladeCraft for the better!



The team behind this mod has known each other for quite some time, as we've developed several mods and worked together during events like ModJam. Development for BladeCraft is always flipping between us three from update to update, and we each have our own skills in mod development.

Ghostrec - lead developer this update (BladeCraft 2.0)
Upon being asked what he specializes in, Ghost replied "I do stuff, with code stuff." This pretty much sums up what he's done with this most recent update, turning all of our ideas into a reality. He's pretty incredible and intuitive with his code (though I'm an art guy, so what do I know) and he gets it working exactly the way we need it to.

DarkHax - secondary developer this update (BladeCraft 2.0)
When I asked Dark what he specializes in code-wise, he replied with "I specialize in letting others do all the heavy lifting."
Though this may have been true for this update, Dark provided some great ideas, and has put a ton of work in on past releases of this mod. You can tell by now, these guys are pretty humble in the way they talk about their work.

ThisGuy - author, texture artist, and modeler
I was the guy with the idea behind this mod, though it has changed since the beginning, with many of the ideas coming from the other two. I've also done all of the item, GUI, and model textures, as well as the modeling itself. I would say I specialize in item and block textures, and then in the graphics that make everything look nice. Fun fact about me - almost all of the art I do is accompanied by a cup of coffee. (:

All three of us enjoy giving back to the MineCraft community, so we have made this mod open source, with the hopes that another aspiring dev out there can learn a thing or two! If you'd like to take a look at it, click here.