Modding in VSCode

[ThePhilderbeast]

I have managed to mostly get forgeGradle running properly with vscode (being my editor of choice) but I'm still having some issue with debugging, however I'm getting very close.

with the Language support for Java by red hat extension and Java Debugger java debuging extension most things are working as expected.

the last thing i have to get working is the debugger and built in running functions, I have them launching minecraft however they are not picking up the mod im developing.

my launch.json is as folllows

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], "preLaunchTask": "assemble", "jdkPath": "C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_121/bin" } ], "compounds": [] }

any ideas on what im missing to get my mod loaded?

[AbrarSyed]

gradle runClient --debug-jvm

[ThePhilderbeast]

I cant use that as it never returns so vscode will never attempt to attach to the running JVM. the setup I'm using builds the project using gradle then is using the command line from IntelliJ to launch the client for debugging, but its not loading the mod I'm working on.

[ThePhilderbeast]

adding ${workspaceRoot}/build/classes/main;${workspaceRoot}/build/resources/main; to the classpath fixed this

[Nightenom]

Sorry for asking in so old thread, but what is inside your assemble task?

[ThePhilderbeast]

to be honest i have no idea what it was, but it probably just ran a gradle task

[ivcafe413]

I am also attempting to hook my debugger into my mod using VSCode. Can I ask why you needed such a long list of .jar files for your launch configuration to work?

[Nightenom]

Found an easier solution, run gradlew eclipse (since vscode is eclipse based) and pick up the start files (extension .launch iirc) and transform them into vscode launch files (without changing values, after first working attempt do whatever you need with it)

[ivcafe413]

Which seems to be just migrating the XML into JSON, correct?

[ivcafe413]

Can you give me an example Launch.json? Do the keys of the JSON need to be the fully qualified org.* as listed?

[DaemonUmbra]

In 1.12 you can launch it like a normal Java project by setting the main class to GradleStart (for client) or GradleStartServer (for server).

I don't see these classes in the 1.13 MDK so I'm doing more research.

[ivcafe413]

Gotcha, yeah that's what my thinking was. Thanks for the tip. I'd love to start to develop a more robust documentation for general Forge IDE outside of Eclipse, that seems too restrictive

[LexManos]

please move this to the forums, as VSCode is not a standard supported system. But overall, running a java program with dependencies and default arguments is a fairly standard thing. If you can't figure out how to do that in VSCode, then i'm sure there is a resource elseware for it.

[ivcafe413]

@DaemonUmbra That seems to have worked, thanks again for the tip