Can't seem to add json to assets with ClientEvents.highPriorityAssets

[urban sorrel]

Trying to dynamically create some json files in an asset folder so that the mod MoreCreativeTabs can read them.

This is my code. I get no errors but it does not seem to affect anything in the mod.

ClientEvents.highPriorityAssets(event => {
    console.log('Customizing creative tabs...');
    event.add('minecraft:morecreativetabs/disabled_tabs.json', {
        "disabled_tabs": [
            "brewing",
            "decorations"
        ]
    });

    event.add('minecraft:morecreativetabs/building_blocks.json', {
        "tab_enabled": true,
        "tab_name": "building_blocks",
        "replace": true,
        "tab_stack": {
            "name": "minecraft:rail"
        },
        "tab_items": [
            {
                "name": "minecraft:soul_torch",
                "nbt": "{customName: \"Oi Govener!\"}"
            }
        ]
    });
});

[stoic marten]

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[neon cosmos]

no file extensions, it'll add the .json itself

[urban sorrel]

Tried that now, still not doing anything. Is there any way I can see if it was generated correctly during runtime?

[neon cosmos]

in <minecraft>/local/kubejsdev.properties try setting dataPackOutput to true

[urban sorrel]

Does that work for assets as well

since I am generating assets and not data

[neon cosmos]

https://tenor.com/view/only-one-way-to-find-out-tabitha-foster-quintessa-swindell-trinkets-figure-it-out-gif-18410269

[urban sorrel]

Where would it generate? I checked in "kubejs/assets/minecraft/morecreativetabs". Nothing in there

[neon cosmos]

it wont generate physical files, that flag should have it show what's it's doing in the logs

[urban sorrel]

oh lol. My bad. I thought it would since it was the only one not named log but output instead 😛

ok lets check the log

[neon cosmos]

does look like it's only used on the server side data events though.... so maybe not

[urban sorrel]

Yea no output except what I already had

[neon cosmos]

have you tried actual hard files in kubejs/assets/minecraft/morecreativetabs? does it work then?

[urban sorrel]

Yes it works fine. Just trying to avoid writing many thousands of lines 😛

Faster to generate

[neon cosmos]

hmmm, that is a conundrum

[urban sorrel]

I dont know if it has something to do with me using "event.add()" that is available in the client event, instead of "event.addJson()" that is in the server side variant

[neon cosmos]

add() is the proper method
https://github.com/KubeJS-Mods/KubeJS/blob/1.19/main/common/src/main/java/dev/latvian/mods/kubejs/client/GenerateClientAssetsEventJS.java

[urban sorrel]

I thought it might be the mod not reading the file properly due to them maybe generating later. But even if I reload the mod using the "/mct reloadTabs" command that it provides, it wont work.

https://morecreative.fdd-docs.com/disable-tab/

[urban sorrel]

Do assets generated during runtime get placed in a (virtual) location with a proper pack.mcmeta file?

[stoic marten]

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