How can I set the variant and collar color of a WolfEntity?

[hushed whale]

Hey! I'm trying to set the variant of a WolfEntity, and I don't know how to get the RegistryEntry<WolfVariant> that it's asking for.
I have been able to get the RegistryKey<WolfVariant> from the WolfVariants class, such as WolfVariants.ASHEN, but I don't know how to then use that to get a the RegistryEntry<WolfVariant> I need.
I've tried looking through the code of RegistryKey and RegistryEntry, but I didn't find anything.

I also tried to set the collar color of the Wolf, but it said that .setCollarColor() has private access, so I can't use that. Is there any other method I can use to do this, or is there no way to set the collar color of the Wolf with code?

Please see the images attached for further info.
Thanks so much!

Also, for some reason, there is a Registries.CAT_VARIANT and Registries.FROG_VARIANT, but no WOLF_VARIANT. I'm sure there's a reason for this, I'm just unsure.

[barren ferry]

you'll need to query the dynamic registry to get RegistryEntry<WolfVariant>

see net.minecraft.entity.passive.WolfVariants#fromBiome

[hushed whale]

Alr I’ll check it out thanks

[hushed whale]

how do you get the RegistryEntry<Biome>?

[hushed whale]

i think the problem is I don't want to get the wolf variant based on the biome the player is in; i just want to set the wolf to a particular variant, no matter what biome the player is in

[solemn swift]

the same way you get a RegistryEntry<WolfVariant>, but from a different registry

[solemn swift]

get the registry manager from a world, get the registry from the registry manager (RegistryKeys.<registry>), get the entry using its key

[hushed whale]

alr ty i'm getting there, what about this though?

[solemn swift]

(RegistryKeys.<registry>)

[hushed whale]

sorry i forgot about that, but now there's another issue?

[solemn swift]

yes, look at the methods Optional has

[hushed whale]

i think i fixed it

[solemn swift]

-# i would use ifPresentOrElse and log a warning if its not present but that will probably work in 99% of cases

[hushed whale]

👍 , thank you

btw do you know of any way to set the collar color of the wolf using code? .setCollarColor() is private

[solemn swift]

!!accessor

[waxen salmon]

io/github/mymod/mixin/MyClassAccess

@Mixin(MyClass.class)
public interface MyClassAccess {
  @Invoker void callAccess();
  @Accessor int getMyField();
}

to use it

public class Container {
  public void slapHaykam(MyClass instance) {
     ((MyClassAccess)instance).callAccess();
  }
}

[hushed whale]

is that a dependency you need to add to build.gradle?

[hushed whale]

also I added that now, prob a good idea

DynamicRegistryManager registryManager = world.getRegistryManager();
Optional<RegistryEntry.Reference<WolfVariant>> wolfVariant = registryManager.getOrThrow(RegistryKeys.WOLF_VARIANT).getEntry(rndmElem2.getValue());

wolfVariant.ifPresentOrElse(value -> wolf.setVariant(wolfVariant.get()),
    () -> BlazinBlazeTwitchMod.LOGGER.info("WolfVariant not found!"));

wait nvm i just realized i have an ExampleMixin class 🤦

[solemn swift]

no

fabric depends on mixin and mixin extras so you have access to it too

if you don't know how mixins work, then read the pinned message in #mod-dev-mixin (#mod-dev-mixin message)

[hushed whale]

yo wait that's actually dope lol

So I'm assuming I would replace MyClass with the class I'm trying to get access to

it won't let me put those methods in though without errors