- Writing textures.json files in gradle (for iterating over all known mod textures)

- Removing old mod textures, and static loading
- Dynamic loading of textures now working

build.gradle

+import com.google.gson.Gson
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder
+
 plugins {
 	id 'fabric-loom' version '1.4-SNAPSHOT'
 	id 'maven-publish'
@@ -89,3 +92,47 @@ publishing {
 		// retrieving dependencies.
 	}
 }
+
+task generateEntityJson {
+	doLast {
+		def resourcesDir = new File('src/main/resources/assets/mobgpt/textures/entity') // adjust the path
+		def outputJson = new File('src/main/resources/assets/mobgpt/textures/entity/textures.json') // output file
+
+		def pngFiles = resourcesDir.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
+			@Override
+			boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
+				return name.endsWith('.png');
+			}
+		})
+
+		def resourcesList = pngFiles.collect { it.name }
+
+		// Using GSON to write the JSON
+		Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create()
+		outputJson.text = gson.toJson(resourcesList)
+	}
+}
+
+task generateUiJson {
+	doLast {
+		def resourcesDir = new File('src/main/resources/assets/mobgpt/textures/ui') // adjust the path
+		def outputJson = new File('src/main/resources/assets/mobgpt/textures/ui/textures.json') // output file
+
+		def pngFiles = resourcesDir.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
+			@Override
+			boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
+				return name.endsWith('.png');
+			}
+		})
+
+		def resourcesList = pngFiles.collect { it.name }
+
+		// Using GSON to write the JSON
+		Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create()
+		outputJson.text = gson.toJson(resourcesList)
+	}
+}
+
+// Ensure the task runs before the build
+build.dependsOn generateEntityJson
+build.dependsOn generateUiJson

src/client/java/com/owlmaddie/ExampleModClient.java

@@ -56,18 +56,7 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 public class ExampleModClient implements ClientModInitializer {
     public static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("mobgpt");
     private static String funnyGreeting = "Greetings!";  // Default greeting. This will be overwritten by ChatGPT response.
-
-    private static final Identifier PIG = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/pig.png");
-    private static final Identifier COW = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/cow.png");
-    private static final Identifier WOLF = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/wolf.png");
-    private static final Identifier CHICKEN = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/chicken.png");
-    private static final Identifier ARROW1 = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/arrow1.png");
-    private static final Identifier ARROW2 = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/arrow2.png");
-    private static final Identifier TEXT_TOP = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/text-top.png");
-    private static final Identifier TEXT_MIDDLE = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/text-middle.png");
-    private static final Identifier TEXT_BOTTOM = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/text-bottom.png");
-    private static final Identifier KEYBOARD = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/keyboard.png");
-    private static final Identifier DOTDOT = new Identifier("mobgpt", "textures/dotdot.png");
+    protected static TextureLoader textures = new TextureLoader();;
 
 	@Override
     public void onInitializeClient() {
@@ -195,16 +184,15 @@ public class ExampleModClient implements ClientModInitializer {
         float z = 0.01F;
 
         // Draw UI text background
-        RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, TEXT_TOP);
+        RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, textures.Get("text-top"));
         drawTexturePart(matrices, buffer, x, y, z, width, 40);
 
-        RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, TEXT_MIDDLE);
+        RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, textures.Get("text-middle"));
         drawTexturePart(matrices, buffer, x, y + 40, z, width, height);
 
-        RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, TEXT_BOTTOM);
+        RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, textures.Get("text-bottom"));
         drawTexturePart(matrices, buffer, x, y + 40 + height, z, width, 5);
 
-
         RenderSystem.disableBlend();
         RenderSystem.disableDepthTest();
     }
@@ -220,20 +208,13 @@ public class ExampleModClient implements ClientModInitializer {
 
     private void drawEntityIcon(MatrixStack matrices, Entity entity, float x, float y, float width, float height) {
         // Draw face icon
-        switch (entity.getType().getUntranslatedName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) {
-            case "pig":
-                RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, PIG);
-                break;
-            case "chicken":
-                RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, CHICKEN);
-                break;
-            case "wolf":
-                RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, WOLF);
-                break;
-            case "cow":
-                RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, COW);
-                break;
+        String entity_name = entity.getType().getUntranslatedName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        Identifier entity_id = textures.Get(entity_name);
+        if (entity_id == null) {
+            return;
         }
+
+        RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, entity_id);
         RenderSystem.enableDepthTest();
         RenderSystem.enableBlend();
         RenderSystem.defaultBlendFunc();
@@ -256,14 +237,6 @@ public class ExampleModClient implements ClientModInitializer {
 
 
     private void drawTextAboveEntities(WorldRenderContext context) {
-        MinecraftClient.getInstance().getTextureManager().bindTexture(PIG);
-        MinecraftClient.getInstance().getTextureManager().bindTexture(CHICKEN);
-        MinecraftClient.getInstance().getTextureManager().bindTexture(WOLF);
-        MinecraftClient.getInstance().getTextureManager().bindTexture(COW);
-        MinecraftClient.getInstance().getTextureManager().bindTexture(ARROW1);
-        MinecraftClient.getInstance().getTextureManager().bindTexture(ARROW2);
-
-
         Camera camera = context.camera();
         Entity cameraEntity = camera.getFocusedEntity();
         if (cameraEntity == null) return;

src/client/java/com/owlmaddie/TextureLoader.java

+package com.owlmaddie;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient;
+import net.minecraft.util.Identifier;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class TextureLoader {
+    public static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("mobgpt");
+    private static final String ASSETS_PATH = "/assets/mobgpt/";
+    private static final String ENTITY_TEXTURE_PATH = "textures/entity/";
+    private static final String UI_TEXTURE_PATH = "textures/ui/";
+    private static final Map<String, Identifier> TEXTURE_MAP = new HashMap<>();
+
+    public TextureLoader() {
+        // Load Entity Textures
+        InputStream inputStream = TextureLoader.class.getResourceAsStream(ASSETS_PATH + ENTITY_TEXTURE_PATH + "textures.json");
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        // Assuming your JSON is a list of strings, i.e., filenames.
+        String[] filenames = gson.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(inputStream), String[].class);
+
+        for(String filename : filenames) {
+            String texturePath = ENTITY_TEXTURE_PATH + filename;
+            Identifier textureId = new Identifier("mobgpt", texturePath);
+            TEXTURE_MAP.put(filename.replace(".png", ""), textureId);
+        }
+
+        // Load UI Textures
+        inputStream = TextureLoader.class.getResourceAsStream(ASSETS_PATH + UI_TEXTURE_PATH + "textures.json");
+        gson = new Gson();
+        // Assuming your JSON is a list of strings, i.e., filenames.
+        filenames = gson.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(inputStream), String[].class);
+
+        for(String filename : filenames) {
+            String texturePath = UI_TEXTURE_PATH + filename;
+            Identifier textureId = new Identifier("mobgpt", texturePath);
+            TEXTURE_MAP.put(filename.replace(".png", ""), textureId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Identifier Get(String name) {
+        Identifier textureId = TEXTURE_MAP.get(name);
+
+        if (textureId != null) {
+            MinecraftClient.getInstance().getTextureManager().bindTexture(textureId);
+            return textureId;
+        } else {
+            // You can bind and return a default texture here if you have one
+            // textureManager.bindTexture(DEFAULT_TEXTURE_ID);
+            // return DEFAULT_TEXTURE_ID;
+
+            // Or just return null or handle the missing texture situation as needed
+            LOGGER.info(name + " was not found in mobgpt");
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
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src/main/resources/assets/mobgpt/textures/entity/textures.json

+[
+  "bee_angry.png",
+  "pig.png",
+  "rabbit_black.png",
+  "cow.png",
+  "zombie.png",
+  "rabbit_brown.png",
+  "villager.png",
+  "frog_gray.png",
+  "skeleton.png",
+  "rabbit_white_splotched.png",
+  "wolf_angry.png",
+  "frog_orange.png",
+  "wolf.png",
+  "rabbit_white.png",
+  "chicken.png",
+  "shulker.png",
+  "rabbit_gold.png",
+  "bee.png",
+  "creeper.png",
+  "rabbit_toast.png",
+  "rabbit_salt.png",
+  "enderman.png",
+  "frog_green.png",
+  "warden.png"
+]
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src/main/resources/assets/mobgpt/textures/ui/textures.json

+[
+  "keyboard.png",
+  "text-middle.png",
+  "dotdot.png",
+  "button-chat.png",
+  "text-top.png",
+  "arrow1.png",
+  "arrow2.png",
+  "text-bottom.png"
+]
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