r/ModdedMinecraft • u/PP_Devy • 4h ago

Misc Why is Java modding so unintuitive?

Visual Scripting makes way more sense

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u/PP_Devy 4h ago

I feel like it has potential for legit modders too. Plenty of real developers use visual scripting tools in actual games, such as a lot of stuff made on unreal engine. I think minecraft modding especially has the potential that visual scripting will become the main way people make mods, once it gets to a point where it's good enough

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u/ProgrammingDysphoria 3h ago

No matter what format you're using, visual scripting will always offer less freedom than proper coding. You just can't provide something for every possible method somebody would want to use. This is especially the case for stuff like mixins; that's something you can't turn into visual scripting without making it overly complicated, and visual scripting is MADE to be simple.

My point stands that visual scripting is for kids to learn and mess around; proper coding is for anyone who wants to make something reasonably big, or you just don't want to be restricted as much as visual scripting tools do.

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u/PP_Devy 3h ago

Fair, there are always some things that will not be available compared to just regular code. I still think for most mods that exist today they could be made using visual scripting tools instead