[1.9.4] Suggestion: CraftGuide Book/UI

[wise-io]

TLDR; Implement a UI similar to CraftGuide (http://goo.gl/v6N9iB) for viewing crafting recipes.

Problem: My son and I love playing minecraft together, and usually play on the Xbox One. I'd like to get a world setup for us on the PC so that we can use mods, but with all of the items that mods add, it makes it very difficult to remember how to craft certain items.

Solution: A crafting recipe book or ui that listed all craftable recipes for easy access would make the PC minecraft experience much more enjoyable for my son (8 yr. old). I do feel like it is something that could be added to vanilla minecraft (it is in the console version after all!), so it fits the theme of Quark. A solution for 1.7.10 exists (see above example), but it has not been updated to current Minecraft versions. I am also aware of NEI and JEI, but they really do not fit in with vanilla minecraft.

Ideas:

• The config file would allow it to be a craftable book, or set as a hotkey.
• The config would have an option to show item IDs, disabled by default.
• It would NOT show non-craftable or creative only items.
• It would have search functionality, allowing you to search for an item, and every item that the first item is an ingredient for.
• Search functionality would also allow you to search for items based on the mod that added them; ie: Searching for quark would list all items/blocks added by Quark.
• The UI would have a vanilla feel. Maybe you could use the vanilla creative mod interface, but instead of giving items when they are clicked, show the recipe for that item, and recipes for items that it is a part of? That way, you could take advantage of tabs that mods add to the creative interface. I don't know how you would detect & remove creative only items though.
• It would show "recipes" for items created through means other than the crafting table, such as the furnace. ie: cooked fish would show a recipe indicating that you need to put raw fish in a furnace to get it.
• It would not let usable items be used without crafting them. IE: if a mod added an item that detects incoming meteors like a compass, it would not function while viewing the item in the crafting guide.

[Vazkii]

Try this http://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/guide-book