Lazy Utilities [Deprecated]

Additions

A new module, "LZM: Runner," has been added. Its function is to allow me to access dependent .jar files (mods) during an early stage of execution.

LZM: Runner – Dependency Package System

A new dependency loading system has been introduced. This system allows LZM: Runner to automatically read structured JSON (or any other file really) “packages” provided by other mods that declare a dependency on it.

In practice, this means that dependent mods can now include additional content such as compatibility modules, passive abilities, skill books, innate abilities, or other data-driven features through JSON files packaged directly inside their .jar.

How it works

The dependency system is intentionally simple:

1. Your mod must declare a dependency on lzm_runner in its META-INF mod descriptor.

2. During startup, LZM: Runner scans the loaded mod list and identifies all mods that depend on it.

3. If a dependent mod contains a folder following this structure:

/lzm_runner/<your_mod_id>/

the system will automatically detect and read the files inside that directory.

Once detected, the files inside this folder become accessible to LZM: Runner during initialization and can be processed as data-driven extensions.

Minimal requirements

For a packaged archive to be recognized as a mod and scanned by the system, it must contain a valid META-INF descriptor including at least:

modLoader="lowcodefml"

This ensures that the .jar or .zip archive is treated as a valid mod by the loader.