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--- tutorial:structures [2020/11/02 14:17] – Use Biome Modification API in Fabric API siglong
+++ tutorial:structures [2021/03/07 17:53] – [Creating a Generator] telepathicgrunt
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-''handleMetadata'' is where you look at data blocks within your structure and do tasks based on what you find.
+''handleMetadata'' is where you look at data blocks within your structure and can do tasks based on what you find.
-In vanilla structures, data blocks are placed above chests so they can be filled with loot in this method.
+This can be good for dynamic stuff such as placing certain mobs based on what mod is on and so on.
+In vanilla structures, data blocks are placed above chests so they can be filled with loot in this method.
+HOWEVER, you do not need to use datablocks to place chests with loot. Instead, use this command to set a north facing chest with a loottable.
+Save this chest into your structure's nbt file and it will generate loot when opened for the first time. (Don't open the chest before saving to the nbt file!)
+<code>/setblock ~ ~ ~ minecraft:chest[facing=north]{LootTable:"modid:loottable"}</code>
 We set the ''StructurePieceType'' to ''ExampleMod.MY_PIECE''; this is the variable that holds your registered structure piece.