disable all particles doc

docs/tutorials/disable_all_particles.md

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+## Disable All Particles
+Particles in minecraft are really laggy, and there's a large chance you may want to disable them to boost your FPS when breaking blocks.
+
+Let's look through the Eaglercraft 1.8 source code to find where particles are rendered. We can do this with a global search for `particle`. You'll find a lot of hits in the `EffectRenderer` class in the `net.minecraft.client.particle` package. We methods we'll want to patch are:
+- `renderParticles`
+- `addEffect`
+- `addBlockDestroyEffects`
+- `hasParticlesInAlphaLayer`
+
+For the first 3 methods, you can see that they are defined something like:
+```java
+    public void renderParticles() {
+        // render particles code.
+    }
+```
+The `void` in `public void` means that it does not expect a return value.
+Using [`ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage`](../apidoc/utils.md) we can find the compiled method name, and look for it in [`ModAPI.hooks.methods`](../apidoc/hooks.md#property-modapihooksmethods).
+
+```javascript
+(function NoParticles() {
+    //Basic, boilerplate code
+    ModAPI.meta.title("No Particles");
+    ModAPI.meta.description("Disables all particles in game");
+    ModAPI.meta.credits("By <developer name>");
+
+    ModAPI.hooks.methods[
+        ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "renderParticles")
+    ] = function () {}; //Override renderParticles in EffectRenderer to an empty function that does nothing.
+})();
+```
+
+We can also do this for `addEffect` and `addBlockDestroyEffects`.
+
+```javascript
+(function NoParticles() {
+    //Basic, boilerplate code
+    ModAPI.meta.title("No Particles");
+    ModAPI.meta.description("Disables all particles in game");
+    ModAPI.meta.credits("By <developer name>");
+
+    ModAPI.hooks.methods[
+        ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "renderParticles")
+    ] = function () {}; //Override renderParticles in EffectRenderer with an empty function that does nothing.
+
+    ModAPI.hooks.methods[
+        ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "addEffect")
+    ] = function () {}; //Override addEffect in EffectRenderer with an empty function that does nothing.
+
+    ModAPI.hooks.methods[
+        ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "addBlockDestroyEffects")
+    ] = function () {}; //Override addBlockDestroyEffects in EffectRenderer with an empty function that does nothing.
+})();
+```
+
+For `hasParticlesInAlphaLayer`, it doesn't use `void`, but instead a `boolean`.
+```java
+    public boolean hasParticlesInAlphaLayer() {
+        // hasParticlesInAlphaLayer code.
+    }
+```
+When TeaVM translates booleans, it converts booleans to integers:
+- `false` turns into `0`
+- `true` turns into `1`
+
+So when we override `hasParticlesInAlphaLayer`, we'll need to return a `0` or a `1`. Since we want the game to thing that there aren't any particles in the alpha layer, we'll return `0` (false).
+
+```javascript
+(function NoParticles() {
+    //Basic, boilerplate code
+    ModAPI.meta.title("No Particles");
+    ModAPI.meta.description("Disables all particles in game");
+    ModAPI.meta.credits("By <developer name>");
+
+    ModAPI.hooks.methods[
+        ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "renderParticles")
+    ] = function () {}; //Override renderParticles in EffectRenderer with an empty function that does nothing.
+
+    ModAPI.hooks.methods[
+        ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "addEffect")
+    ] = function () {}; //Override addEffect in EffectRenderer with an empty function that does nothing.
+
+    ModAPI.hooks.methods[
+        ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "addBlockDestroyEffects")
+    ] = function () {}; //Override addBlockDestroyEffects in EffectRenderer with an empty function that does nothing.
+
+    ModAPI.hooks.methods[
+        ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "hasParticlesInAlphaLayer")
+    ] = function () {return 0}; //Override hasParticlesInAlphaLayer in EffectRenderer with a function that returns 0.
+})();
+```

docs/tutorials/index.md

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  - A copy of the eaglercraft workspace (optional, get it at: https://git.eaglercraft.rip/eaglercraft/eaglercraft-1.8-workspace)
 
 Tutorials:
-- [Disable All Particles](comingsoon)
+- [Disable All Particles](disable_all_particles.md)
 - [/hat mod](comingsoon)
 - [/spawnxp command](comingsoon)
 - [Slippery Mod](comingsoon)

docs/tutorials/vclip.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Example of the issue: if mod A and mod B both use `var myVariable = 0`, the valu
 This allows us to use variables without worrying about mod compatibility, as variables are scoped to the function.
 
 \
-Then, we'll add some basic metadata for the mod loader (note that this is optional, but makes the mod look a lot better in the GUI once the game is loaded.)\
+Then, we'll add some basic [metadata](../apidoc/meta.md) for the mod loader (note that this is optional, but makes the mod look a lot better in the GUI once the game is loaded.)\
 We'll also require the player, so the `ModAPI.player` global is generated.
 
 ```javascript

examplemods/no_particles.js

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 ModAPI.hooks.methods[ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "renderParticles")] = ()=>{};
-ModAPI.hooks.methods[ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "hasParticlesInAlphaLayer")] = ()=>{return 0};
 ModAPI.hooks.methods[ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "addEffect")] = ()=>{};
 ModAPI.hooks.methods[ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "addBlockDestroyEffects")] = ()=>{};
+ModAPI.hooks.methods[ModAPI.util.getMethodFromPackage("net.minecraft.client.particle.EffectRenderer", "hasParticlesInAlphaLayer")] = ()=>{return 0};