MariesLib

Nourished grew to the point where its shared infrastructure deserved its own library. MariesLib is the shared foundation behind Nourished and future Marie mods. It is not a gameplay mod—it provides the reusable systems they build on.

So I pulled it out into one library. MariesLib is the shared backbone behind mods like Nourished. It is not a gameplay mod. It is the foundation for my other mods build on.

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Community

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Questions, suggestions, and development discussion are welcome.

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Do you need to install this?

Yes: if you use a mod that depends on it.

MariesLib is a required library mod, not hidden infrastructure. Nourished currently requires MariesLib_v0.1.0-beta.1+ as a separate install alongside it.

Install both:

• Nourished
• MariesLib_v0.1.0-beta.1 or newer

Mod loaders and launchers that resolve dependencies automatically should pull MarieLib in for you. If Nourished fails to load, check that MarieLib is present and up to date.

For mod developers

• Every Marie mod requires MariesLib as a separate mod on the classpath. There is no JarJar bundling. Declare marieslib as a required dependency and wire your runtime through MarieLibContext at bootstrap.

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What it provides

MariesLib handles shared infrastructure so Marie mods can focus on gameplay:

System	What it does
Classification	Runtime source resolution, scanner tooling, and classification traces
Compat discovery	Three-tier compatibility registry with modpack overrides
Registry lifecycle	Lifecycle-aware registries with snapshots and reload support
Tracking & values	Player value tracking, memory windows, decay, and effect hooks
Diagnostics	Datapack validation, unknown-item logging, and debug commands
Config tooling	Presets, import/export, share codes, and module locks
Utilities	JSON helpers, bounded LRU cache, running averages, validation

It is designed to stay lightweight, modular, and reusable—a foundation rather than a gameplay framework.

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The classification pipeline

This is the core of MariesLib.

When a consuming mod needs to reason about a source it has never seen before, MariesLib resolves it through staged runtime logic:

• Runtime resolution: with caching and cascade fallbacks
• Token normalization: for domain-specific source vocabulary
• Recipe inheritance: and multi-value blending where configured
• Override registries: via config/<modid>/source_overrides.json
• Classification traces: so developers can inspect why a source resolved the way it did

There is also a developer-facing scanner for bulk analysis of unclassified sources. In current Marie mods, that means items with FoodProperties, such as Nourished’s food classification workflow. It is not a player-facing gameplay feature.

The exact pipeline is determined by the consuming mod. MariesLib provides the infrastructure; gameplay decisions remain the responsibility of the mod using it.

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Broad mod compatibility

MariesLib uses a three-tier compat system:

Tier	Source	Notes
1	data/<modid>/compat/compat_registry.json in the consuming mod	Base registry
2	data/<other_modid>/marie_compat.json from loaded mods	Mod-provided declarations
3	config/<modid>/compat_overrides.json	Modpack overrides

Later tiers merge into earlier entries rather than replacing them wholesale. That gives mod authors, addon authors, and modpack creators a predictable override path without recompiling.

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Mods built on MariesLib

Mod	Description
Nourished	Nutrition mod for NeoForge 1.21.1
ProjecT E Extended Life	(Planned)

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For mod developers

MariesLib exposes a public API through MarieAPI:

float level = MarieAPI.getValueLevel(player, "Item");
MarieAPI.registerValue(definition);
MarieAPI.registerCompatEntry(definition);
MarieAPI.registerCustomEffect(thresholdEffect);