overmind, make an online spreadsheet for people to input their mods block IDs into, then other devs can pick theirs accordingly based on the features added in their mod
you can always do it a different way, have a play around with it
for example, if youre not bothered about durability, make it add damage stuff while using it, then set the texture based on damage values. but remember to set the damage back to 0 when released
i havent done this myself, but just looking at the code you should look at this method
/**
* returns the action that specifies what animation to play when the items is being used
*/
public EnumAction getItemUseAction(ItemStack par1ItemStack)
{
return EnumAction.bow;
}
you should probably make a custom EnumAction with your bow in
dimensions with forge are very easy.
post what you currently have and ill help you out with the rest (i believe you sent me a message on MinecragtForums aswell