Placing blocks from inventory with a key press.

[Angel_Valis]

Hello all, I'm trying my hand at something pretty simple as an introduction to modding Minecraft, and I'm pretty well stuck. I want to be able to place torches from my inventory without needing them to be in my hotbar by pressing a key. I have the key binding class set up just fine and it runs any code just fine. My problem is that I can't figure out how to actually place anything. I've found a few methods that looks like they would work, but they all seem to require coordinates and such that I have no clue how to obtain. Here's my code so far including something I thought might work, but literally does nothing.

 

Main mod class:

package angel_valis.easyTorch;

import java.util.EnumSet;

import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;

import net.minecraft.client.settings.KeyBinding;
import cpw.mods.fml.client.registry.KeyBindingRegistry;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.Init;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.Instance;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.PostInit;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.PreInit; 
import cpw.mods.fml.common.SidedProxy;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.TickType;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPostInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkMod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.TickRegistry;
import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.Side;

@Mod(modid="EasyT", name="Easy Torch", version="1.0.0")
@NetworkMod(clientSideRequired=true, serverSideRequired=false)
public class EasyTorch {

        // The instance of your mod that Forge uses.
        @Instance("EasyTorch")
        public static EasyTorch instance;
        
        // Says where the client and server 'proxy' code is loaded.
        @SidedProxy(clientSide="angel_valis.easyTorch.client.ClientProxy", serverSide="angel_valis.easyTorch.CommonProxy")
        public static CommonProxy proxy;
        
        @EventHandler
        public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event) {
                // Stub Method
        }
        
        @EventHandler
        public void load(FMLInitializationEvent event) {
                proxy.registerRenderers();
                TickRegistry.registerTickHandler(new EasyTPlayerTickHandler(EnumSet.of(TickType.PLAYER)), Side.SERVER);
                KeyBinding[] key = {new KeyBinding("Torch", Keyboard.KEY_R)};
                boolean[] repeat = {false};
                KeyBindingRegistry.registerKeyBinding(new EasyTKeyHandler(key, repeat));
        }
        
        @EventHandler
        public void postInit(FMLPostInitializationEvent event) {
                // Stub Method
        }
        
}

 

Key handler class:

package angel_valis.easyTorch;

import java.util.EnumSet;
import net.minecraft.client.settings.KeyBinding;
import cpw.mods.fml.client.registry.KeyBindingRegistry.KeyHandler;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.TickType;

public class EasyTKeyHandler extends KeyHandler {

private EnumSet tickTypes = EnumSet.of(TickType.PLAYER);
private static boolean keyPressed = false;

public EasyTKeyHandler(KeyBinding[] keyBindings, boolean[] repeatings) {
	super(keyBindings, repeatings);
	// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}

@Override
public String getLabel() {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	return "EasyT Keybindings";
}

public static boolean getPressed(){
	return keyPressed;
}

@Override
public void keyDown(EnumSet<TickType> types, KeyBinding kb, boolean tickEnd, boolean isRepeat) {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	keyPressed = true;
}

@Override
public void keyUp(EnumSet<TickType> types, KeyBinding kb, boolean tickEnd) {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	keyPressed = false;
}

@Override
public EnumSet<TickType> ticks() {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	return tickTypes;
}

}

 

A handler class that just serves to wrap up some functions:

package angel_valis.easyTorch;

import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;

public class TorchHandler {

private static int slotNum = -1;

public static boolean hasTorch(EntityPlayer player){
        for (int x = 0; x < player.inventory.mainInventory.length; ++x)
        {
            if (player.inventory.mainInventory[x] != null && player.inventory.mainInventory[x].itemID == Block.torchWood.blockID)
            {
            	slotNum = x;
                return true;
            }
        }
    	slotNum = -1;
    	return false;
    }

public int getSlot(){
	return slotNum;
}

}

 

And finally the tick handler and the code that doesn't work at all:

package angel_valis.easyTorch;

import java.util.EnumSet;
import angel_valis.easyTorch.TorchHandler;
import angel_valis.easyTorch.EasyTKeyHandler;
import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
import net.minecraft.util.MovingObjectPosition;
import net.minecraft.world.World;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.ITickHandler;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.TickType;
public class EasyTPlayerTickHandler implements ITickHandler
{
private final EnumSet<TickType> ticksToGet;
private static TorchHandler tH = new TorchHandler();
	/*
         * This Tick Handler will fire for whatever TickType's you construct and register it with.
         */
public EasyTPlayerTickHandler(EnumSet<TickType> ticksToGet)
{
	this.ticksToGet = ticksToGet;
}
	/*
         * I suggest putting all your tick Logic in EITHER of these, but staying in one
         */
@Override
public void tickStart(EnumSet<TickType> type, Object... tickData)
{
	playerTick((EntityPlayer)tickData[0]);
}	
@Override
public void tickEnd(EnumSet<TickType> type, Object... tickData)
{
}
@Override
public EnumSet<TickType> ticks()
{
	return ticksToGet;
}
@Override
public String getLabel()
{
	return "EasyTTickHandler";
}

public void playerTick(EntityPlayer player)
{	
	if(EasyTKeyHandler.getPressed()){
		if (tH.hasTorch(player) && tH.getSlot() != -1){
			player.worldObj.setBlock((int)player.getLookVec().xCoord, (int)player.getLookVec().yCoord,       
                                     (int)player.getLookVec().zCoord, player.inventory.mainInventory[tH.getSlot()].itemID);
		}
        }
}
}

 

Any help would be appreciated.