Flipping item texture in offhand[1.19.3]

[LaconianLoaf]

Hey, I'm new to modding, and I'm trying to get an item to flip and always face the center of the screen depending on which hand it's in.

 

Eg.

If you hold an apple the stem will always face towards the right of the screen regardless of which hand it is in (this is what my item does)

If you hold an axe the blade will flip in your off-hand so that it always faces the center of the screen(this is what I want my item to do)

I tried looking through the axe code, and google searching but I can't find how to get the described behavior to happen.

-Thanks

 

I don't know if this helps but my in-game model is a JSON item model using

"parent":  "minecraft:item/generated"

to convert a png to the item model

Edited April 22, 2023 by LaconianLoaf

[LaconianLoaf]

Never mind I figured out how to solve my problem by looking at the axe.json file model(I didn't know how to do that with my IDE when writing the question)

for future reference, a lot of useful modeling information was in here: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Models#Example:_Wall_Torch 

the solution was to set the JSON  line in the question to "parent": "minecraft:item/handheld"