getNextFreeBlockId()

[vanyserezhkin]

Hello everyone.

i want to have way to get free block id for simplefying configuration process (like it made in redpower);

how can i do it? did i missed something ? or here is no stnadard way to autoconfigure in forge?

 

i thinked about something like

cfg.load();
// read values
if(BlockIDsIsConflicting && ChangingBlockIDsAllowed) {
    // get free block ids and set it.
}
cfg.save();

[SanAndreaP]

You can check, if (Block.blocksList[YOURID] != null).

If it's true, it's occupied. If not you can use it.

 

EDIT: here's a code example:

public int getFreeBlockID() {
  for(int blockID = 140; blockID < Block.blocksList.length; blockID++) {
    if(Block.blocksList[blockID] == null) {
      return blockID;
    }
  }
}

 

the blockID in the for loop is initially set to 140, because it would be senseless to check the vanilla IDs. they're occupied anyway.

[vanyserezhkin]

Thanx, it is exactly what i want =)

[OvermindDL1]

You might want to start higher though.  I personally start at 4095 and work my way down, safer.

 

To be perfectly safe, you should check that both the block and item ID is null, since setting a block will also override the item id of the same id.

[vanyserezhkin]

Configuration.getOrCreateBlockIdProperty()  try to give my highest numbers =)

but, i just want first byte, and did some work arround it, seems works =)

[Jade_Knightblazer]

Could I use this same code for Item ID's too? and what would be the code for it

[hotrods20]

for(int i = Item.itemList.length; i > 0; --i)

{

if(Item.itemList == null)

{

//Declare Item with ID that is free.

}

}