[1.6.4] Block not Registering.

[gmod622]

So I just started my mod, and I seem to get a weird error that makes my block not in the game, here is my code:

 

 package gmod.mods.roleplay.main;

import gmod.mods.roleplay.main.common.block.BlockTest;
import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
import net.minecraft.item.Item;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLLoadEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkMod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.LanguageRegistry;


@Mod(modid = "Roleplay Craft", version = "0.0.1a")
@NetworkMod(clientSideRequired = true, serverSideRequired = false)
public class main_roleplay {
public static Block testBlock; 
public static CreativeTabs tabRoleplay;
public static int testBlockID = 3645;


public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event) {

}

@EventHandler
    public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event) {
	testBlock = new BlockTest(testBlockID, Material.cloth).setUnlocalizedName("testBlock").setCreativeTab(this.tabRoleplay);
        


	GameRegistry.registerBlock(testBlock, "testBlock");

tabRoleplay = new CreativeTabs("tabRoleplay") {
        public ItemStack getIconItemStack() {
                return new ItemStack(Item.eyeOfEnder, 1, 0);
        }};
}

public void load(FMLLoadEvent event) {
	LanguageRegistry.addName(testBlock, "Test Block");
}



}

[CJLetsGame]

Is the block just not in the tab, or is the tab not there at all.

 

It would help if you initialized the tab BEFORE assigning the block to it...

[general3214]

If you somehow did not understand the post above:

    @EventHandler
    public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event) {
        tabRoleplay = new CreativeTabs("tabRoleplay") {
            public ItemStack getIconItemStack() {
                return new ItemStack(Item.eyeOfEnder, 1, 0);
        }};

        testBlock = new BlockTest(testBlockID, Material.cloth).setUnlocalizedName("testBlock").setCreativeTab(this.tabRoleplay);
        
        GameRegistry.registerBlock(testBlock, "testBlock");
    }

[Naah]

I'm *really* new to this, but don't you have to register the same string name through GameRegistry.registerBlock and LanguageRegistry.addName?

 

At least, I'm doing that and I have things showing up in the Creative inventory. It may not actually be required, but couldn't hurt to check right?

[general3214]

don't you have to register the same string name through GameRegistry.registerBlock and LanguageRegistry.addName?

No.

GameRegistry.registerBlock

registers a block into the code.

LanguageRegistry.addName

adds a name to be displayed in-game. For example:

Block testBlock = new Block(1000, Material.air).setUnlocalizedName("testBlock").setTextureName("test_block");
GameRegistry.registerBlock(testBlock, "testBlock");
LanguageRegistry.addName(testBlock, "Test Block");

I personally like to register blocks with their unlocalized names like so:

GameRegistry.registerBlock(testBlock, testBlock.getUnlocalizedName.substring(5));