[1.6.4] Get block icon based on TE

[andreidim 0]

Hello everyone.

I need to change the individual icons per side of my block, but, it seems like the getBlockTexture function gets called once when the world loads, how could I get the icon based on something from the tile entity?

[Draco18s 2401]

public Icon getBlockTexture(IBlockAccess world, int x, int y, int z, int side)

 

It's called any time the block receives an update.

[andreidim 0]

That's what I was missing, a block update, tanks

[andreidim 0]

I just got arround to testing that, it seems like it's not using the server tile entity, how could I get and use that?

[diesieben07 7581]

I just got arround to testing that, it seems like it's not using the server tile entity, how could I get and use that?

You can't. The server and client can run on different machines, there is no way you can access the server tile entity. If you need the data from there to render properly, you need to sync it with packets.

[andreidim 0]

I found a way, I'm using the world provider, that gives you the server world

[Akjosch 4]

I found a way, I'm using the world provider, that gives you the server world

 

This will very likely not work with a dedicated server (... but feel free to test it out and report your findings).

[Draco18s 2401]

I found a way, I'm using the world provider, that gives you the server world

This will very likely not work with a dedicated server (... but feel free to test it out and report your findings).

 

It won't

 

I just got arround to testing that, it seems like it's not using the server tile entity, how could I get and use that?

 

You need to synch your TEs.

 

        public Packet getDescriptionPacket() {
                NBTTagCompound nbtTag = new NBTTagCompound();
                this.writeToNBT(nbtTag);
                return new Packet132TileEntityData(this.xCoord, this.yCoord, this.zCoord, 1, nbtTag);
        }

        public void onDataPacket(INetworkManager net, Packet132TileEntityData packet) {
                readFromNBT(packet.data);
        }

[andreidim 0]

Doing that actually broke my block completely

How could I easily update my block? I think that might be a problem, the way I'm updating it doesn't work, it works properly only on a block update

 

And I found another way that might work, using the MinecraftServer.getServer() stuff

 

P.S.:I need to re-render it after I do something to the tile entity

[diesieben07 7581]

You can not in any way access the Server from the client if the server is a different machine. How on earth should that work?

You need to sync like Draco said.

[andreidim 0]

As I said in my previous post, when I tried to sync them they broke completely... the texture never updates properly, only when I right click on it.

 

I might have found a bug or something... I am doing the world.markBlockForRenderUpdate on the server, the description is telling me that if you put it on the server it doesn't do anything, well, actually, it updates my block properly??? How is that even possible?

[larsgerrits 514]

You need to do:

world.markBlockForUpdate(x, y, z)

instead of:

world.markBlockForRenderUpdate(x, y, z)

[andreidim 0]

Well, markBlockForUpdate is not working, markBlockForRenderUpdate is... Minecraft is like f*** logic

[andreidim 0]

I just found out a new thing, Do stuff on the client and server and sync your TEs..Why does no tutorial tell you to sync your tile entities and do stuff on the client and server side?