Changing a block texture based on TileEntity values

[Flenix]

Hey guys,

 

I'm trying to set my block up so the texture changes depending on a value saved in the Tile Entities NBT.

However, it seems the texture doesn't "refresh", so it never gets it's new state.

 

Does anyone know a way to handle such a thing, or do I need to use TESR for it? I'd rather not mess around with metadata if I can help it.

(Thinking about it, would TESR be better anyway? I'm texturing a gauge, each value from the NBT sets the gauge a little higher- I think it's how the Battery Cells in redpower worked? But maybe I can render the bar seperately with TESR? I dunno)

[Draco18s]

You have to notify things of changes.

 

world#notifyBlockChange(x, y, z, blockID);

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

 

You have pretty much two choices -

(1) like Draco says, you can use the Block Render if you notifyBlockChange every time you want to re-render the block (i.e. because the NBT has changed).

or

(2) use a TESR, which is re-rendered every frame.

 

If there are only a couple of different gauge positions, or they only change very slowly, then a Block Renderer would be fine.

Otherwise, a TESR is probably better.

 

-TGG