Creating new flowers...

[Captain Hillman]

So I've created a new block type (that extends from BlockFlower) that uses a differing texture & some different logic on where it can be placed, but for the life of me I can't work out how to get it to sit in a flower pot nicely.

 

Looking at the BlockFlowerPot code, it appears that it explicitly returns the metadata for each vanilla flower/sapling. If I can't edit the original vanilla code, do I have to create my own flower pot to hold my new flower? If so, how does one go about doing it?

 

FYI, I'm pretty good with Java but new to the Minecraft code-base; I've seen mention that flowers need TileEntitys, anyone care to explain the purpose of these to a noobie modder?

 

Thanks

[Draco18s]

I've seen mention that flowers need TileEntitys, anyone care to explain the purpose of these to a noobie modder?

 

No they don't.  Whoever said that was dumb.

 

Anyway, TileEntities are for blocks that need to know more information than the limits of metadata.  Like the furnace or a chest.

 

TEs can also be used for things that need complex rendering, like BuildCraft's engines.*  Though such things should be used sparingly as TEs have a higher overhead than regular blocks.

 

*Which have extra data associated with them too, but the comparison is still accurate.

[Captain Hillman]

Awesome, thanks for the info.

 

So if I create a custom block that extends BlockFlowerPot (lets call it VaseBlock for now), and edit the getPlantForMeta() and getMetaForPlant() methods to return the ItemStack/blockID of my new flower respectively, will I then be able to place my flower within the VaseBlock?

[GotoLink]

I suggest you catch the PlayerInteractEvent and check for the vanilla flower pot, then change the block to your own version (VaseBlock) with the necessary data to display the flower. This way, you wouldn't need a new recipe for your flower pot.