[1.7.2] How to render TileEntity in inventory?

[Eternaldoom]

Hi,

I have been trying to render my custom TileEntity in a player's inventory but registerItemRenderer does not seem to work with blocks. Does anyone know of a replacement?

[Draco18s]

See:

https://github.com/Draco18s/Artifacts/blob/master/draco18s/artifacts/client/ClientProxy.java

[Eternaldoom]

Thanks, but I already tried MinecraftForgeClient.registerItemRenderer. It only works with items (probably since the 1.7 update). Does anyone know of any other options?

[coolAlias]

Thanks, but I already tried MinecraftForgeClient.registerItemRenderer. It only works with items (probably since the 1.7 update). Does anyone know of any other options?

I don't know if you noticed, but Draco was using a custom IItemRenderer that takes his custom TileEntity as an argument, and registering that ItemRenderer. It does not only work with items, it works with whatever code you put inside of it, since it is just an interface.

[Draco18s]

I also pass a new TileEntity to my renderer.

[Eternaldoom]

The problem that I am having is that it will not allow me to use a Block as an argument, only an Item.

[Eternaldoom]

I created an ItemBlock, but how to I render it?

[coolAlias]

Draco already gave you a link to his code where he does exactly what you are asking... can you at least take some time to look at it thoroughly?

[Eternaldoom]

I did look through the code. He uses:

MinecraftForgeClient.registerItemRenderer(BlockPedestal.instance.blockID, new ItemRenderPedestal(render, new TileEntityDisplayPedestal()));

to add the renderer. In 1.7, .blockID was removed, so you can only use a block. MinecraftForgeClient.registerItemRenderer will only accept an item as an argument. Draco did not use a custom ItemBlock.

[coolAlias]

Alright, this is what I use to render a block with a custom model both in the world and in the inventory. It's probably not the most efficient way, because I use both a TESR and an ISBRH:

GameRegistry.registerBlock(ceramicJar, ItemCeramicJar.class, ceramicJar.getUnlocalizedName());

ClientRegistry.bindTileEntitySpecialRenderer(TileEntityCeramicJar.class, new RenderTileEntityCeramicJar());

RenderingRegistry.registerBlockHandler(new RenderCeramicJar());

The TESR renders the model in the world, and the ISBRH just calls a dummy TESR to render the model in the inventory. You can see the code here.