Hello, so I've been searching for a way to update my blocks color every tick.

this is my simple code that sets the color to red:

    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
    public int getBlockColor()
    {
        return 0x000000;
    }
    
    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
    public int getRenderColor(int p_149741_1_)
    {
        return this.getBlockColor();
    }

    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
    public int colorMultiplier(IBlockAccess p_149720_1_, int p_149720_2_, int p_149720_3_, int p_149720_4_)
    {
        return 0xA52A2A;
    }

 

 

now I want like if I set a var to 100, the block updates and changes color to green or something.

Would I be doing this in a tileentity class or any other methods?

 

thanks.

Blocks only have one type of data that sticks around: metadata.

 

Either change the metadata every tick and convert that into a color in colorMultiplier or use a TileEntity.

Thanks for your reply.

 

I've created a basic tileentity can how can I make it update the color every tick? can I still use these methods:

 

    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
    public int getBlockColor()
    {
        return 0x000000;
    }
    
    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
    public int getRenderColor(int p_149741_1_)
    {
        return this.getBlockColor();
    }

    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
    public int colorMultiplier(IBlockAccess p_149720_1_, int p_149720_2_, int p_149720_3_, int p_149720_4_)
    {
        return 0xA52A2A;
    }

What am i doing wrong here? my tileentity is not working:

    @Override
    public TileEntity createTileEntity(World world, int metadata)
    {
    	System.out.println("update");
    	return new TileEntityHeatConductant();
    }

 

GameRegistry.registerTileEntity(TileEntityHeatConductant.class, "molecularscience.heatconductant");

createTileEntity != onUpdate

 

createTileEntity is called once when the block is placed or the world is loaded.  After that you should be using the TE's onUpdate function.

Thanks for your help draco i solved it!