i followed a tutorial by ichun and kept my code mostly like in the tutorial. it worked in the video, but for me the model was only shown in third person, probably because it was slightly outdated and i had to do some things differently. what is it thats causing this? i assume its something that i have to set for my item that wasnt needed before 1.7.2.

Some code would be nice

public class RenderPistolRapture implements IItemRenderer {

private int ammo;
private boolean damageUpgrade;
private boolean clipUpgrade;
protected ModelPistolRapture model;

public RenderPistolRapture()
{
	model = new ModelPistolRapture();
}

@Override
public boolean handleRenderType(ItemStack arg0, ItemRenderType arg1) {
	switch(arg1)
	{
	case EQUIPPED: return true;
	default: return false;
	}
}

@Override
public void renderItem(ItemRenderType arg0, ItemStack itemstack, Object... data) {
	switch(arg0)
	{
	case EQUIPPED:
	{
		damageUpgrade = itemstack.getTagCompound().getBoolean("UpgradeDamage");
		clipUpgrade = itemstack.getTagCompound().getBoolean("UpgradeClip");
		ammo = itemstack.getTagCompound().getInteger("Ammo");

		GL11.glPushMatrix();

		Minecraft.getMinecraft().renderEngine.bindTexture(new ResourceLocation("bioshock:textures/entity/weapons/pistol_rapture.png"));

		GL11.glRotatef(190F, 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
		GL11.glRotatef(-13F, 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F);
		GL11.glRotatef(-10F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F);

		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
		boolean isFirstPerson = false;

		if (data[1] != null && data[1] instanceof EntityPlayer)
		{
			if(!((EntityPlayer)data[1] == Minecraft.getMinecraft().renderViewEntity && Minecraft.getMinecraft().gameSettings.thirdPersonView == 0 && !((Minecraft.getMinecraft().currentScreen instanceof GuiInventory || Minecraft.getMinecraft().currentScreen instanceof GuiContainerCreative) && RenderManager.instance.playerViewY == 180.0F)))
			{
				GL11.glTranslatef(0.41F, -0.4F, -0.55F);
			}
			else
			{
				isFirstPerson = true;
				GL11.glTranslatef(0.41F, -0.4F, -0.55F);
			}
		}
		else
		{
			GL11.glTranslatef(0.41F, -0.4F, -0.55F);
		}

		float scale = 1.1F;
		GL11.glScalef(scale, scale, scale);

		model.render((Entity)data[1], 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0625F, ammo, damageUpgrade, clipUpgrade);

		GL11.glPopMatrix();
	}
	default: break;
	}
}

@Override
public boolean shouldUseRenderHelper(ItemRenderType arg0, ItemStack arg1, ItemRendererHelper arg2) {
	return false;
}

}

I think you want to handle the render type

EQUIPPED_FIRST_PERSON

, as well.

You can usually just return true unless you want it to render differently in different circumstances.

Topic: [1.7.2] custom item model wont show up in first person.

 

I am pretty sure sigurd4 wants to render a custom model. They need to either handle

EQUIPPED_FIRST_PERSON

or remove the switch statement, lest the custom model will not be rendered.

Exactly, just remove everything and return true!

that was it! (i needed the EQUIPPED_FIRST_PERSON as well) now it works perfectly!