RenderTileEntity issue

[RafaMv]

Hello guys! I was wondering, is it possible to render an TE depending on a variable in the TE class? I tried something but it doesn't work, and I also think that is not the best way to do that. Is there a better way to do that (or at least something that works)?

 

My attempt:

 
public class RenderTileEntityModelAndBase extends TileEntitySpecialRenderer {

private ModelBase modelBase = new ModelBase();
private static final ResourceLocation textureBase = new ResourceLocation(DEX.MODID + ":" + "textures/models/StoneBase.png");
private static final ResourceLocation textureModel = new ResourceLocation(DEX.MODID + ":" + "textures/models/Model.png");

private Model0 model0 = new Model0();
private Model1 model1 = new Model1();

@Override
public void renderTileEntityAt(TileEntity tileEntity, double x, double y, double z, float tick) {
	if (tileEntity instanceof TileEntityMyModel) {
		TileEntityMyModel tile= (TileEntityMyModel) tileEntity;
		System.out.println("ID: " + tile.getID());

		GL11.glPushMatrix();
		GL11.glDisable(GL11.GL_LIGHTING);
		GL11.glScalef(1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
		GL11.glTranslatef((float) x + 0.5F, (float) y, (float) z + 0.5F);
		GL11.glRotatef(0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
		FMLClientHandler.instance().getClient().renderEngine.bindTexture(textureBase);
		modelBase.render();
		GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_LIGHTING);
		GL11.glPopMatrix();

		// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

		GL11.glPushMatrix();
		GL11.glDisable(GL11.GL_LIGHTING);
		GL11.glScalef(1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
		GL11.glTranslatef((float) x + 0.5F, (float) y + 0.5F, (float) z + 0.5F);
		GL11.glRotatef(0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
		FMLClientHandler.instance().getClient().renderEngine.bindTexture(textureModel);

		switch (tile.getID()) {
			case 1:
				model0.render();
				break;
			case 0:
				model1.render();
				break;
			default:
		}
		GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_LIGHTING);
		GL11.glPopMatrix();
	}

}
}

 

More info: The variable that I want to use is only set later by this method:

 

        public TileEntityMyModel() {
	id = -1;
}

public void setID(int id) {
	this.fossilID = id;
}

        //Here
public int getID() {
	if (id >= 0) {
		return id;
	} else {
		return 200; // just a test
	}
}

 

[FLUFFY2]

public void renderTileEntityAt(TileEntity tileEntity, double x, double y, double z, float tick)

should be:

public void renderTileEntityAt(TileEntityMyModel tileEntity, double x, double y, double z, float tick)

 

That way you don't have to use instances and create an instace of you tile entity.

[RafaMv]

Thanks diesieben, it worked! Although It worked, I have never done this kind of synchronization before... so I would like to know if I did it right:

 

@Override
public Packet getDescriptionPacket() {
	NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound = new NBTTagCompound();
	nbttagcompound.setByte("idnumber", (byte) id);
        return new S35PacketUpdateTileEntity(this.xCoord, this.yCoord, this.zCoord, 1, nbttagcompound);
       }

@Override
public void onDataPacket(NetworkManager net, S35PacketUpdateTileEntity pkt) {
	this.id= pkt.func_148857_g().getByte("idnumber");
}

[RafaMv]

Ok, I still have a little problem, how can I sync the TE when the game restart... I get the wrong texture if I reenter the world.

[RafaMv]

Found it! I forgot to write super.writeToNBT(), and super.readFromNBT()... Ops