im making an item that is supposed to have a two layered texture, where the second one is transparent and also glow in the dark (only if shouldGlow is true). i have managed to do this with an entity, but i cant figure out how to do it with an item model. please help! this is the renderer code:

public class RenderPlasmidHand implements IItemRenderer
{
private final ResourceLocation steveTextures = new ResourceLocation("textures/entity/steve.png");
private boolean hasEve;
private int cooldown;
private String plasmid;
private boolean hasPlasmid;
public boolean shouldGlow;
private String texture;
protected ModelPlasmidHand model;

public RenderPlasmidHand(boolean shouldGlow)
{
	this.model = new ModelPlasmidHand();
	this.shouldGlow = shouldGlow;
}

@Override
public boolean handleRenderType(ItemStack itemstack, ItemRenderType itemrendertype)
{
	if(itemrendertype == ItemRenderType.EQUIPPED_FIRST_PERSON)
	{
		return /*itemstack.stackTagCompound.getBoolean("PlayerHasPlasmid") || */true;
	}
	else
	{
		return false;
	}
}

@Override
public void renderItem(ItemRenderType itemrendertype, ItemStack itemstack, Object... data)
{
	this.cooldown = itemstack.stackTagCompound.getInteger("Cooldown");
	this.hasEve = itemstack.stackTagCompound.getInteger("PlayerEve") > 0;
	this.hasPlasmid = itemstack.stackTagCompound.getBoolean("PlayerHasPlasmid");
	this.texture = itemstack.stackTagCompound.getString("PlayerTextre");
	this.plasmid = itemstack.stackTagCompound.getString("Plasmid");

	if(/*this.hasPlasmid || */true)
	{

		GL11.glPushMatrix();

		Minecraft.getMinecraft().renderEngine.bindTexture(this.steveTextures);

		GL11.glTranslatef(0.3F, 0.2F, -1.7F);

		GL11.glRotatef(180F, 0F, 0F, 1F);
		GL11.glRotatef(-90F, 0F, 1F, 0F);
		GL11.glRotatef(0F, 1F, 0F, 0F);

		this.model.render((Entity)data[1], 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0625F, hasEve && cooldown <= 0);

		GL11.glPopMatrix();

		GL11.glPushMatrix();

		Minecraft.getMinecraft().renderEngine.bindTexture(new ResourceLocation("bioshock:textures/entity/plasmids/plasmid_" + this.plasmid + ".png"));

		GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_BLEND);
		if(this.shouldGlow)
		{
			GL11.glDisable(GL11.GL_LIGHTING);
		}

		//OpenGlHelper.setLightmapTextureCoords(OpenGlHelper.lightmapTexUnit, (float)(61680 % 65536) / 1.0F, (float)(61680 / 65536) / 1.0F);

		this.model.render((Entity)data[1], 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0625F, hasEve && cooldown <= 0);

		if(this.shouldGlow)
		{
			GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_LIGHTING);
		}

		GL11.glPopMatrix();
	}
}

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

bump. anyone?

Try looking at the beacon block code. It has the mechanics you want.

oops i just realized i had forgot to set the GL11 translation to the second layer. haha