Custom BiomeGenBase Error for 1.7.2

[tamanor]

Hi all I need help with my custom BiomeGenBase. i have been trying to get the top / fillerblock in my dimension working i found some tutorials but they where for 1.5.2 and 1.6.4 now the code I have it all ok but the topBlock and fillerBlock has an error 

 

 

package net.modtama.TestDimension;

import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
import net.minecraft.world.biome.BiomeGenBase;
import net.minecraft.world.gen.feature.WorldGenerator;
import net.modtama.blocks.TVBlocks;

public class BiomeGenBaseTest extends BiomeGenBase
{
public final Material blockMaterial;

public BiomeGenBaseTest(int par1) 
{
	super(par1);

	this.setBiomeName("BiomeTest");
	this.blockMaterial = Material.water;
	this.rootHeight = 0.1F;
	this.heightVariation = 0.6F;
	this.spawnableMonsterList.clear();
	this.spawnableCreatureList.clear();
	this.topBlock =  ((byte)TVBlocks.mudBlock);
	this.fillerBlock = ((byte)TVBlocks.redStone;

	this.waterColorMultiplier = 0xE42D17;

}


}

on the topBlock and the fillerBlock it says "Type mismatch: cannot convert from byte to Block" can any one help me fix this. thanks

also im quite new to modding / coding still learning as I go 

[shieldbug1]

You are trying to cast your blocks, into bytes. This is very basic Java.

 

Solution: Don't cast your block into a byte.

[tamanor]

I will try removing the bytes but I was only following what the tutorials said to put