[1.7.10] Custom GL rendered armor model

[LordMastodonFTW]

Hello, does anyone know of a way I could make a model for armor using GL? I know there is a tutorial for 1.7, but from what I saw it supported 1.6, not 1.7. In addition, it used Techne and I'd rather use GL.

[Black]

GL? You mean opengl? I know lots of 3D programs but none have the acronym gl. That or I am overlooking one.

Opengl doesn't have a specific 3D preference, everything in minecraft renders through opengl.

But I believe an obj.file or a wavefront, in which case you can find a tutorial here:

 

http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Using_wavefront_model

[LordMastodonFTW]

No, I know that, I guess I didn't word it correctly. I want to use the Tessellator to render it.

[Black]

Good, the amount of times I have posted that link is getting ridiculous.

 

I can't really find an immediate tutorial for that for 1.7 but in any case, it doesn't really matter what kind of 3D object you are using for the armor.

It's simply a case of swapping them out in the render class.

I haven't got experience with the tessellator because I don't like hardcoded objects but what I'd do is set all the code for a armor(just follow any tutorial for 1.6 or later, I highly doubt something changed there) and once you are done start filling in the 3D render as you want. In which case, all you need to know is how to use the tessellator of which there are ample tutorials such as this http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Tessellator

 

I hope this helps you.

[LordMastodonFTW]

Yup. It sure does. Thanks.

[LordMastodonFTW]

Just one question, what class would I have to extend to reach a tessellatable model? Not for a block, that one I know.

[Black]

Forge adds a pleasant hook for custom armors:

 

https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/commit/ace8c29085d275c830ab97c1779fc1426533b897

 

And most likely you will have to extend ModelBiped but don't quote me on that.

 

 

[LordMastodonFTW]

From what I saw, ModelBiped uses the same methods Techne does. Hmm. It also doesn't really implement any methods that I could use to render using Tessellator. I'll have to look more into it. Modular Powersuits code also wouldn't help, because MachineMuse uses .obj and .mtl.

[LordMastodonFTW]

However, as Minecraft does not have an custom rendered blocks by default, I don't think that there really is a class I could extend to get custom Tessellated armor models, so I'll probably have to make my own TESR type thing.

[Black]

Any render class makes its own thing so its not that suprising.

Besides, if you use a wavefront you're also not extending some obj.class but rather just importing the things you need.

[LordMastodonFTW]

Yes, but I don't really like using things such as Blender for Minecraft related things.

[Black]

I said it's just like that, not that you have to use it. Just make a new instance of the tessellator class.

 

[LordMastodonFTW]

Yeah, I'm doing that, but I'd also have to make a new TESR in order to be able to render armor .