1.8 Update Questions

[Degubi]

I have noticed that there are FML releases for MC 1.8. So I started again modding with the basics... I created a basic block with no special properties, but I can't make a texture to show in the game, or just render a block normally. A lot of stuff has changed in 1.8... Is there anyone who can help me??

[slugslug]

I started to mess with 1.8 also and noticed there is no Iicons.

[Degubi]

Yes, also with blocks: setBlockNames reversed to setUnlocalizedNames, you have to use getBounding box to get a mob's bounding box, AxisAlignedBB.getRenderBounds become AxisAlignedBB.fromBounds. Some changes... Also I still can't find a way to render blocks in the world...

[slugslug]

Yea I can't either.

[Degubi]

We have to make 3 Json files for each block(I think), one for the blockstate(s), one for the item render, and one for the block render. I still can't make them work... I took the idea from the MC jar... Why is this good for modders???...

[slugslug]

Yea ik.  I hate blockstates.  What was wrong with metadata.

[slugslug]

Yea I noteced it says missing myblockname.json.

 

I tried adding multiple blockstates to one block and my game just freezes when I open my inventory.

[Degubi]

I think the wrong was with metadata is was the same with ID-s. They were not limited and just "magic numbers"....

[slugslug]

Also with creative tabs there is an array of them that only has 12 and the constructor to make a new tab requires an index.  So to make a new tab you have to override a vanilla one.

[Eternaldoom]

You will probably be able to add tabs again when forge (the api) is released. As for your blocks not working, post a screenshot of your file hierarchy.

[Degubi]

Block: Normal block, nothing in the Block's class file(just extends Block), registered with gameregistry, also the jsons: assets/testmod/blockstates && models

state: http://pastebin.com/zKZ9gf7F

blockrender: http://pastebin.com/H4RHTSiW

itemrender: http://pastebin.com/hqWmf099

[Eternaldoom]

Can you see the texture when you place it in the world? If so, you aren't registering the item model. If you can't place it in the world, that's an FML registry bug and you should look at the RegistryHelper in ironchest's 1.8 branch.

[Degubi]

I can't see any texture, or hitbox, or collide with it(also printing oout a placed string from onBlockPlaced method prints nothing too...), also I use the 1004 version of FML.

[Eternaldoom]

https://github.com/progwml6/ironchest/blob/mc1.8/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/RegistryHelper.java

[Degubi]

Also, should I make a topic in the bug reports/not?

[larsgerrits]

You don't need to make a topic in bug reports as Forge is not out yet and FML is still very unstable and in development, and that's why some things may not work yet.

[Eternaldoom]

Did you get your textures working?

[Degubi]

No, I had to create a res. pack for the json-s. Because (i think) FML doesn't support the new json modells.(Yet)

[Eternaldoom]

Yes it does. Mine work.

[Degubi]

Then I do something wrong... I'll post my code tomorrow because I need to update about 1000 blocks, 200 items and a whole bunch of stuff to 1.8...

[Degubi]

Main mod file: http://pastebin.com/csVdShwc

Block file: http://pastebin.com/VF2f7qug

My texture is in assets/testmod/textures/blocks/testblock.png

BlockState file: assets/testmod/blockstates/TestBlock.json http://pastebin.com/D4DjkE90

Model(Item+Block) in? assets/testmod/models/(item/block)/TestBlock.json

Item: http://pastebin.com/xrJr0ZcU

Block: http://pastebin.com/Vfs7arUV

[Degubi]

I still don't know what am I doing wrong, but It's the same with items...

[Eternaldoom]

Whenever you register an Item/Block, add its name to an ArrayList. In your client proxy (in init, not preinit), Use GameRegistry.findItem on every String in the ArrayList and:

ItemModelMesher mesher = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getRenderItem().getItemModelMesher();
        mesher.register(theItem/itemBlock, 0, new ModelResourceLocation(itemName, "inventory"));

[Degubi]

I still can't make it to work... Client proxy: http://pastebin.com/g6mpR7Gm

Main(InitEvent): http://pastebin.com/jx9QkKPS

[Eternaldoom]

Try this:

mesher.register(TestMod.TestItem, 0, new ModelResourceLocation("TestItem", "inventory"));