I want to store the side my block is placed on by the player in a TileEntity, but it seems the TileEntity isnt generated yet the moment onBlockPlaced is called.

 

Is there a way to save my orientation to my TileEntity?

 

My code

@Override
public int onBlockPlaced(final World world, final int x, final int y, final int z, final int side, final float hitX, final float hitY, final float hitZ, final int metadata) {
	 if (metadata == 0) {
		 // This checkpoint gets passed
		 MagicCookie.log.warn("We have side: "+side);
            final TileVoidCrystalStorage crystalstorage = (TileVoidCrystalStorage)world.getTileEntity(x, y, z);
        		 // This checkpoint fails horribly the code in this IF doesnt get executed.
            if (crystalstorage != null) {
            	MagicCookie.log.warn("Do we have a orientation" + side);
            	crystalstorage.orientation = (short)side;
            	MagicCookie.log.warn("Do we have a orientation" + crystalstorage.orientation);
                world.markBlockForUpdate(x, y, x);
            }
        }
        
	return super.onBlockPlaced(world, x, y, z, side, hitX, hitY, hitZ, metadata);
}

Eventually I fixed it by the BlockItem route.

 

For those wanting to do the same:

 

public class ItemBlockVoidManipulator extends ItemBlock {

public ItemBlockVoidManipulator(Block block) {
	super(block);
	setHasSubtypes(true);
	// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
@Override
public String getUnlocalizedName(ItemStack itemstack) {
	return getUnlocalizedName() + "." + itemstack.getItemDamage();
}
@Override
public int getMetadata (int damageValue) {
	return damageValue;
}
public boolean placeBlockAt(final ItemStack stack, final EntityPlayer player, final World world, final int x, final int y, final int z, final int side, final float hitX, final float hitY, final float hitZ, final int metadata) {
	final boolean ret = super.placeBlockAt(stack, player, world, x, y, z, side, hitX, hitY, hitZ, metadata);
	if (metadata == 0) {
        final TileVoidCrystalStorage crystalstorage = (TileVoidCrystalStorage)world.getTileEntity(x, y, z);
        if (crystalstorage != null/* && crystalstorage instanceof TileVoidCrystalStorage*/) {
            crystalstorage.orientation = (short)side;
            world.markBlockForUpdate(x, y, x);
        }
    }
	return ret;
}
}

It's amazing what calling super can do.