[Forge 1.8] How to Render Blocks in Inventory?

[HassanS6000]

Hi! I'm modding in Forge 1.8 and I was wondering how I'm supposed to render blocks in the inventory. I've made it so they render when placed, but when I try to render in Inventory, it says that my block is an Item, and the method

Minecraft.getMinecraft().getRenderItem().getItemModelMesher().register(YourItem, metadata, new ModelResourceLocation("modid:items_registered_name", "inventory"));

 

is only for items.

 

So how do I render a block, which is obviously NOT an item?

[Brickfix]

this is quite simple:

For each block, there is a corresponding item which you can get as following:

 

Item itemYourBlock = GameRegistry.findItem(mod.MODID, "yourBlock");

 

After this, you can simply render you block with the function you already have

 

~Brickfix

[HassanS6000]

Tried it, didn't work. Do I have to create another JSON File for an Item version of the block? and also create a texture for one?

 

 

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

 

This site has some info on Block Rendering

http://greyminecraftcoder.blogspot.com.au/p/list-of-topics.html  (See the four topics on Blocks and BLock rendering)

and the one on items

http://greyminecraftcoder.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/item-rendering-18.html

 

There is also an example project showing blocks and items here-

https://github.com/TheGreyGhost/MinecraftByExample

(see example 1) https://github.com/TheGreyGhost/MinecraftByExample/tree/master/src/main/java/minecraftbyexample/mbe01_block_simple

 

The short answers are- yes, you need a JSON file for the item.  No, your items doesn't need its own texture, your item can use the block texture.  And you also need to do

Item itemBlockSimple = GameRegistry.findItem("minecraftbyexample", "mbe01_block_simple");
ModelResourceLocation itemModelResourceLocation = new ModelResourceLocation("minecraftbyexample:mbe01_block_simple", "inventory");
final int DEFAULT_ITEM_SUBTYPE = 0;
Minecraft.getMinecraft().getRenderItem().getItemModelMesher().register(itemBlockSimple, DEFAULT_ITEM_SUBTYPE, itemModelResourceLocation);

 

-TGG

 

[HassanS6000]

Still not working?

My code is on GitHub: https://github.com/hsyyid/HaloMod/tree/master/forge-1.8-11.14.0.1290-1.8-src/src/main

Is something wrong?

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

What are your symptoms?

 

i.e. what does the item look like in your inventory, and what error message(s) do you get in the console?

 

-TGG

[larsgerrits]

this is quite simple:

For each block, there is a corresponding item which you can get as following:

 

Item itemYourBlock = GameRegistry.findItem(mod.MODID, "yourBlock");

 

After this, you can simply render you block with the function you already have

 

~Brickfix

What...? Use

Item.getItemFromBlock(Block)

to get the corresponding Item.

[HassanS6000]

Tried your method larsgerrits, didn't work either. 

 

No error messages, I'm just getting the error texture but when placed the texture works. Just not in inventory.

[Anon10W1z]

 

Item itemBlockSimple = GameRegistry.findItem("minecraftbyexample", "mbe01_block_simple");
ModelResourceLocation itemModelResourceLocation = new ModelResourceLocation("minecraftbyexample:mbe01_block_simple", "inventory");

 

 

Make sure you changed those lines to match your texture name and mod ID.

 

 

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

 

You should register your items and blocks in FMLPreInitializationEvent , not FMLInitializationEvent.

 

The getItemModelMesher() stuff needs to come in FMLInitializationEvent, after you have registered the blocks and items.

 

Also just something I noticed - instances of your classes should always start with a lower case, otherwise it looks like they are classes, which is pretty confusing for anyone who reads your code

For example

SpartanBoots = new HaloArmor(HaloArmor, bootID, 3).setUnlocalizedName("SpartanBoots");  // should be spartanBoots

 

This resource is really good for learning how to format your code to make it easy for others to understand

http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javaguide.html

 

-TGG

 

[HassanS6000]

@TGG I changed it to follow what you said, AND IT WORKED! THX SO MUCH

[TheGreyGhost]

@TGG I changed it to follow what you said, AND IT WORKED! THX SO MUCH

No worries, you're welcome