[1.7.10]Interesting Question about TE

[BuddingDev]

I am starting to think:

Can a block "look into" its TileEntity instance?

It would be good so that we dont have to use those 'packets'. (Heard about it.)

[Ernio]

That is LITERALLY what TE is for. You have ONE instance of block per client. Blocks in world are all the same (have only different meta). Then you can assign TileEntity to given block. You don't actually store TE inside block, you get it directly from world using block's coordinates (x/y/z).

getTIleEntityAt(x, y, z) - something like it (not in IDE now).

 

Unless you are asking about e.g rendering TE data on Client side. Then you need to synhcro it. TE has methods for it (look into base class).

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

 

Some info on TE that might be useful.  For 1.8 but almost identical for 1.7

http://greyminecraftcoder.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/tileentity.html

https://github.com/TheGreyGhost/MinecraftByExample/tree/master/src/main/java/minecraftbyexample/mbe20_tileentity_data

 

The block can use world.getTileEntity(x,y,z) to get its corresponding TileEntity.  Don't forget to check for null in case it hasn't been initialised yet.

 

-TGG

[BuddingDev]

I will check them out

[BuddingDev]

Oh, and (I am 1.7.10)

What is NetworkManager.getNbtCompound() in 1.7.10?

 

EDIT:

Oh, it is actually a non-recognisable func_148857_g();

[BuddingDev]

By the way, why cant I look at the member variables / NBT from the block's code?

[Draco18s]

By the way, why cant I look at the member variables / NBT from the block's code?

 

Probably because either

a) they're private

b) you didn't cast the TileEntity to YourTileEntity

[BuddingDev]

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I realised I forgot to change TileEntity stuff into TileEntityRadar stuff.

Sorry for causing this trouble!

 

Anyways I learnt some extra stuff which I was not expected to see. Thanks for that!!!