setBlock not working?

[firstarchon]

I'm trying to make an item place a torch on rightclick.

package com.FirstArchon.RedStoneium.item;



import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
import net.minecraft.entity.projectile.EntitySnowball;
import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
import net.minecraft.item.Item;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemPickaxe;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.world.World;


import com.FirstArchon.RedStoneium.item.ItemRedDiamondPick;
import com.FirstArchon.RedStoneium.CreativeTabRS;
import com.FirstArchon.RedStoneium.reference.Reference;
import com.FirstArchon.RedStoneium.utility.LogHelper;
import net.minecraft.world.World;





public class ItemRedDiamondPick extends ItemPickaxe
{

public ItemRedDiamondPick(ToolMaterial material) {
	super(material);
	this.setUnlocalizedName("ItemRedDiamondPick");
        this.setTextureName(Reference.MOD_ID + ":" + "ItemRedDiamondPick");
	this.setCreativeTab(CreativeTabRS.RS_TAB);
}

   public boolean onItemUse(ItemStack par1ItemStack, EntityPlayer par3EntityPlayer, World par2World, int p_77648_4_, int p_77648_5_, int p_77648_6_, int p_77648_7_, float p_77648_8_, float p_77648_9_, float p_77648_10_)
  {
	if(par3EntityPlayer.capabilities.isCreativeMode||par3EntityPlayer.inventory.consumeInventoryItem(Item.getItemFromBlock(Blocks.torch)))

  {
      setBlock(p_77648_4_, p_77648_5_, p_77648_6_, Blocks.torch);
    
      return true;
  }

  }
      
   }

the problem is the

  setBlock(p_77648_4_, p_77648_5_, p_77648_6_, Blocks.torch);

this  is copied from the flint and steel class and I I'm using the import statement to import the setBlock method but it still won't recognize that this class exists.

[firstarchon]

right...I don't see your point

[firstarchon]

ty that fixed it. small problem though. this is deleting the clicked block and isn't placing the torch on the block as i anticipated. is their a way to place a item on the face you clicked instead of setting the block (this creates a break bedrock glitch   )?

[firstarchon]

what exactly does  ForgeDirection.getOrientation. return?

is it a integer? ie. top = 1 botom = 2 etc?

 

[firstarchon]

so I need to do

 p_77648_10_ ForgeDirection.getOrientation 

this returns a "ForgeDirection" object. and then I need an if statement that interprets the forge direction object and increments or decrements the x y or z vallue based on the ForgeDirection objects value?

[firstarchon]

so the xOffset, yOffset and zOffset. should be the arguments of the set block command?

this might be a noobish question but how do I get these values?

public boolean onItemUse(ItemStack par1ItemStack, EntityPlayer par3EntityPlayer, World par2World, int p_77648_4_, int p_77648_5_, int p_77648_6_, int p_77648_7_, float p_77648_8_, float p_77648_9_, float p_77648_10_)
  {
	if(par3EntityPlayer.capabilities.isCreativeMode||par3EntityPlayer.inventory.consumeInventoryItem(Item.getItemFromBlock(Blocks.torch)))	
	{
		ForgeDirection.getOrientation(p_77648_7_);

		par2World.setBlock(p_77648_4_, p_77648_5_, p_77648_6_, Blocks.torch);

  }

     
      return true;
  }

this is what I have this now.  ForgeDirection.getOrientation(p_77648_7_); translates the face into a forge direction object.

how do I use the fields of the object? are they just variables I can refer to now? (If this is a derp question I'm sorry but I don't understand how this is supposed to work)

 

[firstarchon]

I would say that I do know basic java (albeit with a few holes)

could you please link to a resource that will help me understand or show me some example code that I can examine?

I know what an object is but I have never heard the world "field" before.

If I were to set it to a variable I would assume it would be something like this.

{

		ForgeDirection x = ForgeDirection.getOrientation(p_77648_7_);




		par2World.setBlock(p_77648_4_, p_77648_5_, p_77648_6_, Blocks.torch);

  }

(this much I admit should have been obvious when you said it was an object, but I never though of needing a constructor)

but I'm still not sure how to get at these "fields"...?

 

[starwarsmace]

  On 2/5/2015 at 11:51 PM, firstarchon said:

I would say that I do know basic java (albeit with a few holes)

could you please link to a resource that will help me understand or show me some example code that I can examine?

I know what an object is but I have never heard the world "field" before.

If I were to set it to a variable I would assume it would be something like this.

{

		ForgeDirection x = ForgeDirection.getOrientation(p_77648_7_);




		par2World.setBlock(p_77648_4_, p_77648_5_, p_77648_6_, Blocks.torch);

  }

(this much I admit should have been obvious when you said it was an object, but I never though of needing a constructor)

but I'm still not sure how to get at these "fields"...?

Asking diesieben for example code, is as bad as sticking your hand in a lions cage.

 

A tutorial for getting a variable from another class.

http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/java/accessing_class_variables.html

[firstarchon]

thankyou starwarsmace for that link

(also I figured out a field is and I still don't understand it.  a field is a variable in a class but don't all variables (all code even) have to be in a class?)

{

		int x;
		int y;
		int z;
		ForgeDirection direct = ForgeDirection.getOrientation(p_77648_7_);
		x = direct.offsetX;
		y = direct.offsetY;
		z = direct.offsetZ;




		//par2World.setBlock(p_77648_4_, p_77648_5_, p_77648_6_, Blocks.torch);
		par2World.setBlock(x, y, z, Blocks.torch);
  }

this seems to be working but I think I'm calling the cords in the wrong order because when I right click it takes a torch out of my inventory but no torch appears.