Custom Block Rendering

[gekku]

Hi All

 

A question similar to this was posted elsewhere by another member, but I thought it would make more sense to have it here.

 

Can anyone help me out with rendering custom blocks in the most recent Forge release? I am transferring over from ModLoader and I was using the TileEntitySpecialRenderer approach. My guess is that this approach is for blocks with special animations (like the MobSpawner)?

 

I am interested in both approaches (the other one uses renderID). I am interested in the other approach to make custom block renderers without a tileEntity.

 

Even if someone just posts their censored code I should be able to go from there.

 

Thanks

[Kore]

do you mean just a new block? or a custom animated block?

[gekku]

A new block with a custom shape.

 

I have managed to get one rendered not using the TileEntitySpecialRenderer approach, but I am having trouble with the textures. Is there a way to use a different texture for each shape within a block? And can I use my own texture sizes (not using a sprite sheet)?

 

I am just a bit lost as I am use to creating my own model extending BaseModel and renderer extending TileEntitySpecialRenderer which allowed texture offsetting, using textures with different sizes, and binding different textures.

 

The approach I am trying to learn is creating a Renderer implementing the ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler interface. I have managed to get as far as rendering a block with multiple shapes. From here I would like to add a different texture for each shape or use an offset to reference a place within a texture to use for each shape.

[gekku]

I think I may have worked it out. For every shape within the block you can use a different textureIndex using a sprite sheet. Then you can arrange the different textures for each side in the getBlockTextureFromSide method. It's a bit fiddly, but I think I may manage. I will try and make something and I may add a tutorial for others who are lost.

 

I have always skinned my blocks, so I have never tried it this way.