[1.8] Questions converting my old AdvancedModelLoader

[ShetiPhian]

I've gotten stuck

 

I'll start with what worked in 1.7

- Items are crafted using stone and/or planks, and the materials are stored in nbt (for texture info while rendering)

- When the block is placed the nbt is stored in the tile entity

- While rendering the first texture was loaded and render part was called, this was done 4 time to render the full model

 

Now for 1.8

- As expected crafting and storing the materials in nbt works, so does moving it to the tile entity.

- Material info is placed in the block state so I'm ready for rendering.

 

 

Using json models is out, due to shape and texture limits.

Baked models seem to be restricted to cubes like the json files

B3D looks to have the texture imbedded

 

I need to be able load a texture obtained from the block state, that is unknown prior to crafting.

Render part of the model, load the next texture from the block state, and render the next part.

and so on until all four parts are rendered

 

If your looking for code I have nothing useful to show, nothing has been done up for 1.8 rendering and the old 1.7 code is nothing special just bindTexture & renderPart sets.

[ShetiPhian]

Getting AdvancedModelLoader to work on 1.8 was surprisingly easy, I have to wonder why it is still missing from Forge.

 

Setting my block's getRenderType to -1 gets rid of the black/purple cube.

Using TileEntitySpecialRenderer allows my block to render correctly.

 

Just need to figure out how to get the items to render again.

Guess I need to see how the chest does it, might need to see about restoring IItemRenderer

 

 

I think Forge for 1.7 was prematurely dropped, 1.8 is lacking in rendering abilities (and is the most poorly documented part of Forge)

[Abastro]

I think ISmartModel would work, or doesn't it?

[ShetiPhian]

So an idea hit me and I ran with it, looks good so far

 

Using a modified version of the old WavefrontObject class (and other required classes), to load the model and create the baked quads needed by IBakedModel.

 

I even got rotation and scaling working.

 

Have two issues though both may only be fixable by changes in the obj its self.

 

Issue 1: the model was made with triangles and quads are required, so I used the last vertex twice. This left noticeable triangles.

Fix Idea: rebuild models using only quads.

 

Issue 2: shadows are wrong due to me setting all faces to up, I don't think I can extract the direction based on the vertices

Fix Idea: rebuild models and group faces into directions