[1.7.10] [Solved]Get held item in client-sided event

[Enders]

So yeah, the title.

Of course you can't get the held item on the client side, since that is server sided. So how do I do this? I'm guessing there is just something simple I'm overlooking, right? (I need this

for the RenderGameOverlayEvent).

[larsgerrits]

What makes you think you can't get the held item client-side? You can get the player using

Minecraft.getMinecraft().thePlayer

and you can get the held item from the player. You just can't modify the held item on the client-side.

[Ernio]

To add a bit of explanation (OP seems to not know).

 

Minecraft is a combination of Client and Server thread (as of 1.8 also network threads).

On Client.jar on SP you will have Client and Server thread. On MP Client.jar will only have Client thread, while the Server.jar will be handling Server thread.

 

Client is (in most cases) a mirror of what server has. So basically server thread send data to all client threads connected to it and fills their data-vessels with same data it has. As long as you stay in sync your mc.thePlayer will have same data as server.

[Enders]

Wait what? I thought I had already tried that Well, thanks then. Previously, everything crashed, now it doesn't.