[SOLVED][1.8] Having trouble with texture on a custom block model

[jabelar]

I've successfully created several blocks in 1.8 that are full blocks, with orientable parent and working textures. Now I'm trying a more complicated shape -- in this case it is a tanning rack that has two posts and a plane between them. I want the posts to have a wood texture and the plane will have a leather hide texture.

 

Anyway, the cuboid shapes work fine but I'm trying to map a texture and it is just using the pink and black checkered default. To keep it simple, I started by avoiding the uv mapping and just trying to map a hardened clay texture onto all faces of all three elements. However, it doesn't seem to put the textures on. Here is my JSON:

{

"elements":[

{

"__comment":"The skin on the tanning rack",

"from":[ 4, 3, 7.5 ],

"to":[ 12, 15, 7.5 ],

"faces":{

"north":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"south":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" }

}

},

{

"__comment":"The right post of the tanning rack",

"from":[ 13, 0, 7 ],

"to":[ 15, 16, 8 ],

"faces":{

"down":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"up":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"north":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"south":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"west":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"east":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" }

}

},

{

"__comment":"The left post of the tanning rack",

"from":[ 1, 0, 7 ],

"to":[ 3, 16, 8 ],

"faces":{

"down":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"up":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"north":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"south":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"west":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" },

"east":{ "texture":"blocks/hardened_clay_stained_brown" }

}

}

]

}

 

Any ideas? I understand the concept, but I must have a typo or am missing something simple. Do I need to specify a parent? (I tried using some of the common parents but it makes the model into a full block instead).

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi Jabelar

 

This might give you some clues

https://github.com/TheGreyGhost/MinecraftByExample/blob/master/src/main/resources/assets/minecraftbyexample/models/block/mbe02_block_partial_model.json

 

-TGG

[jabelar]

I was able to fix it by following your example of defining the textures at the top and using the #base, #pole references.  So it works.  I still hate how this JSON stuff fails silently -- no long really a warning that it can't find the texture.  Oh, well thanks again!