[1.8] [SOLVED] Get TileEntity from IBlockState in ISmartBlockModel

[ss7]

Hello,

 

Is it possible to get an instance of my

TileEntity

from the

IBlockState

, which is passed to the

handleBlockState

function of

ISmartBlockModel

?

 

Basically, I need to render a block based on the data from my

TileEntity

.

 

My first idea was to use a

TileEntitySpecialRenderer

, but that was too inefficient for my case of rendering.

 

Then I found the excellent tutorial from @herbix, that explained the use of the new

IBakedModel

in 1.8.

 

Unfortunately, it seems that you can only use the block state from a block in the

handleBlockState

method.

 

But I need to store more than 4 bits in my block.

 

I hope you can help me

 

ss7

[herbix]

You could store ANYTHING in IExtendedBlockState, in case the property is unlisted.

For example:

    public static final IUnlistedProperty<TileEntity> TILE_ENTITY = new IUnlistedProperty<TileEntity>() {
        @Override
        public String getName() {
            return "tileEntity";
        }
        @Override
        public boolean isValid(TileEntity value) {
            return true;
        }
        @Override
        public Class<TileEntity> getType() {
            return TileEntity.class;
        }
        @Override
        public String valueToString(TileEntity value) {
            return value.toString();
        }
    };
    ...
    @Override
    public IBlockState getExtendedState(IBlockState state, IBlockAccess world, BlockPos pos) {
        if(state instanceof IExtendedBlockState) {
            TileEntity te = ... // Get your tile entity here
            return ((IExtendedBlockState)state).withProperty(TILE_ENTITY, te);
        }
        return state;
    }

[ss7]

Thank you very much guys!

 

At first, I tried overriding the

getActualState

method, but for some reason my

BakedModel

wasn't rendering anymore.

 

So I tried herbix' solution, and it worked like a charm!

 

Thank you very much again and this thread is now

 

SOLVED