[1.8] Modifying Dropped Item Amount Blocks

[kreezxil]

Scenario:

Need to drop at least 1 block from my custom glass blocks

 

What I did:

created my own GlassBlock class and extended the BlockGlass class provided by Minecraft. I then copied the quantityDropped() function to my version of the class and changed the return value from 0 to 1.

 

The function I modified:

@Override
public int quantityDropped(Random random) {
                return 0;
        }

 

Changed the 0 to a 1:

@Override
public int quantityDropped(Random random) {
                return 1; //return 1 block to the ground
        }

 

The full class:

package com.kreezxil.modname.blocks;

import java.util.Random;

import net.minecraft.block.BlockGlass;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
import net.minecraft.util.EnumWorldBlockLayer;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.Side;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;

public class GlassBlock extends BlockGlass {

private static final boolean ignoreSimilarity = false;

public GlassBlock(String unlocalizedName, Material material, float hardness, float resistance, boolean ignoreSimilarity) {
	super(material, ignoreSimilarity);
	this.setUnlocalizedName(unlocalizedName);
	this.setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.tabBlock);
	this.setHardness(hardness);
	this.setResistance(resistance);
	this.setStepSound(soundTypeGlass);
}

public GlassBlock(String unlocalizedName, Material material, float hardness, float resistance) {
	this(unlocalizedName, material, hardness, resistance, ignoreSimilarity);
}

public GlassBlock(String unlocalizedName, float hardness, float resistance) {
	this(unlocalizedName, Material.glass, hardness, resistance, ignoreSimilarity);
}

public GlassBlock(String unlocalizedName) {
	this(unlocalizedName, 0.5f, 1.0f);
}

@Override
public boolean isOpaqueCube() {
	return false;
}

@Override
public int quantityDropped(Random random) {
                return 0;
        }

    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
    public EnumWorldBlockLayer getBlockLayer()
    {
        return EnumWorldBlockLayer.CUTOUT;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isFullCube()
    {
        return false;
    }

}

 

The other functions I copied in to my class to solve the issues with the insides of my blocks rendering black and sometimes opaque.

 

 

[kreezxil]

Will my method that I took raise issues in the future?

[kreezxil]

Are you referring to the other functions of just the one for drops?

[kreezxil]

No, but the way you have it right now doesn't accomplish what you wanted...

 

Since I'm a newbie to Forge modding, can you explain why it doesn't accomplish what I want?

 

I tested i quantityDropped by changing the return from 1 to 2 and when I broke the object it gave me 2 on the ground as I expected. If I knew what the main difference between quantityDropped and getDrops I will be understand your concern better.

 

Thanks.

 

Kreezxil

[kreezxil]

Well, if you did actually change it to 2 then fine (in your main post you have it return 0).

If it works, great.

 

Why did you make this post?

 

In my original post I showed what the routine is called and what I changed it too and then I showed my own GlassBlock class that extended BlockGlass.

 

I made the post to show what I did so that maybe someone else might learn from it. And, with the distinct possibility that someone such as yourself might impart to me a better way to do what it was that I just did.

 

By the by, from looking at the function you suggested, it appears that returns a possible list of drops that the block can drop, kind of like breaking grass can return all kinds of seeds.

 

The function you suggested I override is as follows:

/**
     * This returns a complete list of items dropped from this block.
     *
     * @param world The current world
     * @param pos Block position in world
     * @param state Current state
     * @param fortune Breakers fortune level
     * @return A ArrayList containing all items this block drops
     */
    public List<ItemStack> getDrops(IBlockAccess world, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state, int fortune)
    {
        List<ItemStack> ret = new java.util.ArrayList<ItemStack>();

        Random rand = world instanceof World ? ((World)world).rand : RANDOM;

        int count = quantityDropped(state, fortune, rand);
        for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
        {
            Item item = this.getItemDropped(state, rand, fortune);
            if (item != null)
            {
                ret.add(new ItemStack(item, 1, this.damageDropped(state)));
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

 

[kreezxil]

Which section is for sharing? Can you move this there?