[forge 4.2.5][mc 1.3.2] issues getting my texture to show

[OpposingForces]

Hi all, i've been following tech freezers forge tutorials on youtube but i've hit a snag. i followed what he did exactly but my texture doesn't show up for my sword. instead i get a white square with a black rectangle at the bottom.

 

my mod source can be found here:

http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/388565/VanillaExpansion.7z

 

any help would be appreciated.

 

[Kore]

inside of your sword class, put in:

public String getTextureFile()
{
     return "";  //put the texture file in /MCP/eclipse/Minecraft/bin AND start with a /, end with .png
}

[OpposingForces]

thanks for the quick reply. but by putting it inside the bin folder what happens if i want to publish my mod? won't whoever downloads it have to throw my textures into the bin folder?

[keepcalm]

I'm fairly sure you can just chuck the texture files inside your mod's jar - so if the texture file was /textures/terrain.png, you'd put the 'textures' folder inside your jar.

[Reslekan]

You can.

 

Just create a package inside Eclipse, then drag and drop your textures into it - accessing them after with "/packagename/texturename.png"

 

Requires no fiddling around and you can then edit directly without having to replace files or pop them in /bin or the minecraft.jar.

[OpposingForces]

thanks guys.

i think that was the problem: "/packagename/texturename.png"

i had my textures inside my package but didn't add my package name so mine just read

"/myitems.png"

i'll try it a bit later.

 

EDIT/UPDATE: works. thanks guys.