I am trying to code a block which renders on its corner. The vertical axis goes through two corners on opisite sides of the cube. If possible I would like it to rotate. But If not don't worry about it. I have not had any success with trying to code this.

MC version is important here

 

Lots of stuff is documented here:

http://greyminecraftcoder.blogspot.co.at/p/list-of-topics.html

http://www.minecraftforge.net/forum/index.php/topic,26267.0.html

 

EDIT

More direct info here:

https://github.com/TheGreyGhost/MinecraftByExample/tree/master/src/main/java/minecraftbyexample/mbe21_tileentityspecialrenderer

 

TESR is your friend.

Every time I post I forget something. I am coding 1.7.10

After you have the TESR working, the rotation can be done like this (pseudocode):

 

 

int angle = 0;


public void renderTileEntityAt(TileEntity whatever, double xPos, double yPos, double zPos)
{
    angle++;
    if(angle > 359)
        angle = 0;
    GL11.glTranslated(xPos, yPos, zPos);
    GL11.glTranslated(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
    //These glRotates are assuming you're drawing a cube in the normal Minecraft block orientation, then rotating it into position and animating it
    GL11.glRotated(angle, 0, 1, 0);
    GL11.glRotated(35, 1, 0, 0);
    GL11.glRotated(45, 0, 0, 1);
    GL11.glTranslated(-0.5, -0.5, -0.5);
    draw stuff/render model
    GL11.glTranslated(-xPos, -yPos, -zPos);
}

 

 

glRotate is a real nightmare, it's unfortunate that MC likely will never update to a newer OpenGL version.

Is there a good text tutorial for how to code a 1.7.10 custom rendered block

 

that isnt a text tutorial (duh) but it was very helpful, the first video was him making a table in techne.....