[1.8] making semi transparent block

[Failender]

Hey folks,

I am triing to create a new type of air (toxic air), which means I need a block that will be semi transparent.

To do so I took a look at glass and how it does that.

I think that my solution lies in shouldSideBeRendered, but I feel like Im missing something.

I took the original method from the BlockBreakable class and removed some unnecessary checks, but its rendering as a full block.

The reason I dont extend BlockBreakable is because the method I want is hardcoded to work for glass.

 

package de.failender.shadowsrising.blocks;

import de.failender.shadowsrising.ShadowsRising;
import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
import net.minecraft.util.AxisAlignedBB;
import net.minecraft.util.BlockPos;
import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
import net.minecraft.world.World;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.Side;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;

public class ToxicAir extends Block{

public ToxicAir() {
	super(Material.air);
	setCreativeTab(ShadowsRising.shadowTab);

}

public AxisAlignedBB getCollisionBoundingBox(World worldIn, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state)
    {
        return null;
    }

    public boolean isOpaqueCube()
    {
        return false;
    }

    public boolean canCollideCheck(IBlockState state, boolean hitIfLiquid)
    {
        return false;
    }
    
    @Override
    public boolean isReplaceable(World worldIn, BlockPos pos) {
    	return true;
    }
    public boolean shouldSideBeRendered(IBlockAccess worldIn, BlockPos pos, EnumFacing side)
    {
        IBlockState iblockstate = worldIn.getBlockState(pos);
        Block block = iblockstate.getBlock();

            if (worldIn.getBlockState(pos.offset(side.getOpposite())) != iblockstate)
            {
                return true;
            }

            if (block == this)
            {
                return false;
            }
        

        return block == this ? false : super.shouldSideBeRendered(worldIn, pos, side);
    }
}

[Draco18s]

What is the problem that you are having?

[Failender]

Oh sorry I was rewriting my text and removed the problem.. retarded me. The block is not transparent. Its passable and all that but rendering like there is no transparency

[Draco18s]

The problem is in your json file.  Take a look at the json files for colored glass.

[Failender]

to be honest. im not sure whats the problem in there.

 

if i compare those jsons..

 

block models

 

 

{

    "parent": "block/cube_all",

    "textures": {

        "all": "shadowsrising:blocks/toxicair"

    }

}

 

 

 

 

 

{

    "parent": "block/cube_all",

    "textures": {

        "all": "blocks/glass_yellow"

    }

}

 

 

 

blockstates

 

 

{

    "variants": {

        "normal": { "model": "shadowsrising:toxicair"}

    }

}

 

 

 

 

 

{

    "variants": {

        "normal": { "model": "glass_yellow" }

    }

}

 

 

[CoderAtParadise]

If you look in BlockStainedGlass you will find this

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

while in Normal Glass TRANSLUCENT is instead CUTOUT.

Add this to your block class and it should fix the problem you are having.

[Failender]

worked like a charm, thank you very much!