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);
    }
}

What is the problem that you are having?

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

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

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" }

    }

}

 

 

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.

worked like a charm, thank you very much!