Loading textures NOT on the classpath

[samrg472]

So how do I go about loading a texture that is not on the classpath?

 

I'm aware of the RenderEngine.allocateAndSetupTexture method.

But unsure of what to do after I get the int.

Unless RenderEngine.allocateAndSetupTexture is all I need?

 

(Yes I know RenderEngine.allocateAndSetupTexture is a static, just pretend RenderEngine is the instance or RenderEngine (ForgeHooksClient.engine()))

 

Note: These textures WILL NEVER be on the classpath

[LexManos]

You just need to be able to get the resource, they dont need to be in the class path, if they arnt you need to specify the full path.

[samrg472]

I can easily get the resource via FileInputStream and easily get the BufferedImage. It just comes down to the steps after that. Which is exactly what to do with them.

I retrieved the RenderEngine instance as usual and stored it in an engine variable.

yadda yadda....moving on to the silly part.

 

BufferedImage bi = readTextureImage(new FileInputStream(fullpath))

int i = engine.allocateAndSetupTexture(bi)

 

Now what? Theres not much to do with the i variable. And I know full path exists. I did an input stream null check.

Got the BufferedImage. allocated it and set it up. But theres nothing to do with the i integer. I have also used some reflection and manually put the integer and string path into the textureMap variable with no luck.