I made a block like a pumpkin that has a face on only one side, but whenever I place the block down it faces north, no matter what. I have it set to "block/orientable" in the .json model file, and I've tried to copy over the code from the pumpkin class to make it work, but it doesn't.

 

Here's my block class

public class ModBlocks {

public static Block jack_omelon;

public static void init()
{
	jack_omelon =  new BlockTest(Material.gourd).setUnlocalizedName("jack_omelon").setCreativeTab(PinesMod.tabPinesMod).setHardness(1.0F).setLightLevel(2.0F);
}
public static void register()
{
	GameRegistry.registerBlock(jack_omelon, jack_omelon.getUnlocalizedName().substring(5));
}
public static void registerRenders()
{
	registerRender(jack_omelon);
}

public static void registerRender(Block block)
{
	Item item = Item.getItemFromBlock(block);
	Minecraft.getMinecraft().getRenderItem().getItemModelMesher().register(item, 0, new ModelResourceLocation(Reference.MOD_ID + ":" + item.getUnlocalizedName().substring(5), "inventory"));
}


}

1) I see "render" and "mesher" refs in a class that is not side-only.

 

2) Why is your block class not descended from class Block?

 

3) For that matter, why does it not extend vanilla class BlockDirectional?

2) Why is your block class not descended from class Block?

3) For that matter, why does it not extend vanilla class BlockDirectional?

 

That's his main class, not his block class.

So how do I make it orientable?

So how do I make it orientable?

 

You'd have to post your block code.

I might have learned how to make blocks a bit differently than normal. That was what rendered my block, created my block, and created the item.

Here's my model file

{
    "parent": "block/orientable",
    "textures": {
        "top": "pm:blocks/jack_omelon_top",
        "front": "pm:blocks/jack_omelon",
        "side": "pm:blocks/jack_omelon_side"
    }
}

 

It also doesn't register it as orientable, claiming it's misspelled.

 

Hesus Frakking Christiana.

 

I want the block class, that's the model json.

 

This, I want this:

BlockTest

Ohh, sorry about that.

public class BlockTest extends Block {

public BlockTest(Material materialIn) {
	super(materialIn);
	// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}

}

why does it not extend vanilla class BlockDirectional?

2) Why is your block class not descended from class Block?

3) For that matter, why does it not extend vanilla class BlockDirectional?

 

That's his main class, not his block class.

 

Then his main class needs a bunch of annotations and required FML event handlers, and that mesher ref could still get him into trouble.

why does it not extend vanilla class BlockDirectional?

Solved! This whole time I had been putting the Pumpkin code allowing it to be orientable in the wrong class! I put it it the BlockTest class and it worked. Thanks!