[1.8] Rendering Help

[Cerandior]

Even with the older versions of forge i have had problems and haven't taken the time to learn how rendering works in minecraft. Now that rendering has gone through a overhaul, even that little bit of thinks that i knew abou the way minecraft renders, does no good in 1.8. Anyway, i have seen so many things that i want to be able create.

Lets's get straight to the point.

I want ro know how the book in top of the enchantment table is rendered.

I want to know how that book is animated.

I want to know how "the lights" that come when you kill the ender dragon are rendered.

 

Basically i am very bad at rendering in minecraft and have no idea on how to do a lot of things. I could copy-paste most code from vanilla, but what is the point in that if i dont know what i am doing.

If anyone can lead me to some easy-readable well explained tutorial that sums up the things that i wanted to learn, i would be very grateful.

 

Thank you for the time and have a nice day.

[coolAlias]

If you're really serious about learning OpenGL, check out GLProgramming. Kind of intense, but it will help you make sense of the vanilla rendering code (and then some!).

[Cerandior]

Thank you both for answering.

@coolAlias That is intense indeed. However I will read through all of it and hopefully after i am done i will get a better understanding over minecraft rendering.