[1.8.9] Proper Usage Forge Blockstates?

[AnZaNaMa]

I have been working on converting my stuff from regular 1.8 vanilla rendering to 1.8.9 Forge Blockstate rendering, but for some reason, I keep getting errors. I think I have a syntax error in my blockstate files somewhere, because I'm getting "JSONSyntaxError: Missing model, expected to find a string" but it won't tell me where the error is at. I don't see an apparent one. Here is the blockstate file. Can someone help me figure out what's wrong with it?

 

{
"forge-marker": 1,
"defaults": {
        	"model": "block/cube_all",
        	"textures": {
            		"all": "energytools:blocks/energizer"
        	},
        	"transform": "forge:default-block"
    	},
"variants": {
        	"normal": [{}],
        	"inventory": [{}]
}
}

[AnZaNaMa]

Here's the log: http://pastebin.com/LbqtDwEM

 

Here's the file that registers my block models: https://github.com/AnZaNaMa/EnergyTools/blob/master/src/main/java/com/AnZaNaMa/EnergyTools/Block/RenderBlockRegister.java

 

Here's my blockstate: https://github.com/AnZaNaMa/EnergyTools/blob/master/src/main/resources/assets/energytools/blockstates/energizer.json

 

Based on what I read from https://gist.github.com/williewillus/57d7093efa80163e96e0 I assume that if I just use block/cube_all in my blockstates, I don't actually need any block-specific models.

[Draco18s]

The error isn't what you originally said.

 

[13:39:50] [Client thread/ERROR]: Exception loading model for variant energytools:goldbrick#normal
java.lang.Exception: Could not load model definition for variant energytools:goldbrick#normal

[AnZaNaMa]

Yeah, sorry... That was just the one I was looking at because the head of the stack didn't give any information about the root of the problem and just told me it couldn't load the model definition. I must be missing something, because I can't figure out what I've done wrong that made that happen. I registered the textures using ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation(), then defined the models based on cube_all and respective textures in the blockstate files.

[AnZaNaMa]

I've looked over this for a long time and I still haven't figured it out. Am I just doing this wrong?

[AnZaNaMa]

That makes sense, but then why doesn't it properly load the textures? It gives exception for loading the normal variant. I thought if I just left #normal blank, it would use the defaults is this not correct?

The error isn't what you originally said.

 

[13:39:50] [Client thread/ERROR]: Exception loading model for variant energytools:goldbrick#normal
java.lang.Exception: Could not load model definition for variant energytools:goldbrick#normal

[AnZaNaMa]

https://github.com/AnZaNaMa/EnergyTools/blob/master/src/main/resources/assets/energytools/blockstates/goldbrick.json

 

This is the most aggravating thing i've encountered in a while and I still haven't figured it out.

[AnZaNaMa]

So does anyone actually know how this works? I've looked over this many times and cross-checked it with other mods and my setup should work so why doesn't it? If someone could actually help me that'd be nice.

[AnZaNaMa]

I'm mad at myself for not noticing that

Thank you very much