markDirty() method

[MichaelVitrio]

  I'm recently working on my custom tile entity container, and I'm a bit confused with the markDirty() method in TileEntity class. is there anyone who can tell me what it does?

 

  I've read the description, it says:

      "for tile entities, ensures the chunk containing the tile entity is saved to the disk later - the game wont think it            hasn't changed and skip it"

 

So when and where do I need to use this method? What happens if I don't?

 

Thanks and i apologize for my poor English

[Notunknown]

When information within the TileEntity is modified and it needs to be saved to the file when unloaded.

 

Like if you have a container and you add/remove/modify/move/whatever an item inside it.

[Notunknown]

Like if you have a container and you add/remove/modify/move/whatever an item inside it.

Not really, the item-modification methods (like setStackInSlot) in the TE should do that.

 

Well don't they do it through markDirty?

[Notunknown]

Yes, but it's not up to the Container to do that.

 

Err - whoops, I badly worded that. By "container" I meant a TileEntity which contains stuff (like a Chest), not a Container class.

[Draco18s]

Yes, but it's not up to the Container to do that.

 

container !=

Container