I am trying to make a laser block... it is semi-transparent, and doesn't fill in the 1 block bounding box.

Somehow the block is being shaded, even though i set the opacity.

 

This is how it looks:

 

 

Here's my code:

protected TileLaser(Material material) {
	super(material);
	float fac = (0.9F)/2;
	this.setBlockBounds(0.0F, fac, fac, 1.0F, 1-fac, 1-fac);
	this.setLightLevel(0.5F);
	this.setLightOpacity(0);
	this.setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.tabRedstone);
	this.useNeighborBrightness = true;
}

@Override
public boolean isOpaqueCube() {
	return false;
}

@Override
public int getRenderBlockPass(){
	return 1;
}

 

thanks in advance from germany

i would also appreciate, if someone knew how not to render the back face of the laser, but the back faces of other blocks

Maybe add those two methods to your Block class.

@Override
public boolean isOpaqueCube()
{
    return false;
}

@Override
public boolean isNormalCube()
{
   return false;
}

thanks very much! i managed to figure it out before you answered, but didnt have time to respond, but thanks anyway!