[SOLVED] [1.7.10] Transparent block Lighting issue

[deerangle]

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

[deerangle]

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

[CreativeMD]

Maybe add those two methods to your Block class.

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

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

[deerangle]

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