I have some code that turns metal blocks into fluids in a custom dimension, and while testing it against some blocks that are only metal via metadata, it only spawned the fluid which was for the metadata of 0. After debugging a little, I found that the metadata of the block placed is always zero, regardless of the block.

 

I was wondering how to fix this.

 

Code:

if(OreDictionary.doesOreNameExist("blockTin")) {
			for(ItemStack ore : OreDictionary.getOres("blockTin")) {
				if(ore != null) {
					if(event.block == Block.getBlockFromItem(ore.getItem()) && event.blockMetadata == ore.getItemDamage()) {
						System.out.println("block=" + Block.getBlockFromItem(ore.getItem()) + ", meta=" + ore.getItemDamage());
						System.out.println("event.block=" + event.block + ", event.meta=" + event.blockMetadata);
						if(FluidRegistry.getFluid("tin.molten") != null) {
							event.world.setBlock(event.x, event.y, event.z, FluidRegistry.getFluid("tin.molten").getBlock());
						} else {
							event.world.setBlock(event.x, event.y, event.z, Blocks.lava);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}

The issue here, as far I can see, is purely logical. The code is placing what you tell it.

Every fluid, has a source-block. This is what is being placed when you do not specify the meta in your world#setBlock method.

 

You use the method setBlock(x, y, z, block),when you should be using the other method setBlock(x, y, z, block, meta, flag).

Your meta-damage seems to be the ore#getItemDamage(), so use that for the meta tag.

The flag variable, in it's simplest description, is a notification. If the flag has a value of "1", it marks the block for update. If it is "2", it sends the update to the client (almost always wanted). "3" does both flag 1+2. "4" is special, in that it prevents the block from being re-rendered.

Something something something update to the new BlockState methods so this won't happen again.

The issue here, as far I can see, is purely logical. The code is placing what you tell it.

Every fluid, has a source-block. This is what is being placed when you do not specify the meta in your world#setBlock method.

 

You use the method setBlock(x, y, z, block),when you should be using the other method setBlock(x, y, z, block, meta, flag).

Your meta-damage seems to be the ore#getItemDamage(), so use that for the meta tag.

The flag variable, in it's simplest description, is a notification. If the flag has a value of "1", it marks the block for update. If it is "2", it sends the update to the client (almost always wanted). "3" does both flag 1+2. "4" is special, in that it prevents the block from being re-rendered.

 

You're kind of right. My console messages print whenever any block is placed, not just tin, and they always print a metadata of 0. But thanks for the heads up, I'll change my code.

Okay, so it appears that event.blockMetadata always is 0, so I found a better way, event.world.getBlockMetadata(event.x, event.y, event.z) . However, in the console, the event fires twice for each block, initially getting the metadata correct, but then firing the event with a metadata of 0 as well, which makes a different liquid. How would I get around this?

In the console when it prints twice, I expect it is once on the client and once on the server? Which one is zero?

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