Hi, I'm making a TileEntity, wich is a less-featured copy of the Minecraft Skull.

 

When rendering (using a TileEntitySpecialRenderer) I get the rotation angle from a variable on the TileEntityClass, but it always returns 0. The thing is, it isn't 0. I checked using update from ITickable:

 

private int skullRotation;

public void update() {
if (this.worldObj.isRemote) {
	System.out.println("CLIENT:" + skullRotation);
} else {
	System.out.println("SERVER:" + skullRotation);
}
}

 

And effectively, It's only 0 on the Client side. So I suppose I need to use Packets (I never used them before) to tell the client "Hey, this value has changed and is no longer 0", even when in the Minecraft TileEntitySkullRenderer it just uses TileEntitySkull.getSkullRotation().

 

If I need packet handling, can someone give me a link to an updated basic tutorial? Thanks.

https://github.com/Draco18s/HarderStuff/blob/master/src/main/java/com/draco18s/ores/entities/TileEntitySifter.java#L263-L293

You need to override

TileEntity#getUpdateTag

and

TileEntity#getUpdatePacket

, which williewillus explains here.

 

You don't need a custom packet for this, but you can learn more about custom packets and networking here.

https://github.com/Draco18s/HarderStuff/blob/master/src/main/java/com/draco18s/ores/entities/TileEntitySifter.java#L263-L293

 

Thanks! Very useful!

You need to override

TileEntity#getUpdateTag

and

TileEntity#getUpdatePacket

, which williewillus explains here.

 

You don't need a custom packet for this, but you can learn more about custom packets and networking here.

 

Thanks! I'll learn everything that I can