I currently have a custom crafting table that stores items in it.  What I would like to do is render an item (either in 2d or 3d from a block) from a particular item slot in a tile entity and have it appear on top of my crafting table. 

 

I am honestly not sure where to start.  I think I would have to get the item from the slot and in the renderer for my tile entity, have the item in said slot "rendered" as well, but really not sure how to do it.  I tried to look at RenderItemFrame, but so far haven't seen what I really need to focus on to get it working. Any suggestion on where to look or what to read would be appreciated.  Thanks!

 

I currently have a custom crafting table that stores items in it.  What I would like to do is render an item (either in 2d or 3d from a block) from a particular item slot in a tile entity and have it appear on top of my crafting table. 

 

I am honestly not sure where to start.  I think I would have to get the item from the slot and in the renderer for my tile entity, have the item in said slot "rendered" as well, but really not sure how to do it.  I tried to look at RenderItemFrame, but so far haven't seen what I really need to focus on to get it working. Any suggestion on where to look or what to read would be appreciated.  Thanks!

I believe this is doable with a IBakedModel implementation and I don't think there is much documentation on them at the moment, though I may be wrong, and if I am I would very much like to be corrected. If you do not know how to make an IBakedModel implementation use a TESR at the moment. I suggest adding some boolean(s) to your TE that determine if the slots have changed, overall if the items need to be re rendered to the Screen.

 

Edit: To actually render the item in the TESR look at using an EntityItem and how it renders to the screen.