Portal Tick Update

AzureusNation123 · January 27, 2013

Hey All,

Ive currently made a portal so when a feather is dropped in to the open space the portal appears.

only problem is it does it on a random tick.

is there any way so it does a update every tick or 2

package skycraft.blocks;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.util.List;

import java.util.Random;

import cpw.mods.fml.common.TickType;

import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.Side;

import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;

import skycraft.SkyCraft;

import skycraft.SkyCraftBlocks;

import skycraft.core.client.ClientProxySkyCraft;

import skycraft.core.common.CommonProxySkyCraft;

import net.minecraft.block.Block;

import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;

import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;

import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;

import net.minecraft.entity.item.EntityItem;

import net.minecraft.item.Item;

import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;

import net.minecraft.util.AxisAlignedBB;

import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;

import net.minecraft.world.World;

public class CloudBlock extends Block

{

public CloudBlock(int id, int texture, Material material)

{

super(id, texture, material);

this.setBlockName("Cloud");

this.setHardness(0.01f);

this.setStepSound(Block.soundSnowFootstep);

this.setCreativeTab(SkyCraft.tabSkyCraftBlocks);

}

public int getRenderBlockPass()

{

return 1;

}

public boolean isOpaqueCube()

{

return false;

}

public int getMobilityFlag()

{

return 1;

}

public String getTextureFile()

{

return CommonProxySkyCraft.Blocks_PNG;

}

public void updateTick(World par1World, int par2, int par3, int par4, Random par5Random)

{

int cloud = SkyCraftBlocks.cloudBlock.blockID;

if(par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 1, par3, par4) == cloud)

{

//Check for cloud frame

if(par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 2, par3, par4) == cloud && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 3, par3, par4) == cloud &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 4, par3, par4) == cloud && par1World.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 + 1) == cloud &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 + 2) == cloud && par1World.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 + 3) == cloud &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 + 4) == cloud && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 1, par3, par4 + 4) == cloud &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 2, par3, par4 + 4) == cloud && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 3, par3, par4 + 4) == cloud &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 4, par3, par4 + 4) == cloud && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 4, par3, par4 + 1) == cloud &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 4, par3, par4 + 2) == cloud && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 4, par3, par4 + 3) == cloud)

{

//empty middle

if(par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 1, par3, par4 + 1) == 0 && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 2, par3, par4 + 1) == 0 &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 3, par3, par4 + 1) == 0 && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 1, par3, par4 + 2) == 0 &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 2, par3, par4 + 2) == 0 && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 3, par3, par4 + 2) == 0 &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 1, par3, par4 + 3) == 0 && par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 2, par3, par4 + 3) == 0 &&

par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 3, par3, par4 + 3) == 0)

{

ItemStack stack = null;

EntityItem item = null;

List list = null;

list = par1World.getEntitiesWithinAABB(EntityItem.class, AxisAlignedBB.getAABBPool().addOrModifyAABBInPool(par2, par3, par4, par2 + 3, par3 + 1, par4 + 3));

if(list != null)

{

Iterator iterator = list.iterator();

while(iterator.hasNext())

{

Entity entity = (Entity)iterator.next();

if(entity instanceof EntityItem)

{

item = (EntityItem) entity;

stack = item.func_92014_d();

}

if(stack != null)

{

if(stack.getItem() == Item.feather)

{

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 1, par3, par4 + 1, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 2, par3, par4 + 1, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 3, par3, par4 + 1, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 1, par3, par4 + 2, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 2, par3, par4 + 2, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 3, par3, par4 + 2, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 1, par3, par4 + 3, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 2, par3, par4 + 3, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

par1World.setBlock(par2 + 3, par3, par4 + 3, SkyCraftBlocks.portalBlock.blockID);

if(item != null)

{

item.setDead();

}

Thanks in advance

Arphahat · January 27, 2013

So, I downloaded your code and mucked about with it, and did some searching online and found that scheduling the tick did the trick. Here is the relevant code:

@Override

public void onBlockAdded(World par1World, int par2, int par3, int par4) {

par1World.scheduleBlockUpdate(par2, par3, par4, this.blockID, 1);

}

@ the bottom of your updateTick routine

par1World.scheduleBlockUpdate(par2, par3, par4, this.blockID, 1);

I altered the code to generate glass so I could tell if it was working or not, but it should work with your portal as well.

Something I don't know is if it checking every tick is a bad idea or not. You might want to update your code to be smarter about rescheduling the tick, like having blocks only schedule a new tick if there is any cloud block next to it, or having the portal frame check be able to work for any block in the frame, instead of just the corner.

Anyhow, cool idea and it works instantly this way, not needing a surface under it and being able to hang in mid air.

AzureusNation123 · January 27, 2013

can u show me where to put it on here please and underline it so i can see thankyou