[1.9.4] Checking What Direction A Block is Facing

[Legoboy0109]

I am making a block integrated with the RF api, but I want to make it so it can only connect from a certain side, but since it is a block with the directional blockstate, I need to check what direction it's facing before setting the side it can connect from. If I try to reference the FACING variable it says incompatible operand types. How would I do this?

 

Thanks,

Legoboy0109

Edited April 19, 2017 by Legoboy0109

[Choonster]

First you need to get the IBlockState at the current position, this will usually be supplied as an argument. If it's not, you'll usually have a World/IBlockAccess and a BlockPos to get it from. If you don't, you probably don't have access to the state or the value of the FACING property.

 

Then you can get the value of the FACING property using IBlockState#getValue.

 

You may find it helpful to read this introduction to block states.