[1.11.2] Block state

[IMleader]

Hello! I am working on a block that has multiple states and based on the state, it has a different color. I have made the block and it registers all of the variants, but how exactly does the .json work. I know how it works for a regular block. But I cannot get it to work for the JSON part. I tried to look at Minecraft assets to no avail. Source can be found here: https://github.com/xXXIMMATTHEWXXx/MyCraft

How do I setup the JSON for different block states to use a different texture? 

 

Some explanation. I use all of the default Minecraft colors and create a sub-block of the block. This leads to 16 different blocks 

Edited June 9, 2017 by IMleader

[Jay Avery]

The forge docs have an overview of the vanilla blockstates format (fine for simple blocks like yours), and the forge blockstates format (more versatile but marginally more complicated).

[IMleader]

Ive tried it with the orange and white models but it still throws an model error

https://github.com/xXXIMMATTHEWXXx/MyCraft/blob/master/src/main/resources/assets/mycraft/blockstates/sim_light_color.json

Edited June 9, 2017 by IMleader
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[Jay Avery]

Okay... what error?

[IMleader]

[14:41:57] [Client thread/ERROR] [FML]: Exception loading model for variant mycraft:sim_light_block_color#color=white for blockstate "mycraft:sim_light_block_color[color=white]"
net.minecraftforge.client.model.ModelLoaderRegistry$LoaderException: Exception loading model mycraft:sim_light_block_color#color=white with loader VariantLoader.INSTANCE, skipping
	at net.minecraftforge.client.model.ModelLoaderRegistry.getModel(ModelLoaderRegistry.java:153) ~[ModelLoaderRegistry.class:?]
	at net.minecraftforge.client.model.ModelLoader.registerVariant(ModelLoader.java:264) ~[ModelLoader.class:?]
	at net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ModelBakery.loadBlock(ModelBakery.java:153) ~[ModelBakery.class:?]
	at net.minecraftforge.client.model.ModelLoader.loadBlocks(ModelLoader.java:252) ~[ModelLoader.class:?]
	at net.minecraftforge.client.model.ModelLoader.setupModelRegistry(ModelLoader.java:159) ~[ModelLoader.class:?]
	at net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ModelManager.onResourceManagerReload(ModelManager.java:28) [ModelManager.class:?]
	at net.minecraft.client.resources.SimpleReloadableResourceManager.registerReloadListener(SimpleReloadableResourceManager.java:122) [SimpleReloadableResourceManager.class:?]
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.init(Minecraft.java:541) [Minecraft.class:?]
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:387) [Minecraft.class:?]
	at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(Main.java:118) [Main.class:?]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_79]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_79]
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_79]
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_79]
	at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:135) [launchwrapper-1.12.jar:?]
	at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:28) [launchwrapper-1.12.jar:?]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_79]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_79]
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_79]
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_79]
	at net.minecraftforge.gradle.GradleStartCommon.launch(GradleStartCommon.java:97) [start/:?]
	at GradleStart.main(GradleStart.java:26) [start/:?]

For each color

[Jay Avery]

That means that you don't have a variant for that colour. Take a look at the docs I linked you, and make sure your blockstates file contains a variant for every colour in the correct format.

[IMleader]

The problem is white is still showing an error even though the white one is in there. 

[Jay Avery]

A blockstates file won't be processed correctly unless it has all the possible states in it - so even if the one variant is correct, it won't render if another variant is wrong or missing.

[IMleader]

Even with all the variants in there. The same error still pop up

[Jay Avery]

Check the forge blockstates format rules again. The variants for a property like colour should not be in an array (in square brackets).

 

Edit: You also have a json syntax error, an extra comma at the end of the "black" variant. Use an online json validator or a plugin for your IDE to catch syntax mistakes like this.

Edited June 9, 2017 by Jay Avery

[IMleader]

I haved fixed the syntax. Can you show me an example with just two colors?

[Jay Avery]

For a version with only two colours, you will need to change the way your block's properties are coded. Are you still getting model errors in the console? If so, post them.

[IMleader]

I wanted to version with two colors only so i can see how it works. Dont want you to do more work so if you could show me the correct way with two colors ill do the rest

[Jay Avery]

I'm not going to write it for you. You're very close to getting it right, and talking you through the errors with your version will teach you far more than just giving you a working replacement.

[IMleader]

Haah! You were right, the [] made an array. Weird how that works but it goes to the textures now. All good

[IMleader]

  On 6/9/2017 at 8:12 PM, Jay Avery said:

I'm not going to write it for you. You're very close to getting it right, and talking you through the errors with your version will teach you far more than just giving you a working replacement.

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I have  a new issue. I set the creative tab to decor. But it does not show up and i cannot give myself the block?

[Jay Avery]

You never create an ItemBlock for your SimLightBlock. An ItemBlock is the thing which exists in the inventory and creative tabs, a Block is the thing which exists physically in the world.

[IMleader]

I have made this but it says that a registery name is not set for the item. But my other register name for the block is based off of the meta data. How do i go about this?

[Jay Avery]

Why is the registry name based on the blockstate? I'm pretty sure there should always be exactly one registry name per block, not per block variant.

[IMleader]

When i change to not use the block state, i get the same model error 

[Jay Avery]

Post your most up-to-date code, blockstates file, and error logs.

[jeffryfisher]

When you create the ItemBlock for the variable block, you need to use (or imitate) the ItemMultiTexture class that sets hasSubtypes to true. It'll need a method to generate a name suffix for each "damage" (metadata) value so your client proxy can create a resource location for each item subtype:

 

  if (i.getHasSubtypes ()) {
      ResourceLocation[] variant = new ResourceLocation[varSuffixes.length]; // Not to be confused with *model* locations

      for (int meta = 0; meta < varSuffixes.length; meta++ ) {
        variant[meta] = new ResourceLocation (i.getRegistryName ().toString () + '_' + varSuffixes[meta]);
        ModelResourceLocation m = new ModelResourceLocation (variant[meta], "inventory");
        ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation (i, meta, m);
      }
      ModelBakery.registerItemVariants (i, variant);
  }

 

In this code snippet, 'i' is my item, and varSuffixes is an array of strings that I passed into this client proxy method.

Edited June 10, 2017 by jeffryfisher