I know this is probably a really dumb question, but it seems like everything has changed since I last programmed a mod (in 2012).  Albeit, that should not be suprising.

I'm having a hard time setting a block to a vanilla minecraft block. I know how to reference my own mods blocks.  For this example, a dirt block will be fine.

 

Minecraft.getMinecraft().world.setBlockState(new BlockPos(0,0,0), /*somehow reference a dirt block*/ ,0);

 

I think you have to do something with getDefualtState().  But I have been googling around for a while and can't find a modern (a way that works with the modern version of minecraft), that will allow me to create a dirt block.  I tried new DirtBlock() and it gives me an error with no way of actually fixing it.

 

I had to use PLURAL Blocks not block.

 

Edited September 26, 20178 yr by bobwilicer
I changed blockPos to BlockPos(0,0,0) so there isn't confusion regarding if I know how to use BlockPos.

In addition to calling the method on the server side, the piece you are missing needs to be an IBlockState. For vanilla dirt, it would probably be Blocks.DIRT.getDefaultState(). If you're looking for podzol or something, you'll need to get that state instead.