How will the new texture work in 1.5?

[MinecraftTheGuys]

I am a bit corius about the new texture system and how it will work with Forge. Like most of you know, every block/item will have their own picture in the new update. Will it be the same thing with Forge or will they still have Sprite Textures?

[LexManos]

The multiple sprite sheets has been taken out of forge, there is no need for it anymore with the new system.

You will use vanilla MC features in 1.5

[MinecraftTheGuys]

Ok. Nice!

[Markd315]

So I'm confused.  I want to update my mods for 1.5, and I just loaded up the old source in eclipse.  351 blockIndexInTextures and setIconIndex are erroring (to be expected with the changes to textures in vanilla 1.5), but I'm not exactly sure how to fix this.  Do I have to manually separate the 2 PNG files I have into like 40 different ones?  Sorry if I seem noobish, I'm relatively new to this and to java in general, so I'm having trouble.

[SanAndreaP]

So I'm confused.  I want to update my mods for 1.5, and I just loaded up the old source in eclipse.  351 blockIndexInTextures and setIconIndex are erroring (to be expected with the changes to textures in vanilla 1.5), but I'm not exactly sure how to fix this.  Do I have to manually separate the 2 PNG files I have into like 40 different ones?  Sorry if I seem noobish, I'm relatively new to this and to java in general, so I'm having trouble.

 

It's true, the new system doesn't handle icon IDs anymore. It uses a class called "Icon" now to handle the texture files. And yes, you have to split your sprite sheet into seperate icon files. But I don't know anything more since I'm currently figuring out stuff for myself.

[Manchou]

I'm confused too. One thing is sure, textures in Vanilla are in separate files.

And another thing is sure, like any new code, MCP put generic names on variables and method on all code about the texturing, making it quite difficult to understand.

 

If someone get how to add an item (with texture), it would be kind to share it.

Everything else compile now. Though I can't test it.

[LexManos]

https://github.com/cpw/ironchest/commit/ed2df512e4359e80737954f7f87180130365f68f

[Markd315]

Alright, thanks.  I'll most likely be able to figure it out from that.  Appreciate it.