[1.12.2] Render block with java model

[That_Martin_Guy]

(Fair warning, this is going to be a similar post to my last one)

 

I know you should pretty much always create block models in the .json format, but I'm part of a modding team who have created a whole bunch of .java models, and I'd hate to have to ask them to remake them all to convert them to .json. Is it a terrible idea to keep them as java files or is it fine? If so, how do you render the blocks this way?

[JaredBGreat]

Someone please answer this -- a lot of people would like to know -- I for example, have block that is the alternate state of a mob, so the two need to be identical.  I know its been stated that block models don't have to be JSON, and this doesn't require TESR.  So, is there a standard Forge way to do this, or are such statements a hint to hack in our own way.

 

BUMP!

[JaredBGreat]

Ah, so if I actually rendered the entity model directly as a block, it would be a TESR on some level, and the way would be found by researching ICustomModelLoader and its current implementations?  (Though if I could duplicate it as JSON it would be preferable).  Funny though, I thought all the rendering was ultimately base on OpenGL, just loaded / generated differently.  I'll look into this when I have time (I've already spend half my vacation updating someone else's mod, so I may take a break once its in a playable state).

 

Thanks.

Edited July 2, 2018 by JaredBGreat

[Draco18s]

  On 7/2/2018 at 3:17 PM, JaredBGreat said:

Funny though, I thought all the rendering was ultimately base on OpenGL, just loaded / generated differently.

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Correct. But as blocks are baked (the triangles don't need to be recomputed every frame) they can be streamed to the GPU much faster.