Proper place to render an effect for an item's right click?

[naturaGodhead]

Hey just wondering what the right place to have rendering code for an item's use would be? Is there an event that would be best? 

[naturaGodhead]

To clarify, I'm just wanting to draw a "laser" where the player is looking when they use the item

[naturaGodhead]

package com.natura.minestuckarsenal;

import java.util.Optional;

import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;
import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;

import com.natura.minestuckarsenal.item.ItemLaserWeapon;
import com.natura.minestuckarsenal.item.MinestuckArsenalItems;

import net.java.games.input.Mouse;
import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.BufferBuilder;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GlStateManager;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.Tessellator;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.DefaultVertexFormats;
import net.minecraft.client.settings.GameSettings;
import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
import net.minecraft.util.math.Vec3d;
import net.minecraftforge.client.event.RenderWorldLastEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.event.entity.player.PlayerInteractEvent.EntityInteract;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.EventPriority;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.Side;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;

public class ClientEventHandler {
	
	public static final ResourceLocation LASER_LOC = new ResourceLocation(MinestuckArsenal.MODID, "textures/effects/laserbeam.png");

	public ClientEventHandler() {
		
	}
	
	@SubscribeEvent(priority=EventPriority.NORMAL, receiveCanceled=true)
	public void onRenderWorld(RenderWorldLastEvent e) {
		
			EntityPlayer player = Minecraft.getMinecraft().player;
			GameSettings gs = Minecraft.getMinecraft().gameSettings;
			
			if(player.getActiveItemStack().getItem() == MinestuckArsenalItems.ahabsCrosshairs && gs.keyBindUseItem.isKeyDown()) {
				doRenderBeam(player);
			}
		
		
	}
	
	
	public static void doRenderBeam(EntityLivingBase shooter) {
			GlStateManager.depthMask(false);
			GlStateManager.enableBlend();
			GlStateManager.blendFunc(GL11.GL_ONE, GL11.GL_ONE);
			
			GlStateManager.pushMatrix();
			
			EntityPlayer player = Minecraft.getMinecraft().player;
			
			float partialTicks = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getRenderPartialTicks();
			double doubleX = player.lastTickPosX + (player.posX - player.lastTickPosX) * partialTicks;
			double doubleY = player.lastTickPosY + (player.posY - player.lastTickPosY) * partialTicks;
			double doubleZ = player.lastTickPosZ + (player.posZ - player.lastTickPosZ) * partialTicks;
			
			Vec3d vec = new Vec3d(doubleX, doubleY+player.getEyeHeight(), doubleZ);
			Vec3d vec0 = shooter.getPositionVector().addVector(0, shooter.getEyeHeight()+0.2, 0);
			Vec3d vec1 = vec0;
			
			
			
				vec1 = Optional.ofNullable(ItemLaserWeapon.raytraceEntityPlayerLook(player, ItemLaserWeapon.range))
				.map(rtr -> rtr.hitVec)
				.orElse(vec1);
			
			GlStateManager.translate(-doubleX, -doubleY, -doubleZ);
			
			Tessellator tessellator = Tessellator.getInstance();
			BufferBuilder buffer = tessellator.getBuffer();
			
			Minecraft.getMinecraft().renderEngine.bindTexture(LASER_LOC);
			
			buffer.begin(GL11.GL_QUADS, DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_TEX_LMAP_COLOR);
			
			drawBeam(vec0, vec1, vec, 0.13f);
			
			tessellator.draw();
			
			GlStateManager.popMatrix();
			
			GlStateManager.blendFunc(GL11.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL11.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
			
	}
	
	
	public static void drawBeam(Vec3d S, Vec3d E, Vec3d P, float width) {
		Vec3d PS = S.subtract(P);
		Vec3d SE = E.subtract(S);
	
		Vec3d normal = PS.crossProduct(SE).normalize();
	
		Vec3d half = normal.scale(width);
		Vec3d p1 = S.add(half);
		Vec3d p2 = S.subtract(half);
		Vec3d p3 = E.add(half);
		Vec3d p4 = E.subtract(half);
	
		drawQuad(Tessellator.getInstance(), p1, p3, p4, p2);
	}

	
	private static void drawQuad(Tessellator tessellator, Vec3d p1, Vec3d p2, Vec3d p3, Vec3d p4) {
		int brightness = 240;
		int b1 = brightness >> 16 & 65535;
		int b2 = brightness & 65535;
	
		BufferBuilder buffer = tessellator.getBuffer();
		buffer.pos(p1.x, p1.y, p1.z).tex(0.0D, 0.0D).lightmap(b1, b2).color(255, 255, 255, 128)
			.endVertex();
		buffer.pos(p2.x, p2.y, p2.z).tex(1.0D, 0.0D).lightmap(b1, b2).color(255, 255, 255, 128)
			.endVertex();
		buffer.pos(p3.x, p3.y, p3.z).tex(1.0D, 1.0D).lightmap(b1, b2).color(255, 255, 255, 128)
			.endVertex();
		buffer.pos(p4.x, p4.y, p4.z).tex(0.0D, 1.0D).lightmap(b1, b2).color(255, 255, 255, 128)
			.endVertex();
	}
	
}

 

This is my rendering code right now, but this never seems to do anything? I have the event handler registered in my main class.

[Cadiboo]

have you done debugging to find out what code is called?

On 08/05/2018 at 8:55 AM, naturaGodhead said:

I have the event handler registered in my main class.

I don't know how you have done this but I believe it is impossible and that you need to put

@Mod.EventBusSubscriber OR @EventBusSubscriber above your ClientEventHandler class and make your onRenderWorld method static. Also why is there 

public ClientEventHandler() {
		
	}

?