Hello, I have been having trouble getting unique subitem names for metadata blocks/items all night. New to modding minecraft, and I guess a lot just changed with 1.5 so.. that's just my luck

 

Anyway, I've made a real quick and dirty mod to illustrate my problem. Here are the code files I wrote just now:

 

Test.java

 

package mods.test;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.SidedProxy;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.Init;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.PostInit;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.PreInit;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPostInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkMod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.LanguageRegistry;
import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.src.BaseMod;
@Mod(modid="test",name="Test",version="0.0")
@NetworkMod(clientSideRequired=true, serverSideRequired=true)
public class Test extends BaseMod {
public static final Block testBlock = new BlockTest(500, Material.wood);

@Override
public String getVersion() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return "0.0";
}
@Override
public void load() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}
// Says where the client and server 'proxy' code is loaded.
@SidedProxy(clientSide="mods.test.client.ClientProxy", serverSide="mods.test.CommonProxy")
public static CommonProxy proxy;

@PreInit
public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event) { }

@Init
public void load(FMLInitializationEvent event) {
     int i;
     GameRegistry.registerBlock(testBlock, "test");
    
     for (i=0;i<4;++i){
     LanguageRegistry.addName(
         new ItemStack(testBlock, 1, i),
         BlockTest.subName[i]
         );
     }
}

@PostInit
public void postInit(FMLPostInitializationEvent event) { }

}

 

 

BlockTest.java

 

package mods.test;
import java.util.List;
import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.Side;
import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;
import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.IconRegister;
import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.util.Icon;
import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
public class BlockTest extends Block {

public static final String[] subName = {
"Sub-Item A",
"Sub-Item B",
"Sub-Item C",
"Sub-Item D"
};
public BlockTest(int par1, Material par2Material) {
super(par1, par2Material);
this.setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.tabMisc);
}

/**
     * Determines the damage on the item the block drops. Used in cloth and wood.
     */
public int damageDropped(int metadata)
{
     return metadata;
}
/**
     * returns a list of blocks with the same ID, but different meta (eg: wood returns 4 blocks)
     */
public void getSubBlocks(int blockID, CreativeTabs creativeTabs, List itemList)
{
     for (int j = 0; j < subName.length; ++j)
     {
         itemList.add(new ItemStack(blockID, 1, j));
     }
}
@SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
/**
     * When this method is called, your block should register all the icons it needs with the given IconRegister. This
     * is the only chance you get to register icons.
     */
public void registerIcons(IconRegister par1IconRegister)
{
     this.blockIcon = par1IconRegister.registerIcon("dirt");
}
}

 

 

ItemBlockTest.java

 

package mods.test;
import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
public class ItemBlockTest extends ItemBlock {

public static final String[] subName = {
"subA",
"subB",
"subC",
"subD"
};
public ItemBlockTest(int par1) {
super(par1);
this.setHasSubtypes(true);
this.setUnlocalizedName("test");
this.setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.tabMisc);
}

@Override
public int getMetadata (int damageValue) {
return damageValue;
}

@Override
public String getItemDisplayName(ItemStack itemStack) {
return this.getUnlocalizedName() + subName[itemStack.getItemDamage()];
}
}

 

 

CommonProxy.java and ClientProxy.java

 

package mods.test;
public class CommonProxy {
}

package mods.test.client;
import mods.test.CommonProxy;
public class ClientProxy extends CommonProxy {
}

 

 

If you run the mod, all 4 blocks show up in the creative section and the inventory as "Sub-item D".

 

What am I missing?

Thanks for the response. I went ahead and took your suggestion on the above code, and unfortunately I'm getting the same result.

 

This is what I am using now in place of the getItemDisplayName override:

    @Override
    public String getUnlocalizedName(ItemStack itemStack)
    {
    	return this.getUnlocalizedName() + subName[itemStack.getItemDamage()];
    }

Perfect! Thank you.

 

Here's the updated code for anyone interested:

 

Test.java

 

package mods.test;

import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.SidedProxy;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.Init;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.PostInit;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.PreInit;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPostInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkMod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.LanguageRegistry;
import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;

@Mod(modid="test",name="Test",version="0.0")
@NetworkMod(clientSideRequired=true, serverSideRequired=true)
public class Test {

public static final Block testBlock = new BlockTest(500, Material.wood); 

    // Says where the client and server 'proxy' code is loaded.
    @SidedProxy(clientSide="mods.test.client.ClientProxy", serverSide="mods.test.CommonProxy")
    public static CommonProxy proxy;
    
    @PreInit
    public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event) { }
    
    @Init
    public void load(FMLInitializationEvent event) {
    	int i;

    	GameRegistry.registerBlock(testBlock, ItemBlockTest.class, "test");
    	
    	for (i=0;i<4;++i){
    		LanguageRegistry.addName(
        		new ItemStack(testBlock, 1, i),
        		BlockTest.subName[i]
            );
    	}
    }
    
    @PostInit
    public void postInit(FMLPostInitializationEvent event) { }


}

 

 

ItemBlockTest.java

 

package mods.test;

import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;

public class ItemBlockTest extends ItemBlock {

public static final String[] subName = {
	"subA",
	"subB",
	"subC",
	"subD"
};

public ItemBlockTest(int par1) {
	super(par1);
	this.setHasSubtypes(true);
	this.setUnlocalizedName("test");
	this.setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.tabMisc);
}

@Override
public int getMetadata (int damageValue) {
	return damageValue;
}

    /**
     * Returns the unlocalized name of this item. This version accepts an ItemStack so different stacks can have
     * different names based on their damage or NBT.
     */
@Override
    public String getUnlocalizedName(ItemStack itemStack)
    {
    	return this.getUnlocalizedName() + subName[itemStack.getItemDamage()];
    }

/*@Override
public String getItemDisplayName(ItemStack itemStack) {
	return this.getUnlocalizedName() + subName[itemStack.getItemDamage()];
}*/

}

 

Awesome, thank you so much for this solution. I've been going nuts for 3 hours looking for an answer. Should have come here first.