Cutout Block Still Culling Adjacent Block Faces

[Niroque]

Hi there,

 

   My goal is to have this block look kind of like a lone fence post (minus attaching to adjacent blocks) where the object is cutout and the surfaces of the blocks around it are rendered.  I've tried duplicating a fence post but that became overly complicated and I got a bit lost.  Sadly this is what my block is doing so far (see attached).

 

   Using Eclipse and modding MC 1.12.2.  Here's my block class and definition:

package com.testmod.mod.blocks;

import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
import net.minecraft.util.BlockRenderLayer;

public class BlockBasic extends Block {
	public BlockBasic(String name, Material material) {
		super(material);
		setUnlocalizedName(name);
		setRegistryName(name);
	}
	
    public BlockRenderLayer getBlockLayer()
    {
        return BlockRenderLayer.TRANSLUCENT;
    }

    public boolean isFullCube(IBlockState state)
    {
        return false;
    }
    
    public boolean isOpaqueCube() {
    	return false;
    }
    
    public boolean isVisuallyOpaque() {
    	return false;
    }
}

 

package com.testmod.mod.init;

import com.testmod.mod.Reference;
import com.testmod.mod.blocks.BlockBasic;

import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ModelResourceLocation;
import net.minecraft.item.Item;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
import net.minecraftforge.client.event.ModelRegistryEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.client.model.ModelLoader;
import net.minecraftforge.event.RegistryEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;

@Mod.EventBusSubscriber(modid=Reference.MODID)
public class ModBlocks {
	static Block firstBlock;
	static Block fenceDupe;
	
    public static void init() {
    	firstBlock = new BlockBasic("firstBlock", Material.WOOD);
	}
    
    public boolean isOpaqueCube(IBlockState state)
    {
        return false;
    }

    public boolean isFullCube(IBlockState state)
    {
        return false;
    }
	
	@SubscribeEvent
	public static void registerBlocks(RegistryEvent.Register<Block> event) {
		event.getRegistry().registerAll(firstBlock);
	}
	
	@SubscribeEvent
	public static void registerItemBlocks(RegistryEvent.Register<Item> event) {
		event.getRegistry().registerAll(new ItemBlock(firstBlock).setRegistryName(firstBlock.getRegistryName()));
	}
	
	@SubscribeEvent
	public static void registerRenders(ModelRegistryEvent event) {
		registerRender(Item.getItemFromBlock(firstBlock));
	}
	
	public static void registerRender(Item item) {
		ModelLoader.setCustomModelResourceLocation(item, 0, new ModelResourceLocation( item.getRegistryName(), "inventory"));
	}
}

 

I've added what I *think should be working, but no joy.  Anyone point me in the right direction?  BTW; new to Minecraft modding so forgive me if I've missed something obvious.

 

Thanks!

Edited January 10, 2019 by Niroque

[unassigned]

I think you need to override Block#isNormalCube.

[Niroque]

Ah I had forgotten to add that back in.  I tried many variants as I went down the code rabbit hole.  It still shows the same though.

[desht]

Try overriding isOpaqueCube() and isFullCube() to return false.

[Niroque]

I already have this to override, is there another way to override them that's more reliable?

 

    public BlockRenderLayer getBlockLayer()
    {
        return BlockRenderLayer.TRANSLUCENT;
    }
    
    public boolean isNormalCube(IBlockState state)
    {
        return false;
    }

    public boolean isFullCube(IBlockState state)
    {
        return false;
    }
    
    public boolean isOpaqueCube(IBlockState state) {
    	return false;
    }
    
    public boolean isVisuallyOpaque() {
    	return false;
    }

 

[desht]

No, those overrides should be sufficient.  What does your model JSON look like?

 

Also, you should be using CUTOUT_MIPPED for your block render layer (getBlockLayer()). TRANSLUCENT is for blocks like glass or ice.

Edited January 10, 2019 by desht

[Niroque]

Here's my firstblock.json:
 

{
    "__comment": "Model generated using MrCrayfish's Model Creator (https://mrcrayfish.com/tools?id=mc)",
    "textures": {
        "0": "tm:blocks/firstblock",
        "1": "tm:blocks/firstblock"
    },
    "display": {
        "head": {
            "rotation": [ 0, 180, 0 ],
            "translation": [ 0, 0, 0 ],
            "scale": [ 1, 1, 1 ]
        },
        "firstperson_righthand": {
            "rotation": [ 0, 315, 0 ],
            "translation": [ 0, 2.5, 0 ],
            "scale": [ 0.4, 0.4, 0.4 ]
        },
        "thirdperson_lefthand": {
            "rotation": [ 75, 45, 0 ],
            "translation": [ 0, 2.5, 0 ],
            "scale": [ 0.375, 0.375, 0.375 ]
        },
        "firstperson_lefthand": {
            "rotation": [ 0, 0, 45 ],
            "translation": [ 0, 2.5, 0 ],
            "scale": [ 0.4, 0.4, 0.4 ]
        },
        "gui": {
            "rotation": [ 30, 45, 0 ],
            "translation": [ 0, 0, 0 ],
            "scale": [ 0.625, 0.625, 0.625 ]
        },
        "ground": {
            "rotation": [ 0, 0, 0 ],
            "translation": [ 0, 3, 0 ],
            "scale": [ 0.25, 0.25, 0.25 ]
        },
        "fixed": {
            "rotation": [ 0, 180, 0 ],
            "translation": [ 0, 0, 0 ],
            "scale": [ 1, 1, 1 ]
        },
        "thirdperson_righthand": {
            "rotation": [ 75, 315, 0 ],
            "translation": [ 0, 2.5, 0 ],
            "scale": [ 0.375, 0.375, 0.375 ]
        }
    },
    "elements": [
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 2, 1, 4 ], 
            "to": [ 4, 10, 6 ], 
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 9 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 9 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 9 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 9 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 2 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 11, 1, 4 ], 
            "to": [ 13, 10, 6 ], 
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 1, 7, 3, 16 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 9, 7, 11, 16 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 5, 0, 7, 9 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 7, 2, 16 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 2 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 11, 1, 14 ], 
            "to": [ 13, 10, 16 ], 
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 8, 5, 10, 14 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 3, 2, 12 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 4, 4, 6, 13 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 13, 0, 15, 9 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 2 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 2, 1, 14 ], 
            "to": [ 4, 10, 16 ], 
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 4, 7, 6, 16 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 13, 3, 15, 12 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 8, 5, 10, 14 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 9, 0, 11, 9 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 2 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 2, 9, 4 ], 
            "to": [ 13, 10, 16 ], 
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 11, 1 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 12, 1 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 11, 1 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 12, 1 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 11, 12 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 11, 12 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 2, 9, 5 ], 
            "to": [ 4, 21, 7 ], 
            "rotation": { "origin": [ 8.0, 8.0, 5.0 ], "axis": "x", "angle": -22.5 },
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 1, 0, 3, 12 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 4, 2, 16 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 9, 4, 11, 16 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 5, 4, 7, 16 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 2 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 11, 9, 5 ], 
            "to": [ 13, 21, 7 ], 
            "rotation": { "origin": [ 8.0, 8.0, 5.0 ], "axis": "x", "angle": -22.5 },
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 12 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 5, 4, 7, 16 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 12 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 12 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 2 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 2, 2 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 4, 12, 6 ], 
            "to": [ 11, 13, 7 ], 
            "rotation": { "origin": [ 8.0, 8.0, 8.0 ], "axis": "x", "angle": -22.5 },
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 7, 1 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 1 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 7, 1 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 1 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 7, 1 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 7, 1 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 4, 20, 6 ], 
            "to": [ 11, 21, 7 ], 
            "rotation": { "origin": [ 8.0, 8.0, 8.0 ], "axis": "x", "angle": -22.5 },
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 7, 1 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 1 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 7, 1 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 1 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 7, 1 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 7, 1 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 9, 11, 6 ], 
            "to": [ 10, 20, 7 ], 
            "rotation": { "origin": [ 8.0, 8.0, 5.0 ], "axis": "x", "angle": -22.5 },
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 10, 7, 11, 16 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 5, 4, 6, 13 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 14, 4, 15, 13 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 5, 4, 6, 13 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 2, 7, 3, 8 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 1 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 7, 11, 6 ], 
            "to": [ 8, 20, 7 ], 
            "rotation": { "origin": [ 8.0, 8.0, 5.0 ], "axis": "x", "angle": -22.5 },
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 2, 7, 3, 16 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 9 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 6, 6, 7, 15 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 9 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 2, 7, 3, 8 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 1 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 5, 11, 6 ], 
            "to": [ 6, 20, 7 ], 
            "rotation": { "origin": [ 8.0, 8.0, 5.0 ], "axis": "x", "angle": -22.5 },
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 3, 1, 12 ] },
                "east": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 1, 3, 2, 12 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 6, 1, 15 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 2, 7, 3, 16 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 2, 7, 3, 8 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 1 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 2, 3, 6 ], 
            "to": [ 3, 4, 14 ], 
            "faces": {
                "east": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 8, 1 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 8, 1 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 8 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 8 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 12, 3, 6 ], 
            "to": [ 13, 4, 14 ], 
            "faces": {
                "east": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 8, 1 ] },
                "west": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 8, 1 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 8 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#0", "uv": [ 0, 0, 1, 8 ] }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Cube",
            "from": [ 3, 3, 9 ], 
            "to": [ 12, 4, 11 ], 
            "faces": {
                "north": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 9, 1 ] },
                "south": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 9, 1 ] },
                "up": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 9, 2 ] },
                "down": { "texture": "#1", "uv": [ 0, 0, 9, 2 ] }
            }
        }
    ]
}

 

[Niroque]

Wow!  That was it, CUTOUT_MIPPED!  I knew it was something trivial!  Thanks desht!

[Niroque]

After weeding out chaff leftover from debugging...

For anyone running into this, if you use:

public class YourBlockClass extends Block {

    public BlockRenderLayer getBlockLayer()
    {
        return BlockRenderLayer.CUTOUT_MIPPED;
    }

...
}

You also need to include:

    public boolean isOpaqueCube(IBlockState state) {
    	return false;
    }

 

In the end though, (for my block purposes anyhow) I was able to omit the usage of BlockRenderLayer getBlockLayer() and now only use isOpaqueCube(IBlockState state) in my block class.  The reason it wasn't working before is because I didn't include the passed variable "IBlockState state" in my early debugging (see my initial post).  I was having a hard time finding a working example since it took a while for me to find a way to see minecraft source code that wasn't obfuscated (mc modding newb).  Hope this helps someone!