[1.13.2] replacing block.getActualState()

[anothertime]

In 1.12 I was using block.getActualState() to activate "cosmetic-only" properties in one of my blocks. Basically, the block change texture (choosing from 5 different ones) depending on a values stored by the block tile entity. The on-disk metadata of that block was always zero

 

In 1.13 getActualState is gone: should I actualy change the blockstate of the block every time the value in the TE change (causing chunk updates on the server for no reasons) or is there any other way to do so? I known extended block states exist but I don't understand how to use then with my blockstate jsons

 

thank you guys!
 

[imadnsn]

The method getActualState() no longer exists due to the flattening. Now you can either treat your states as blockstate like fences do, use extended states, or use TEs.

[anothertime]

Yeah I noticed that. I was looking into extended states but from what I understand I can only work with unlisted properties in extended states, that is, properties that are not in the block json blockstate file. Unless I'm wrong :)

 

In my blockstate I have a TYPE property with values between 0 (default/black texture) and 4 (red texture), the color to use is stored in the block TE.

 

In 1.12.2 my getMetaFromState() always returned 0 (so TYPE=0), leaving getActualState() to set TYPE to the color stored by the TE

 

Can I do this with extended states?

 

Thank you!

[anothertime]

I'm sorry, I know that my property name is a bit misleading. Those  are not 5 different blocks, it's basically a chest that show how full it is by changing it's texture. The TE compute the value for the TYPE property (0/black = empty, 4/red = full, and values in between) and my old getActualState() return the corresponding value for the blockstate json property. Could this be done using extended state and my current blockstate json or should I call world.setBlockState() every time the amount of stuff in the chest change between one TYPE and the other?

 

[anothertime]

got it, thank you!