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I've got a block that has a randomized name and I need to be able to change what the player sees in their inventory to that name instead of tile.x.name

 

Is there any way to do that that doesn't involve putting every possible name that can come from my random name generator into the lang file?

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Is it truly random or is it a game of pick a name from piles A, B, and C, your item's name is now ABC

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myriath Tree Puncher

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6 hours ago, ZigTheHedge said:

It won't be translated, right? If so, what's the problem? Just return your translated name from Block::getUnlocalizedName override.

When I do that the name turns into x.name in the inventory, how would I get rid of the .name part?

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28 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

If the name is already translated getDisplayName(ItemStack) should be overridden in the BlockItem instead (1.14.4 names).

Is that something new in 1.14 or is it in a lot of other versions as well?

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Just now, diesieben07 said:

In 1.12.2 it would be Item#getItemStackDisplayName that you override. Older versions are no longer supported on this forum due to their age.

Ok, I'll have to take a look when I have time, thank you.

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It seems as though this would work, however I don't know how to get the name into the custom ItemBlock class and into the registry. Overriding works fine for a static name, but I don't know how I'd update it from the Main class of the mod.

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23 minutes ago, myriath said:

into the registry

No you dont do this.

 

24 minutes ago, myriath said:

Main class of the mod.

Make a variable? What are you trying to do from an end user perspective? 

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3 minutes ago, Animefan8888 said:

Make a variable? What are you trying to do from an end user perspective? 

The user will see a randomly generated name for the ore and it's respective items. Say the random name is blah, you'll get Blah ore, Blah ingot, blah chestplate, etc.

 

6 minutes ago, Animefan8888 said:

No you dont do this.

How do I get the game to realize the block should use the custom ItemBlock class for it's name? Currently I'm trying to use GameRegistry.registerBlock with the block, it's respective itemblock class, and the block's unlocalized name as it's parameters. Is that not how it's supposed to be registered?

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