Hello, I am creating a custom type of lantern in the game, and to do this I'm pulling directly from the LanternBlock class:

public static final RegistryObject<Block> VOID_LANTERN = BLOCKS.register("void_lantern", () -> new LanternBlock(Block.Properties.from(Blocks.LANTERN)));

In-game the lantern has the correct model, and the textures are mapped correctly, however there is no transparency within the textures themselves. You can see what I mean in the pic below. How would I go about fixing this. 1.12.2 was the last time I dealt with modding, and it seems the entire games rendering system has changed since then.

 

You need to call RenderTypeLookup.setRenderLayer in the client setup event to define the block's render type. I recommend using CUTOUT, but CUTOUT_MIPPED would also work.

2 minutes ago, imacatlolol said:

You need to call RenderTypeLookup.setRenderLayer in the client setup event to define the block's render type. I recommend using CUTOUT, but CUTOUT_MIPPED would also work.

How am I calling this? Can you point me in a direction for an example of this in action? 

4 minutes ago, ModMCdl said:

How am I calling this? Can you point me in a direction for an example of this in action? 

It's a static method. You just call it directly in the client setup event (FMLClientSetupEvent). It wants a Block and a RenderType, so simply provide it with what I said. I'm not sure what the confusing part is, this should be basic Java. If you don't know how to subscribe to events, read the docs.

11 minutes ago, imacatlolol said:

It's a static method. You just call it directly in the client setup event (FMLClientSetupEvent). It wants a Block and a RenderType, so simply provide it with what I said. I'm not sure what the confusing part is, this should be basic Java. If you don't know how to subscribe to events, read the docs.

Got it, I didn't know it was a static method, and IntelliJ didn't want to autocomplete it as one. Your second explanation was also much more clear than the first. As I said before, the last time I dealt with transparency, it was overridden directly in a custom block class. Thanks!

Edited April 21, 20205 yr by ModMCdl

57 minutes ago, ModMCdl said:

Got it, I didn't know it was a static method, and IntelliJ didn't want to autocomplete it as one. Your second explanation was also much more clear than the first. As I said before, the last time I dealt with transparency, it was overridden directly in a custom block class. Thanks!

Ah, I've never been very good at clarity, my bad. Glad you got it working!