Slot Background (Icon) Not Working (Solved)

[wookiederk]

I'm Trying to get an Icon to register for my custom slot. Heres My Code (simplified it below):

Icon armorIcon;
@SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
    public void registerIcons(IconRegister par1IconRegister) {
    	armorIcon = par1IconRegister.registerIcon("textures/items/slot_empty_boots.png");
    	
    }

    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)

    /**
     * Returns the icon index on items.png that is used as background image of the slot.
     */
    public Icon getBackgroundIconIndex()
    {
        return armorIcon;
    }

It turns out blank. Any help appreciated

[BlueSpud]

Is the texture white, or transparent. Make sure that you put the texture in the right place. I think you need to put I in /mcp71/src/minecraft/textures/items/your file. The path you put in is the exact path from your zip or the src/minecraft/ folder.

[Draco18s]

    armorIcon = par1IconRegister.registerIcon("textures/items/slot_empty_boots.png");

 

That is not how you call registerIcon.

 

You're supposed to pass it a string in this format:

 

"MODNAME:ITEMNAME"

 

No .png, no full path.

[wookiederk]

Its transparent...So its not registering anything. And its not an item! Its just an icon for a slot.

[BlueSpud]

Personally I like loading in the texture without an icon and just binding it. Not sure if there's a render item method however, but IMO that's much more manageable.

[wookiederk]

 public Icon getBackgroundIconIndex()
    {
        return armorIcon;
    }

must return an Icon, so You cant just bind it directly....Any ideas of why the icon remains transparent?

[Draco18s]

Check your error log.

[wookiederk]

No crashes

[SanAndreaP]

No crashes

 

Still check your logs. some errors don't neccessarily cause crashes.

[wookiederk]

Nothing out of the ordinary, but this was definitely interesting:

/**
     * Returns the icon index on items.png that is used as background image of the slot.
     */ 

It returns the icon index! (which I thought was outdated)  That being said, how would I use it to properly load an Icon?

[wookiederk]

Disregard my last post. It just Says that, but it doesn't. But there are no logs and the icon isn't rendering! Help!

[Dark2phoenix]

I believe slot backgrounds are considered items and not blocks.  Are you performing your registration as a block or as an item?

 

I had a similar problem and I had to create an item just to serve as the register for my slot backgrounds.

[wookiederk]

I thought it was icons, not Items or Blocks... Or if it is I have no idea what you mean to do.

[Dark2phoenix]

Sorry I wasn't clear.

 

You do put an Icon in the background of the container slot, it's just a matter of where you declare the icon you want to use.  Originally I was registering the icon in my chest Block and that just did not work.

 

Look at my mod project at:

 

https://github.com/dark2phoenix/RescueChest

 

I register the icon in dummy item I call ItemHotBar.  I then reference the icon I created in ItemHotBar when I'm creating my custom slot SlotHotBar.

 

See if that works for you.

[SanAndreaP]

Sorry I wasn't clear.

 

You do put an Icon in the background of the container slot, it's just a matter of where you declare the icon you want to use.  Originally I was registering the icon in my chest Block and that just did not work.

 

Look at my mod project at:

 

https://github.com/dark2phoenix/RescueChest

 

I register the icon in dummy item I call ItemHotBar.  I then reference the icon I created in ItemHotBar when I'm creating my custom slot SlotHotBar.

 

See if that works for you.

 

There's also another way on how to register an Icon, without needing an Item:

https://gist.github.com/SanAndreasP/380a80911debb88204c5

[wookiederk]

Sorry I wasn't clear.

 

You do put an Icon in the background of the container slot, it's just a matter of where you declare the icon you want to use.  Originally I was registering the icon in my chest Block and that just did not work.

 

Look at my mod project at:

 

https://github.com/dark2phoenix/RescueChest

 

I register the icon in dummy item I call ItemHotBar.  I then reference the icon I created in ItemHotBar when I'm creating my custom slot SlotHotBar.

 

See if that works for you.

 

Thanks that worked!