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

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.

    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.

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

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.

 public Icon getBackgroundIconIndex()
    {
        return armorIcon;
    }

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

Check your error log.

No crashes

No crashes

 

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

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 (which I thought was outdated)  That being said, how would I use it to properly load an Icon?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!