Is this an ok tactic? wondering if I can get all of the groovy animation functionality and just change the texture and such.

Is it worth even trying to do this or should I just build my own from BlockContainer

depends what your trying to do. If you make a simi copy it will work out fine if you extend chest, make TileEntityChest.class, guiChest.class, containerChest.class, and slotChest.class To go with it.

You don't need slotChest.class.

Have you guys tried it? the intuitive way to over-write the texture didn't work out for me

Have you guys tried it? the intuitive way to over-write the texture didn't work out for me

you don't override the textures you just set the new ones. Also you might want to look at renderChest as well.

Have you guys tried it? the intuitive way to over-write the texture didn't work out for me

you don't override the textures you just set the new ones. Also you might want to look at renderChest as well.

 

Yeah thats kinda what I meant, though I can understand my wording wasn't good. So have you done it?

Look at iron chests for how cpw does it.

https://github.com/cpw/ has many great code examples.

Look at https://github.com/cpw/ironchest specifically.