[Solved] help w missing texture problem?

[dbang]

This is my first ever mod.  I'm creating a basic block similar to this tutorial: http://www.minecraft...ki/Basic_Blocks

 

I'm using Forge / Eclipse / Minecraft 1.5.2.  My basic block is working, except that instead of using texture file I provided, it's displaying a white texture with the words "missing texture".

 

Here's my block class:

public class GenericBlock extends Block {

protected Icon blockIcon;


public GenericBlock (int id, Material material) {
super(id, material);
this.setCreativeTab(CreativeTabs.tabBlock);
System.out.println("+++++++++GenericBlock constructor[" + id + "," + material + "]");
}

public void registerIcons(IconRegister iconRegister)
{
blockIcon = iconRegister.registerIcon("Generic:genericdirt");
System.out.println("++++++++++++++block icon registered: " + blockIcon.getIconName());
}

}

 

I know it can find the file, because when I try a bogus file (e.g. Generic:blahblah) I get an error.

 

I'm running this in Eclipse, and the texture file is located in forge\mcp\eclipse\Minecraft\bin\mods\Generic\textures\blocks\genericdirt.png

 

(I tried to follow Draco's example here http://www.minecraftforge.net/w/images/4/43/Texturecode.png but I got errors, because Eclipse wasn't copying the image file correctly.  So I followed the advice here instead http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Eclipse#Fixing_textures_not_being_copied and the errors went away...but still no textures.)

 

Help?

[SenpaiSubaraki]

forge\mcp\src\minecraft\myFolderName/myPicture.png

> sorry, thats for other textures.

 

your should be in

 

forge\mcp\src\minecraft\mods\MODID\textures\blocks

or

forge\mcp\src\minecraft\mods\MODID\textures\items

[Draco18s]

For the 14th time:

[dbang]

@Draco: If you read my post, you'll see that I linked to your picture, and initially followed what it said and it didn't work.  Posting it 14 times doesn't actually help if it doesn't work. 

[dbang]

forge\mcp\src\minecraft\myFolderName/myPicture.png

> sorry, thats for other textures.

 

your should be in

 

forge\mcp\src\minecraft\mods\MODID\textures\blocks

or

forge\mcp\src\minecraft\mods\MODID\textures\items

 

Thanks, but as I said to Draco, that didn't work.  I initially had it in ...mods\Generic\textures\blocks but I got errors that it couldn't find the file.  That appears to be because Eclipse was not correctly copying the .png file to the bin folder.  So I followed the advice regarding Eclipse: set up a "linked folder" and marked it "use as source folder".  This resulted in the .png file getting copied to the bin folder I mentioned and got rid of the error at startup.  It's finding the file, there's no question, because if I type the filename wrong, it gives me an error.  In this example, I get no error...I just get a white block texture with "missing texture missing texture" on it.

[dbang]

Hey, someone on another forum found my bug (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1817947-help-w-missing-texture/).  This line accidentally overrides the blockIcon member variable in the Block superclass:

protected Icon blockIcon;

 

The "missing texture" texture must be what Minecraft does instead of giving a RTE when the blockIcon variable is unset or null at render time.  Clever!

 

(@Draco: I really wish you'd stop posting that picture repeatedly.)

 

[Draco18s]

(@Draco: I really wish you'd stop posting that picture repeatedly.)

 

Of the 14 times I've posted it, it's actually been what was needed twelve times.

 

So no.

[dbang]

(@Draco: I really wish you'd stop posting that picture repeatedly.)

 

Of the 14 times I've posted it, it's actually been what was needed twelve times.

 

So no.

 

Interesting, since 1) it doesn't actually work (unless you do the extra setup to make Eclipse copy the images), and 2) I read most of those 14 posts (I do my research before asking a question as a newbie) and in most of them, there's no confirmation from the OP that that fixed their problem.

 

Perhaps I could persuade you, if not to stop posting the image, to actually read the post first?  If you'd read my post, you'd have noticed that I actually linked to your image and explained that I'd tried it and it had not worked.

 

If not that, maybe I could at least persuade you to not be snotty about posting it?  Don't you find it just a wee bit embarrassing to crow about doing something 14 times and have it not work?

[Draco18s]

Interesting, since 1) it doesn't actually work (unless you do the extra setup to make Eclipse copy the images)

 

Running in Eclipse works just fine for me.  I had to do zero setup work.

 

And I did read your post, I got to this part:

 

[My textures are at] forge\mcp\eclipse\Minecraft\bin\mods\Generic\textures\blocks\genericdirt.png

 

At which point I knew that you hadn't actually followed my directions.