So, I'm making custom chests that will store items differently (following this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkW3PfeCX4). Everything works, the lid opens and closes when it should, items drop, and the model renders when I place it down--except it doesn't show when I load the world.

 

Things to note:

- The model shows up again upon interacting with it
- The code is a copy of the chest renderer code with some modifications for extra skins (provided below; yes, the original chest code does not override the render function)

 

RenderCustomChest:

@SideOnly (Side.CLIENT)
public class RenderCustomChest extends TileEntitySpecialRenderer<TileEntityCustomChest> {
	private static final String TEXTURES_LOCATION = "textures/entity/chest/";
	
	private static final String NAME_STONE = "stone";
	private static final String NAME_NETHER = "netherbrick";

    private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_NORMAL = new ResourceLocation (TEXTURES_LOCATION + "normal.png");
    private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_NORMAL_DOUBLE = new ResourceLocation (TEXTURES_LOCATION + "normal.png");
    private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_TRAPPED = new ResourceLocation (TEXTURES_LOCATION + "trapped.png");
    
	private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_STONE = new ResourceLocation (Reference.MOD_ID + ':' + TEXTURES_LOCATION + NAME_STONE + ".png");
	private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_STONE_DBL = new ResourceLocation (Reference.MOD_ID + ':' + TEXTURES_LOCATION + NAME_STONE + "_double.png");
	private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_STONE_TRAP = new ResourceLocation (Reference.MOD_ID + ':' + TEXTURES_LOCATION + NAME_STONE + "_trapped.png");
	private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_STONE_DBL_TRAP = new ResourceLocation (Reference.MOD_ID + ':' + TEXTURES_LOCATION + NAME_STONE + "_double_trapped.png");
	
	private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_NETHER = new ResourceLocation (Reference.MOD_ID + ':' + TEXTURES_LOCATION + NAME_NETHER + ".png");
	private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_NETHER_DBL = new ResourceLocation (Reference.MOD_ID + ':' + TEXTURES_LOCATION + NAME_NETHER + "_double.png");
	private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_NETHER_TRAP = new ResourceLocation (Reference.MOD_ID + ':' + TEXTURES_LOCATION + NAME_NETHER + "_trapped.png");
	private static final ResourceLocation TEXTURE_NETHER_DBL_TRAP = new ResourceLocation (Reference.MOD_ID + ':' + TEXTURES_LOCATION + NAME_NETHER + "_double_trapped.png");

    private final ModelCustomChest simpleChest = new ModelCustomChest ();
    //private final ModelCustomChest largeChest = new ModelLargeCustomChest ();
    
	public RenderCustomChest () {
		
	}
	
	private ResourceLocation getTexture (String regName, boolean isTrapped) {
		switch (regName) {
			default:
				return isTrapped ? TEXTURE_TRAPPED : TEXTURE_NORMAL;
			case "chest_" + NAME_STONE:
				return isTrapped ? TEXTURE_STONE_TRAP : TEXTURE_STONE;
			case "chest_" + NAME_NETHER:
				return isTrapped ? TEXTURE_NETHER_TRAP : TEXTURE_NETHER;
		}
	}
	
	public void render (TileEntityCustomChest te, double x, double y, double z, float partialTicks, int destroyStage, float alpha) {
		GlStateManager.enableDepth ();
        GlStateManager.depthFunc (515);
        GlStateManager.depthMask (true);
        int i;

        if (te.hasWorld ()) {
            Block block = te.getBlockType ();
            i = te.getBlockMetadata ();

            if (block instanceof ChestBase && i == 0) {
                ((ChestBase)block).checkForSurroundingChests (te.getWorld (), te.getPos (), te.getWorld ().getBlockState (te.getPos ()));
                i = te.getBlockMetadata ();
            }

            te.checkForAdjacentChests ();
        } else
            i = 0;

        if (te.adjacentChestZNeg == null && te.adjacentChestXNeg == null) {
            ModelCustomChest modelchest;

            //if (te.adjacentChestXPos == null && te.adjacentChestZPos == null) {
                modelchest = this.simpleChest;

                if (destroyStage >= 0) {
                    this.bindTexture (DESTROY_STAGES[destroyStage]);
                    GlStateManager.matrixMode (5890);
                    GlStateManager.pushMatrix ();
                    GlStateManager.scale (4.0F, 4.0F, 1.0F);
                    GlStateManager.translate (0.0625F, 0.0625F, 0.0625F);
                    GlStateManager.matrixMode (5888);
                } else
                	this.bindTexture (getTexture (te.regName, te.getChestType () == BlockChest.Type.TRAP));
            /*} else {
                modelchest = this.largeChest;

                if (destroyStage >= 0) {
                    this.bindTexture (DESTROY_STAGES[destroyStage]);
                    GlStateManager.matrixMode (5890);
                    GlStateManager.pushMatrix ();
                    GlStateManager.scale (8.0F, 4.0F, 1.0F);
                    GlStateManager.translate (0.0625F, 0.0625F, 0.0625F);
                    GlStateManager.matrixMode (5888);
                }
                
                if (te.getChestType() == BlockChest.Type.TRAP)
                    this.bindTexture (TEXTURE_TRAPPED_DOUBLE);
                else
                    this.bindTexture (TEXTURE_NORMAL_DOUBLE);
            }*/

            GlStateManager.pushMatrix ();
            GlStateManager.enableRescaleNormal ();

            if (destroyStage < 0)
                GlStateManager.color (1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, alpha);

            GlStateManager.translate ((float)x, (float)y + 1.0F, (float)z + 1.0F);
            GlStateManager.scale (1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F);
            GlStateManager.translate (0.5F, 0.5F, 0.5F);
            int j = 0;

            switch (i) {
            	default:
            		j = 0;
            		break;
            	case 2:
            		j = 180;
            		break;
            	case 4:
            		j = 90;
            		break;
            	case 5:
            		j = -90;
            		break;
            }

            if (i == 2 && te.adjacentChestXPos != null)
                GlStateManager.translate (1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);

            if (i == 5 && te.adjacentChestZPos != null)
                GlStateManager.translate (0.0F, 0.0F, -1.0F);

            GlStateManager.rotate ((float)j, 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F);
            GlStateManager.translate (-0.5F, 0, -0.5F);
            float f = te.prevLidAngle + (te.lidAngle - te.prevLidAngle) * partialTicks;

            if (te.adjacentChestZNeg != null) {
                float f1 = te.adjacentChestZNeg.prevLidAngle + (te.adjacentChestZNeg.lidAngle - te.adjacentChestZNeg.prevLidAngle) * partialTicks;

                if (f1 > f)
                    f = f1;
            }

            if (te.adjacentChestXNeg != null) {
                float f2 = te.adjacentChestXNeg.prevLidAngle + (te.adjacentChestXNeg.lidAngle - te.adjacentChestXNeg.prevLidAngle) * partialTicks;

                if (f2 > f)
                    f = f2;
            }

            f = 1.0F - f;
            f = 1.0F - f * f * f;
            modelchest.lid.rotateAngleX = -(f * ((float)Math.PI / 2F));
            modelchest.renderAll ();
            GlStateManager.disableRescaleNormal ();
            GlStateManager.popMatrix ();
            GlStateManager.color (1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);

            if (destroyStage >= 0) {
                GlStateManager.matrixMode (5890);
                GlStateManager.popMatrix ();
                GlStateManager.matrixMode (5888);
            }
        }
	}
}

 

Because the render code executes well and it matches up with the chest render code (aside from some custom additions and commented text), I have concluded that this segment is fine, leading me to believe that the render code is not executed upon the world load. I may be missing an event considering it happens at a specified moment; if so, where should I create the event function? If not, how can I find where the issue lies?

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