[1.16.2] Way to render only one side of block

[Corgam]

Hi,

I want to use the TileEntityRenderer, to render just the top side of the block, so just a flat quad with top texture of the block. Is it possible in 1.16.2?

I already looked at the BotanyPots mod's code and it's using the

private void renderQuadsFlat(IBlockDisplayReader blockAccessIn, BlockState stateIn, BlockPos posIn, int brightnessIn, int combinedOverlayIn, boolean ownBrightness, MatrixStack matrixStackIn, IVertexBuilder buffer, List<BakedQuad> list, BitSet bitSet)

from BlockModelRenderer class.

But in 1.16.2 it looks like it's a private function and I cannot use it.

[ChampionAsh5357]

I mean you can just as easily do this with a regular block model by not drawing the other 5 sides. Same with using the method above. Hasn't changed.

[Corgam]

5 minutes ago, ChampionAsh5357 said:

I mean you can just as easily do this with a regular block model by not drawing the other 5 sides. Same with using the method above. Hasn't changed.

I have never used Tile Entity Rendering before, so I'm new to this part of modding, could you say how to do it?

[urbanxx001]

9 minutes ago, Corgam said:

But in 1.16.2 it looks like it's a private function and I cannot use it.

If you want to do it that way, you'll need AT or reflection to access it

[Corgam]

I just found out that one way to do it is to use matrix.scale() and squeeze the block almost into a plane, but it still renders all sided of the block, so it's not efficient.

[ChampionAsh5357]

Are you trying to do this for your block or a generic one?

[Corgam]

27 minutes ago, ChampionAsh5357 said:

Are you trying to do this for your block or a generic one?

Stone, endstone, magma block ect;.

So the idea is that I can put ItemStack inside of my block and it will render the block from that stack.

Edited September 16, 2020 by Corgam

[ChampionAsh5357]

Then you could just reuse the processes needed to get the BakedQuad in the upwards direction from the IBakedModel of each Block from the class you are referencing. I would recommend caching this data when applicable.