How do I make a block transparent?

[foonicular]

I recently made a custom block (not a normally shaped one) and I was wondering how I can make it transparent. It is a crystal ball, and is meant to be a decoration block. It appears clear in my hand but when I place it down, it appears black instead of clear (Its only supposed to be clear where I have no colour.) I heard something about overlaying textures whilst truing to figure it out. If that's what I need to do, I have no idea how to do it. And for any1 who helps, thanks a ton!

PS this is in 1.16.1

Edited September 28, 2020 by foonicular
Forgot to add version

[ChampionAsh5357]

RenderTypeLookup#setRenderLayer in your client setup event should do the trick.

Also, update to the latest minor.

[foonicular]

I put:

RenderTypeLookup.setRenderLayer(ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_BALL.get(), RenderType.getTranslucent());

and it broke my mod, its says that it cant get it or something like that, when I run the game.

[ChampionAsh5357]

2 minutes ago, foonicular said:

and it broke my mod

You did something wrong in your mod then. Please link your repo so we can see the code.

[foonicular]

Ok here's the GitHub page for my mod, I just made it.https://github.com/Foonicular/TutorialMod-1.16.1

[Danebi]

On 9/28/2020 at 6:20 PM, ChampionAsh5357 said:

in your client setup event

This isn't in your client setup event.

[foonicular]

Sorry, I'm still pretty new to this, where is my client setup? Thanks a ton for your guys' help!

[Draco18s]

The one that says "client"...?

https://github.com/Foonicular/TutorialMod-1.16.1/blob/main/src/main/java/com/foonicular/tutorial/Tutorial.java#L48

[foonicular]

Thanks! You guys are amazing!