Render a block as a sprite?

[Meoco]

I need some help figuring out how to render a placed block as a sprite, similar to how Thaumcraft's nitor is. I think it will serve my purpose better than a custom model, and I'd think, will be easier to implement.

[ASB2]

Nitor isnt a block that renders as a sprite. It is an item that places a block.

[Meoco]

Nitor isnt a block that renders as a sprite. It is an item that places a block.

 

The block that Nitor places is rendered as a sprite with accompanying particle effects. It's definitely what is going on there, but I don't know enough OpenGL stuff to figure out what to do to replicate the effect.

[ObsequiousNewt]

You need an ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler. (Whew, that is a mouthful.)

[Meoco]

You need an ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler. (Whew, that is a mouthful.)

 

Thanks for the push in the right direction! Now I just need to figure out what the parameters are for rendering a sprite.

[pelep]

You can use ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler or if you're using a tile entity, you can extend from TileEntitySpecialRenderer (or you can use both at the same time). Thaumcraft doesn't use either of them though. It uses particles.

[Meoco]

It uses particles.

 

So basically the main orb is a mostly static particle? I considered that idea, but I'm pretty inexperienced with particles, so I'll have to do some research!