I have a model with which I am trying to toggle the display of certain cubes depending on the stored values for the associated TileEntity.  I notice on ModelBat.java you can cast EntityBat like this:

 

public void render(Entity par1Entity, float par2, float par3, float par4, float par5, float par6, float par7)
    {
        [b]EntityBat entitybat = (EntityBat)par1Entity;[/b]

        if (entitybat.getIsBatHanging())
        {
            --snip--
        }
        else
        {
           --snip--
        }

        this.batHead.render(par7);
        this.batBody.render(par7);
    }

 

However, you can't use TileEntity instead of Entity on render().

 

Is there a way around this so you can access WhateverTileEntity?

 

public class RenderWhateverTile extends TileEntitySpecialRenderer
{
    ModelWhatever model = new ModelWhatever();

    @Override
    public void renderTileEntityAt(TileEntity tileEntity, double x, double y, double z, float partialTick)
    {
        if (!(tileEntity instanceof WhateverTileEntity)) {
            return;
        }
        WhateverTileEntity tile = (WhateverTileEntity)tileEntity;
        // your rendering stuff here
    }
}

 

in your client proxy

ClientRegistry.bindTileEntitySpecialRenderer(WhateverTileEntity.class, new RenderWhateverTile());