Best Practices for Syncing of Energy Capability

[Cobra111783]

I currently have a block that uses the Forge Energy capability (via EnergyStorage). I want to display a power bar on the UI, but otherwise don't need the energy level on the client-side. I was doing this by syncing the TilleEntity's energy level, but this seems like a lot of unnecessary network traffic. My current thought is to used a trackedIntArray to store a copy of the current energy level and pass that (through the container) to the client's screen. Is this the best way to do this kind of syncing, or is there a more efficient way that is recommended?

[Zeher_Monkey]

45 minutes ago, Cobra111783 said:

I currently have a block that uses the Forge Energy capability (via EnergyStorage). I want to display a power bar on the UI, but otherwise don't need the energy level on the client-side. I was doing this by syncing the TilleEntity's energy level, but this seems like a lot of unnecessary network traffic. My current thought is to used a trackedIntArray to store a copy of the current energy level and pass that (through the container) to the client's screen. Is this the best way to do this kind of syncing, or is there a more efficient way that is recommended?

Yes, look into AbstractFurnaceTileEntity and FurnaceScreen to see how vanilla handles values like the Burn Time, and the Cook Progress, ie the white arrow inside the Furnace GUI.

[Cobra111783]

4 hours ago, Zeher_Monkey said:

Yes, look into AbstractFurnaceTileEntity and FurnaceScreen to see how vanilla handles values like the Burn Time, and the Cook Progress, ie the white arrow inside the Furnace GUI.

Cool. I just wanted to make sure that was the best way to handle things with capabilities (since I'll have to copy the "current energy" from the EnergyStorage into the trackedIntArray whenever it changes). Thanks! 🙂

[Zeher_Monkey]

16 minutes ago, Cobra111783 said:

Cool. I just wanted to make sure that was the best way to handle things with capabilities (since I'll have to copy the "current energy" from the EnergyStorage into the trackedIntArray whenever it changes). Thanks! 🙂

Yeah there are multiple ways, the simplest in my opinion is how the Furnace does it. You are very welcome!