Rendering an Item in the world

[ModderWizardDude]

I want a 3D model of an item to render above my TileEntity when the item is placed in the TileEntity.

The problem is the actual rendering, I was wondering if there was some method I could call to do this, or would I have to write my own code/make my own model?

[benjibobs]

You could see how the client does it with it's 3D rendering (when you drop an item while graphics are fancy). Haven't done this myself but this is what I would do if I needed to. Maybe you could use this method or if not use it as a base for your own method

[ModderWizardDude]

Thanks for the tip, I'll take a look at it!

 

EDIT: I got it to work, thanks! I'm going to write a tutorial for this now!

[benjibobs]

Please do, it would be really helpful

[SanAndreaP]

Please do, it would be really helpful

 

If you want to look at some example code, here's how I've done it:

https://github.com/SanAndreasP/EnderStuffPlus/blob/code-cleanup/java/sanandreasp/mods/EnderStuffPlus/client/render/RenderTileEntityWeatherAltar.java#L29-L54

[ModderWizardDude]

Hmm, we did ours differently. Oh well, I'll post mine here too for reference

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2571061-forge-rendering-an-item-on-your-block/#entry30530596

[SanAndreaP]

Hmm, we did ours differently. Oh well, I'll post mine here too for reference

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2571061-forge-rendering-an-item-on-your-block/#entry30530596

 

IMO, creating a (ticking) EntityItem just to render some item seems like a waste of resources.

[ModderWizardDude]

I'll probably rewrite it later