Rendering custom block render in inventory?

[jordan30001]

I have a Custom block render model and I am wondering how I would Render the same model in the inventory rather than a "flat" texture

 

I also have the ModelSmith/RenderSmith/TileEntitySmith if needed just ask

BlockSmith

 

package jordan30001.testMod.common.blocks.smith;

import java.util.List;

import net.minecraft.block.BlockContainer;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
import net.minecraft.world.World;

import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.*;
import jordan30001.testMod.common.Main;
import jordan30001.testMod.utils.Utils;


public class BlockSmith extends BlockContainer
{
private Class	thisClass;

public BlockSmith(int ID, int texID, Material m, Class c)
{
	super(ID, texID, m);
	thisClass = c;
	setBlockName("jordan30001BlockSmith");
	setTextureFile("/testModGFX/Blocks.png"); //The texture file used
	this.blockIndexInTexture = texID;
}
public boolean isOpaqueCube()
{
	return false;
}

public boolean renderAsNormalBlock()
{
	return false;
}

public int getRenderType()
{
	return -1;
}

@Override
public TileEntity createNewTileEntity(World var1)
{
	return new TileEntitySmith();
}

public TileEntity getBlockEntity()
{
	try
	{
		return (TileEntity) TileEntitySmith.class.newInstance();
	}
	catch (Exception exception)
	{
		throw new RuntimeException(exception);
	}
}

}

 

 

[jordan30001]

Found an answer after lots and lots of googling

 

Here is the link if your also stuck on this and can't find an answer easily

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1154044-147forge19213-duckys-modding-tutorials-make-your-blocks-nice/

[mnn]

This is not an answer for custom BLOCK renderer, but for custom TILEENTITY renderer. You can't (or rather you shouldn't) use this approach for blocks that are naturally ocuring. Even for blocks that are not it's not the best solution. Yes, it works, but there's a performance cost - tile entity saves itself, ticks, synchronizes and so on. This should be done via ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler.

 

sample code (not nicest, some things like dependency on TileEntityRenderer's mappings need refactoring, but it's functional):

https://github.com/mnn/jaffas/blob/b05d038e7c30c3c3fc9ea0783c640bdd76129a09/src/minecraft/monnef/jaffas/power/client/BlockRenderingHandler.java (you can browse the repo to view other classes)