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How do you state, that plants are seethrough in Minecraft Mods

Before you read:

I already tested it and this code does still work. but I don't like the error there and the question is just about, if there is another way, because my code right now might not be working in the future.

I was following the here linked tutorial series on how to create Minecraft Mods for a while until I got stuck at episode 9.

Tutorial series (can recommend for every newcomer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpoSy091wYI&list=PLKGarocXCE1HrC60yuTNTGRoZc6hf5Uvl&index=1

Episode I got stuck on (9):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tD0-CHZIeE&list=PLKGarocXCE1HrC60yuTNTGRoZc6hf5Uvl&index=9

The Episode is about how to make a new crop for Minecraft. At around 4:20 in the video, he adds an line of code and there is the error I have.

He explains, that this line is to make the invisible pixels in the texture actually invisible in the 3D Model later inside the Game.

But here is the problem: That code gives me an error every time I try to write it out.

It always says, that this is wrong, but I don't really understand why. The IDE also says, that the wrong code is "marked for removal"

The line of code looks like this:

@Mod.EventBusSubscriber(modid = MOD_ID, bus = Mod.EventBusSubscriber.Bus.MOD)
    public static class ClientModEvents {

        @SubscribeEvent
        public static void onClientSetup(FMLClientSetupEvent event) {
            ItemBlockRenderTypes.setRenderLayer(ModBlocks.BLUEBERRY_CROP.get(), RenderType.cutout());
        }
    }

and is located in the main class of the project called: TestMod.java

The exact line I am referring to is this one: ItemBlockRenderTypes.setRenderLayer(ModBlocks.BLUEBERRY_CROP.get(), RenderType.cutout());

The error appears always directly under the .setRenderLayer(), so it states, that this is incorrect.

In the video, it was also not strikethrough in the preview, but in my code it was.

I also tried using the other types of .setRenderlayer(), but it didnt work.

Here is also an Image how it looks in my IDE: Picture with the raw code

Picture with the removal tip

So my question is:

  • Was this updated, so that changed and can't be used like this anymore?
  • And if yes, how would you write this now?
  • Or do you don't even have to do this anymore?

If anyone wants to replicate this: I am using IntelliJ-IDEA, the Temurium 17 SDK and the Mod runs on Minecraft 1.19(.0)

Solution

  • In 1.19+, it is no longer advised to set the render types in your code. Instead, you should do it through the JSON file, like this:

    {
  "parent": "minecraft:block/crop",
  "textures": {
    "crop": "examplemod:block/blueberry_crop"
  },
  "render_type": "minecraft:cutout"
}

    There are many variations for render_type, such as minecraft:solid (which is default), minecraft:cutout (which you want for most plants), minecraft:translucent (which you want for blocks like stained glass), and many others.

    More information about render_type can be found on the official Forge documentation.