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I've had this problem for a while now and I absolutely cannot figure out why it's happening. I copied some code from Render#renderLivingLabel in the Minecraft source and it will not render no matter what I do, meaning nothing actually displays. I'm performing this render right after the entities do in RenderGlobal#renderEntities (which directly calls renderLivingLabel and it works) and the code is more or less exactly the same as when it is called.

Here's the code I'm using:

            float f = 1.6F;
            float f1 = 0.016666668F * f;
	    int width = fontRenderer.getStringWidth(text) / 2;
	    GlStateManager.pushMatrix();
            GlStateManager.translate((float)x + 0.5F, (float)y + 0.5F, (float)z + 0.5F);
            GL11.glNormal3f(0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F);
            GlStateManager.rotate(-rm.playerViewY, 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F);
            GlStateManager.rotate(rm.playerViewX, 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
            GlStateManager.scale(-f1, -f1, f1);
            GlStateManager.disableLighting();
            GlStateManager.depthMask(false);
            GlStateManager.disableDepth();
            GlStateManager.enableBlend();
            GlStateManager.tryBlendFuncSeparate(770, 771, 1, 0);
            GlStateManager.disableTexture2D();
            worldRenderer.begin(7, DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_COLOR);
            worldRenderer.pos((double)(-width - 1), (double)(-1), 0.0D).color(0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.25F).endVertex();
            worldRenderer.pos((double)(-width - 1), (double)(8), 0.0D).color(0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.25F).endVertex();
            worldRenderer.pos((double)(width + 1), (double)(8), 0.0D).color(0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.25F).endVertex();
            worldRenderer.pos((double)(width + 1), (double)(-1), 0.0D).color(0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.25F).endVertex();
            tessellator.draw();
            GlStateManager.enableTexture2D();
            fontRenderer.drawString(text, -width, 0, 553648127);
            GlStateManager.enableDepth();
            GlStateManager.depthMask(true);
            fontRenderer.drawString(text, -width, 0, -1);
            GlStateManager.enableLighting();
            GlStateManager.disableBlend();
            GlStateManager.color(1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
            GlStateManager.popMatrix();

It would even help if I could simply get an explanation as to why this is happening. Also, it's worth noting I'm using a custom font, but living entity labels still look fine even with it on.

update: i literally keep answering my own questions lol... Turns out Minecraft coordinates (at least in rendering) are wack and they actually have to be located at (x-renderPosX, y - renderPosY, z - renderPosZ)... I had done that at first but it was drawing weird so when I used a vanilla method I got confused