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How do I go about making new blocks? Like is there a template code to go from?

Block.defineBlock(id, "name", "texture", materialSourceId, opaque, rendertype);



//name and texture must be a string





You can create a block with different texture on each sides:



Block.defineBlock(id, "name", [["bottom texture",type],["top texture",type],["south texture",type],["north texture",type],["west texture",type],["east texture",type]], materialSourceId, opaque, rendertype);





If you want to create a not-whole block, use this command:

Block.setShape(id,x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2);



x1, y1, z1 are the starter point's position in the block. These are between 0 and 1, for example: 0.5, 1/16, 1/4, 2/3, etc.

x2, y2, z2 are the ender point's position in the block. These are between 0 and 1 too. This is important: x1 < x2, y1 < y2, z1 < z2.





If you want to create a lighting block, use this:



Block.setLightLevel(id,level);



level >= 0 and level <= 15.



If you want to set destroy time, use this:



Block.setDestroyTime(id,time);



time = how many seconds needed to destroying





If you want to create a transparent, translucent or opaque, use this:



Block.setRenderLayer(id,renderLayer);

If you want to create block more than three or for with these commands, use this shorter mode. Copy this into your mod, at the beginning:



Block.newBlock = function(id, name, texture, x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, time, level, renderLayer)

{

    Block.defineBlock(id, name, texture, materialSourceId, opaque, rendertype);

    Block.setShape(id,x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2);

    Block.setLightLevel(id,level);

    Block.setDestroyTime(id,time);

    Block.setRenderLayer(id,renderLayer);

}



And if you want to create a block shortly, use this command:



Block.newBlock(id, "name", "texture", x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, time, level, renderLayer);

In picture:

Unsure if you'd want to do this, but in a texture pack for the block, you can use Photoshop to make a 3D version of Block.