Simple mod that can render blocks and items on-demand with a keybind (default `).
Hover over the item and press the key to render it and save it to a file. Hold CTRL while pressing the render key to open a GUI that lets you enter a comma-separated list of mod ids to render.
This mod will try to render the item as 512x512, but if your game window is too small it'll be limited to the width or height (whichever is smaller). This means you will get 480x480 renders with the default window size. Holding Shift while pressing the render key will render it at "actual size", whatever this means on your GUI scale. With the Normal GUI scale, this is 32x32.
This mod is available in my personal Maven repo, to make it easier to use in a dev env. Merge this with your build.gradle:
repositories {
maven {
name = 'unascribed'
url = 'http://unascribed.com/maven/releases'
}
}
dependencies {
deobfCompile 'com.unascribed:blockrenderer:0.3.3'
}
The old version 0.1 (for 1.7.10 only) will render every block and item in the game after the game finishes loading, excluding certain special blocks, and has a number of glitches. Use 0.3.
Is there a mod similar to this but which can render blocks and items as gifs?
Even though I hover over a block, it tells me that it can't find an item to render... Am I just retarded, or is this an Optifine/Forge bug?
Do you think it could be possible to make a mod like that but for mass rendering mobs (isometric render like Mineshot does) ? It could be really helpful for wiki editors and such.
This is an awesome mod for graphic artists and people who like to create technical images of the builds they make to share with others.
This will hopefully save me lots of time and effort now that I won't have to make 3d models of the blocks and items for my build renders.
Thanks for making it!
Hello :) ,
Firstly I wanted to thank you for the great tool, since I'm an editor of the Official FTB Wiki and thus we can keep up to date our wiki. We have created a small article for your tool => http://ftb.gamepedia.com/BlockRenderer .
On the other hand, I wanted to report a small "bug". I use MC 1.8.9 with Forge 11.15.1.1808 and OptiFine_1.8.9_HD_U_H5, and if "Fast Render" is activated in the graphic settings, the extracted icons have a black background (instead of transparent). Without "Fast Render" it works perfect. Incidentally, NEI (used for older MC versions) has the same problem.
Greetings
LuminousLizard
Sorry, it's nigh-impossible to fix OptiFine-related bugs.
My guess is OptiFine drops the alpha bits in the display, since they aren't needed by the vanilla game, but BlockRenderer uses them for transparent renders.
Ok ... then the error is in Optifine. It's not a big problem ... without Fast Render it works fine.
Question; what exactly is this for? I mean, what would rendering do for someone?
People making wikis, mod developers making showcases, or other places that you need rendered versions of your blocks or items on webpages or other mediums that allow images. It's a utility mod, not really meant for general use.
Ah. That'd might actually be helpful for me. Thanks for explaining.
Would you consider open-sourcing this mod?
I probably should, now that I've cleaned up the code a bit (but only a bit) with 0.3.
EDIT: It's open source now. I ended up clobbering your issue when I switched the tracker to GitHub, sorry. You'll have to re-create it on the repo. https://github.com/unascribed/BlockRenderer
Will you be updating this to 1.8?
P.S: I agree, there should be a hotkey for it instead of doing it on load.
Next time I pick up this project, I'll probably port it to 1.8 (including the hotkey rendering) as it should be reasonably trivial.
Suggestion:
Add a key that will render everything you have put in the open container instead of having to do it one at a time!
That is also a good idea!
I've always wanted a mod like this, and this one fits right in. I already made Block Renders of my Mod's blocks, and they are perfect. Good job on the code.
New Suggestion: Add a config option:
Choose between Render at Start and Render on Keybind
Instead, maybe holding CTRL while hitting the render key would allow you to enter a mod id, and it'll render everything that belongs to that mod?
That sounds like what the main use case for "render on start" would be.
This sounds better, because some mods crash with "Already Tesselating"
Suggestion: Give out a Deobf version so that mod devs can make pngs of their new Items/Blocks