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Steve Shipway
Steve Shipway

Reputation: 4072

How do I get and set the Metadata Value for a block item in Minecraft?

I'm writing a Minecraft module using Minecraft Forge.

I can retrieve a Block object from the world, using

Block b = world.getBlock(x,y,z);

however, now that I have the block, how do I find out the metadata? If the block is a StoneSteps block, then I want to know it's orientation, which is held in the metadata.

Similarly, how do I set this value? I can create a new block simply enough:

Block b = Blocks.stone_stairs;

but again, how do I now set this block to a particular orientation? I know you can do this when creating an ItemStack, but in this case, I want a Block object that can be passed on to world.setBlock().

There does not appear to be any way I can find to get and set this value.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7671

Answers (2)

Universal Electricity
Universal Electricity

Reputation: 775

You can use world.getBlockState(BlockPos); for Minecraft 1.8 or getBlockMetadata(int x, int y, int z); for Minecraft 1.7.10.

Upvotes: 1

bcsb1001
bcsb1001

Reputation: 2907

You can rotate the block through:

yourBlock.rotateBlock(World someWorld, int x, int y, int z, ForgeDirection axis);

From the docs:

Rotate the block. For vanilla blocks this rotates around the axis passed in (generally, it should be the "face" that was hit). Note: for mod blocks, this is up to the block and modder to decide. It is not mandated that it be a rotation around the face, but could be a rotation to orient to that face, or a visiting of possible rotations. The method should return true if the rotation was successful though.

Upvotes: 1

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