CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaminecraft
Raz
Raz

Reputation: 21

Why is setLightLevel for Minecraft not working correctly?

So i started developing my mod for minectraft. One of the block it adds should be more powerfull version of glowstone. So this is the script: 

import net.minecraft.block.SoundType;
import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;

public class FeralFlareBlock extends BlockBase
{

    public FeralFlareBlock(String name, Material material) 
    {
        super(name, material);

        setSoundType(SoundType.GLASS);
        setHardness(0.3F);
        setResistance(0.3F);
        setHarvestLevel("pickaxe", 1);
        setLightLevel(100.0F);
        setLightOpacity(1);

    }

}

There is the setLightLevel function, i have it set to 100 even tho glowstone is 15 so theoretically this should be more powerfull. It isn't. Don't know what im doing wrong, please help me. Thx

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1014

Answers (2)

Zabuzard
Zabuzard

Reputation: 25903

Explanation

The setLightLevel method does take values between 0.0 (darkest) and 1.0 (brightest).

So a value of 100.0F is invalid.

Also see some thread I found when searching for your issue: [1.11] setLightLevel not producing light when block is placed in world:

Item#setLightLevel takes a float between 0.0F and 1.0F, instead of going from 0 to 15. If you want to have the max light level, you use 1.0F.

For reference, here is a link to a javadoc: Block#setLightLevel.

I have it set to 100 even tho glowstone is 15 so theoretically this should be more powerfull. It isn't.

The brightest light level in Minecraft is 15 (received by a value of 1.0 with setLightLevel). You can not make anything brighter than this. Minecraft does not support brighter values.

Translate from 0-15

You can easily convert minecrafts light levels (0 to 15) to this method with simple math:

// Takes values between 0 and 15 (both inclusive) and converts to 0 to 1.0.
private static double translateLightLevelToFloat(int lightLevel) {
    if (ligthLevel < 0 || lightLevel > 15) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Light level must be between 0 and 15 (both inclusive)");
    }

    return lightLevel / 15.0;
}

Upvotes: 2

famabenda
famabenda

Reputation: 80

The maximum lightlevel is 15. So it cannot get lighter than glowstone.

https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Light

There are 16 light levels, which are specified by an integer from 0 (the minimum) to 15 (the maximum).

Upvotes: -1

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