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== Variants == | == Variants == | ||
Gold is the best, but iron is awesome too ... so what shall will do? Let's add | Gold is the best, but iron is awesome too ... so what shall will do? Let's add another variant of this block, because we all love iron. | ||
You could duplicate the blocktype file and rename silver to gold in all the places, or you can simply add another variant to the existing blocktype. | |||
=== Variantgroup: Type === | === Variantgroup: Type === | ||
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The next thing we need to do is set textures by type. So we remove our <code>texture</code> property and replace it with a new property <code>texturesbytype</code>, which will allow us to set different textures for each type. | The next thing we need to do is set textures by type. So we remove our <code>texture</code> property and replace it with a new property <code>texturesbytype</code>, which will allow us to set different textures for each type. | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="json"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="json"> | ||
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}, | }, | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
You can also use the more compact form. The placeholder {type} will automatically be replaced by the individual variants code. | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="json"> | |||
texture: { | |||
all: { | |||
base: "metal/my{type}texture", | |||
alternates: [{base: "metal/my{type}texture1" }, {base: "metal/my{type}texture2" }, {base: "metal/my{type}texture3" }], | |||
}, | |||
}, | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Every group will be added after each other to the blocks name <code>myblockname-mygroup-mysecondgroup</code>. In our example the block name is ignorable so its replaced by <code>*</code>. | Every group will be added after each other to the blocks name <code>myblockname-mygroup-mysecondgroup</code>. In our example the block name is ignorable so its replaced by <code>*</code>. | ||
