Power a block without redstone.

Is there a way with packets or something that I can make the block have the same behavior of a redstone block but be quartz.

 

@MCMatters

You only need to change packets if you want to change what clients see. You can use NMS to unregister the default quartz block and replace it with your own, that has the same behavoiur as a redstone block.

 

@mythbusterma how can i register/unregister it?

@mythbusterma and i don't want all quartz blocks to have the same behavoiur, and i wanted to set it up that i put a sign on something and that makes that block the sign is on behave like a redstone block

EDIT by Timtower: merged posts

 

@MCMatters

This thread seems to be a good place to start: https://bukkit.org/threads/poc-blockapi-custom-blocks.103310/

EDIT: Block#setPowered() for all the blocks around it, maybe? If you're looking for a quick and dirty solution.

 

@MCMatters Turn the block that the sign is placed on into a redstone block and then send block changes to the clients faking the redstone block to a quartz one.

 

@teej107 that was my idea but what event to use to send the block changes

 

@MCMatters there is a convenient method in Player to send the changes. As for the event, you would probably have to go with the PlayerMoveEvent or use a scheduler to decide when to send those changes.

 

@teej107 Ill see if there is some type of BlockRenderEvent

 

I don't think there is. Rendering is done client side.