A new approach for block updates in BaseMetaTileEntity (#2342)

* - added 0,5s cooldown on BaseMetaTileEntity texture render update

* - changed to RandomCooldown to make visual representation of the target object more relevant to its state

* - implemented a BlockUpdateHandler, making the update cooldowns chunk-based
- left commented out debug code

* - now BaseMetaTileEntity tracks last time a texture update was issued and skips update if parent chunk was already updated since last update issue

* - reworked BlockUpdateHandler to a singleton doing update work on client tick, this way update logic is fully encapsulated and gets rid of some comparisons needed to sync updates

* - fixed a bug with crash on quitting the game
- forgot to add moved sources
- cleaned up debug code
- added description commentary

* - updated buildscript

* - switched to internal tick counter, cause server time is unreliable and crashes client https://github.com/GTNewHorizons/GT-New-Horizons-Modpack/issues/14742
- removed subclass aliases
- switched to XSTR instead of java's Random
- IllegalArugmentException instead of InvalidParameterException
- added client side config option to enable/disable this feature (by default is off)

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Co-authored-by: iamblackornot <nkzshinnnik@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/GT_Proxy.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/GT_Proxy.java
index ffa6d617b8..8897bfb6e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/GT_Proxy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/GT_Proxy.java
@@ -658,6 +658,11 @@ public abstract class GT_Proxy implements IGT_Mod, IGuiHandler, IFuelHandler, IG
     public boolean mRenderPollutionFog = true;
 
     /**
+     * This enables BaseMetaTileEntity block updates handled by BlockUpdateHandler
+     */
+    public boolean mUseBlockUpdateHandler = false;
+
+    /**
      * This makes cover tabs visible on GregTech machines
      */
     public boolean mCoverTabsVisible = true;