textures for the controller + basic code for directional blocks

src/main/java/storagecraft/tile/TileController.java

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ public class TileController extends TileSC implements IEnergyHandler, INetworkTi
 			}
 
 			storage.extractEnergy(energyUsage, false);
+		} else {
+			worldObj.markBlockForUpdate(xCoord, yCoord, zCoord);
 		}
 	}
 

src/main/java/storagecraft/tile/TileSC.java

@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 package storagecraft.tile;
 
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry.TargetPoint;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
+import net.minecraft.network.NetworkManager;
+import net.minecraft.network.Packet;
+import net.minecraft.network.play.server.S35PacketUpdateTileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.util.ForgeDirection;
 import storagecraft.SC;
 import storagecraft.network.MessageTileUpdate;
 
 public class TileSC extends TileEntity {
 	public static final int UPDATE_RANGE = 64;
 
+	private ForgeDirection direction;
+
 	@Override
 	public void updateEntity() {
 		super.updateEntity();
@@ -20,4 +27,40 @@ public class TileSC extends TileEntity {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	public void setDirection(ForgeDirection direction) {
+		this.direction = direction;
+	}
+
+	public ForgeDirection getDirection() {
+		return direction;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void readFromNBT(NBTTagCompound nbt) {
+		super.readFromNBT(nbt);
+
+		direction = ForgeDirection.getOrientation(nbt.getInteger("Direction"));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void writeToNBT(NBTTagCompound nbt) {
+		super.writeToNBT(nbt);
+
+		nbt.setInteger("Direction", direction.ordinal());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Packet getDescriptionPacket() {
+		NBTTagCompound nbt = new NBTTagCompound();
+
+		nbt.setInteger("Direction", direction.ordinal());
+
+		return new S35PacketUpdateTileEntity(xCoord, yCoord, zCoord, 1, nbt);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void onDataPacket(NetworkManager net, S35PacketUpdateTileEntity packet) {
+		direction = ForgeDirection.getOrientation(packet.func_148857_g().getInteger("Direction"));
+	}
 }