connected state sync

src/main/java/storagecraft/block/BlockController.java

@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ public class BlockController extends BlockBase implements ITileEntityProvider
 	@Override
 	public int getComparatorInputOverride(World world, BlockPos pos)
 	{
-		TileController tile = (TileController) world.getTileEntity(pos);
+		return (Integer) world.getBlockState(pos).getValue(ENERGY);
-
-		return tile.getEnergyScaled(15);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/storagecraft/block/BlockMachine.java

@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
 public abstract class BlockMachine extends BlockBase implements ITileEntityProvider
 {
 	public static final PropertyBool CONNECTED = PropertyBool.create("connected");
-
+	
 	public BlockMachine(String name)
 	{
 		super(name);
+		
+		this.setDefaultState(this.blockState.getBaseState().withProperty(CONNECTED, false));
 	}
-
+	
 	@Override
 	protected BlockState createBlockState()
 	{
@@ -23,13 +25,13 @@ public abstract class BlockMachine extends BlockBase implements ITileEntityProvi
 			CONNECTED
 		});
 	}
-
+	
 	@Override
 	public IBlockState getStateFromMeta(int meta)
 	{
 		return getDefaultState().withProperty(CONNECTED, meta == 1 ? true : false);
 	}
-
+	
 	@Override
 	public int getMetaFromState(IBlockState state)
 	{

src/main/java/storagecraft/tile/TileBase.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package storagecraft.tile;
 
+import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
 import net.minecraft.inventory.IInventory;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
 import net.minecraft.network.NetworkManager;
@@ -7,7 +8,9 @@ import net.minecraft.network.Packet;
 import net.minecraft.network.play.server.S35PacketUpdateTileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.server.gui.IUpdatePlayerListBox;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
+import net.minecraft.util.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry.TargetPoint;
 import storagecraft.StorageCraft;
 import storagecraft.network.MessageTileUpdate;
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ public abstract class TileBase extends TileEntity implements IUpdatePlayerListBo
 {
 	public static final int UPDATE_RANGE = 256;
 
-	private EnumFacing direction;
+	private EnumFacing direction = EnumFacing.NORTH;
 
 	protected int ticks;
 
@@ -78,6 +81,12 @@ public abstract class TileBase extends TileEntity implements IUpdatePlayerListBo
 		direction = EnumFacing.getFront(packet.getNbtCompound().getInteger("Direction"));
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean shouldRefresh(World world, BlockPos pos, IBlockState oldState, IBlockState newState)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	public IInventory getDroppedInventory()
 	{
 		return null;

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

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.util.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
 import storagecraft.StorageCraftBlocks;
+import storagecraft.block.BlockController;
 import storagecraft.storage.IStorage;
 import storagecraft.storage.IStorageProvider;
 import storagecraft.storage.StorageItem;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ public class TileController extends TileBase implements IEnergyReceiver, INetwor
 
 			if (lastEnergy != energy.getEnergyStored())
 			{
+				worldObj.setBlockState(pos, worldObj.getBlockState(pos).withProperty(BlockController.ENERGY, getEnergyScaled(15)));
 				worldObj.markBlockForUpdate(pos);
 				worldObj.notifyNeighborsOfStateChange(pos, StorageCraftBlocks.CONTROLLER);
 			}
@@ -328,7 +330,8 @@ public class TileController extends TileBase implements IEnergyReceiver, INetwor
 
 	public boolean isActive()
 	{
-		return energy.getEnergyStored() >= getEnergyUsage() && redstoneMode.isEnabled(worldObj, pos);
+		return true;
+		// @TODO: return energy.getEnergyStored() >= getEnergyUsage() && redstoneMode.isEnabled(worldObj, pos);
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/storagecraft/tile/TileMachine.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package storagecraft.tile;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
 import net.minecraft.util.BlockPos;
+import storagecraft.block.BlockMachine;
 
 public abstract class TileMachine extends TileBase implements INetworkTile, IRedstoneModeSetting
 {
@@ -18,11 +19,15 @@ public abstract class TileMachine extends TileBase implements INetworkTile, IRed
 		connected = true;
 
 		controllerPos = controller.getPos();
+
+		worldObj.setBlockState(pos, worldObj.getBlockState(pos).withProperty(BlockMachine.CONNECTED, true));
 	}
 
 	public void onDisconnected()
 	{
 		connected = false;
+
+		worldObj.setBlockState(pos, worldObj.getBlockState(pos).withProperty(BlockMachine.CONNECTED, false));
 	}
 
 	@Override