Placed machines now face the block they are placed on, like hoppers, fixes #231

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - Added support for processing patterns with big stacksizes
 - The slot where the Wireless Grid is in in the Wireless Grid GUI is now disabled, so the item can't be thrown out of the inventory by accident
 - Changed Relay recipe to use redstone torch instead of Basic Processor
+- Placed machines now face the block they are placed on, like hoppers
 
 **NOTE:** Config change: the config options for the energy capacity of the Controller and wether the Controller uses energy are now in a different config category called "controller", if you changed these config options, don't forget the change it under the new category.
 

src/main/java/refinedstorage/block/BlockBase.java

@@ -98,12 +98,23 @@ public abstract class BlockBase extends Block {
         return false;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public IBlockState onBlockPlaced(World world, BlockPos pos, EnumFacing facing, float hitX, float hitY, float hitZ, int meta, EntityLivingBase entity) {
+        IBlockState state = super.onBlockPlaced(world, pos, facing, hitX, hitY, hitZ, meta, entity);
+
+        if (getPlacementType() != null) {
+            return state.withProperty(DIRECTION, getPlacementType().getFrom(facing, entity));
+        }
+
+        return state;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onBlockPlacedBy(World world, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state, EntityLivingBase player, ItemStack stack) {
         super.onBlockPlacedBy(world, pos, state, player, stack);
 
         if (getPlacementType() != null) {
-            ((TileBase) world.getTileEntity(pos)).setDirection(getPlacementType().getFrom(pos, player));
+            ((TileBase) world.getTileEntity(pos)).setDirection(state.getValue(DIRECTION));
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/refinedstorage/block/EnumPlacementType.java

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package refinedstorage.block;
 
-import net.minecraft.block.BlockPistonBase;
 import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
-import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 
 public enum EnumPlacementType {
     ANY(
@@ -22,12 +20,10 @@ public enum EnumPlacementType {
         this.allowed = allowed;
     }
 
-    EnumFacing getFrom(BlockPos pos, EntityLivingBase entity) {
+    EnumFacing getFrom(EnumFacing facing, EntityLivingBase entity) {
         switch (this) {
             case ANY:
-                EnumFacing facing = BlockPistonBase.getFacingFromEntity(pos, entity);
+                return facing.getOpposite();
-                
-                return entity.isSneaking() ? facing.getOpposite() : facing;
             case HORIZONTAL:
                 return entity.getHorizontalFacing().getOpposite();
             default: