How to make brick like Rainbow Brick?

[alienblox]

I was trying to make a brick like Rainbow Brick for my mod and I couldn't get it to work.
Can anyone post code to make a tile like Rainbow Brick?

 

[Duze]

Shaders.

 

[alienblox]

Ok

 

[Not is Many]

Shaders.

Main.discoColor isn't a shader.

 

[Duze]

Oh. Does it have anything to do with shaders?

 

[Michaelsoftman]

No, the Rainbow Brick itself is actually colored grey. Then, in a hook like DrawEffects, you would set the color to Main.DiscoColor.

 

[alienblox]

I tried it and there was a dreaded error CS0508

 

[Michaelsoftman]

You gotta actually post the error and code, no one has these memorized lol

 

[alienblox]

Error here

 

[Michaelsoftman]

You can't change the method type like that, it needs to be a Void

 

[alienblox]

You can't change the method type like that, it needs to be a Void

I got the dreaded error CS0127 at line 32

 

[Michaelsoftman]

Again I don't know what the error numbers are lol
You'd have to post the code and actual error message.

If you changed the method back to void, are you still trying to return a value? That wouldn't be valid.

 

[alienblox]

It is here

 

[Michaelsoftman]

That's the same code, the method needs a return type of Void, not Color

 

[alienblox]

ok

 

[alienblox]

That's the same code, the method needs a return type of Void, not Color

Help me write the code

 

[Michaelsoftman]

public override void DrawEffects(int i, int j, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, ref TileDrawInfo drawData)

instead of

public override Color? DrawEffects(int i, int j, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, ref TileDrawInfo drawData)

Then change the drawData.finalColor

 

[alienblox]

public override void DrawEffects(int i, int j, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, ref TileDrawInfo drawData)

instead of

public override Color? DrawEffects(int i, int j, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, ref TileDrawInfo drawData)

Then change the drawData.finalColor

I had no error but when I tested the mod, the tile did not glow

using System;
using Terraria.ID;
using Terraria;
using Terraria.ModLoader;
using AlienbloxMod.Items.Tiles;
using static Terraria.ID.ContentSamples.CreativeHelper;
using log4net.Core;
using System.Drawing;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
using Terraria.DataStructures;
using Color = Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Color;

namespace AlienbloxMod.Tiles.Other
{
    public class RainbowPlateTile : ModTile
    {
        public override void SetStaticDefaults()
        {
            Main.tileSolid[Type] = true;
            Main.tileMergeDirt[Type] = false;
            Main.tileBlockLight[Type] = false;
            Main.tileBouncy[Type] = false;
            Main.tileColor = new Color(Main.DiscoR, Main.DiscoG, Main.DiscoB);

            DustType = DustID.ArgonMoss;
            AddMapEntry(Color.LightGoldenrodYellow, CreateMapEntryName());
        }

        public override void DrawEffects(int i, int j, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, ref TileDrawInfo drawData)
        {
            drawData.finalColor = Main.DiscoColor;
        }
    }
}