When one names a block type using the anvil and it is placed and picked back up it is not named anymore.
I thought that after I named, the pumpkin for example, it would stay named after I wold pick it up.
What actually happened is that when I picked it up it reverted to it's previous name.
To reproduce:
1. Take block to anvil and name
2. place block on the ground
3. Break block and notice the name has reverted to original
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Ezekiel
I experienced the same issue.
I had named my dragon egg but the name reset.
Placeable items should not be re-nameable.
Well the reason I was wondering is because in my LP I have a pumpkin and I named him Wilson, so I was excited to be able to actually name him.
Ezekiel
yeah, you can name the item, but similar to how when you place a sign in vechs map and it looses the custom enchantments, (I can find a video showing this if you want), the name is lost when you place it.
No, it's alright, I understand. It would be a lot of changing in the code to make it work otherwise. Oh well, I'll just keep it in my inventory.
This is because the name can't be stored in the block data without making it a tile entity. If it was a tile entity then pistons could not interact with it, among other things. Current blocks only support damage values not strings of information embedded in them.