yo what the FUCK did they do to GUIs

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/AgeoftheGods.java

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 package net.halbear.aotg;
 
 import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBiomes;
+import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModMenus;
 import net.halbear.aotg.utility.DataGenerators.AgeOfTheGodsDataGeneration;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.dimension.DimensionType;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.WorldGenSettings;
 import net.neoforged.bus.api.Event;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.handling.IPayloadHandler;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import com.mojang.logging.LogUtils;
@@ -38,6 +43,9 @@ import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredHolder;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredItem;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredRegister;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import static net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBlockEntities.BLOCK_ENTITY_TYPES;
 import static net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBlocks.*;
 import static net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModFoliagePlacers.FOLIAGE_PLACERS;
@@ -78,6 +86,7 @@ public class AgeoftheGods {
         // Register the Deferred Register to the mod event bus so blocks get registered
         BLOCKS.register(modEventBus);
         BLOCK_ENTITY_TYPES.register(modEventBus);
+        ModMenus.MENUS.register(modEventBus);
         // Register the Deferred Register to the mod event bus so items get registered
         ITEMS.register(modEventBus);
         // Register the Deferred Register to the mod event bus so tabs get registered
@@ -122,4 +131,18 @@ public class AgeoftheGods {
         // Do something when the server starts
         LOGGER.info("HELLO from server starting");
     }
+
+    private static boolean networkingRegistered = false;
+    private static final Map<CustomPacketPayload.Type<?>, NetworkMessage<?>> MESSAGES = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private record NetworkMessage<T extends CustomPacketPayload>(StreamCodec<? extends FriendlyByteBuf, T> reader, IPayloadHandler<T> handler) {
+    }
+
+    public static <T extends CustomPacketPayload> void addNetworkMessage(CustomPacketPayload.Type<T> id, StreamCodec<? extends FriendlyByteBuf, T> reader, IPayloadHandler<T> handler) {
+        if (networkingRegistered)
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot register new network messages after networking has been registered");
+        MESSAGES.put(id, new NetworkMessage<>(reader, handler));
+    }
+
+
 }

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/custom/GuiScreens/AlloyFurnaceGUIScreen.java

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package net.halbear.aotg.custom.GuiScreens;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.InputConstants;
+import net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace.AlloyFurnaceGUI;
+import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModScreens;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.inventory.AbstractContainerScreen;
+import net.minecraft.client.input.KeyEvent;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderPipelines;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Inventory;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+
+public class AlloyFurnaceGUIScreen extends AbstractContainerScreen<AlloyFurnaceGUI> implements ModScreens.ScreenAccessor {
+    private final Level world;
+    private final int x, y, z;
+    private final Player entity;
+    private boolean menuStateUpdateActive = false;
+    private static final Identifier BACKGROUND = Identifier.parse("ageofthegods:textures/screens/example_gui.png");
+
+    public AlloyFurnaceGUIScreen(AlloyFurnaceGUI container, Inventory inventory, Component text) {
+        super(container, inventory, text, 176, 166);
+        this.world = container.world;
+        this.x = container.x;
+        this.y = container.y;
+        this.z = container.z;
+        this.entity = container.entity;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void updateMenuState(int elementType, String name, Object elementState) {
+        menuStateUpdateActive = false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void extractRenderState(GuiGraphicsExtractor guiGraphics, int mouseX, int mouseY, float partialTicks) {
+        super.extractRenderState(guiGraphics, mouseX, mouseY, partialTicks);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void extractBackground(GuiGraphicsExtractor guiGraphics, int mouseX, int mouseY, float partialTicks) {
+        super.extractBackground(guiGraphics, mouseX, mouseY, partialTicks);
+        guiGraphics.blit(RenderPipelines.GUI_TEXTURED, BACKGROUND, this.leftPos, this.topPos, 0, 0, this.imageWidth, this.imageHeight, this.imageWidth, this.imageHeight);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean keyPressed(KeyEvent event) {
+        int key = InputConstants.getKey(event).getValue();
+        if (key == 256) {
+            this.minecraft.player.closeContainer();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return super.keyPressed(event);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void extractLabels(GuiGraphicsExtractor guiGraphics, int mouseX, int mouseY) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init() {
+        super.init();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/custom/blocks/AlloyFurnace/AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity.java

@@ -1,30 +1,43 @@
-package net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks;
+package net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace;
 
 import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBlocks;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup;
+import net.minecraft.core.NonNullList;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.network.Connection;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.Packet;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientGamePacketListener;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket;
+import net.minecraft.world.MenuProvider;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Inventory;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.AbstractContainerMenu;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Rotation;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.ResourceHandler;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.StacksResourceHandler;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.item.ItemResource;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.item.ItemStacksResourceHandler;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import static net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock.MULTI_BLOCK_POSITIONS;
+import static net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace.AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock.*;
-import static net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock.FACING;
+import static net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace.AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler.getInverseRotationForDirection;
-import static net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler.getInverseRotationForDirection;
 import static net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBlockEntities.ALLOY_FURNACE_BLOCK_ENTITY;
 
-public class AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
+public class AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity extends BlockEntity implements MenuProvider {
+
     private boolean isFormed = false;
     private float Fuel = 0.0f;
     private int progress = 0;
+    private final NonNullList<ItemStack> items = NonNullList.withSize(2, ItemStack.EMPTY);
 
     public AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity(BlockPos worldPosition, BlockState blockState) {
         super(ALLOY_FURNACE_BLOCK_ENTITY.get(), worldPosition, blockState);
@@ -45,6 +58,19 @@ public class AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
                 Complete = false;
             }
         }
+        if(Complete){
+            for (BlockPos offset : MULTI_BLOCK_POSITIONS) {
+                int Part = AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler.GetModelPart(offset);
+                BlockPos Rotated = offset.rotate(rotation);
+                BlockPos targetPos = masterPos.offset(Rotated);
+                BlockState state = level.getBlockState(targetPos);
+                if(state.getValue(PARENT_BLOCK) && !(offset.getX() == 0 && offset.getY() == 0 && offset.getZ() == 0)) state = state.setValue(AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock.PARENT_BLOCK,false);
+                if(state.getValue(MODEL_PART) != Part)  state = state.setValue(AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock.MODEL_PART,Part);
+                if(state.getValue(FACING) != direction) state = state.setValue(FACING,direction);
+                level.setBlockAndUpdate(targetPos,state);
+            }
+
+        }
         return Complete;
     }
 
@@ -94,4 +120,26 @@ public class AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
     public void onDataPacket(Connection connection, ValueInput input) {
         super.onDataPacket(connection, input);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Component getDisplayName() {
+        return Component.translatable("container.ageofthegods.alloy_furnace");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @Nullable AbstractContainerMenu createMenu(int i, Inventory inventory, Player player) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private final StacksResourceHandler<ItemStack, ItemResource> resourceHandler = new ItemStacksResourceHandler(this.items) {
+        @Override
+        protected void onContentsChanged(int index, ItemStack stack) {
+            super.onContentsChanged(index, stack);
+            setChanged();
+        }
+    };
+
+    public StacksResourceHandler<ItemStack, ItemResource> getResourceHandler() {
+        return this.resourceHandler;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/custom/blocks/AlloyFurnace/AlloyFurnaceGUI.java

@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+package net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace;
+
+import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBlocks;
+import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModMenus;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.Container;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Inventory;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.AbstractContainerMenu;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.ContainerLevelAccess;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.Slot;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BaseContainerBlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.capabilities.Capabilities;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.IndexModifier;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.ResourceHandler;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.StacksResourceHandler;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.access.ItemAccess;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.item.*;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.transfer.transaction.Transaction;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+public class AlloyFurnaceGUI extends AbstractContainerMenu implements ModMenus.MenuAccessor {
+    public final Map<String, Object> menuState = new HashMap<>() {
+        @Override
+        public Object put(String key, Object value) {
+            if (!this.containsKey(key) && this.size() >= 4)
+                return null;
+            return super.put(key, value);
+        }
+    };
+    public final Level world;
+    public final Player entity;
+    public int x, y, z;
+    private ContainerLevelAccess access = ContainerLevelAccess.NULL;
+    private ResourceHandler<ItemResource> internal;
+    private final Map<Integer, Slot> customSlots = new HashMap<>();
+    private boolean bound = false;
+    private Supplier<Boolean> boundItemMatcher = null;
+    private Entity boundEntity = null;
+    private BlockEntity boundBlockEntity = null;
+
+
+    public AlloyFurnaceGUI(int containerId, Inventory playerInv, FriendlyByteBuf buffer) {
+        super(ModMenus.ALLOY_FURNACE_GUI.get(), containerId);
+        this.entity = playerInv.player;
+        this.world = playerInv.player.level();
+        this.internal = new ItemStacksResourceHandler(4);
+
+        BlockPos pos = null;
+        if (buffer != null) {
+            pos = buffer.readBlockPos();
+            this.x = pos.getX();
+            this.y = pos.getY();
+            this.z = pos.getZ();
+            access = ContainerLevelAccess.create(world, pos);
+        }
+
+        if (pos != null) {
+            boundBlockEntity = this.world.getBlockEntity(pos);
+            if (boundBlockEntity instanceof BaseContainerBlockEntity baseContainerBlockEntity) {
+                this.internal = VanillaContainerWrapper.of(baseContainerBlockEntity);
+                this.bound = true;
+            }
+        }
+        this.customSlots.put(0, this.addSlot(new ResourceHandlerSlot(internal, this::setItemInSlot, 0, 42, 41) {
+            private final int slot = 0;
+            private int x = this.x;
+            private int y = this.y;
+        }));
+        this.customSlots.put(1, this.addSlot(new ResourceHandlerSlot(internal, this::setItemInSlot, 1, 21, 40) {
+            private final int slot = 1;
+            private int x = this.x;
+            private int y = this.y;
+        }));
+        this.customSlots.put(2, this.addSlot(new ResourceHandlerSlot(internal, this::setItemInSlot, 2, 63, 41) {
+            private final int slot = 2;
+            private int x = this.x;
+            private int y = this.y;
+        }));
+        this.customSlots.put(3, this.addSlot(new ResourceHandlerSlot(internal, this::setItemInSlot, 3, 129, 41) {
+            private final int slot = 3;
+            private int x = this.x;
+            private int y = this.y;
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean mayPlace(ItemStack stack) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }));
+
+
+        for (int row = 0; row < 3; ++row) {
+            for (int col = 0; col < 9; ++col) {
+                this.addSlot(new Slot(playerInv, col + row * 9 + 9, 8 + col * 18, 84 + row * 18));
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (int col = 0; col < 9; ++col) {
+            this.addSlot(new Slot(playerInv, col, 8 + col * 18, 142));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void setItemInSlot(int index, ItemResource resource, int amount) {
+        if (internal instanceof ItemStacksResourceHandler handler) {
+            handler.set(index, resource, amount);
+        } else if (boundBlockEntity instanceof Container container) {
+            container.setItem(index, resource.toStack(Math.max(0, amount)));
+        } else {
+            try (var tx = Transaction.openRoot()) {
+                if (!internal.getResource(index).isEmpty())
+                    internal.extract(index, internal.getResource(index), internal.getAmountAsInt(index), tx);
+                if (!resource.isEmpty() && amount > 0)
+                    internal.insert(index, resource, amount, tx);
+                tx.commit();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean stillValid(Player player) {
+        if (this.bound) {
+            if (this.boundItemMatcher != null)
+                return this.boundItemMatcher.get();
+            else if (this.boundBlockEntity != null)
+                return AbstractContainerMenu.stillValid(this.access, player, this.boundBlockEntity.getBlockState().getBlock());
+            else if (this.boundEntity != null)
+                return this.boundEntity.isAlive();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ItemStack quickMoveStack(Player playerIn, int index) {
+        ItemStack itemstack = ItemStack.EMPTY;
+        Slot slot = this.slots.get(index);
+        if (slot != null && slot.hasItem()) {
+            ItemStack itemstack1 = slot.getItem();
+            itemstack = itemstack1.copy();
+            if (index < 4) {
+                if (!this.moveItemStackTo(itemstack1, 4, this.slots.size(), true))
+                    return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+                slot.onQuickCraft(itemstack1, itemstack);
+            } else if (!this.moveItemStackTo(itemstack1, 0, 4, false)) {
+                if (index < 4 + 27) {
+                    if (!this.moveItemStackTo(itemstack1, 4 + 27, this.slots.size(), true))
+                        return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+                } else {
+                    if (!this.moveItemStackTo(itemstack1, 4, 4 + 27, false))
+                        return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+                }
+                return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+            }
+            if (itemstack1.isEmpty()) {
+                slot.setByPlayer(ItemStack.EMPTY);
+            } else {
+                slot.setChanged();
+            }
+            if (itemstack1.getCount() == itemstack.getCount()) {
+                return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+            }
+            slot.onTake(playerIn, itemstack1);
+        }
+        return itemstack;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean moveItemStackTo(ItemStack itemStack, int startSlot, int endSlot, boolean backwards) {
+        boolean anythingChanged = false;
+        int destSlot = startSlot;
+        if (backwards) {
+            destSlot = endSlot - 1;
+        }
+        if (itemStack.isStackable()) {
+            while (!itemStack.isEmpty() && (backwards ? destSlot >= startSlot : destSlot < endSlot)) {
+                Slot slot = this.slots.get(destSlot);
+                ItemStack target = slot.getItem();
+                if (slot.mayPlace(target) && !target.isEmpty() && ItemStack.isSameItemSameComponents(itemStack, target)) {
+                    int totalStack = target.getCount() + itemStack.getCount();
+                    int maxStackSize = slot.getMaxStackSize(target);
+                    if (totalStack <= maxStackSize) {
+                        itemStack.setCount(0);
+                        target.setCount(totalStack);
+                        slot.set(target);
+                        anythingChanged = true;
+                    } else if (target.getCount() < maxStackSize) {
+                        itemStack.shrink(maxStackSize - target.getCount());
+                        target.setCount(maxStackSize);
+                        slot.set(target);
+                        anythingChanged = true;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (backwards) {
+                    destSlot--;
+                } else {
+                    destSlot++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!itemStack.isEmpty()) {
+            if (backwards) {
+                destSlot = endSlot - 1;
+            } else {
+                destSlot = startSlot;
+            }
+            while (backwards ? destSlot >= startSlot : destSlot < endSlot) {
+                Slot slotx = this.slots.get(destSlot);
+                ItemStack targetx = slotx.getItem();
+                if (targetx.isEmpty() && slotx.mayPlace(itemStack)) {
+                    int maxStackSize = slotx.getMaxStackSize(itemStack);
+                    slotx.setByPlayer(itemStack.split(Math.min(itemStack.getCount(), maxStackSize)));
+                    slotx.setChanged();
+                    anythingChanged = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (backwards) {
+                    destSlot--;
+                } else {
+                    destSlot++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return anythingChanged;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removed(Player playerIn) {
+        super.removed(playerIn);
+        if (!bound && playerIn instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer) {
+            if (!serverPlayer.isAlive() || serverPlayer.hasDisconnected()) {
+                for (int j = 0; j < internal.size(); ++j) {
+                    playerIn.drop(ItemUtil.getStack(internal, j), false);
+                    setItemInSlot(j, ItemResource.EMPTY, 0);
+                }
+            } else {
+                for (int i = 0; i < internal.size(); ++i) {
+                    playerIn.getInventory().placeItemBackInInventory(ItemUtil.getStack(internal, i));
+                    setItemInSlot(i, ItemResource.EMPTY, 0);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<Integer, Slot> getSlots() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(customSlots);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, Object> getMenuState() {
+        return menuState;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/custom/blocks/AlloyFurnace/AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock.java

@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
-package net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks;
+package net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace;
 
-import com.mojang.serialization.MapCodec;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import net.halbear.aotg.AgeoftheGods;
 import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBlocks;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
-import net.minecraft.util.TriState;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.world.Containers;
+import net.minecraft.world.InteractionResult;
+import net.minecraft.world.MenuProvider;
+import net.minecraft.world.SimpleMenuProvider;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Inventory;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.AbstractContainerMenu;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.context.BlockPlaceContext;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.BlockGetter;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BaseEntityBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.EntityBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Rotation;
@@ -24,9 +30,10 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.BlockStateProperties;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.BooleanProperty;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.EnumProperty;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.IntegerProperty;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.BlockHitResult;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import static net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler.getInverseRotationForDirection;
+import static net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace.AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler.getInverseRotationForDirection;
 import static net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBlockEntities.ALLOY_FURNACE_BLOCK_ENTITY;
 
 public class AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock extends Block implements EntityBlock {
@@ -74,23 +81,45 @@ public class AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock extends Block implements EntityBlock {
         for(int x = -1; x < 2; x++){
             for(int z = -1; z < 2; z++){
                 for(int y = -1; y < 2; y++){
+                    if(x == 0 && y == 0 && z == 0) continue; //skip if it is the block we're checking to place
+                    /*check 3x3x3 area
+                    and assign a BlockPos, and BlockState to the block at each offset*/
                     BlockPos parentPos = position.offset(x,y,z);
                     BlockState state = level.getBlockState(parentPos);
 
                     if(state.is(ModBlocks.ALLOY_FURNACE.get()) && state.getValue(PARENT_BLOCK)) {
-                        AgeoftheGods.LOGGER.debug("LOCATED PARENT BLOCK AT: " + parentPos);
+                        //make sure the block matches, and that it has the "PARENT_BLOCK" boolean set to true, this means it is the parent block
                         Direction direction = state.getValue(FACING);
+                        //get direction of parent block and then flip it to get the rotation
                         Rotation rotation =  getInverseRotationForDirection(direction);
-                        AgeoftheGods.LOGGER.debug("Placed Next to PARENT_BLOCK");
                         for (BlockPos offset : MULTI_BLOCK_POSITIONS) {
+                        //iterate through the child block positions
                             BlockPos Rotated = offset.rotate(rotation);
+                            //rotate the child block position to face the direction of the parent block
                             BlockPos targetPos = parentPos.offset(Rotated);
-                            AgeoftheGods.LOGGER.debug("TARGET_POS: " + targetPos + " | CURRENT_POS: " + position + " | ROTATION: " + Rotated);
+                            //get the World Position of the child block and check if it matches the block we want to place
                             if (targetPos.getX() == position.getX() && targetPos.getY() == position.getY() && targetPos.getZ() == position.getZ()) {
+                                //if it matches, the block we're placing is a child block, so set its parent value to false and its direction to the parent
                                 blockState = blockState.setValue(PARENT_BLOCK, false);
                                 blockState = blockState.setValue(FACING, direction);
+                                //get an absolute value of the original child offset before rotating it
+                                BlockPos purePos = new BlockPos(Math.abs(offset.getX()) , Math.abs(offset.getY()),Math.abs(offset.getZ()));
+                                //set the model part to whatever value gets cross-matched when looking up offset positions in a Map containing the position and the respective model value
+                                blockState = blockState.setValue(MODEL_PART, Math.max(AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler.GetModelPart(purePos), 0));
+                                return blockState;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (blockState.getValue(PARENT_BLOCK)) AgeoftheGods.LOGGER.debug("becoming PARENT_BLOCK");
+        return blockState;
+    }
+    //old case switch hard code
+      /*// AgeoftheGods.LOGGER.debug("POS_STRING: " + PosString);
           String PosString = Math.abs(offset.getX()) + "_" + Math.abs(offset.getY()) + "_" + Math.abs(offset.getZ());
-                                AgeoftheGods.LOGGER.debug("POS_STRING: " + PosString);
                         switch (PosString) {
                                     case "0_0_0":
                                         blockState = blockState.setValue(PARENT_BLOCK, true);
@@ -117,17 +146,7 @@ public class AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock extends Block implements EntityBlock {
                                     case "0_1_1":
                                         blockState = blockState.setValue(MODEL_PART, 7);
                                         break;
-                                }
+                                }*/
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (blockState.getValue(PARENT_BLOCK)) AgeoftheGods.LOGGER.debug("becoming PARENT_BLOCK");
-        return blockState;
-    }
 
     @Override
     protected void createBlockStateDefinition(StateDefinition.Builder<Block,BlockState> builder){
@@ -136,6 +155,26 @@ public class AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock extends Block implements EntityBlock {
         builder.add(PARENT_BLOCK);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public InteractionResult useWithoutItem(BlockState blockstate, Level world, BlockPos pos, Player entity, BlockHitResult hit) {
+        super.useWithoutItem(blockstate, world, pos, entity, hit);
+        if (entity instanceof ServerPlayer player) {
+            player.openMenu(new MenuProvider() {
+                @Override
+                public Component getDisplayName() {
+                    return Component.literal("Sigma");
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public AbstractContainerMenu createMenu(int id, Inventory inventory, Player player) {
+                    return new AlloyFurnaceGUI(id, inventory, new FriendlyByteBuf(Unpooled.buffer()).writeBlockPos(pos));
+                }
+            }, pos);
+        }
+        return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public @Nullable BlockEntity newBlockEntity(BlockPos blockPos, BlockState blockState) {
         return new AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity(blockPos,blockState);

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/custom/blocks/AlloyFurnace/AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler.java

@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-package net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks;
+package net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace;
 
 import net.halbear.aotg.AgeoftheGods;
-import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModBlocks;
+import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModItems;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.Item;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.Items;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.component.ItemContainerContents;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ItemLike;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Rotation;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.TestBlock;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
-import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
 import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.BlockEvent;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 @EventBusSubscriber(modid = AgeoftheGods.MODID)
 public class AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler {
@@ -20,6 +24,31 @@ public class AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler {
     public static final BlockPos[] parts = new BlockPos[]{new BlockPos(0,0,0),new BlockPos(-1,0,0),new BlockPos(-1,0,1),new BlockPos(0,0,1),
             new BlockPos(0,1,0),new BlockPos(-1,1,0),new BlockPos(-1,1,1),new BlockPos(0,1,1)};
 
+    public static final Map<String, Integer> ModelPartLookup = new HashMap<>();
+
+    static{
+        for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+            String PosString = Math.abs(parts[i].getX()) + "_" + Math.abs(parts[i].getY()) + "_" + Math.abs(parts[i].getZ());
+            ModelPartLookup.put(PosString, i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static int GetModelPart(BlockPos MultipartLocation){
+        String PosString = Math.abs(MultipartLocation.getX()) + "_" + Math.abs(MultipartLocation.getY()) + "_" + Math.abs(MultipartLocation.getZ());
+        return ModelPartLookup.get(PosString);
+    }
+
+
+    protected ItemStack CreateFilledPot(Item ItemToFillWith, int StackSize){
+        ItemStack potStack = new ItemStack(Items.DECORATED_POT);
+        ItemStack newContents = new ItemStack(ItemToFillWith,StackSize);
+        ItemStack liquidMarker = new ItemStack(ModItems.FLUID_INDICATOR_ITEM.asItem(),1);
+        ItemContainerContents contents = ItemContainerContents.fromItems(List.of(liquidMarker, newContents));
+        potStack.set(DataComponents.CONTAINER, contents);
+        return potStack;
+    }
+
+
     //@SubscribeEvent
     public static void onNeighborNotify(BlockEvent.NeighborNotifyEvent event) {
         var level = event.getLevel();
@@ -36,15 +65,6 @@ public class AlloyFurnaceUpdateHandler {
         var state = event.getPlacedBlock();
     }
 
-    public static int GetModelPart(BlockPos MultipartLocation){
-        for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++){
-            if(MultipartLocation.getX() == parts[i].getX() && MultipartLocation.getZ() == parts[i].getZ() && MultipartLocation.getY() == parts[i].getY()){
-                return i;
-            }
-        }
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     public static BlockPos GetMultipartLocation(int ModelPart){
         return parts[Math.clamp(ModelPart,0,7)];
     }

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/registries/ModBlockEntities.java

@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
 package net.halbear.aotg.registries;
 
 import net.halbear.aotg.AgeoftheGods;
-import net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity;
+import net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace.AlloyFurnaceBlockEntity;
-import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntityType;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockBehaviour;
-import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredBlock;
-import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredHolder;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredRegister;
-import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Identifier;
 
-import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 public class ModBlockEntities {

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/registries/ModBlocks.java

@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 package net.halbear.aotg.registries;
 
 import net.halbear.aotg.AgeoftheGods;
-import net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock;
+import net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace.AlloyFurnaceMultiBlock;
 import net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.RockCoveredGrassBlock;
-import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
-import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.BlockItem;
-import net.minecraft.world.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.RotatedPillarBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.SoundType;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockBehaviour;

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/registries/ModItems.java

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ public class ModItems {
     public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> OLIVE_LOG_ITEM = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem("olive_log", OLIVE_LOG);
     public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> ALLOY_FURNACE_ITEM = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem("alloy_furnace", ALLOY_FURNACE);
 
+    public static final DeferredItem<Item> FLUID_INDICATOR_ITEM = RegisterItem("fluid_indicator_debug_item", properties -> new Item(properties
+            .fireResistant()
+    ));
+
     public static final DeferredItem<Item> XIPHOS_SWORD = RegisterItem("xiphos",
             properties -> new Item(properties
                     .tool(ModTiers.SWORD_TIER,

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/registries/ModMenus.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package net.halbear.aotg.registries;
+
+import net.halbear.aotg.AgeoftheGods;
+import net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace.AlloyFurnaceGUI;
+import net.halbear.aotg.utility.Networking.MenuStateUpdate;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.MenuType;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.Slot;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.network.ClientPacketDistributor;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.extensions.IMenuTypeExtension;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.PacketDistributor;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredHolder;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredRegister;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class ModMenus {
+    public static DeferredRegister<MenuType<?>> MENUS =
+            DeferredRegister.create(BuiltInRegistries.MENU, AgeoftheGods.MODID);
+
+    public static final DeferredHolder<MenuType<?>, MenuType<AlloyFurnaceGUI>> ALLOY_FURNACE_GUI =
+            MENUS.register("alloy_furnace_gui", () -> IMenuTypeExtension.create(AlloyFurnaceGUI::new));
+
+
+    public interface MenuAccessor {
+        Map<String, Object> getMenuState();
+
+        Map<Integer, Slot> getSlots();
+
+        default void sendMenuStateUpdate(Player player, int elementType, String name, Object elementState, boolean needClientUpdate) {
+            getMenuState().put(elementType + ":" + name, elementState);
+            if (player instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer) {
+                PacketDistributor.sendToPlayer(serverPlayer, new MenuStateUpdate(elementType, name, elementState));
+            } else if (player.level().isClientSide()) {
+                if (Minecraft.getInstance().screen instanceof ModScreens.ScreenAccessor accessor && needClientUpdate)
+                    accessor.updateMenuState(elementType, name, elementState);
+                ClientPacketDistributor.sendToServer(new MenuStateUpdate(elementType, name, elementState));
+            }
+        }
+
+        default <T> T getMenuState(int elementType, String name, T defaultValue) {
+            try {
+                return (T) getMenuState().getOrDefault(elementType + ":" + name, defaultValue);
+            } catch (ClassCastException e) {
+                return defaultValue;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/registries/ModScreens.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package net.halbear.aotg.registries;
+
+import net.halbear.aotg.custom.GuiScreens.AlloyFurnaceGUIScreen;
+import net.halbear.aotg.custom.blocks.AlloyFurnace.AlloyFurnaceGUI;
+import net.neoforged.api.distmarker.Dist;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.RegisterMenuScreensEvent;
+
+@EventBusSubscriber(Dist.CLIENT)
+public class ModScreens {
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void clientLoad(RegisterMenuScreensEvent event) {
+        event.register(ModMenus.ALLOY_FURNACE_GUI.get(), AlloyFurnaceGUIScreen::new);
+    }
+
+    public interface ScreenAccessor {
+        void updateMenuState(int elementType, String name, Object elementState);
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/utility/Networking/MenuStateUpdate.java

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package net.halbear.aotg.utility.Networking;
+
+import net.halbear.aotg.AgeoftheGods;
+import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModMenus;
+import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModScreens;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.RegistryFriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.PacketFlow;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
+import net.neoforged.fml.event.lifecycle.FMLCommonSetupEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.handling.IPayloadContext;
+
+@EventBusSubscriber
+public record MenuStateUpdate(int elementType, String name, Object elementState) implements CustomPacketPayload {
+    public static final Type<MenuStateUpdate> TYPE = new Type<>(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(AgeoftheGods.MODID, "menustate_update"));
+    public static final StreamCodec<RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, MenuStateUpdate> STREAM_CODEC = StreamCodec.of(MenuStateUpdate::write, MenuStateUpdate::read);
+
+    public static void write(FriendlyByteBuf buffer, MenuStateUpdate message) {
+        buffer.writeInt(message.elementType);
+        buffer.writeUtf(message.name);
+        if (message.elementType == 0) {
+            buffer.writeUtf((String) message.elementState);
+        } else if (message.elementType == 1) {
+            buffer.writeBoolean((boolean) message.elementState);
+        } else if (message.elementType == 2 && message.elementState instanceof Number n) {
+            buffer.writeDouble(n.doubleValue());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static MenuStateUpdate read(FriendlyByteBuf buffer) {
+        int elementType = buffer.readInt();
+        String name = buffer.readUtf();
+        Object elementState = null;
+        if (elementType == 0) {
+            elementState = buffer.readUtf();
+        } else if (elementType == 1) {
+            elementState = buffer.readBoolean();
+        } else if (elementType == 2) {
+            elementState = buffer.readDouble();
+        }
+        return new MenuStateUpdate(elementType, name, elementState);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Type<MenuStateUpdate> type() {
+        return TYPE;
+    }
+
+    public static void handleMenuState(final MenuStateUpdate message, final IPayloadContext context) {
+        if (message.name.length() > 256 || message.elementState instanceof String string && string.length() > 8192)
+            return;
+        context.enqueueWork(() -> {
+            if (context.player().containerMenu instanceof ModMenus.MenuAccessor menu) {
+                menu.getMenuState().put(message.elementType + ":" + message.name, message.elementState);
+                if (context.flow() == PacketFlow.CLIENTBOUND && Minecraft.getInstance().screen instanceof ModScreens.ScreenAccessor accessor) {
+                    accessor.updateMenuState(message.elementType, message.name, message.elementState);
+                }
+            }
+        }).exceptionally(e -> {
+            context.connection().disconnect(Component.literal(e.getMessage()));
+            return null;
+        });
+    }
+
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void registerMessage(FMLCommonSetupEvent event) {
+        AgeoftheGods.addNetworkMessage(MenuStateUpdate.TYPE, MenuStateUpdate.STREAM_CODEC, MenuStateUpdate::handleMenuState);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/halbear/aotg/utility/ServerModEventHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package net.halbear.aotg.utility;
+
+import net.halbear.aotg.AgeoftheGods;
+import net.halbear.aotg.registries.ModItems;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.NonNullList;
+import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.Items;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.component.ItemContainerContents;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.DecoratedPotBlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.Fluids;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.BlockEvent;
+
+@EventBusSubscriber(modid = AgeoftheGods.MODID)
+public class ServerModEventHandler {
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void OnAlloyPotDestroy(BlockEvent.BreakEvent event){
+        if (!(event.getLevel() instanceof Level level)) return;
+        if (level.isClientSide()) return;
+
+        BlockPos pos = event.getPos();
+        BlockEntity blockEntity = level.getBlockEntity(pos);
+
+        if (blockEntity instanceof DecoratedPotBlockEntity potEntity) {
+            ItemContainerContents contents = potEntity.getContainerBlockEntity().components().get(DataComponents.CONTAINER);
+
+            if (contents != null) {
+                boolean hasMarker = contents.getStackInSlot(0).is(ModItems.FLUID_INDICATOR_ITEM.asItem());
+
+                if (hasMarker) {
+                    potEntity.getContainerBlockEntity().setRemoved();
+                    potEntity.setChanged();
+                    level.setBlock(pos, Fluids.WATER.defaultFluidState().createLegacyBlock(), 3);
+
+                    event.setCanceled(true);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}