render all block entities from the dumped vanilla models with decompiled renderer poses, drop the cem block-entity path

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/assets/BlockModelRegistry.java

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public final class BlockModelRegistry {
 
         int avg = fallbackColor(lastFlat);
 
-        // Block-entities (chests, signs, banners, beds, heads, …) use builtin/entity models with no
+        // Block-entities (chests, banners, heads, shulker boxes, …) use builtin/entity models with no
         // geometry; their real shape is rendered separately through the entity scene. Return empty
         // geometry so the ray passes through to that geometry instead of drawing a grey fallback cube.
         if (isBlockEntityRendered(material)) {
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ public final class BlockModelRegistry {
             String n = m.name();
             boolean match = n.endsWith("_SIGN") // signs: standing/wall/(wall_)hanging
                     || n.endsWith("_BANNER") // banners: standing/wall
-                    || n.endsWith("_BED")
                     || n.endsWith("SHULKER_BOX") // SHULKER_BOX + <color>_SHULKER_BOX
                     || ((n.endsWith("_SKULL") || n.endsWith("_HEAD")) && m != Material.PISTON_HEAD)
                     || m == Material.CHEST

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/render/entity/BlockEntityModels.java

@@ -1,146 +1,240 @@
 package eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity;
 
-import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.assets.ResourceLocation;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
- * Maps a {@link BlockEntityState} to its bundled CEM model name and ordered texture-path candidates.
+ * Maps a {@link BlockEntityState} to the models its vanilla BlockEntityRenderer draws (from the client
- * Block-entity geometry ships in the same CEM set as mobs (chest/sign/banner/…); textures live under
+ * dump, see {@code tools/VanillaModelDump.java}) and to the renderer's PoseStack. Every pose below is
- * {@code assets/minecraft/textures/entity/}. Mirrors the role {@link EntityModels} plays for mobs.
+ * transcribed from the decompiled 26.3 client renderers (ChestRenderer, SkullBlockRenderer,
+ * BannerRenderer, ShulkerBoxRenderer, DecoratedPotRenderer, BellRenderer, ConduitRenderer,
+ * LecternRenderer, Standing/HangingSignRenderer) — no calibration offsets. Mirrors the role
+ * {@link EntityModels} plays for mobs.
+ *
+ * <p>Beds and sign boards are plain block models since 26.x (no renderer model): the block-model
+ * pipeline draws them; only the sign TEXT is added here.
  */
 public final class BlockEntityModels {
 
     private BlockEntityModels() {}
 
-    /** The CEM ({@code .jem}) model name for a block-entity. */
+    /** How a part's texture is produced. */
-    public static String cemModel(BlockEntityState s) {
+    public enum Paint {
-        return switch (s.kind()) {
+        /** First loadable texture of {@link Part#textures}. */
-            case CHEST, TRAPPED_CHEST, ENDER_CHEST, COPPER_CHEST -> switch (chestKind(s)) {
+        PLAIN,
-                case LEFT -> "chest_left";
+        /** Banner flag: {@code banner_base}, the base-colour {@code base} mask, then each pattern (BannerRenderer). */
-                case RIGHT -> "chest_right";
+        BANNER_FLAG,
-                case SINGLE -> "chest";
+        /** Player head: the owner's skin, else {@link Part#textures} (default Steve). */
-            };
+        SKIN
-            case SIGN -> "sign";
-            case WALL_SIGN -> "wall_sign";
-            case HANGING_SIGN -> "hanging_sign";
-            case BANNER, WALL_BANNER -> "banner";
-            case BED -> "bed";
-            case SHULKER_BOX -> "shulker_box";
-            case CONDUIT -> "conduit";
-            case DECORATED_POT -> "decorated_pot";
-            case BELL -> "bell";
-            case HEAD, WALL_HEAD -> headModel(s.headType());
-        };
     }
 
     /**
-     * A block-entity model from the vanilla client dump ({@code layer/<layer>#<part>}, see
+     * One {@code submitModel}/{@code submitModelPart} call: a dump model ({@code layer/<model>#<layer>}
-     * {@code tools/VanillaModelDump.java}) plus the vanilla BlockEntityRenderer pose: {@code pose} maps
+     * in rest pose, or {@code posed/…} posed by its setupAnim), its texture candidates and the top-level
-     * Java model space (already scaled to blocks) into the block cell, origin at the cell's min corner —
+     * parts it leaves out (pot sides each carry their own sherd texture).
-     * exactly the PoseStack the renderer sets up before {@code submitModel}.
      */
-    public record VanillaModel(String layer, Affine pose) {}
+    public record Part(String model, List<String> textures, Set<String> hidden, Paint paint) {
-
+        static Part of(String model, String texture) {
-    /**
+            return new Part(model, List.of(texture), Set.of(), Paint.PLAIN);
-     * The vanilla model + renderer pose for a block-entity, or null when the type still uses the CEM
-     * template path. To migrate another type, add its case here (layer name from the dump + the pose its
-     * vanilla renderer applies); the baker needs no further changes.
-     */
-    public static VanillaModel vanillaModel(BlockEntityState s) {
-        // ChestRenderer: rotationAround(Y, -facing.toYRot(), 0.5, 0, 0.5); no Y flip (model y is up).
-        return switch (s.kind()) {
-            case CHEST, TRAPPED_CHEST, ENDER_CHEST, COPPER_CHEST -> new VanillaModel(
-                    switch (chestKind(s)) {
-                        case LEFT -> "layer/double_chest_left#main";
-                        case RIGHT -> "layer/double_chest_right#main";
-                        case SINGLE -> "layer/chest#main";
-                    },
-                    rotationAroundY(-s.facingDeg(), 0.5, 0.5));
-            default -> null;
-        };
-    }
-
-    /** JOML {@code rotationAround}: a Y rotation (deg) about the vertical line through (cx, ·, cz). */
-    private static Affine rotationAroundY(double deg, double cx, double cz) {
-        return Affine.translation(cx, 0, cz)
-                .mul(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(deg)))
-                .mul(Affine.translation(-cx, 0, -cz));
-    }
-
-    private static String headModel(String headType) {
-        if (headType == null) return "head";
-        return switch (headType) {
-            case "dragon" -> "head_dragon";
-            case "piglin" -> "head_piglin";
-            case "player" -> "head_player";
-            case "wither_skeleton" -> "wither_skull";
-            default -> "head"; // skeleton, zombie, creeper share the plain humanoid skull box
-        };
-    }
-
-    /** Ordered texture-path candidates; the baker uses the first that loads. */
-    public static List<ResourceLocation> textureCandidates(BlockEntityState s) {
-        List<String> paths = new ArrayList<>();
-        switch (s.kind()) {
-            case CHEST -> chestTextures(paths, s, "normal");
-            case TRAPPED_CHEST -> chestTextures(paths, s, "trapped");
-            case ENDER_CHEST -> paths.add("entity/chest/ender");
-            case COPPER_CHEST -> chestTextures(paths, s, s.colorName() == null ? "copper" : "copper_" + s.colorName());
-            case SIGN, WALL_SIGN -> {
-                String wood = s.wood() == null ? "oak" : s.wood();
-                paths.add("entity/signs/" + wood);
-                paths.add("entity/sign"); // legacy single-texture fallback
-            }
-            case HANGING_SIGN -> {
-                String wood = s.wood() == null ? "oak" : s.wood();
-                paths.add("entity/signs/hanging/" + wood);
-            }
-            case BANNER, WALL_BANNER -> paths.add("entity/banner/banner_base"); // tinted by baseColorArgb
-            case BED -> {
-                String c = s.colorName() == null ? "red" : s.colorName();
-                paths.add("entity/bed/" + c);
-            }
-            case SHULKER_BOX -> {
-                if (s.colorName() != null) paths.add("entity/shulker/shulker_" + s.colorName());
-                paths.add("entity/shulker/shulker"); // uncoloured (purpur) default
-            }
-            case CONDUIT -> paths.add("entity/conduit/base");
-            case DECORATED_POT -> paths.add("entity/decorated_pot/decorated_pot_base");
-            case BELL -> paths.add("entity/bell/bell_body");
-            case HEAD, WALL_HEAD -> headTextures(paths, s.headType());
         }
-        List<ResourceLocation> out = new ArrayList<>(paths.size());
+    }
-        for (String p : paths) out.add(ResourceLocation.parse(p));
+
-        return out;
+    /**
+     * The renderer's models plus its block pose: {@code pose} maps Java model space (already scaled to
+     * blocks) into the block cell, origin at the cell's min corner — exactly the PoseStack the renderer
+     * sets up before submitting. Items and worn heads use the parts WITHOUT this pose (the special item
+     * renderers submit the bare model; the item model's own transformation places it).
+     */
+    public record VanillaModel(Affine pose, List<Part> parts) {}
+
+    /** The vanilla model + pose of a block-entity, or null when nothing model-based is drawn (signs). */
+    public static VanillaModel vanillaModel(BlockEntityState s) {
+        double deg = s.facingDeg();
+        return switch (s.kind()) {
+                // ChestRenderer: rotationAround(Y, -facing.toYRot(), 0.5, 0, 0.5); model y is up (no flip).
+            case CHEST, TRAPPED_CHEST, ENDER_CHEST, COPPER_CHEST -> {
+                String layer =
+                        switch (chestKind(s)) {
+                            case LEFT -> "layer/double_chest_left#main";
+                            case RIGHT -> "layer/double_chest_right#main";
+                            case SINGLE -> "layer/chest#main";
+                        };
+                yield new VanillaModel(
+                        rotationAround(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(-deg)), 0.5, 0, 0.5),
+                        List.of(new Part(layer, chestTextures(s), Set.of(), Paint.PLAIN)));
+            }
+                // SkullBlockRenderer ground: T(0.5,0,0.5)·rotY(-segment·22.5)·S(-1,-1,1); wall: T(0.5 - step·0.25,
+                // 0.25, …)·rotY(-opposite.toYRot())·S(-1,-1,1).
+            case HEAD -> new VanillaModel(
+                    Affine.translation(0.5, 0, 0.5)
+                            .mul(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(-deg)))
+                            .mul(Affine.scale(-1, -1, 1)),
+                    List.of(headPart(s.headType())));
+            case WALL_HEAD -> {
+                double sx = -Math.sin(Math.toRadians(deg)), sz = Math.cos(Math.toRadians(deg)); // facing step
+                yield new VanillaModel(
+                        Affine.translation(0.5 - sx * 0.25, 0.25, 0.5 - sz * 0.25)
+                                .mul(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(-(deg + 180))))
+                                .mul(Affine.scale(-1, -1, 1)),
+                        List.of(headPart(s.headType())));
+            }
+                // BannerRenderer: T(0.5,0,0.5)·rotY(-angle)·S(2/3,-2/3,-2/3), angle = rotation or wall facing; the
+                // pole/bar use banner_base, the flag (wave phase 0) gets base colour + patterns.
+            case BANNER, WALL_BANNER -> {
+                String model = s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.BANNER ? "standing_banner" : "wall_banner";
+                double k = 2 / 3.0;
+                yield new VanillaModel(
+                        Affine.translation(0.5, 0, 0.5)
+                                .mul(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(-deg)))
+                                .mul(Affine.scale(k, -k, -k)),
+                        List.of(
+                                Part.of("layer/" + model + "#main", "entity/banner/banner_base"),
+                                new Part(
+                                        "posed/" + model + "#flag",
+                                        List.of("entity/banner/banner_base"),
+                                        Set.of(),
+                                        Paint.BANNER_FLAG)));
+            }
+                // ShulkerBoxRenderer: T(.5,.5,.5)·S(0.9995)·direction.getRotation()·S(1,-1,-1)·T(0,-1,0); lid closed.
+            case SHULKER_BOX -> new VanillaModel(
+                    Affine.translation(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
+                            .mul(Affine.scale(0.9995))
+                            .mul(directionRotation(s.direction()))
+                            .mul(Affine.scale(1, -1, -1))
+                            .mul(Affine.translation(0, -1, 0)),
+                    List.of(new Part(
+                            "layer/shulker_box#main",
+                            s.colorName() == null
+                                    ? List.of("entity/shulker/shulker")
+                                    : List.of("entity/shulker/shulker_" + s.colorName(), "entity/shulker/shulker"),
+                            Set.of(),
+                            Paint.PLAIN)));
+                // DecoratedPotRenderer: rotateAround(Y, 180 - facing.toYRot(), .5,.5,.5); neck/top/bottom from the
+                // base sheet, each side its sherd pattern (or the blank side).
+            case DECORATED_POT -> new VanillaModel(
+                    rotationAround(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(180 - deg)), 0.5, 0.5, 0.5), potParts(s));
+                // BellRenderer: the model as is (pivot 8,12,8 in block px); the frame is the block model.
+            case BELL -> new VanillaModel(
+                    Affine.identity(), List.of(Part.of("layer/bell#main", "entity/bell/bell_body")));
+                // ConduitRenderer: inactive → shell at T(.5,.5,.5); active → cage at T(.5, 0.3 + hh·0.2, .5) with
+                // hh at animation time 0 (= 0.75), unrotated. Wind and the camera-facing eye are not drawn.
+            case CONDUIT -> s.active()
+                    ? new VanillaModel(
+                            Affine.translation(0.5, 0.3 + 0.75 * 0.2, 0.5),
+                            List.of(Part.of("layer/conduit#cage", "entity/conduit/cage")))
+                    : new VanillaModel(
+                            Affine.translation(0.5, 0.5, 0.5),
+                            List.of(Part.of("layer/conduit#shell", "entity/conduit/base")));
+                // LecternRenderer (only with a book): T(.5,1.0625,.5)·rotY(-clockwise(facing).toYRot())·rotZ(67.5°)·
+                // T(0,-0.125,0), book open as BOOK_STATE (dumped posed).
+            case LECTERN -> s.active()
+                    ? new VanillaModel(
+                            Affine.translation(0.5, 1.0625, 0.5)
+                                    .mul(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(-(deg + 90))))
+                                    .mul(Affine.rotZ(Math.toRadians(67.5)))
+                                    .mul(Affine.translation(0, -0.125, 0)),
+                            List.of(Part.of("posed/book#main", "entity/enchantment/enchanting_table_book")))
+                    : null;
+            case SIGN, WALL_SIGN, HANGING_SIGN -> null;
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The sign renderer's text transformation (Standing/HangingSignRenderer.textTransformation) WITHOUT
+     * its final {@code scale(s, -s, s)}: returns the frame whose origin is the text anchor (centre of the
+     * four lines), x right / y up / +z towards the reader, and the font-pixel size {@code s} in blocks via
+     * {@code out[0]}. Back text is the front transform turned by 180°.
+     */
+    public static Affine signTextFrame(BlockEntityState s, boolean front, double[] pxSize) {
+        double deg = s.facingDeg();
+        Affine m;
+        if (s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.HANGING_SIGN) {
+            m = Affine.translation(0.5, 0.9375, 0.5)
+                    .mul(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(-deg)))
+                    .mul(Affine.translation(0, -0.3125, 0));
+            if (!front) m = m.mul(Affine.rotY(Math.PI));
+            m = m.mul(Affine.translation(0, -0.32, 0.073));
+            pxSize[0] = 0.0140625;
+        } else {
+            m = Affine.translation(0.5, 0.5, 0.5).mul(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(-deg)));
+            if (s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.WALL_SIGN) m = m.mul(Affine.translation(0, -0.3125, -0.4375));
+            if (!front) m = m.mul(Affine.rotY(Math.PI));
+            m = m.mul(Affine.translation(0, 0.33333334, 0.046666667));
+            pxSize[0] = 0.010416667;
+        }
+        return m;
+    }
+
+    private static Part headPart(String headType) {
+        String t = headType == null ? "skeleton" : headType;
+        return switch (t) {
+            case "wither_skeleton" -> Part.of("layer/wither_skeleton_skull#main", "entity/skeleton/wither_skeleton");
+            case "zombie" -> Part.of("layer/zombie_head#main", "entity/zombie/zombie");
+            case "creeper" -> Part.of("layer/creeper_head#main", "entity/creeper/creeper");
+            case "dragon" -> Part.of("posed/dragon_skull#main", "entity/enderdragon/dragon");
+            case "piglin" -> Part.of("posed/piglin_head#main", "entity/piglin/piglin");
+            case "player" -> new Part(
+                    "layer/player_head#main", List.of("entity/player/wide/steve"), Set.of(), Paint.SKIN);
+            default -> Part.of("layer/skeleton_skull#main", "entity/skeleton/skeleton");
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static final List<String> POT_SIDES = List.of("front", "left", "right", "back"); // = sherd order
+
+    private static List<Part> potParts(BlockEntityState s) {
+        List<Part> parts = new ArrayList<>(5);
+        parts.add(Part.of("layer/decorated_pot_base#main", "entity/decorated_pot/decorated_pot_base"));
+        for (int i = 0; i < POT_SIDES.size(); i++) {
+            List<String> tex = new ArrayList<>(2);
+            String sherd = i < s.sherds().size() ? s.sherds().get(i) : null;
+            if (sherd != null && sherd.endsWith("_pottery_sherd")) {
+                tex.add("entity/decorated_pot/" + sherd.replace("_pottery_sherd", "_pottery_pattern"));
+            }
+            tex.add("entity/decorated_pot/decorated_pot_side");
+            List<String> others = new ArrayList<>(POT_SIDES);
+            others.remove(i);
+            parts.add(new Part("layer/decorated_pot_sides#main", tex, Set.copyOf(others), Paint.PLAIN));
+        }
+        return parts;
     }
 
     private static BlockEntityState.ChestKind chestKind(BlockEntityState s) {
         return s.chestKind() == null ? BlockEntityState.ChestKind.SINGLE : s.chestKind();
     }
 
-    private static void chestTextures(List<String> paths, BlockEntityState s, String base) {
+    private static List<String> chestTextures(BlockEntityState s) {
-        switch (chestKind(s)) {
+        String base =
-            case LEFT -> paths.add("entity/chest/" + base + "_left");
+                switch (s.kind()) {
-            case RIGHT -> paths.add("entity/chest/" + base + "_right");
+                    case TRAPPED_CHEST -> "trapped";
-            case SINGLE -> paths.add("entity/chest/" + base);
+                    case ENDER_CHEST -> "ender";
-        }
+                    case COPPER_CHEST -> s.colorName() == null ? "copper" : "copper_" + s.colorName();
-        paths.add("entity/chest/" + base); // fallback to the single texture
+                    default -> "normal";
+                };
+        if (s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.ENDER_CHEST) return List.of("entity/chest/ender");
+        return switch (chestKind(s)) {
+            case LEFT -> List.of("entity/chest/" + base + "_left", "entity/chest/" + base);
+            case RIGHT -> List.of("entity/chest/" + base + "_right", "entity/chest/" + base);
+            case SINGLE -> List.of("entity/chest/" + base);
+        };
     }
 
-    private static void headTextures(List<String> paths, String headType) {
+    /** JOML {@code rotationAround}: {@code T(c) · rot · T(-c)}. */
-        if (headType == null) {
+    private static Affine rotationAround(Affine rot, double cx, double cy, double cz) {
-            paths.add("entity/skeleton/skeleton");
+        return Affine.translation(cx, cy, cz).mul(rot).mul(Affine.translation(-cx, -cy, -cz));
-            return;
+    }
-        }
+
-        switch (headType) {
+    /** Minecraft {@code Direction.getRotation()} (JOML rotationXYZ = Rx·Ry·Rz); null/unknown = UP. */
-            case "wither_skeleton" -> paths.add("entity/skeleton/wither_skeleton");
+    private static Affine directionRotation(String direction) {
-            case "zombie" -> paths.add("entity/zombie/zombie");
+        double h = Math.PI / 2;
-            case "creeper" -> paths.add("entity/creeper/creeper");
+        if (direction == null) return Affine.identity();
-            case "piglin" -> paths.add("entity/piglin/piglin");
+        return switch (direction) {
-            case "dragon" -> paths.add("entity/enderdragon/dragon");
+            case "down" -> Affine.rotX(Math.PI);
-            case "player" -> paths.add("entity/player/wide/steve"); // skin handled separately by the baker
+            case "north" -> Affine.rotX(h).mul(Affine.rotZ(Math.PI));
-            default -> paths.add("entity/skeleton/skeleton");
+            case "south" -> Affine.rotX(h);
-        }
+            case "west" -> Affine.rotX(h).mul(Affine.rotZ(h));
+            case "east" -> Affine.rotX(h).mul(Affine.rotZ(-h));
+            default -> Affine.identity();
+        };
     }
 }

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/render/entity/BlockEntityState.java

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Immutable snapshot of one block-entity captured on the main thread, sufficient to bake and place it
- * off-thread. Block-entities (chests, signs, banners, beds, heads, …) use vanilla {@code builtin/entity}
+ * off-thread. Block-entities drawn by a vanilla BlockEntityRenderer (chests, banners, heads, shulker
- * block models with no geometry; their real shape lives in the bundled CEM models, so they are rendered
+ * boxes, …) have no block-model geometry; their shape is the renderer's entity model (dumped from the
- * through the same baking/intersection path as mobs. Bukkit-free so the baker needs no world access.
+ * client, see {@link BlockEntityModels}), rendered through the same baking/intersection path as mobs.
+ * Bukkit-free so the baker needs no world access.
  *
- * <p>{@code facingDeg} is the world yaw the model should face (already converted from the block's
+ * <p>{@code facingDeg} is the vanilla yaw of the block's facing/rotation (0 = south, 90 = west; a
- * facing/rotation, vanilla convention). Type-specific fields are null/0/empty when unused.
+ * 16-step rotation is {@code segment · 22.5}). Type-specific fields are null/0/false/empty when unused.
  */
 public record BlockEntityState(
         Kind kind,
@@ -17,16 +18,15 @@ public record BlockEntityState(
         int by,
         int bz,
         float facingDeg,
+        String direction, // 6-way facing ("up", "north", …) of shulker boxes; null otherwise
+        boolean active, // lectern: has a book; conduit: active
         ChestKind chestKind, // double-chest half (CHEST/TRAPPED_CHEST/COPPER_CHEST)
-        int baseColorArgb, // banner base tint (white texture); 0 = none
+        int baseColorArgb, // banner base colour; 0 = none
-        String colorName, // bed/shulker/banner colour ("red", …) or copper-chest stage ("exposed", …); null = default
+        String colorName, // shulker colour ("red", …) or copper-chest stage ("exposed", …); null = default
-        String wood, // sign/hanging-sign wood ("oak", "spruce", …); null = default
-        BedPart bedPart, // bed half
         String headType, // "skeleton","wither_skeleton","zombie","creeper","piglin","dragon","player"
         String skinUrl, // player-head owner skin URL; null otherwise
         List<BannerPattern> patterns, // banner overlay patterns (may be empty)
-        List<String> sherds, // decorated-pot sherds: front/back/left/right item keys (may be empty)
+        List<String> sherds, // decorated-pot sherds: front/left/right/back item keys (may be empty)
-        BellAttach bellAttach, // bell attachment; null when not a bell
         SignText frontText, // sign front-side text; null when not a sign or blank
         SignText backText // sign back-side text; null when not a sign or blank
         ) {
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ public record BlockEntityState(
         HANGING_SIGN,
         BANNER,
         WALL_BANNER,
-        BED,
         SHULKER_BOX,
         HEAD,
         WALL_HEAD,
         CONDUIT,
         DECORATED_POT,
-        BELL
+        BELL,
+        LECTERN
     }
 
     public enum ChestKind {
@@ -55,18 +55,6 @@ public record BlockEntityState(
         RIGHT
     }
 
-    public enum BedPart {
-        HEAD,
-        FOOT
-    }
-
-    public enum BellAttach {
-        FLOOR,
-        CEILING,
-        SINGLE_WALL,
-        DOUBLE_WALL
-    }
-
     /** One banner overlay layer: a pattern key (e.g. "stripe_top") and the ARGB colour it is dyed with. */
     public record BannerPattern(String patternKey, int colorArgb) {}
 

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/render/entity/cem/BlockEntityBaker.java

@@ -14,38 +14,24 @@ import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.EntityCube;
 import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.RenderedEntity;
 import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.TextureOps;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
- * Bakes a {@link BlockEntityState} into world-space cubes using the bundled CEM models, reusing
+ * Bakes a {@link BlockEntityState} into world-space cubes: the models its vanilla BlockEntityRenderer
- * {@link CemGeometry}. Unlike mobs, block-entities are not dropped to the ground by their model bounds;
+ * draws (dumped from the client, see {@link BlockEntityModels#vanillaModel}), placed by that renderer's
- * each type is placed by an affine that reproduces the vanilla BlockEntityRenderer: the block cell
+ * own pose — {@code T(cell min corner) · pose · S(1/16) · CEM_TO_JAVA} — so position, rotation and box-UV
- * centre, a yaw from the block's facing/rotation, and a per-type local offset/scale.
+ * match vanilla by construction (no per-type calibration). Signs add their text quads in the renderer's
- *
+ * text frame (the board itself is a block model).
- * <p>The CEM block-entity models are authored centred on X/Z with their base near Y=0 (after the px→
- * block scale), so the placement is {@code T(cell centre) · rotY(yaw) · T(localOffset)} and most types
- * only need defaults. Wall-mounted and scaled types (signs, wall heads, beds) override via {@link Place}.
- *
- * <p>Types mapped in {@link BlockEntityModels#vanillaModel} (currently chests) instead use the model
- * dumped from the vanilla client, placed by the vanilla renderer's own pose (see {@code bakeVanilla});
- * the CEM template path above stays as the fallback for everything else.
  */
 public final class BlockEntityBaker implements EntityBaker<BlockEntityState> {
 
-    private static final double SIGN_SCALE = 0.6666667; // vanilla SignRenderer model scale
+    // Sign text is scaled to fill the board's writable area (W×H, font px of the renderer's text frame) so
-
+    // few-line signs render as large as possible (legibility on low-res maps), capped so a single line isn't
-    // Sign-text placement (model px in the board's local frame; calibrated against the test harness).
+    // blown up absurdly. Vanilla: 1 font px per text px, lines 90 (hanging 60) px wide, 10 (9) px apart.
-    // The text block is scaled to fill the board's writable area (W×H) so few-line signs are rendered as
+    private static final double SIGN_TEXT_W = 88, SIGN_TEXT_H = 44, SIGN_TEXT_CAP = 2.0;
-    // large as possible (legibility on low-res maps), capped so a single line isn't blown up absurdly.
+    private static final double HANG_TEXT_W = 58, HANG_TEXT_H = 40, HANG_TEXT_CAP = 1.87;
-    private static final double SIGN_TEXT_W = 22.0, SIGN_TEXT_H = 11.0, SIGN_TEXT_CAP = 0.5; // board 24x12
+    private static final double TEXT_THICK =
-    private static final double HANG_TEXT_W = 13.0, HANG_TEXT_H = 9.0, HANG_TEXT_CAP = 0.42; // board 14x10
+            0.2; // slab behind the text plane (text px) so the ray test never degenerates
-    private static final double SIGN_TEXT_CY = 20.0; // board Y∈[14,26], centre 20
-    private static final double HANGING_TEXT_CY = 5.0; // board Y∈[0,10], centre 5
-    private static final double BOARD_FRONT_Z = 1.0; // both boards: front/back faces at Z=±1
-    private static final double TEXT_Z_EPS = 0.05; // lift the text just off the board face
-    private static final double TEXT_THICK = 0.5; // slab thickness so the ray test never degenerates
 
     private final CemModelLoader models;
     private final TextureCache textures;
@@ -64,120 +50,117 @@ public final class BlockEntityBaker implements EntityBaker<BlockEntityState> {
         this.font = font;
     }
 
-    /** Returns the baked block-entity, or null when it has no model/texture (then nothing renders). */
+    /** The placed block-entity in its cell, or null when nothing renders (unmapped/missing assets). */
     @Override
     public RenderedEntity bake(BlockEntityState s) {
-        List<Layer> layers = layers(s);
-        RenderedEntity vanilla = bakeVanilla(s, layers);
-        if (vanilla != null) return vanilla;
-        // Head model depends on the texture aspect (skeleton 64x32 vs zombie/player 64x64), so resolve it
-        // from the chosen texture rather than statically.
-        CemModelLoader.CemModel model = layers.isEmpty() ? null : models.get(modelName(s, layers.getFirst().tex));
-        // Since 26.x signs (and beds) are real block models (textures under block/, no entity/signs/): the
-        // board then comes from the block-model pipeline and only the sign TEXT is added here.
-        boolean signKind = s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.SIGN
-                || s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.WALL_SIGN
-                || s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.HANGING_SIGN;
-        if (model == null && !signKind) return null;
-
-        Place p = place(s);
-        Affine pre = Affine.scale(p.scale / 16.0);
-        Affine placement = Affine.translation(s.bx() + 0.5, s.by(), s.bz() + 0.5)
-                .mul(Affine.rotY(Math.toRadians(p.yaw)))
-                .mul(Affine.translation(p.lx, p.ly, p.lz));
-
         List<EntityCube> cubes = new ArrayList<>();
-        if (model != null)
+        Affine cell = Affine.translation(s.bx(), s.by(), s.bz());
-            for (Layer layer : layers) {
+        BlockEntityModels.VanillaModel vm = BlockEntityModels.vanillaModel(s);
-                for (CemGeometry.Baked b : CemGeometry.bakeModel(
+        if (vm != null) bakeParts(s, vm, cell.mul(vm.pose()), cubes);
-                        model, layer.tex, pre, layer.hidden, layer.texW, layer.texH, layer.boxUv)) {
+        addSignText(s, cell, cubes);
-                    cubes.add(new EntityCube(b.from(), b.to(), b.faces(), placement.mul(b.world())));
-                }
-            }
-        addSignText(s, placement.mul(pre), cubes);
         return cubes.isEmpty() ? null : RenderedEntity.of(cubes);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Vanilla path: the model dumped from the client ({@link BlockEntityModels#vanillaModel}) placed by its
+     * The block-entity's models WITHOUT the block pose, in Java model space (blocks) mapped by
-     * renderer's pose, {@code T(cell min corner) · pose · S(1/16) · CEM_TO_JAVA}. Position, rotation and
+     * {@code toWorld}: what the special item renderers and the worn-skull layer submit (the item model's
-     * box-UV then match vanilla by construction (no per-type calibration offsets). Returns null when the
+     * transformation / the head frame place it).
-     * type has no vanilla mapping or the dump lacks the layer, so the caller falls back to the CEM template.
      */
-    private RenderedEntity bakeVanilla(BlockEntityState s, List<Layer> layers) {
+    public void bakeModel(BlockEntityState s, Affine toWorld, List<EntityCube> out) {
         BlockEntityModels.VanillaModel vm = BlockEntityModels.vanillaModel(s);
-        if (vm == null || layers.isEmpty()) return null;
+        if (vm != null) bakeParts(s, vm, toWorld, out);
-        CemModelLoader.CemModel model = models.vanilla(vm.layer());
+    }
-        if (model == null) return null;
+
-        Affine pre = Affine.translation(s.bx(), s.by(), s.bz())
+    private void bakeParts(BlockEntityState s, BlockEntityModels.VanillaModel vm, Affine pose, List<EntityCube> out) {
-                .mul(vm.pose())
+        Affine pre = pose.mul(Affine.scale(1 / 16.0)).mul(CemGeometry.CEM_TO_JAVA);
-                .mul(Affine.scale(1 / 16.0))
+        for (BlockEntityModels.Part part : vm.parts()) {
-                .mul(CemGeometry.CEM_TO_JAVA);
+            CemModelLoader.CemModel model = models.vanilla(part.model());
-        List<EntityCube> cubes = new ArrayList<>();
+            int[][] tex = model == null ? null : texture(s, part);
-        for (Layer layer : layers) {
+            if (tex == null) continue;
-            for (CemGeometry.Baked b :
+            for (CemGeometry.Baked b : CemGeometry.bakeModel(model, tex, pre, part.hidden())) {
-                    CemGeometry.bakeModel(model, layer.tex, pre, layer.hidden, layer.texW, layer.texH, layer.boxUv)) {
+                out.add(new EntityCube(b.from(), b.to(), b.faces(), b.world()));
-                cubes.add(new EntityCube(b.from(), b.to(), b.faces(), b.world()));
             }
         }
-        return cubes.isEmpty() ? null : RenderedEntity.of(cubes);
+    }
+
+    // --- textures ---
+
+    private int[][] texture(BlockEntityState s, BlockEntityModels.Part part) {
+        if (part.paint() == BlockEntityModels.Paint.SKIN && s.skinUrl() != null) {
+            int[][] skin = skins.get(s.skinUrl()).orElse(null);
+            if (skin != null) return skin;
+        }
+        for (String path : part.textures()) {
+            int[][] t = textures.get(ResourceLocation.parse(path)).orElse(null);
+            if (t == null) continue;
+            return part.paint() == BlockEntityModels.Paint.BANNER_FLAG ? bannerFlag(t, s) : t;
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Appends flat text quads in front of (and behind) the sign board, rasterized from the captured
+     * BannerRenderer flag: {@code banner_base}, then the {@code base} mask dyed with the base colour, then
-     * {@link BlockEntityState.SignText}. Built in the board's model-px frame and transformed by the same
+     * each pattern mask ({@code entity/banner/<key>}) dyed with its colour, composited into one texture
-     * {@code placement·pre} as the CEM board, so the text rides exactly on the board.
+     * (one geometry, no coplanar layers).
-     *
-     * <p>The CEM sign model faces north by default and is aimed with {@code rotY(180−facingDeg)} where
-     * {@code facingDeg} is the direction the sign's FRONT faces — so the model's −Z (NORTH) face ends up
-     * being the front the player reads, and +Z (SOUTH) is the back. Each face uses an unflipped UV: the
-     * intersector already mirrors NORTH relative to SOUTH ({@code s=1−fx} vs {@code s=fx}), so both read
-     * left-to-right when viewed from outside.
      */
-    private void addSignText(BlockEntityState s, Affine toWorld, List<EntityCube> cubes) {
+    private int[][] bannerFlag(int[][] base, BlockEntityState s) {
+        int[][] out = TextureOps.deepCopy(base);
+        if (s.baseColorArgb() != 0) overlayMask(out, "entity/banner/base", s.baseColorArgb());
+        for (BlockEntityState.BannerPattern pat : s.patterns()) {
+            overlayMask(out, "entity/banner/" + pat.patternKey(), pat.colorArgb());
+        }
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    private void overlayMask(int[][] out, String path, int argb) {
+        int[][] mask = textures.get(ResourceLocation.parse(path)).orElse(null);
+        if (mask == null || mask.length != out.length || mask[0].length != out[0].length) return;
+        int[][] dyed = TextureOps.deepCopy(mask);
+        TextureOps.tint(dyed, argb);
+        TextureOps.overlay(out, dyed);
+    }
+
+    // --- sign text ---
+
+    /**
+     * Front and back text as flat quads in the sign renderer's text frame
+     * ({@link BlockEntityModels#signTextFrame}): the text block is centred on the frame origin and faces
+     * +Z (the reader). The quad's +Z (SOUTH) face is unflipped: viewed from +Z the intersector reads it
+     * left to right ({@code s = fx}).
+     */
+    private void addSignText(BlockEntityState s, Affine cell, List<EntityCube> cubes) {
         if (font == null || font.isEmpty()) return;
-        boolean hanging = s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.HANGING_SIGN;
+        BlockEntityState.Kind k = s.kind();
-        boolean sign = hanging || s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.SIGN || s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.WALL_SIGN;
+        boolean hanging = k == BlockEntityState.Kind.HANGING_SIGN;
-        if (!sign) return;
+        if (!hanging && k != BlockEntityState.Kind.SIGN && k != BlockEntityState.Kind.WALL_SIGN) return;
-        double cy = hanging ? HANGING_TEXT_CY : SIGN_TEXT_CY;
+        addSide(s, s.frontText(), true, hanging, cell, cubes);
-        double tw = hanging ? HANG_TEXT_W : SIGN_TEXT_W;
+        addSide(s, s.backText(), false, hanging, cell, cubes);
-        double th = hanging ? HANG_TEXT_H : SIGN_TEXT_H;
-        double cap = hanging ? HANG_TEXT_CAP : SIGN_TEXT_CAP;
-        addSide(s.frontText(), Direction.NORTH, tw, th, cap, cy, toWorld, cubes);
-        addSide(s.backText(), Direction.SOUTH, tw, th, cap, cy, toWorld, cubes);
     }
 
     private void addSide(
+            BlockEntityState s,
             BlockEntityState.SignText t,
-            Direction faceDir,
+            boolean front,
-            double tw,
+            boolean hanging,
-            double th,
+            Affine cell,
-            double cap,
-            double cy,
-            Affine toWorld,
             List<EntityCube> cubes) {
         if (t == null) return;
         int[][] bmp = SignTextRasterizer.rasterize(
                 trimBlankLines(t.lines()), font, t.fillArgb(), t.outlineArgb(), t.glowing());
         if (bmp == null) return;
-        // Scale so the text block fills the board's writable area, whichever dimension binds, capped.
+        double tw = hanging ? HANG_TEXT_W : SIGN_TEXT_W;
+        double th = hanging ? HANG_TEXT_H : SIGN_TEXT_H;
+        double cap = hanging ? HANG_TEXT_CAP : SIGN_TEXT_CAP;
+        // Scale so the text block fills the writable area, whichever dimension binds, capped.
         double fpm = Math.min(cap, Math.min(tw / bmp[0].length, th / bmp.length));
-        double blockW = bmp[0].length * fpm;
+        double w = bmp[0].length * fpm, h = bmp.length * fpm;
-        double blockH = bmp.length * fpm;
+        double[] px = new double[1];
-
+        Affine frame = BlockEntityModels.signTextFrame(s, front, px);
-        double z0, z1;
-        if (faceDir == Direction.NORTH) { // front: −Z face, text sits just past −1
-            z1 = -BOARD_FRONT_Z - TEXT_Z_EPS;
-            z0 = z1 - TEXT_THICK;
-        } else { // back: +Z face, text sits just past +1
-            z0 = BOARD_FRONT_Z + TEXT_Z_EPS;
-            z1 = z0 + TEXT_THICK;
-        }
         Face[] faces = new Face[6];
-        faces[faceDir.ordinal()] = new Face(bmp, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, -1);
+        faces[Direction.SOUTH.ordinal()] = new Face(bmp, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, -1);
-        double[] from = {-blockW / 2, cy - blockH / 2, z0};
+        double[] from = {-w / 2, -h / 2, -TEXT_THICK};
-        double[] to = {blockW / 2, cy + blockH / 2, z1};
+        double[] to = {w / 2, h / 2, 0};
-        cubes.add(new EntityCube(from, to, faces, toWorld));
+        cubes.add(new EntityCube(from, to, faces, cell.mul(frame).mul(Affine.scale(px[0]))));
     }
 
     /** Drops leading/trailing blank lines so short text fills the board; keeps interior blanks. */
@@ -187,158 +170,4 @@ public final class BlockEntityBaker implements EntityBaker<BlockEntityState> {
         while (hi > lo && lines.get(hi - 1).isBlank()) hi--;
         return lines.subList(lo, hi);
     }
-
-    /** The CEM model name; for heads it depends on the texture's aspect (64x32 vs square 64x64). */
-    private String modelName(BlockEntityState s, int[][] tex) {
-        if (s.kind() != BlockEntityState.Kind.HEAD && s.kind() != BlockEntityState.Kind.WALL_HEAD) {
-            return BlockEntityModels.cemModel(s);
-        }
-        String t = s.headType();
-        if ("dragon".equals(t)) return "head_dragon";
-        if ("piglin".equals(t)) return "head_piglin";
-        // Square textures (zombie, player) carry a hat overlay → use the 64x64 player-head model; the
-        // 2:1 skull textures (skeleton, wither_skeleton, creeper) use the 64x32 skull model.
-        boolean square = tex.length > 0 && tex.length == tex[0].length;
-        return square ? "head_player" : "head";
-    }
-
-    /** A single bake pass: one texture applied to the parts not in {@code hidden}, with optional UV size
-     *  and a flag forcing box-UV (for standalone part textures not matching the model's per-face UV). */
-    private record Layer(int[][] tex, Set<String> hidden, int texW, int texH, boolean boxUv) {
-        Layer(int[][] tex, Set<String> hidden) {
-            this(tex, hidden, 0, 0, false);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /** Some types paint different parts with different textures (pot sherds, conduit cage/heart). */
-    private List<Layer> layers(BlockEntityState s) {
-        if (s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.DECORATED_POT) {
-            return potLayers(s);
-        }
-        if (s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.CONDUIT) {
-            return conduitLayers();
-        }
-        int[][] tex = resolveTexture(s);
-        return tex == null ? List.of() : List.of(new Layer(tex, hiddenParts(s)));
-    }
-
-    private static final Set<String> CONDUIT_PARTS = Set.of("eye", "cage", "base", "wind");
-
-    /** The conduit's cage and inner heart use separate textures; the eye/wind (active state) are skipped. */
-    private List<Layer> conduitLayers() {
-        int[][] cage =
-                textures.get(ResourceLocation.parse("entity/conduit/cage")).orElse(null);
-        int[][] base =
-                textures.get(ResourceLocation.parse("entity/conduit/base")).orElse(null);
-        // Each part's texture is authored at its own native size (32x16) with a box-UV layout, so force
-        // box-UV and normalise by the texture's own size (the model's per-face UV assumes a combined sheet).
-        List<Layer> layers = new ArrayList<>(2);
-        if (cage != null)
-            layers.add(new Layer(cage, onlyPart("cage", CONDUIT_PARTS), cage[0].length, cage.length, true));
-        if (base != null)
-            layers.add(new Layer(base, onlyPart("base", CONDUIT_PARTS), base[0].length, base.length, true));
-        return layers;
-    }
-
-    /** Hidden set that leaves only {@code keep} visible out of {@code all}. */
-    private static Set<String> onlyPart(String keep, Set<String> all) {
-        Set<String> hidden = new HashSet<>(all);
-        hidden.remove(keep);
-        return hidden;
-    }
-
-    private static final Set<String> POT_PARTS = Set.of("neck", "top", "bottom", "front", "back", "left", "right");
-    private static final String[] POT_FACES = {"front", "left", "right", "back"}; // matches sherd capture order
-
-    private List<Layer> potLayers(BlockEntityState s) {
-        int[][] base = textures.get(ResourceLocation.parse("entity/decorated_pot/decorated_pot_base"))
-                .orElse(null);
-        int[][] side = textures.get(ResourceLocation.parse("entity/decorated_pot/decorated_pot_side"))
-                .orElse(null);
-        if (base == null) return List.of();
-        List<Layer> layers = new ArrayList<>();
-        // Structure (rim/neck/foot) comes from the combined base texture; the four sides are NOT in it.
-        layers.add(new Layer(base, new HashSet<>(List.of("front", "back", "left", "right"))));
-        // Each side: its sherd pattern if set, else the plain brick side. The model's per-face UV maps the
-        // centre of the 16x16 texture onto the face (centred, edges intact).
-        for (int i = 0; i < POT_FACES.length; i++) {
-            int[][] tex = side;
-            if (i < s.sherds().size()) {
-                String sherd = s.sherds().get(i);
-                if (sherd != null && sherd.endsWith("_pottery_sherd")) {
-                    int[][] pat = textures.get(ResourceLocation.parse(
-                                    "entity/decorated_pot/" + sherd.replace("_pottery_sherd", "_pottery_pattern")))
-                            .orElse(null);
-                    if (pat != null) tex = pat;
-                }
-            }
-            if (tex == null) continue;
-            layers.add(new Layer(tex, onlyPart(POT_FACES[i], POT_PARTS)));
-        }
-        return layers;
-    }
-
-    // --- placement parameters per type ---
-
-    /** Local placement: applied yaw (deg), model scale, and a local-frame offset (blocks). */
-    private record Place(double yaw, double scale, double lx, double ly, double lz) {}
-
-    private Place place(BlockEntityState s) {
-        double yaw = 180 - s.facingDeg(); // model default faces north; rotate by the block's facing
-        return switch (s.kind()) {
-            case SIGN -> new Place(yaw, SIGN_SCALE, 0, 0, 0);
-            case WALL_SIGN -> new Place(yaw, SIGN_SCALE, 0, -0.3125, 0.4375); // drop to mid-block, push to wall
-            case WALL_HEAD -> new Place(yaw, 1.0, 0, 0.25, 0.25); // mid-height, against the wall
-            case WALL_BANNER -> new Place(yaw, 1.0, 0, -0.16, 0.4375);
-            default -> new Place(yaw, 1.0, 0, 0, 0);
-        };
-    }
-
-    /** Parts to omit (the unused bed half / its legs, the conduit's open-state shell). */
-    private Set<String> hiddenParts(BlockEntityState s) {
-        return switch (s.kind()) {
-            case BED -> s.bedPart() == BlockEntityState.BedPart.HEAD
-                    ? Set.of("foot", "leg3", "leg4")
-                    : Set.of("head", "leg1", "leg2");
-            case CONDUIT -> Set.of("eye", "wind");
-            default -> Set.of();
-        };
-    }
-
-    // --- texture resolution ---
-
-    private int[][] resolveTexture(BlockEntityState s) {
-        // Player heads use the owner's skin when available.
-        if (s.skinUrl() != null
-                && (s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.HEAD || s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.WALL_HEAD)) {
-            int[][] skin = skins.get(s.skinUrl()).orElse(null);
-            if (skin != null) return skin;
-        }
-        boolean isBanner = s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.BANNER || s.kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.WALL_BANNER;
-        for (ResourceLocation rl : BlockEntityModels.textureCandidates(s)) {
-            int[][] t = textures.get(rl).orElse(null);
-            if (t == null) continue;
-            if (isBanner) return bakeBanner(t, s);
-            return t;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Composites a banner texture: tint the white {@code banner_base} cloth with the base colour, then
-     * alpha-overlay each pattern mask ({@code entity/banner/<key>}) dyed with its own colour, in order.
-     */
-    private int[][] bakeBanner(int[][] base, BlockEntityState s) {
-        int[][] out = TextureOps.deepCopy(base);
-        if (s.baseColorArgb() != 0) TextureOps.tint(out, s.baseColorArgb());
-        for (BlockEntityState.BannerPattern pat : s.patterns()) {
-            int[][] mask = textures.get(ResourceLocation.parse("entity/banner/" + pat.patternKey()))
-                    .orElse(null);
-            if (mask == null) continue;
-            int[][] dyed = TextureOps.deepCopy(mask);
-            TextureOps.tint(dyed, pat.colorArgb());
-            TextureOps.overlay(out, dyed);
-        }
-        return out;
-    }
 }

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/render/entity/cem/CemBaker.java

@@ -274,10 +274,8 @@ public final class CemBaker implements EntityBaker<EntityState> {
         if (head != null && h != null) {
             Affine hj = h.mul(CemGeometry.JAVA_LOCAL);
             if (head.blockEntity() != null && head.blockEntity().kind() == BlockEntityState.Kind.HEAD) {
-                items.bakeBlockEntity(
+                // CustomHeadLayer: head frame · S(1.1875) · SkullBlockRenderer.submitSkull (bare skull model).
-                        head.blockEntity(),
+                items.bakeBlockEntityModel(head.blockEntity(), hj.mul(Affine.scale(1.1875)), out);
-                        hj.mul(Affine.scale(1.1875, -1.1875, -1.1875)).mul(Affine.translation(-0.5, 0, -0.5)),
-                        out);
             } else {
                 // Snow golems wear their pumpkin a bit lower (SnowGolemHeadLayer) than CustomHeadLayer items.
                 double dy = s.typeKey().equals("snow_golem") ? -0.34375 : -0.25;

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/render/entity/cem/CemGeometry.java

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
- * Shared, stateless CEM geometry baking used by both {@link CemBaker} (mobs) and the block-entity
+ * Shared, stateless CEM geometry baking used by {@link CemBaker} (mobs), the block-entity baker and
- * baker. It turns a {@link CemModelLoader.CemModel} into a list of {@link Baked} boxes (local cube +
+ * item geometry. It turns a {@link CemModelLoader.CemModel} into a list of {@link Baked} boxes (local cube +
  * its model→pre-space transform), faithfully reproducing the OptiFine/Blockbench CEM transform. The
  * placement into the world (yaw, ground-snap, block cell) is the caller's responsibility.
  */
@@ -40,25 +40,7 @@ final class CemGeometry {
 
     /** Bake all parts of a model with the given pre-transform; parts in {@code hidden} are skipped. */
     static List<Baked> bakeModel(CemModelLoader.CemModel model, int[][] tex, Affine pre, Set<String> hidden) {
-        return bakeModel(model, tex, pre, hidden, 0, 0, false);
+        return bake(model, tex, pre, hidden, Set.of(), Map.of(), null);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Bake all parts with an explicit texture size for UV normalisation ({@code texW}/{@code texH} of 0
-     * fall back to the model's declared size; use a real size when the applied texture differs from the
-     * model's declared {@code textureSize}, e.g. a 16x16 sherd on a 32x32-authored pot face). When
-     * {@code ignoreFaceUv} is set, box-UV is forced even if the model declares per-face UV — used for a
-     * standalone texture (e.g. the conduit cage) whose layout is box-UV, not the combined-sheet layout.
-     */
-    static List<Baked> bakeModel(
-            CemModelLoader.CemModel model,
-            int[][] tex,
-            Affine pre,
-            Set<String> hidden,
-            int texW,
-            int texH,
-            boolean ignoreFaceUv) {
-        return bake(model, tex, pre, hidden, Set.of(), texW, texH, ignoreFaceUv, Map.of(), null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +57,7 @@ final class CemGeometry {
             Set<String> show,
             Map<String, CemModelLoader.PartPose> overrides,
             Map<String, Affine> frames) {
-        return bake(model, tex, pre, Set.of(), show, 0, 0, false, overrides, frames);
+        return bake(model, tex, pre, Set.of(), show, overrides, frames);
     }
 
     private static List<Baked> bake(
@@ -84,14 +66,9 @@ final class CemGeometry {
             Affine pre,
             Set<String> hidden,
             Set<String> show,
-            int texW,
-            int texH,
-            boolean ignoreFaceUv,
             Map<String, CemModelLoader.PartPose> overrides,
             Map<String, Affine> frames) {
-        int nw = texW > 0 ? texW : model.texW();
+        Ctx ctx = new Ctx(hidden, show, model.texW(), model.texH(), tex, new ArrayList<>(), overrides, frames);
-        int nh = texH > 0 ? texH : model.texH();
-        Ctx ctx = new Ctx(hidden, show, nw, nh, tex, ignoreFaceUv, new ArrayList<>(), overrides, frames);
         for (CemModelLoader.CemPart p : model.parts()) {
             if (model.absolute()) {
                 bakeAbsolute(p, pre, ctx);
@@ -112,7 +89,6 @@ final class CemGeometry {
             int texW,
             int texH,
             int[][] tex,
-            boolean ignoreFaceUv,
             List<Baked> out,
             Map<String, CemModelLoader.PartPose> overrides,
             Map<String, Affine> frames) {}
@@ -173,8 +149,7 @@ final class CemGeometry {
         double[] inf = b.inflate();
         double[] from = {org[0] - inf[0], org[1] - inf[1], org[2] - inf[2]};
         double[] to = {org[0] + b.size()[0] + inf[0], org[1] + b.size()[1] + inf[1], org[2] + b.size()[2] + inf[2]};
-        double[][] faceUv = ctx.ignoreFaceUv ? null : b.faceUv();
+        ModelCube mc = new ModelCube(org, b.size(), inf[0], b.uv(), b.mirror(), b.faceUv());
-        ModelCube mc = new ModelCube(org, b.size(), inf[0], b.uv(), b.mirror(), faceUv);
         // Vanilla texScale stretches the UV normalisation (texture treated as texSize*scale).
         int tw = ctx.texW, th = ctx.texH;
         if (b.texScale() != null) {

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/render/entity/cem/CemModelLoader.java

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public final class CemModelLoader {
 
     private final Map<String, CemModel> models = new HashMap<>();
     // Vanilla dump models live in their own namespace so they never shadow CEM-template names the
-    // block-entity path relies on (e.g. "wither_skull" head vs. projectile).
+    // legacy entity fallback relies on (the two sets use different names for different models).
     private final Map<String, CemModel> vanilla = new HashMap<>();
     private final Map<String, EntityInfo> entities = new HashMap<>();
 

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/render/entity/cem/ItemGeometry.java

@@ -120,14 +120,20 @@ public final class ItemGeometry {
         }
     }
 
-    /** A block-entity block (chest, head, banner, …) in the block cube [0,1]³ via the block-entity baker. */
+    /** A placed block-entity block (chest, head, banner, …) in the block cube [0,1]³ (block displays, …). */
     public void bakeBlockEntity(BlockEntityState state, Affine toWorld, List<EntityCube> out) {
+        // Placed as in the world: cell (0,0,0) with the renderer's block pose.
         if (state == null || blockEntities == null) return;
-        RenderedEntity r = blockEntities.bake(state); // placed at cell (bx,by,bz) = (0,0,0)
+        RenderedEntity r = blockEntities.bake(state);
         if (r == null) return;
         for (EntityCube c : r.cubes) out.add(new EntityCube(c.from, c.to, c.faces, toWorld.mul(c.toWorld)));
     }
 
+    /** A block-entity's bare models (no block pose) in Java model space mapped by {@code toWorld}. */
+    public void bakeBlockEntityModel(BlockEntityState state, Affine toWorld, List<EntityCube> out) {
+        if (state != null && blockEntities != null) blockEntities.bakeModel(state, toWorld, out);
+    }
+
     // --- item definition / model resolution --------------------------------------------------------
 
     private Info info(String id, String context) {
@@ -346,8 +352,12 @@ public final class ItemGeometry {
                 }
             }
             default -> {
-                // Block-entity specials (chest, head, banner, shulker box, bed, conduit, pot, signs, …).
+                // Block-entity specials (chest, head, banner, shulker box, conduit, pot, …): like the vanilla
-                if (item.blockEntity() != null) bakeBlockEntity(item.blockEntity(), m, out);
+                // special renderers, the bare model (no block pose) placed by the item's transformation.
+                if (item.blockEntity() != null && blockEntities != null) {
+                    Affine xf = info.specialTransform != null ? m.mul(info.specialTransform) : m;
+                    blockEntities.bakeModel(item.blockEntity(), xf, out);
+                }
             }
         }
     }

src/main/java/eu/mhsl/minecraft/pixelpics/render/snapshot/BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder.java

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.snapshot;
 
 import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.BlockEntityState;
 import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.BlockEntityState.BannerPattern;
-import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.BlockEntityState.BedPart;
-import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.BlockEntityState.BellAttach;
 import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.BlockEntityState.ChestKind;
 import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.entity.BlockEntityState.Kind;
 import eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.render.util.ColorUtil;
@@ -19,6 +17,7 @@ import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.block.Banner;
 import org.bukkit.block.BlockFace;
 import org.bukkit.block.BlockState;
+import org.bukkit.block.Conduit;
 import org.bukkit.block.DecoratedPot;
 import org.bukkit.block.Sign;
 import org.bukkit.block.Skull;
@@ -26,16 +25,15 @@ import org.bukkit.block.banner.Pattern;
 import org.bukkit.block.data.BlockData;
 import org.bukkit.block.data.Directional;
 import org.bukkit.block.data.Rotatable;
-import org.bukkit.block.data.type.Bed;
-import org.bukkit.block.data.type.Bell;
 import org.bukkit.block.data.type.Chest;
+import org.bukkit.block.data.type.Lectern;
 import org.bukkit.block.sign.Side;
 import org.bukkit.block.sign.SignSide;
 import org.bukkit.profile.PlayerProfile;
 import org.bukkit.util.Vector;
 
 /**
- * Captures block-entities (chests, signs, banners, beds, heads, …) near the view frustum into immutable
+ * Captures block-entities (chests, signs, banners, heads, pots, lecterns, …) near the view frustum into immutable
  * {@link BlockEntityState}s. MUST run on the main thread (live {@link BlockState} access). Reads each
  * loaded chunk's tile-entities rather than scanning every block, then keeps only those inside the
  * camera's bounding box.
@@ -120,19 +118,12 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
             return b.build();
         }
 
-        // --- beds ---
-        if (data instanceof Bed bed) {
-            BedPart part = bed.getPart() == Bed.Part.HEAD ? BedPart.HEAD : BedPart.FOOT;
-            return base(Kind.BED, bx, by, bz, faceToYaw(bed.getFacing()))
-                    .bedPart(part)
-                    .colorName(stripColor(n, "_BED"))
-                    .build();
-        }
-
         // --- shulker boxes ---
         if (n.endsWith("SHULKER_BOX")) {
             String color = n.equals("SHULKER_BOX") ? null : stripColor(n, "_SHULKER_BOX");
-            return base(Kind.SHULKER_BOX, bx, by, bz, facingYaw(data))
+            String dir = data instanceof Directional d ? d.getFacing().name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) : "up";
+            return base(Kind.SHULKER_BOX, bx, by, bz, 0)
+                    .direction(dir)
                     .colorName(color)
                     .build();
         }
@@ -165,7 +156,6 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
 
         // --- signs ---
         if (n.endsWith("_SIGN")) {
-            String wood = signWood(n);
             Kind kind;
             float yaw;
             if (n.endsWith("_WALL_SIGN")) {
@@ -178,7 +168,7 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
                 kind = Kind.SIGN;
                 yaw = rotationYaw(data);
             }
-            Builder b = base(kind, bx, by, bz, yaw).wood(wood);
+            Builder b = base(kind, bx, by, bz, yaw);
             if (ts instanceof Sign sign) {
                 b.frontText(signText(sign.getSide(Side.FRONT)));
                 b.backText(signText(sign.getSide(Side.BACK)));
@@ -200,7 +190,16 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
 
         // --- conduit ---
         if (mat == Material.CONDUIT) {
-            return base(Kind.CONDUIT, bx, by, bz, 0).build();
+            return base(Kind.CONDUIT, bx, by, bz, 0)
+                    .active(ts instanceof Conduit c && c.isActive())
+                    .build();
+        }
+
+        // --- lectern (the block is a block model; the renderer only adds the open book) ---
+        if (data instanceof Lectern lectern) {
+            return base(Kind.LECTERN, bx, by, bz, facingYaw(data))
+                    .active(lectern.hasBook())
+                    .build();
         }
 
         // --- decorated pot ---
@@ -210,19 +209,9 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
             return b.build();
         }
 
-        // --- bell ---
+        // --- bell (frame = block model; the renderer draws the bell body) ---
         if (mat == Material.BELL) {
-            BellAttach attach = BellAttach.FLOOR;
+            return base(Kind.BELL, bx, by, bz, 0).build();
-            if (data instanceof Bell bd) {
-                attach = switch (bd.getAttachment()) {
-                    case FLOOR -> BellAttach.FLOOR;
-                    case CEILING -> BellAttach.CEILING;
-                    case SINGLE_WALL -> BellAttach.SINGLE_WALL;
-                    case DOUBLE_WALL -> BellAttach.DOUBLE_WALL;};
-            }
-            return base(Kind.BELL, bx, by, bz, facingYaw(data))
-                    .bellAttach(attach)
-                    .build();
         }
 
         return null;
@@ -295,17 +284,6 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
                 lines, ColorUtil.signFillArgb(dye, glow), ColorUtil.signOutlineArgb(dye), glow);
     }
 
-    private static String signWood(String name) {
-        String s = name;
-        for (String suf : new String[] {"_WALL_HANGING_SIGN", "_HANGING_SIGN", "_WALL_SIGN", "_SIGN"}) {
-            if (s.endsWith(suf)) {
-                s = s.substring(0, s.length() - suf.length());
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        return s.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-    }
-
     private static String headType(String name) {
         String s = name.replace("_WALL_", "_");
         return switch (s) {
@@ -320,7 +298,7 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
     }
 
     private static List<String> sherds(DecoratedPot pot) {
-        // Order: front, left, right, back — matches the CEM decorated_pot face parts.
+        // Order: front, left, right, back — the DecoratedPotRenderer side parts (BlockEntityModels.potParts).
         List<String> out = new ArrayList<>(4);
         for (DecoratedPot.Side side : new DecoratedPot.Side[] {
             DecoratedPot.Side.FRONT, DecoratedPot.Side.LEFT, DecoratedPot.Side.RIGHT, DecoratedPot.Side.BACK
@@ -349,7 +327,7 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
         return p.getPattern().getKey().getKey();
     }
 
-    // --- small fluent builder to keep the 15-field record construction readable ---
+    // --- small fluent builder to keep the record construction readable ---
 
     private static Builder base(Kind kind, int bx, int by, int bz, float yaw) {
         return new Builder(kind, bx, by, bz, yaw);
@@ -359,16 +337,15 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
         private final Kind kind;
         private final int bx, by, bz;
         private final float yaw;
+        private String direction;
+        private boolean active;
         private ChestKind chestKind;
         private int baseColorArgb;
         private String colorName;
-        private String wood;
-        private BedPart bedPart;
         private String headType;
         private String skinUrl;
         private List<BannerPattern> patterns = List.of();
         private List<String> sherds = List.of();
-        private BellAttach bellAttach;
         private BlockEntityState.SignText frontText;
         private BlockEntityState.SignText backText;
 
@@ -395,13 +372,13 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
             return this;
         }
 
-        Builder wood(String v) {
+        Builder direction(String v) {
-            this.wood = v;
+            this.direction = v;
             return this;
         }
 
-        Builder bedPart(BedPart v) {
+        Builder active(boolean v) {
-            this.bedPart = v;
+            this.active = v;
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -425,11 +402,6 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
             return this;
         }
 
-        Builder bellAttach(BellAttach v) {
-            this.bellAttach = v;
-            return this;
-        }
-
         Builder frontText(BlockEntityState.SignText v) {
             this.frontText = v;
             return this;
@@ -447,16 +419,15 @@ public final class BlockEntitySnapshotBuilder {
                     by,
                     bz,
                     yaw,
+                    direction,
+                    active,
                     chestKind,
                     baseColorArgb,
                     colorName,
-                    wood,
-                    bedPart,
                     headType,
                     skinUrl,
                     patterns,
                     sherds,
-                    bellAttach,
                     frontText,
                     backText);
         }

src/main/resources/cem/vanilla_entity_models.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"26.3","models":{"acacia_boat":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[128,64],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"boat/acacia#main\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,24.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"right_paddle\",\"pivot\":[-3.0,29.0,-9.0],\"rotate\":[37.5,-142.1347,11.25],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-4.0,27.0,-14.0,2.0,2.0,18.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,20.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-4.001,26.0,-1.0,1.0,6.0,7.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,20.0]}]},{\"part\":\"left_paddle\",\"pivot\":[-3.0,29.0,9.0],\"rotate\":[37.5,-37.8653,11.25],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-4.0,27.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,18.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,0.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-2.999,26.0,17.0,1.0,6.0,7.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"left\",\"pivot\":[0.0,20.0,9.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,21.0,8.0,28.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,43.0]}]},{\"part\":\"bottom\",\"pivot\":[0.0,21.0,1.0],\"rotate\":[-90.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,14.0,-2.0,28.0,16.0,3.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"back\",\"pivot\":[15.0,20.0,4.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-270.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[10.0,21.0,3.0,18.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,19.0]}]},{\"part\":\"front\",\"pivot\":[-15.0,20.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-23.0,21.0,-1.0,16.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,27.0]}]},{\"part\":\"right\",\"pivot\":[0.0,20.0,-9.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-180.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,21.0,-10.0,28.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,35.0]}]}]}]}"},"acacia_boat/waterPatchModel":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[0,0],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"boat#water_patch\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,24.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"water_patch\",\"pivot\":[0.0,27.0,1.0],\"rotate\":[-90.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,20.0,-2.0,28.0,16.0,3.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]}]}]}"},"acacia_chest_boat":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[128,128],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"chest_boat/acacia#main\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,24.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"chest_bottom\",\"pivot\":[2.0,29.0,-6.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-10.0,21.0,-6.0,12.0,8.0,12.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,76.0]}]},{\"part\":\"right_paddle\",\"pivot\":[-3.0,29.0,-9.0],\"rotate\":[37.5,-142.1347,11.25],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-4.0,27.0,-14.0,2.0,2.0,18.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,20.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-4.001,26.0,-1.0,1.0,6.0,7.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,20.0]}]},{\"part\":\"left_paddle\",\"pivot\":[-3.0,29.0,9.0],\"rotate\":[37.5,-37.8653,11.25],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-4.0,27.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,18.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,0.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-2.999,26.0,17.0,1.0,6.0,7.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"left\",\"pivot\":[0.0,20.0,9.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,21.0,8.0,28.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,43.0]}]},{\"part\":\"bottom\",\"pivot\":[0.0,21.0,1.0],\"rotate\":[-90.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,14.0,-2.0,28.0,16.0,3.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"back\",\"pivot\":[15.0,20.0,4.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-270.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[10.0,21.0,3.0,18.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,19.0]}]},{\"part\":\"chest_lid\",\"pivot\":[2.0,33.0,-6.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-10.0,29.0,-6.0,12.0,4.0,12.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,59.0]}]},{\"part\":\"front\",\"pivot\":[-15.0,20.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-23.0,21.0,-1.0,16.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,27.0]}]},{\"part\":\"right\",\"pivot\":[0.0,20.0,-9.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-180.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,21.0,-10.0,28.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,35.0]}]},{\"part\":\"chest_lock\",\"pivot\":[1.0,30.0,-1.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-1.0,26.0,-1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,59.0]}]}]}]}"},"acacia_chest_boat/waterPatchModel":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[0,0],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"boat#water_patch\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,24.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"water_patch\",\"pivot\":[0.0,27.0,1.0],\"rotate\":[-90.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,20.0,-2.0,28.0,16.0,3.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]}]}]}"},"allay":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[32,32],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"allay#main\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,0.25,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"head\",\"pivot\":[0.0,4.24,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-2.5,4.24,-2.5,5.0,5.0,5.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"body\",\"pivot\":[0.0,4.25,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-1.5,0.25,-1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,10.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-1.5,-0.75,-1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,16.0],\"sizeAdd\":-0.2}],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"right_arLine truncated
+{"version":"26.3","models":{"acacia_boat":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[128,64],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"boat/acacia#main\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,24.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"right_paddle\",\"pivot\":[-3.0,29.0,-9.0],\"rotate\":[37.5,-142.1347,11.25],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-4.0,27.0,-14.0,2.0,2.0,18.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,20.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-4.001,26.0,-1.0,1.0,6.0,7.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,20.0]}]},{\"part\":\"left_paddle\",\"pivot\":[-3.0,29.0,9.0],\"rotate\":[37.5,-37.8653,11.25],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-4.0,27.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,18.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,0.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-2.999,26.0,17.0,1.0,6.0,7.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"left\",\"pivot\":[0.0,20.0,9.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,21.0,8.0,28.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,43.0]}]},{\"part\":\"bottom\",\"pivot\":[0.0,21.0,1.0],\"rotate\":[-90.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,14.0,-2.0,28.0,16.0,3.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"back\",\"pivot\":[15.0,20.0,4.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-270.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[10.0,21.0,3.0,18.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,19.0]}]},{\"part\":\"front\",\"pivot\":[-15.0,20.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-23.0,21.0,-1.0,16.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,27.0]}]},{\"part\":\"right\",\"pivot\":[0.0,20.0,-9.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-180.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,21.0,-10.0,28.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,35.0]}]}]}]}"},"acacia_boat/waterPatchModel":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[0,0],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"boat#water_patch\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,24.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"water_patch\",\"pivot\":[0.0,27.0,1.0],\"rotate\":[-90.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,20.0,-2.0,28.0,16.0,3.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]}]}]}"},"acacia_chest_boat":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[128,128],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"chest_boat/acacia#main\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,24.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"chest_bottom\",\"pivot\":[2.0,29.0,-6.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-10.0,21.0,-6.0,12.0,8.0,12.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,76.0]}]},{\"part\":\"right_paddle\",\"pivot\":[-3.0,29.0,-9.0],\"rotate\":[37.5,-142.1347,11.25],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-4.0,27.0,-14.0,2.0,2.0,18.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,20.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-4.001,26.0,-1.0,1.0,6.0,7.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,20.0]}]},{\"part\":\"left_paddle\",\"pivot\":[-3.0,29.0,9.0],\"rotate\":[37.5,-37.8653,11.25],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-4.0,27.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,18.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,0.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-2.999,26.0,17.0,1.0,6.0,7.0],\"textureOffset\":[62.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"left\",\"pivot\":[0.0,20.0,9.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,21.0,8.0,28.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,43.0]}]},{\"part\":\"bottom\",\"pivot\":[0.0,21.0,1.0],\"rotate\":[-90.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,14.0,-2.0,28.0,16.0,3.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"back\",\"pivot\":[15.0,20.0,4.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-270.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[10.0,21.0,3.0,18.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,19.0]}]},{\"part\":\"chest_lid\",\"pivot\":[2.0,33.0,-6.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-10.0,29.0,-6.0,12.0,4.0,12.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,59.0]}]},{\"part\":\"front\",\"pivot\":[-15.0,20.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-23.0,21.0,-1.0,16.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,27.0]}]},{\"part\":\"right\",\"pivot\":[0.0,20.0,-9.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,-180.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,21.0,-10.0,28.0,6.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,35.0]}]},{\"part\":\"chest_lock\",\"pivot\":[1.0,30.0,-1.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,90.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-1.0,26.0,-1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,59.0]}]}]}]}"},"acacia_chest_boat/waterPatchModel":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[0,0],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"boat#water_patch\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,24.0,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"water_patch\",\"pivot\":[0.0,27.0,1.0],\"rotate\":[-90.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-14.0,20.0,-2.0,28.0,16.0,3.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]}]}]}"},"allay":{"model":"{\"textureSize\":[32,32],\"absolute\":true,\"layer\":\"allay#main\",\"models\":[{\"part\":\"root\",\"pivot\":[0.0,0.25,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"head\",\"pivot\":[0.0,4.24,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-2.5,4.24,-2.5,5.0,5.0,5.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,0.0]}]},{\"part\":\"body\",\"pivot\":[0.0,4.25,0.0],\"rotate\":[0.0,0.0,0.0],\"boxes\":[{\"coordinates\":[-1.5,0.25,-1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,10.0]},{\"coordinates\":[-1.5,-0.75,-1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0],\"textureOffset\":[0.0,16.0],\"sizeAdd\":-0.2}],\"submodels\":[{\"part\":\"right_ar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tools/BlockEntityTestRender.java

@@ -33,14 +33,20 @@ public class BlockEntityTestRender {
     static BlockEntityBaker beBaker;
     static DecorationBaker decoBaker;
 
-    static BlockEntityState be(Kind kind, int bx, int by, int bz, float yaw) {
+    /** A block-entity state at (bx, 0, bz); unused fields default. */
-        return new BlockEntityState(kind, bx, by, bz, yaw, ChestKind.SINGLE, 0, null, "oak",
+    static BlockEntityState st(Kind kind, int bx, int bz, float yaw, String direction, boolean active, String color,
-            null, null, null, List.of(), List.of(), null, null, null);
+                               int baseColor, String head, List<BannerPattern> pats, List<String> sherds) {
+        return new BlockEntityState(kind, bx, 0, bz, yaw, direction, active, ChestKind.SINGLE, baseColor, color,
+            head, null, pats, sherds, null, null);
+    }
+
+    static BlockEntityState be(Kind kind, float yaw) {
+        return st(kind, 0, 0, yaw, null, false, null, 0, null, List.of(), List.of());
     }
 
     static BlockEntityState sign(Kind kind, float yaw, SignText front, SignText back) {
-        return new BlockEntityState(kind, 0, 0, 0, yaw, null, 0, null, "oak",
+        return new BlockEntityState(kind, 0, 0, 0, yaw, null, false, null, 0, null, null, null,
-            null, null, null, List.of(), List.of(), null, front, back);
+            List.of(), List.of(), front, back);
     }
 
     static SignText txt(org.bukkit.DyeColor dye, boolean glow, String... lines) {
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ public class BlockEntityTestRender {
         BlockModelRegistry registry = new BlockModelRegistry(reader, textures);
         BiomeTintProvider tint = new BiomeTintProvider(textures);
         CemModelLoader geo = new CemModelLoader();
-        geo.load(new java.io.FileInputStream("src/main/resources/cem/cem_template_models.json"), log);
+        geo.load(new java.io.FileInputStream("src/main/resources/cem/cem_template_models.json"), log); // entity fallback only
         geo.load(new java.io.FileInputStream("src/main/resources/cem/vanilla_entity_models.json"), log);
         SkinCache skins = new SkinCache();
         eu.mhsl.minecraft.pixelpics.assets.font.BitmapFont font =
@@ -113,49 +119,86 @@ public class BlockEntityTestRender {
             chest(Kind.COPPER_CHEST, 0, 0, 0, ChestKind.LEFT, "oxidized"),
             chest(Kind.COPPER_CHEST, -1, 0, 0, ChestKind.RIGHT, "oxidized")));
         frontCam.put("copper_oxidized_double", 0f);
-        scenes.put("sign", List.of(be(Kind.SIGN, 0, 0, 0, 0)));
+        // --- sign text (boards are block models, not drawn here) --- facingDeg 180 → front faces north.
-        scenes.put("wall_sign", List.of(be(Kind.WALL_SIGN, 0, 0, 0, 0)));
-        scenes.put("hanging_sign", List.of(be(Kind.HANGING_SIGN, 0, 0, 0, 0)));
-        // --- sign text (calibration) --- facingDeg=180 → front (model −Z) faces the camera (north).
         org.bukkit.DyeColor B = org.bukkit.DyeColor.BLACK;
-        scenes.put("sign_text", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180,
+        String[] D = {"S", "W", "N", "E"};
-            txt(B, false, "Hello World", "zweite Zeile", "Gruesse: AÖÜ", "ßäöü 12345"), null)));
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-        scenes.put("wall_sign_text", List.of(sign(Kind.WALL_SIGN, 180,
+            float yaw = i * 90;
-            txt(B, false, "Wall Sign", "Line 2", "Line 3", "Line 4"), null)));
+            scenes.put("sign_text_" + D[i], List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, yaw, txt(B, false, "Hello World", "zweite Zeile", "Gruesse: AÖÜ", "ßäöü 12345"), null)));
-        scenes.put("hanging_sign_text", List.of(sign(Kind.HANGING_SIGN, 180,
+            frontCam.put("sign_text_" + D[i], yaw);
-            txt(B, false, "Hanging", "sign text", "row 3", "row 4"), null)));
+        }
-        scenes.put("sign_text_red", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180,
+        scenes.put("sign_text_diag", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 22.5f * 3, txt(B, false, "rot 3", "67.5 deg", "", ""), null)));
-            txt(org.bukkit.DyeColor.RED, false, "RED INK", "colored", "sign text", ""), null)));
+        frontCam.put("sign_text_diag", 22.5f * 3);
-        scenes.put("sign_text_glow", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180,
+        scenes.put("wall_sign_text", List.of(sign(Kind.WALL_SIGN, 180, txt(B, false, "Wall Sign", "Line 2", "Line 3", "Line 4"), null)));
-            txt(org.bukkit.DyeColor.LIME, true, "GLOWING", "lime glow", "outline!", ""), null)));
+        frontCam.put("wall_sign_text", 180f);
-        scenes.put("sign_text_front", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180,
+        scenes.put("wall_sign_text_E", List.of(sign(Kind.WALL_SIGN, 270, txt(B, false, "Wall East", "Line 2", "", ""), null)));
-            txt(B, false, "FRONT", "side", "", ""), txt(org.bukkit.DyeColor.BLUE, false, "BACK", "side", "", ""))));
+        frontCam.put("wall_sign_text_E", 270f);
-        // View the BACK side head-on (facingDeg=0 turns the back face toward the camera).
+        scenes.put("hanging_sign_text", List.of(sign(Kind.HANGING_SIGN, 180, txt(B, false, "Hanging", "sign text", "row 3", "row 4"), null)));
-        scenes.put("sign_view_back", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 0,
+        frontCam.put("hanging_sign_text", 180f);
-            txt(B, false, "FRONTXY", "f2", "", ""), txt(org.bukkit.DyeColor.BLUE, false, "BACKXY", "b2", "", ""))));
+        scenes.put("sign_text_red", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180, txt(org.bukkit.DyeColor.RED, false, "RED INK", "colored", "sign text", ""), null)));
+        frontCam.put("sign_text_red", 180f);
+        scenes.put("sign_text_glow", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180, txt(org.bukkit.DyeColor.LIME, true, "GLOWING", "lime glow", "outline!", ""), null)));
+        frontCam.put("sign_text_glow", 180f);
+        // Back side viewed head-on: the camera looks at the side opposite the front.
+        scenes.put("sign_view_back", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180, txt(B, false, "FRONTXY", "f2", "", ""), txt(org.bukkit.DyeColor.BLUE, false, "BACKXY", "b2", "", ""))));
+        frontCam.put("sign_view_back", 0f);
         scenes.put("sign_1line", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180, txt(B, false, "", "SHOP", "", ""), null)));
-        scenes.put("sign_2line", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180, txt(B, false, "", "Welcome", "home!", ""), null)));
+        frontCam.put("sign_1line", 180f);
         scenes.put("sign_long", List.of(sign(Kind.SIGN, 180, txt(B, false, "a very long line here", "", "", ""), null)));
-        scenes.put("banner", List.of(new BlockEntityState(Kind.BANNER, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, 0xFFCC2020, null, null, null, null, null, List.of(), List.of(), null, null, null)));
+        frontCam.put("sign_long", 180f);
-        scenes.put("banner_patterned", List.of(new BlockEntityState(Kind.BANNER, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, 0xFFFFFFFF, null, null, null, null, null,
+        // --- banners: standing (rotation 0/4/6), wall (4 facings), patterned ---
-            List.of(new BannerPattern("stripe_bottom", 0xFFCC2020), new BannerPattern("cross", 0xFF2040CC), new BannerPattern("border", 0xFF20A020)), List.of(), null, null, null)));
+        List<BannerPattern> pats = List.of(new BannerPattern("stripe_bottom", 0xFFCC2020), new BannerPattern("cross", 0xFF2040CC), new BannerPattern("border", 0xFF20A020));
-        scenes.put("wall_banner", List.of(new BlockEntityState(Kind.WALL_BANNER, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, 0xFF2040CC, null, null, null, null, null, List.of(), List.of(), null, null, null)));
+        for (float yaw : new float[] {0, 90, 135}) {
-        scenes.put("bed", List.of(
+            String k = "banner_" + (int) yaw;
-            new BlockEntityState(Kind.BED, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, 0, "red", null, BedPart.FOOT, null, null, List.of(), List.of(), null, null, null),
+            scenes.put(k, List.of(st(Kind.BANNER, 0, 0, yaw, null, false, null, 0xFFCC2020, null, List.of(), List.of())));
-            new BlockEntityState(Kind.BED, 0, 0, 1, 0, null, 0, "red", null, BedPart.HEAD, null, null, List.of(), List.of(), null, null, null)));
+            frontCam.put(k, yaw);
-        scenes.put("shulker_box", List.of(new BlockEntityState(Kind.SHULKER_BOX, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, 0, null, null, null, null, null, List.of(), List.of(), null, null, null)));
+        }
-        scenes.put("conduit", List.of(be(Kind.CONDUIT, 0, 0, 0, 0)));
+        scenes.put("banner_patterned", List.of(st(Kind.BANNER, 0, 0, 0, null, false, null, 0xFFFFFFFF, null, pats, List.of())));
-        scenes.put("decorated_pot", List.of(be(Kind.DECORATED_POT, 0, 0, 0, 0)));
+        frontCam.put("banner_patterned", 0f);
-        scenes.put("decorated_pot_sherds", List.of(new BlockEntityState(Kind.DECORATED_POT, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, 0, null, null, null, null, null,
+        scenes.put("banner_side", scenes.get("banner_patterned"));
-            List.of(), List.of("angler_pottery_sherd", "heart_pottery_sherd", "skull_pottery_sherd", "brick"), null, null, null)));
+        frontCam.put("banner_side", 90f);
-        scenes.put("bell", List.of(be(Kind.BELL, 0, 0, 0, 0)));
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-        scenes.put("head_skeleton", List.of(head("skeleton")));
+            scenes.put("wall_banner_" + D[i], List.of(st(Kind.WALL_BANNER, 0, 0, i * 90, null, false, null, 0xFF2040CC, null, pats, List.of())));
-        scenes.put("head_zombie", List.of(head("zombie")));
+            frontCam.put("wall_banner_" + D[i], i * 90f);
-        scenes.put("head_creeper", List.of(head("creeper")));
+        }
-        scenes.put("head_dragon", List.of(head("dragon")));
+        // --- shulker boxes: 6 facings ---
-        scenes.put("head_piglin", List.of(head("piglin")));
+        for (String d : new String[] {"up", "down", "north", "south", "east", "west"}) {
-        scenes.put("wither_skull", List.of(headKind(Kind.HEAD, "wither_skeleton")));
+            scenes.put("shulker_" + d, List.of(st(Kind.SHULKER_BOX, 0, 0, 0, d, false, d.equals("up") ? null : "red", 0, null, List.of(), List.of())));
-        scenes.put("wall_head", List.of(headKind(Kind.WALL_HEAD, "skeleton")));
+            frontCam.put("shulker_" + d, 0f);
+        }
+        scenes.put("conduit", List.of(be(Kind.CONDUIT, 0)));
+        scenes.put("conduit_active", List.of(st(Kind.CONDUIT, 0, 0, 0, null, true, null, 0, null, List.of(), List.of())));
+        List<String> sherds = List.of("heart_pottery_sherd", "skull_pottery_sherd", "angler_pottery_sherd", "brick");
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            scenes.put("pot_" + D[i], List.of(st(Kind.DECORATED_POT, 0, 0, i * 90, null, false, null, 0, null, List.of(), sherds)));
+            frontCam.put("pot_" + D[i], i * 90f);
+        }
+        scenes.put("pot_plain", List.of(be(Kind.DECORATED_POT, 0)));
+        frontCam.put("pot_plain", 0f);
+        scenes.put("bell", List.of(be(Kind.BELL, 0)));
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            scenes.put("lectern_book_" + D[i], List.of(st(Kind.LECTERN, 0, 0, i * 90, null, true, null, 0, null, List.of(), List.of())));
+            frontCam.put("lectern_book_" + D[i], i * 90f);
+        }
+        // --- heads: every type facing the camera (rotation 0), plus rotations and wall mounts ---
+        for (String t : new String[] {"skeleton", "wither_skeleton", "zombie", "creeper", "player", "piglin", "dragon"}) {
+            scenes.put("head_" + t, List.of(head(Kind.HEAD, t, 0)));
+            frontCam.put("head_" + t, 0f);
+        }
+        scenes.put("head_dragon_side", List.of(head(Kind.HEAD, "dragon", 0)));
+        frontCam.put("head_dragon_side", 90f);
+        for (float yaw : new float[] {90, 157.5f, 270}) {
+            scenes.put("head_creeper_" + yaw, List.of(head(Kind.HEAD, "creeper", yaw)));
+            frontCam.put("head_creeper_" + yaw, yaw);
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            scenes.put("wall_head_" + D[i], List.of(head(Kind.WALL_HEAD, "skeleton", i * 90)));
+            frontCam.put("wall_head_" + D[i], i * 90f);
+        }
+        scenes.put("wall_dragon_N", List.of(head(Kind.WALL_HEAD, "dragon", 180)));
+        frontCam.put("wall_dragon_N", 180f);
+        scenes.put("wall_piglin_E", List.of(head(Kind.WALL_HEAD, "piglin", 270)));
+        frontCam.put("wall_piglin_E", 270f);
 
         // Decoration scenes (paintings + item frames), rendered via the same scene path.
         LinkedHashMap<String, List<DecorationState>> decoScenes = new LinkedHashMap<>();
@@ -206,13 +249,12 @@ public class BlockEntityTestRender {
     static final Map<String, Float> frontCam = new HashMap<>();
 
     static BlockEntityState chest(Kind kind, int bx, int bz, float yaw, ChestKind ck, String variant) {
-        return new BlockEntityState(kind, bx, 0, bz, yaw, ck, 0, variant, null, null, null, null,
+        return new BlockEntityState(kind, bx, 0, bz, yaw, null, false, ck, 0, variant, null, null,
-            List.of(), List.of(), null, null, null);
+            List.of(), List.of(), null, null);
     }
 
-    static BlockEntityState head(String type) { return headKind(Kind.HEAD, type); }
+    static BlockEntityState head(Kind kind, String type, float yaw) {
-    static BlockEntityState headKind(Kind kind, String type) {
+        return st(kind, 0, 0, yaw, null, false, null, 0, type, List.of(), List.of());
-        return new BlockEntityState(kind, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, 0, null, null, null, type, null, List.of(), List.of(), null, null, null);
     }
 
     static BufferedImage renderScene(DefaultScreenRenderer renderer, WorldSnapshot world, SkyContext sky,

tools/VanillaModelDump.java

@@ -156,6 +156,29 @@ public class VanillaModelDump {
                 failed.add(name + " (layer: " + t + ")");
             }
         }
+        // Block-entity models posed by their own setupAnim with the static state the vanilla
+        // BlockEntityRenderer uses ("posed/<layer>"): skulls at animation 0 (dragon jaw, piglin ears), banner
+        // flags at wave phase 0 (item/static pose), the lectern's open book (LecternRenderer.BOOK_STATE).
+        // Rest-pose-only models (chest, bell, shulker box, pot, conduit) use "layer/<layer>" directly.
+        posedBlockEntity(out, failed, set, net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers.DRAGON_SKULL,
+                m -> new net.minecraft.client.model.object.skull.DragonHeadModel(m),
+                new net.minecraft.client.model.object.skull.SkullModelBase.State());
+        posedBlockEntity(out, failed, set, net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers.PIGLIN_HEAD,
+                m -> new net.minecraft.client.model.object.skull.PiglinHeadModel(m),
+                new net.minecraft.client.model.object.skull.SkullModelBase.State());
+        posedBlockEntity(out, failed, set, net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers.STANDING_BANNER_FLAG,
+                m -> new net.minecraft.client.model.object.banner.BannerFlagModel(m), 0.0F);
+        posedBlockEntity(out, failed, set, net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers.WALL_BANNER_FLAG,
+                m -> new net.minecraft.client.model.object.banner.BannerFlagModel(m), 0.0F);
+        try {
+            Field bookState = Class.forName("net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.LecternRenderer")
+                    .getDeclaredField("BOOK_STATE");
+            bookState.setAccessible(true);
+            posedBlockEntity(out, failed, set, net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers.BOOK,
+                    m -> new net.minecraft.client.model.object.book.BookModel(m), bookState.get(null));
+        } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
+            failed.add("posed/book (" + e + ")");
+        }
         JsonObject root = new JsonObject();
         root.addProperty("version", SharedConstants.getCurrentVersion().name());
         JsonObject models = new JsonObject();
@@ -171,6 +194,26 @@ public class VanillaModelDump {
         for (String f : failed) System.out.println("FAILED " + f);
     }
 
+    /** One block-entity model posed with {@code state} (see main), stored as {@code posed/<model>#<layer>}. */
+    static void posedBlockEntity(
+            Map<String, JsonObject> out,
+            List<String> failed,
+            EntityModelSet set,
+            ModelLayerLocation loc,
+            java.util.function.Function<ModelPart, Model<?>> factory,
+            Object state) {
+        String name = "posed/" + loc.model().getPath() + "#" + loc.layer();
+        try {
+            JsonObject jem = dump(factory.apply(set.bakeLayer(loc)), state, name, failed);
+            if (jem == null) return;
+            JsonObject entry = new JsonObject();
+            entry.addProperty("model", new Gson().toJson(jem));
+            out.put(name, entry);
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            failed.add(name + " (" + t + ")");
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Small, name-based tweaks so the default render state shows the typical idle look: illagers stand
      * with crossed arms (their peaceful pose) instead of the empty-handed "neutral" pose.

tools/edgecase-plugin/pptest/PPTest.java

@@ -91,6 +91,31 @@ public class PPTest extends JavaPlugin {
         scenes.put("layers_top", new Scene("layers_top", this::layers, 5.5, 6, 2.0, 5.5, 0, 2.5));
         scenes.put("layers_wither", new Scene("layers_wither", this::withers, 3.5, 4, -9, 3.5, 2.2, 1));
         scenes.put("layers_wither_close", new Scene("layers_wither_close", this::withers, 6, 3.4, -3.5, 6, 2.6, 1));
+        // Block entities (vanilla BlockEntityRenderer poses): signs, banners, heads in all 16 rotations + wall
+        // mounts, and bells/pots/shulker boxes/lecterns/conduits, each layout seen from two sides.
+        scenes.put("be_signs_s", new Scene("be_signs_s", this::beSigns, 7, 3, 8, 7, 0.5, 1));
+        scenes.put("be_signs_n", new Scene("be_signs_n", this::beSigns, 7, 1.3, -8, 7, 0.6, 1));
+        scenes.put("be_signs_close", new Scene("be_signs_close", this::beSigns, 3, 1.8, 4.2, 3, 0.8, 2));
+        scenes.put("be_signs_wall", new Scene("be_signs_wall", this::beSigns, 4.6, 2.2, 10.2, 3.5, 0.9, 7));
+        scenes.put("be_signs_wall_n", new Scene("be_signs_wall_n", this::beSigns, 1.4, 2.2, 3.8, 3.5, 0.9, 7));
+        scenes.put("be_signs_wall2", new Scene("be_signs_wall2", this::beSigns, 12.5, 2.4, 10.2, 10, 1.2, 7));
+        scenes.put("be_signs_hang", new Scene("be_signs_hang", this::beSigns, 4, 1.3, 0.2, 4, 1.4, -3));
+        scenes.put("be_banners_s", new Scene("be_banners_s", this::beBanners, 7, 3, 10, 7, 1, 1.5));
+        scenes.put("be_banners_n", new Scene("be_banners_n", this::beBanners, 7, 3, -6, 7, 1, 1.5));
+        scenes.put("be_banners_wall", new Scene("be_banners_wall", this::beBanners, 13, 3.5, 9, 16, 1.5, 5));
+        scenes.put("be_banners_wall_n", new Scene("be_banners_wall_n", this::beBanners, 13, 3.5, 1, 16, 1.5, 5));
+        scenes.put("be_heads_s", new Scene("be_heads_s", this::beHeads, 5, 5, 11, 5, 0, 3));
+        scenes.put("be_heads_n", new Scene("be_heads_n", this::beHeads, 5, 5, -6, 5, 0, 3));
+        scenes.put("be_heads_close", new Scene("be_heads_close", this::beHeads, 4, 2.2, 9.5, 4, 0.3, 5));
+        scenes.put("be_heads_wall_w", new Scene("be_heads_wall_w", this::beHeads, 7, 3, 2.5, 12, 1, 2.5));
+        scenes.put("be_heads_wall_e", new Scene("be_heads_wall_e", this::beHeads, 17, 3, 2.5, 12, 1, 2.5));
+        scenes.put("be_misc_s", new Scene("be_misc_s", this::beMisc, 6, 5, 11, 6, 0.5, 3));
+        scenes.put("be_misc_n", new Scene("be_misc_n", this::beMisc, 6, 5, -6, 6, 0.5, 3));
+        scenes.put("be_misc_close", new Scene("be_misc_close", this::beMisc, 3, 2.5, 3, 3, 0.5, 0));
+        scenes.put("be_misc_lectern", new Scene("be_misc_lectern", this::beMisc, 3, 2.2, 9.5, 3, 0.6, 6));
+        scenes.put("be_misc_shulker", new Scene("be_misc_shulker", this::beMisc, 11, 2.8, 9.5, 11, 0.3, 4));
+        scenes.put("be_items", new Scene("be_items", this::beItems, 4.5, 2.6, 11, 4.5, 0.8, 3));
+        scenes.put("be_items_back", new Scene("be_items_back", this::beItems, 4.5, 2.6, -5, 4.5, 0.8, 3));
         scenes.put("proj_stuck_sw", new Scene("proj_stuck_sw", this::projStuck, -3, 6, 10, 8, 1.5, 2));
     }
 
@@ -741,4 +766,122 @@ public class PPTest extends JavaPlugin {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    // --- block-entity scenes ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    private void put(Location o, int x, int y, int z, String data) {
+        o.clone().add(x, y, z).getBlock().setBlockData(Bukkit.createBlockData("minecraft:" + data), false);
+    }
+
+    private void signText(Location o, int x, int y, int z, String front, String back) {
+        if (!(o.clone().add(x, y, z).getBlock().getState() instanceof org.bukkit.block.Sign sg)) return;
+        sg.getSide(org.bukkit.block.sign.Side.FRONT).setLine(1, front);
+        sg.getSide(org.bukkit.block.sign.Side.BACK).setLine(1, back);
+        sg.getSide(org.bukkit.block.sign.Side.BACK).setColor(DyeColor.BLUE);
+        sg.update(true, false);
+    }
+
+    private static final String[] DIRS = {"north", "east", "south", "west"};
+    private static final int[][] STEP = {{0, -1}, {1, 0}, {0, 1}, {-1, 0}};
+
+    /** A stone pillar with one wall-mounted block on each of its four sides ({@code %s} = facing). */
+    private void pillar(Location o, int x, int z, int y, String fmt) {
+        put(o, x, y, z, "stone");
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) put(o, x + STEP[i][0], y, z + STEP[i][1], String.format(fmt, DIRS[i]));
+    }
+
+    /** Standing signs rot 0..15 (two rows), ceiling hanging signs rot 0..15, wall + wall-hanging signs. */
+    private void beSigns(Location o) {
+        for (int r = 0; r < 16; r++) {
+            int x = (r % 8) * 2, z = r < 8 ? 0 : 2;
+            put(o, x, 0, z, "oak_sign[rotation=" + r + "]");
+            signText(o, x, 0, z, "F" + r, "B" + r);
+            put(o, r, 2, -3, "stone");
+            put(o, r, 1, -3, "spruce_hanging_sign[rotation=" + r + ",attached=true]");
+            signText(o, r, 1, -3, "F" + r, "B" + r);
+        }
+        pillar(o, 3, 7, 0, "birch_wall_sign[facing=%s]");
+        pillar(o, 3, 7, 1, "cherry_wall_hanging_sign[facing=%s]");
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            signText(o, 3 + STEP[i][0], 0, 7 + STEP[i][1], DIRS[i], "back");
+            signText(o, 3 + STEP[i][0], 1, 7 + STEP[i][1], DIRS[i], "back");
+        }
+        pillar(o, 10, 7, 1, "dark_oak_wall_sign[facing=%s]");
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) signText(o, 10 + STEP[i][0], 1, 7 + STEP[i][1], DIRS[i].toUpperCase(), "");
+    }
+
+    /** Standing banners rot 0..15 with patterns, wall banners on a pillar. */
+    private void beBanners(Location o) {
+        DyeColor[] cols = DyeColor.values();
+        for (int r = 0; r < 16; r++) {
+            int x = (r % 8) * 2, z = r < 8 ? 0 : 3;
+            put(o, x, 0, z, cols[r].name().toLowerCase() + "_banner[rotation=" + r + "]");
+            if (o.clone().add(x, 0, z).getBlock().getState() instanceof org.bukkit.block.Banner b) {
+                b.addPattern(new org.bukkit.block.banner.Pattern(DyeColor.BLACK, org.bukkit.block.banner.PatternType.STRIPE_TOP));
+                b.addPattern(new org.bukkit.block.banner.Pattern(DyeColor.WHITE, org.bukkit.block.banner.PatternType.CREEPER));
+                b.update(true, false);
+            }
+        }
+        pillar(o, 16, 5, 2, "red_wall_banner[facing=%s]");
+        put(o, 16, 1, 5, "stone");
+        put(o, 16, 0, 5, "stone");
+    }
+
+    /** Every head type in five rotations (0, 2, 4, 8, 12) per row, wall heads on pillars. */
+    private void beHeads(Location o) {
+        String[] t = {"skeleton_skull", "wither_skeleton_skull", "zombie_head", "creeper_head", "player_head", "piglin_head", "dragon_head"};
+        int[] rots = {0, 2, 4, 8, 12};
+        for (int i = 0; i < t.length; i++)
+            for (int j = 0; j < rots.length; j++) put(o, j * 2, 0, i, t[i] + "[rotation=" + rots[j] + "]");
+        String[] wall = {"skeleton_wall_skull", "dragon_wall_head", "piglin_wall_head", "player_wall_head"};
+        for (int i = 0; i < wall.length; i++) pillar(o, 12, i * 3 - 2, 1, wall[i] + "[facing=%s]");
+        for (int i = 0; i < wall.length; i++) put(o, 12, 0, i * 3 - 2, "stone");
+    }
+
+    /** Bells (all attachments/facings), decorated pots with sherds, shulker boxes (6 facings), lecterns, conduit. */
+    private void beMisc(Location o) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            put(o, i * 2, 0, 0, "bell[attachment=floor,facing=" + DIRS[i] + "]");
+            put(o, i * 2, 2, 2, "stone");
+            put(o, i * 2, 1, 2, "bell[attachment=ceiling,facing=" + DIRS[i] + "]");
+            put(o, i * 2, 0, 4, "decorated_pot[facing=" + DIRS[i] + "]");
+            if (o.clone().add(i * 2, 0, 4).getBlock().getState() instanceof org.bukkit.block.DecoratedPot pot) {
+                pot.setSherd(org.bukkit.block.DecoratedPot.Side.FRONT, Material.HEART_POTTERY_SHERD);
+                pot.setSherd(org.bukkit.block.DecoratedPot.Side.LEFT, Material.SKULL_POTTERY_SHERD);
+                pot.setSherd(org.bukkit.block.DecoratedPot.Side.RIGHT, Material.ANGLER_POTTERY_SHERD);
+                pot.update(true, false);
+            }
+            put(o, i * 2, 0, 6, "lectern[facing=" + DIRS[i] + ",has_book=true]");
+        }
+        put(o, 9, 1, 0, "stone");
+        put(o, 10, 1, 0, "bell[attachment=single_wall,facing=east]");
+        put(o, 12, 1, 0, "stone");
+        put(o, 11, 1, 0, "bell[attachment=double_wall,facing=east]");
+        String[] f6 = {"up", "down", "north", "south", "east", "west"};
+        String[] c6 = {"", "red_", "blue_", "lime_", "black_", "white_"};
+        for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) put(o, 9 + (i % 3) * 2, 0, 3 + (i / 3) * 2, c6[i] + "shulker_box[facing=" + f6[i] + "]");
+        put(o, 9, 0, 7, "conduit");
+        put(o, 8, 0, 6, "lectern[facing=south,has_book=false]");
+    }
+
+    /** Block-entity items: held by armor stands, worn on heads, as item displays and as block displays. */
+    private void beItems(Location o) {
+        Material[] m = {Material.CHEST, Material.RED_BANNER, Material.SHULKER_BOX, Material.DECORATED_POT,
+            Material.CONDUIT, Material.DRAGON_HEAD, Material.PIGLIN_HEAD, Material.CREEPER_HEAD, Material.PLAYER_HEAD};
+        for (int i = 0; i < m.length; i++) {
+            ArmorStand as = spawn(o, i + 0.5, 0, 6.5, 0, ArmorStand.class);
+            as.setArms(true);
+            as.getEquipment().setItemInMainHand(it(m[i]));
+            if (m[i].name().endsWith("_HEAD")) as.getEquipment().setHelmet(it(m[i]));
+            ItemDisplay d = spawn(o, i + 0.5, 0.6, 3, 0, ItemDisplay.class);
+            d.setItemStack(it(m[i]));
+            d.setTransformation(new Transformation(new Vector3f(), new Quaternionf(), new Vector3f(0.6f), new Quaternionf()));
+        }
+        String[] blocks = {"chest[facing=south]", "red_banner[rotation=0]", "shulker_box[facing=up]", "decorated_pot[facing=south]",
+            "skeleton_skull[rotation=8]", "lectern[facing=south,has_book=true]"};
+        for (int i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
+            BlockDisplay b = spawn(o, i * 1.5, 0, 0, 0, BlockDisplay.class);
+            b.setBlock(Bukkit.createBlockData("minecraft:" + blocks[i]));
+        }
+    }
 }

tools/update-cem-models.sh

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # Source: the CEM Template Loader data (Ewan Howell / wynem) — vanilla Java entity models as JSON,
 # already correctly posed. These ultimately mirror Mojang's hardcoded Java EntityModel classes.
 #
-# NOTE: this set is now only the FALLBACK (rest-pose geometry) + the block-entity models (chests, signs,
+# NOTE: this set is now only the FALLBACK (rest-pose geometry) for entity types missing from the vanilla
-# heads, banners, armor_layer_*). Mob models come from the vanilla client dump — regenerate that with
+# client dump (+ the elytra fallback). Mob AND block-entity models come from that dump — regenerate it
-# tools/update-vanilla-models.sh <version> on every Minecraft update.
+# with tools/update-vanilla-models.sh <version> on every Minecraft update.
 #
 # Usage:  tools/update-cem-models.sh           # update if newer
 #         tools/update-cem-models.sh --force   # always overwrite