blockstates

Blockstates are the way minecraft handles block states with its models, this allows you to modify or add variants to the same block or modify any of its existing ones.

Example

📦resource_pack.zip
  └── 📁assets
       └── 📁minecraft
           ├── 📁blockstates
           │    └── 📑lily_pad.json
           ├── 📁models
           │    └── 📁block
           │         ├── 📑lily_pad0.json        
           │         ├── 📑lily_pad1.json  
           │         └── 📑lily_pad2.json    
           └── 📁textures
                └── 📁block
                     ├── 🎨lily_pad_stem.png
                     ├── 🎨lily_pad_flower2.png
                     ├── 🎨lily_pad_flower1.png
                     ├── 🎨lily_pad_flower0.png
                     └── 🎨lily_pad.png

lily_pad.json

{
  "variants": {
    "": [
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad0",
        "weight" : 1
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad0",
        "y": 90,
        "weight" : 1
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad0",
        "y": 180,
        "weight" : 1
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad0",
        "y": 270,
        "weight" : 1
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad1",
        "weight" : 2
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad1",
        "y": 90,
        "weight" : 2
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad1",
        "y": 180,
        "weight" : 2
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad1",
        "y": 270,
        "weight" : 2
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad2",
        "weight" : 1
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad2",
        "y": 90,
        "weight" : 1
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad2",
        "y": 180,
        "weight" : 1
      },
      {
        "model": "minecraft:block/lily_pad2",
        "y": 270,
        "weight" : 1
      }
    ]
  }
}

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