shield optimization

[minor spruce]

Stuff always gets overwritten, never merged

Also, unless you also have an alchemist_shield.json directly in your models folder get rid of that parent reference

!faq java-parent

[soft wyvern]

Explanation: A parent is an optional reference to another model file. If it is specified your model will inherit information from the parent file (textures, elements, display settings, etc.) if that information isn't already specified in your own model.

Changing/setting a parent: Go to File > Project... and put a model reference into the parent field. Model references always start inside the "models" folder (so example/custom will look for assest/minecraft/models/example/custom.json)

Common mistakes:
-Do not force yourself to specify a parent if you don't need it. A model can work just fine without one. A reference to a non-existent parent file will cause your model to be an error block!
-Do not use item/generated and item/handheld in combination with a custom made model. (The game would try to generate a model based on your texture with those parents, and then gets confused with your custom cubes/elements you added to the model).
_ Feel free to use them to generate models from textures though (just like in the vanilla files)._

[minor spruce]

@robust skiff

[robust skiff]

thank you

oh

so the display settings from my shield.json will be overwritten

but my shield.json already specified its display settings

will it work tho?