How to import a structure from a .nbt file?

[dry parrot]

Hey I want to import a structure into Blockbench, for that I tried to use this extension, but all what it does is generate a 2 empty groups called structure and that's it. I can't even delete these groups. Is there any fix for that?

Thanks ~Mqx

[thorny crow]

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[dry parrot]

This is the structure I want to import. This structure was saved in 1.20.1.

[whole rivet]

i think its problem with your nbt file . cause it also didnt work for me

or maybe it doesnt support 1.20.1 , idk

[elder berry]

Were there any errors? (Either in an extra window or in the console (Ctrl+Shift+I))?

[elder berry]

@dry parrot

[dry parrot]

I haven’t checked the console but there were no error windows…

[dry parrot]

I will check the console when I am at home

[dry parrot]

Here is the console error:

Action structure_importer has a duplicate ID
BarItem @ actions.js:12

Uncaught Error: File not found: potted_cherry_sapling.json VM347:1494
getResourcePath @ VM347:1494
loadBlockstate @ VM347:1498
buildStructure @ VM347:1374
(anonymous) @ VM347:763
nbt.parse @ VM347:604
onConfirm @ VM347:762
close @ dialog.js:691
(anonymous) @ dialog.js:779

[elder berry]

seems like it doesn't know what a potted_cherry_sapling is

Did you make sure to load in an up to date resource pack?

[dry parrot]

Yes the assets folder that I have provided if from the current version

I can try to get a newer version

1 sec

Okay for some reason now it works... Thanks for the reminder to update the assets. I thought they were up to date but apparently they were not...

👍

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[thorny crow]

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[worn pine]

Hello,
I have the same problem, but I was wondering what you meant by updating the assets to a new version because I tried re-extracting my 1.20.4 assets (the version of my NBT file) and even taking assets from versions 1.21+ and it still doesn't work. Here is my error in the Blockbench DevTools console:

BarItem    @    actions.js:13```

Thank you for your response if you can help me.

[elder berry]

I was wondering what you meant by updating the assets to a new version
Yeah, what you did (making sure that the pack and nbt file are from the same verson)

That error sounds like there is two plugins wit the ID structure_importer installed 🤔? (unless I'm misreading that error)

Might be that the plugin isn't updated for 5.0+ Blockbench yet too.

[worn pine]

I'm using Blockbench portable 4.12.6 because it's not work in Blockbench 5.0+

And yes the plugin isn't updated

[worn pine]

Do you think we will have to wait for the plugin to be updated?

This ‘duplicated ID’ problem is still bothering me. I don't understand, is it a problem with the plugin? I checked the ‘app.asar’ and ‘action.js’ files, and it is only there once.

Similarly, the second option from Mqx was to update the assets, and I also checked and tested with several types of assets, but it still doesn't work.

What a headache this BlockBench error is !

-# Ohh, soory for the ping...

[elder berry]

Actually, looking at the plugin code, that's an error the plugin itself throws, but it's moreso a debug message than an error it seems?
Basically just says that the menu entry for the plugin already exists. Doesn't seem to affect the functionality it seems.

Though at least on 5.0.3 it does throw errors when I try to load a structure in general (something about "fs" not being specified)

[worn pine]

That's why I switched to version 4.12.6 portable, which supports ‘fs’ (NodeJS/Electron file system).

[elder berry]

And it throws no other errors after you try to load a structure?

[worn pine]

I tried importing a larger structure and it works (by which I mean that I only get the .png texture files from my resource pack or the basic Minecraft one) with another error (which I understand) :

dark_oak_table.json```

It can't find this block because it's a mod block.

However, does that mean that it didn't work because the structure was too small?

I'm going to test it with a large structure and without modded blocks...

[elder berry]

It shouldn't care about overall structure size (as long as it's not massive).
And yeah, it won't be able to load modded blocks unless you add the mods resource pack

(Assuming the mod uses normal block models and not some entity renderers)

[worn pine]

If size doesn't matter, why didn't the structure and textures load? (for the first one I wanted to import)

Because there were no modded blocks or entity (unless glass panes are considered entity,? I don't know...).

[elder berry]

nah, glass panes aren't entities
Did it throw any errors in the first structure?

[worn pine]

Yes, the ‘duplicated ID’ error, that's why the structure wasn't loading (at least I assume so...). Otherwise, there were no other errors.

Ah, well, you see, I just loaded a larger structure without modded blocks, and it works.

Therefore, Blockbench or the plugin imposes a minimum size limit.

[elder berry]

As I said before that "duplicate ID" error is just a message from the plugin itself. It just means some MenuBar entry is already there, so it doesn't add the MenuBar entry again.
It shouldn't affect the loading part. If there were errors in the loading part they should only show up after you tried to import something, not when the plugin itself loaded.

[worn pine]

Ok, thanks for your help