does anyone know why this isn't working

[AlexdaCat]

public class MyBlock extends Block {
public static final BooleanProperty BLUEPOWERED = BooleanProperty.of("bluepowered");

@Override
protected void appendProperties(StateManager.Builder<Block, BlockState> stateManager) {
	stateManager.add(BLUEPOWERED);
}

public MyBlock(Settings settings) {
	super(settings);
	setDefaultState(getStateManager().getDefaultState().with(BLUEPOWERED, false));
}

}

by the way the file path is src-main-java-alexdacat-moreredstone-fabric-moreredstone.java
should it be in one of the block;s files?
(moreredstone fabric is the name of the mod)

[AlexdaCat]

also is there any easy way to have an nbt tag/ blockstate be able to be applied to any block in the game or mods?
kinda pretty important for what im going to be doing

[AlexdaCat]

I might be stupid

[warjort]

does anyone know why this isn't working

Define "not working".
You can see the block states for a block if you press F3 (the debug overlay) and look at the block.

also is there any easy way to have an nbt tag/ blockstate be able to be applied to any block in the game or mods?

Not really.

For block states you could use a mixin to intercept the generic net.minecraft.block.(Abstract)Block methods, but changing the states for a block could interact badly with what the block is doing, e.g. its blockstates.json or dynamic rendering
The block also wouldn't know how to preserve your state when it changes its known states.

If a block is a BlockEntity it can have NBT.
However, this is only used for serialization (saving to file or passing over the network).
At runtime each block decides what the NBT means and doesn't have to use the NBT directly.

Summary;
I don't think you want to go down this route. It will be very complicated and very brittle to changes either in Minecraft or other mods.

[AlexdaCat]

well i was thinking of a cool idea on how redstone works cuz bluestone could have bluehardpowering and bluesoftpowering so even through blocks it wouldnt interact with redstone

[AlexdaCat]

actually, I could just copy how redstone does hard/soft powering stuff, right?
and just change it?

[AlexdaCat]

I was talking about it not showing correctly and now I realize I didn't really say that but oh well because I shouldn't mess with blockstates yet anyways

[warjort]

Its an idea that has been done before so it is possible.

These are what I found using a quick search, but IIRC the idea is older than these.
https://www.blockminecraft.com/blue-power-mod/
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mumbos-redstone-additions
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/colored-redstone

The above are all forge mods, I don't know if somebody has done it for fabric?

[warjort]

should it be in one of the block;s files?

Do you mean you want to change the rendering based on the state?

This is done in the blockstates json file by choosing different models for different states, e.g. simple way

{
  "variants": {
    "bluepowered=false": {
      "model": "moreredstone:block/bluepowered_false"
    },
    "bluepowered=true": {
      "model": "moreredstone:block/bluepowered_true"
    }
}

From what you are doing, you probably want to look at look at minecraft's
assets/minecraft/blockstates/redstone_wire.json
That uses the alternative "multipart" definition for blockstates -> models.

[Daomephsta]

also is there any easy way to have an nbt tag/ blockstate be able to be applied to any block in the game or mods? kinda pretty important for what im going to be doing

All possible blockstates are computed during startup and cached. Adding a boolean property to all blocks would double the number of blockstates, and thus double the RAM used to store the blockstate cache.
Blockstates are a useful way of storing information, but you need to be aware of how many total blockstates your block has. Adding properties to existing blocks requires even more care, particularly if you're adding properties to a lot of blocks.

[warjort]

This is an example mod that plays around with states for other blocks:
https://github.com/Virtuoel/Towelette
It allows any non solid block to be "waterlogged" and for the fluid to be anything, not just water.

Here, you can get a glimpse of how much work is involved (and this is just for the vanilla non-solid blocks):
https://github.com/Virtuoel/Towelette/tree/fabric/1.14.4-1.x.x/src/main/java/virtuoel/towelette/mixin