Add method to get ghost block

TechbloxModdingAPI/Block.cs

@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ namespace TechbloxModdingAPI
 				color.indexInPalette = value.Index;
 				color.hasNetworkChange = true;
 				color.paletteColour = BlockEngine.ConvertBlockColor(color.indexInPalette); //Setting to 255 results in black
+				BlockEngine.UpdateBlockColor(Id);
 			}
 		}
 

TechbloxModdingAPI/Blocks/Engines/BlockEngine.cs

@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ namespace TechbloxModdingAPI.Blocks.Engines
 			//Phyiscs prefab: prefabAssetID, set on block creation from the CubeListData
 		}
 
+		public void UpdateBlockColor(EGID id)
+		{
+			entitiesDB.PublishEntityChange<ColourParameterEntityStruct>(id);
+		}
+
 		public bool BlockExists(EGID blockID)
 		{
 			return entitiesDB.Exists<BlockTagEntityStruct>(blockID);

TechbloxModdingAPI/Player.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using Gamecraft.Wires;
+using RobocraftX.Blocks.Ghost;
 using RobocraftX.Character;
 using RobocraftX.Character.Movement;
 using Unity.Mathematics;
@@ -527,6 +528,15 @@ namespace TechbloxModdingAPI
 	        return playerEngine.GetSelectedBlocks(Id);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the ghost block that shows the block to be placed in build mode.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A block instance or null if not found</returns>
+        public Block GetGhostBlock()
+        {
+	        return playerEngine.GetGhostBlock(Id);
+        }
+
         public bool Equals(Player other)
         {
 	        if (ReferenceEquals(null, other)) return false;

TechbloxModdingAPI/Players/PlayerEngine.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using RobocraftX.CR.MachineEditing.BoxSelect;
 using RobocraftX.Physics;
 using RobocraftX.Blocks.Ghost;
 using Gamecraft.GUI.HUDFeedbackBlocks;
+using RobocraftX.Common;
 using RobocraftX.Multiplayer;
 using RobocraftX.SimulationModeState;
 using Svelto.ECS;
@@ -270,5 +271,11 @@ namespace TechbloxModdingAPI.Players
 		        .QueryUniqueEntity<NetworkStatsEntityStruct>(MultiplayerExclusiveGroups.MultiplayerStateGroup)
 		        .networkStats.PingMs;
         }
+
+        public Block GetGhostBlock(uint playerId)
+        {
+	        var egid = new EGID(playerId, GHOST_BLOCKS_ENABLED.Group);
+	        return entitiesDB.Exists<DBEntityStruct>(egid) ? Block.New(egid) : null;
+        }
 	}
 }

TechbloxModdingAPI/Tests/TechbloxModdingAPIPluginTest.cs

@@ -343,6 +343,28 @@ namespace TechbloxModdingAPI.Tests
 			            Logging.CommandLog(asset);
 		            }
 	            }).Build();
+
+            bool shouldTestGhostBlock = false;
+            CommandBuilder.Builder("testGhostBlock")
+	            .Action(() =>
+	            {
+		            if (shouldTestGhostBlock)
+		            {
+			            shouldTestGhostBlock = false;
+			            Logging.CommandLog("Test disabled");
+		            }
+
+		            shouldTestGhostBlock = true;
+		            Scheduler.Schedule(new Repeatable(() =>
+		            {
+			            var ghostBlock = Player.LocalPlayer.GetGhostBlock();
+			            if (ghostBlock == null) return;
+			            ghostBlock.Position = Player.LocalPlayer.Position + 2;
+			            ghostBlock.Color = new BlockColor(BlockColors.Lime);
+		            }, () => shouldTestGhostBlock));
+		            Logging.CommandLog("Test enabled");
+	            }).Build();
+            
             Client.EnterMenu += (sender, args) => Scheduler.Schedule(new Once(() => Client.Instance.CloseBetaPopup()));
             
             Game.Enter += (sender, args) =>