From 05e4380996c199f8d721c6e5400ea4b0d2f71ef1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Rapson <git@lzstealth.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:14:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Kick off render loop from client tick

---
 .../github/copilot/renameable/RenderCatalogClient.java | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/build/client-renderer/src/client/java/dev/github/copilot/renameable/RenderCatalogClient.java b/build/client-renderer/src/client/java/dev/github/copilot/renameable/RenderCatalogClient.java
index c4ae364..7820f81 100644
--- a/build/client-renderer/src/client/java/dev/github/copilot/renameable/RenderCatalogClient.java
+++ b/build/client-renderer/src/client/java/dev/github/copilot/renameable/RenderCatalogClient.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
 import net.fabricmc.api.ClientModInitializer;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.event.lifecycle.v1.ClientTickEvents;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.Screenshot;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public final class RenderCatalogClient implements ClientModInitializer {
     private Path outputDir;
     private int currentJobIndex;
     private RenderScreen renderScreen;
+    private boolean renderStarted;
 
     @Override
     public void onInitializeClient() {
@@ -64,6 +66,14 @@ public final class RenderCatalogClient implements ClientModInitializer {
             client.setScreenAndShow(renderScreen);
         });
 
+        ClientTickEvents.END_CLIENT_TICK.register(tickedClient -> {
+            if (!renderStarted && tickedClient.screen == renderScreen) {
+                renderStarted = true;
+                System.out.println("[renderer] starting render loop from client tick");
+                renderCurrentJob(tickedClient, renderScreen);
+            }
+        });
+
         Thread activationWatchdog = new Thread(() -> {
             try {
                 Thread.sleep(SCREEN_ACTIVATION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);