How to power a beacon

Hello,

In a plugin I am developing I need to power a beacon without putting the blocks underneath it. If I have the block's location, how would I change it's state to make it have the beam of light coming out of it as it normally would if there was powering substances underneath it?

Thanks,
Cold.

 

@coldguy101 As far as I know its all client side to effect (BUT I MAY BE TOTALLY WRONG)

This may or may not help https://forums.bukkit.org/threads/lib-beacon-creator.179399/

 

Its half client and half server. The server controls the effects. But the client renders the beam. Both things require the pyramid of blocks underneath.

 

nrs23 BillyGalbreath
Thanks, it kinda sucks that it wont work, but at the same time at least I didn't have to look through packets for a few hours to come to this conclusion! haha.