Generating with block IDs higher than Byte.Max_Value

I never had a problem generating blocks with an ID past 127 but now when I'm using the updated version of Bukkit by MD_5 it just doesn't seem to work. If I put another number below 127 in for the setblock method it works perfectly. There are no errors in console.

Code:

    public byte[][] generateBlockSections(World w, Random random, int cx, int cz, BiomeGrid biomeGrid) {
        byte[][] result = new byte[w.getMaxHeight() / 16][];
        for(int x = 0; x < 16; x++){
            for(int y = 1; y < 16; y++){
                for (int z = 0; z < 16; z++){
                    if(y >= 1 && y <= 16){
                        setBlock(result, x, y, z, (byte) 159);//Problem here!!!
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
  
    private void setBlock(byte[][] result, int x, int y, int z, byte blkid) {
        if (result[y >> 4] == null) {
            result[y >> 4] = new byte[4096];
        }
        result[y >> 4][((y & 0xF) << 8) | (z << 4) | x] = blkid;
    }

 

@Jupitertree Use ItemStack?

 

It doesn't really work like that.

 

Moved to Alternatives Section.

 

Solved by using the generateExtBlockSections which takes a short instead of a byte.