Talk:Texture pack

Is this page for the official texture packs or can we add our own? Jaeil 18:13, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * it's for texture packs of all sorts, but I figure, using this system, we can sort out what is and isn't supporting the new texture pack support in Minecraft.--Kizzycocoa 18:31, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Is there a texture pack that doesn't support the texture pack support? As far as I tried, everything seemed to work.  Are there some images that can't be replaced?  Is this the hellstone/water thing?  I'm a bit confused. Jaeil 20:22, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * well, yes. but I mean those specially modified to use the texture mod thing. not like, the ones where you download the terrain.png etc.--Kizzycocoa 20:40, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Some certain things don't work with the texture pack support, as they are loaded in a different way. ConMan8 23:06, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Do we need this page?
This page hasn't really taken off, I don't think there's much of a need for it on the wiki. Should we just make a link to something like  http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=81195 instead? --DannyF1966 09:54, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It's four days old mate. Give it some time. Aclectasis 04:25, 18 November 2010 (CST)
 * Is that all? Wow, time flies! --DannyF1966 10:36, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The problem is no one is finding it. I've added some links around, hopefully things will start to pick up now. -F1racer101 05:01, 21 November 2010 (CST)
 * This page has became a necessity since Notch included a way to change texture packs from in-game. Most newbies will wonder what that is and will search for it. --Scykei 05:20, 21 November 2010 (CST)
 * Ditto, it may not be so pretty now but it is going to be very important in the future. '''[[User:Aclectasis| A ]] CLECTASIS ''' 11:39, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Although initially wrong, this page did help me figure out how to use the functionality of the mod and texture pack button. I've edited the contents to reflect this as of version 1.2. --Addesso 14.10, 15 January 2010

Major Packs and Edits of Them
Perhaps we could add a section here archiving major packs (under the criteria that 1) They provide an alternate texture for at least 95% of the blocks (in terrain.png) prior to the October 31, 2010 update 2) that all of the alternate textures are of original design) as well as edits of those packs (meaning that the author of that pack has determined that their edit is derived (meaning not of entirely of their design) from another pack, but has at least some of their own work in it.) - DuoNoxSol

I don't think you should upload .rar files here.
.rar is the hardest to upload to Minecraft, because it doesent work. It needs to be a .zip.
 * You can't upload it anyway. Neither .zips. Its funny, because it says on the upload page you can upload .zips. But you Can't! YaYaBinksMinecraft Woot JokeCraft v2.0!! 17:44, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Should hi-res packs be listed?
Since using high resolution texture packs requires modifying the game, should we even list those packs here? I added the disclaimer template to the hi-res section though that might not be appropriate. We should at least have something that says that non 16x16 texture packs are not supported and require client modification. RestfulMonad 08:15, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Good point actually. I'll subst and rewrite the template to better explain this. I think it'd be ok to keep them on this page as long as this disclaimer is in place (though personally, I think HD packs are the most illogical things I've ever seen). --Gnu32 12:24, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Possibly a helpful improvement
Perhaps it would be useful to post a diagram of the default beta texture.png with labels per texture cell.

like this one... []

Alphabetical ordering
It would be very much appreciated if downloads were ordered first by ascending alphabetical order, and then by version (latest to oldest). –The preceding unsigned comment was added by BlueToast (Talk . Please sign your posts with
 * &mdash; Gopher65talk 21:33, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Some things to add.
I'd like to add some other files and more details about making the textures. For example, how to properly align the textures and how the edges aren't always a full block size (like cactus and cake), as well as the grayscales for fancy graphics. Is there a particular format/outline that I should follow, and are there restrictions on the images I am allowed to upload?Thepaan 02:46, 13 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Rules: Default texture pack, remove GUI by pressing f1, press f2 to capture screenshot if you can, try to make it as clear as possible, and preferred day over night, UNLESS needed otherwise (eg. Pic of a texture pack on how it looks diff to the default) --R ocĸetor talk  08:03, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

ADDING INFO
Are we allowed to add information to other people's texture packs? Because the 64x64 misa pack in the article has very basic info, which is ONLY 'Made by Misa'. I would like to add stuff. Am I allowed? Because i didn't add it. --R ocĸetor talk  08:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Descriptions
Right now, the descriptions doesn't look informative nor useful. Some of them are quotes (badly written ones at that), some are wonderfully vague and some aren't even descriptions at all! ("made by...") Perhaps we should streamline them to say exactly what those packs offer, how they differ from the normal skin etc.? - Bioran23


 * Agree :). C ali nou - talk × contribs » 11:15, 7 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Definitely. I think we should also remove any pack that hasn't been updated after say, 3 months. Having all those very, very out of date packs in there looks bad, and just adds to the confusion. Gopher65talk 23:20, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Avatars for the Packs
I love the idea, but we need to set guidelines so it's more "wiki" styled. It should be an exact size, and the creator of the pack should make it explicitly for the wiki, and not the thread. Cool12309(T 17:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Author
I think an author column should be added to the tables. At the moment, some of the texture packs include the author in the description, but most don't. You could, of course, click on the forum/website link and quite easily find the author, but I think they deserve to be given credit directly on this page, exactly like the Mods page currently does. --Charlie St. Cloud 02:26, 2 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Does anybody object to this? --Charlie St. Cloud 19:16, 5 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Nope. Though it will sound like advertising, the whole page is basically that anyway. Verhalthur (talk)(edits) 19:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I can agree with that, but I feel that's the way the Mods page is, so I think it's only fair to either do the same here or take it off the Mods page. --Charlie St. Cloud 19:29, 5 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I'd say that it is better to add authors to the Texture Packs page. Removing information tends to cause a little bit more conflict.  Verhalthur (talk)(edits) 19:33, 5 July 2011 (UTC)