Tutorials/Loading a resource pack

This is a tutorial to help in the installation of texture packs for Minecraft.

Mac OS

 * 1) Download MCPatcher
 * 2) Run MCPatcher using the instructions on the MCPatcher forum page
 * 3) Download a texture pack of your choice (Here is a good place to find some)
 * 4) Do NOT unzip the texture pack just move the .zip file to minecraft's texture pack folder (Should be at /Users/your username/Library/Application Support/minecraft)
 * 5) Open up Minecraft and login
 * 6) At the main menu select "Mods and Texture Packs"
 * 7) Now select your new texture pack and then select done
 * If your texture pack doesn't show up when you click "Mods and Texture Packs" make sure that the texture pack is still in .zip format, that it is in Minecraft's texture pack folder, and that you ran MCPatcher correctly

Alternate Method

 * 1) Download MCPatcher

The only thing wrong with this method is that it replaces the default textures completely so to get back to them you have to do a reinstall, or delete the minecraft.jar file and the version file then launch Minecraft so it will redownload them.
 * 1) Download a texture pack of your choice (Here is a good place to find some)
 * 2) Do NOT unzip the texture pack)
 * 3) Run MCPatcher using the instructions on the MCPatcher forum page but check the box next to "Texture Pack" then click Browse and find the texture pack you want to use
 * 4) Now hit patch
 * 5) When it's done patching open up Minecraft and login
 * 6) Your new texture pack should be loaded

Windows

 * 1) Download a texture pack, you should get a .zip file
 * 2) Open the folder, in which you downloaded the file
 * 3) Copy the .zip file
 * 4) Open Minecraft
 * 5) Click on "Mods and Texture Packs"
 * 6) Choose "Open texture pack folder". This opens a Windows Explorer window.
 * 7) Paste the file in the actual directory
 * 8) Go back to minecraft, the texture pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".

Here a videoguide: Youtube video by paulsoaresjr

Direct method

 * 1) Download a texture pack, you should get a .zip file
 * 2) Open the folder, in which you downloaded the file
 * 3) Copy the .zip file
 * 4) Go to %appdata%\.minecraft\texturepacks in a file Explorer
 * 5) Paste the file into the directory
 * 6) Open minecraft
 * 7) Go to "Mods and Texture Packs"
 * 8) The texture pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".

Linux

 * 1) Download a texture pack, you should get a .zip file
 * 2) Open the folder, in which you downloaded the file
 * 3) Copy the .zip file
 * 4) Open Minecraft
 * 5) Click on "Mods and Texture Packs"
 * 6) Choose "Open texture pack folder". This opens a filebrowser window (the filebrowser depends on your configuration).
 * 7) Paste the file in the actual directory
 * 8) Go back to minecraft, the texture pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".

Direct method

 * 1) Download a texture pack, you should get a .zip file
 * 2) Open the folder, in which you downloaded the file
 * 3) Copy the .zip file
 * 4) Type ~/.minecraft/texturepacks/ in your filemanagers adress bar or in the console.
 * 5) Paste the file into the directory
 * 6) Open minecraft
 * 7) Go to "Mods and Texture Packs"
 * 8) The texture pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".