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[dead link] A Texture Pack is a file you download in order to change the appearance, otherwise known as texture, of blocks, items and mobs. They may occasionally change the sounds. Installed textures can be changed by going to Texture Packs on the Main Menu. Since Alpha 1.2.0 Texture packs are officially supported by the game.

Example

Default vs PainterlyPack (Painterly in the center)

Installation

To install a texture pack, the file must first be obtained in a ZIP format. Without decompressing the file, place the ZIP file in:

  • Windows: %Appdata%\.minecraft\texturepacks
  • Linux: ~/.minecraft/texturepacks
  • Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks

This path can be opened by using the Open Texture Pack Folder button from the game client.

Once a texture pack is installed, it can be selected in the Mods and Texture Packs screen accessible from the main menu (but not in-game). The texture pack list can be scrolled by dragging it up or down.

Texture Pack Creation

To create a custom pack the needed files must be extracted from minecraft.jar with an archiving or decompression program (preferably one that supports transperancy, like gimp). They can then be edited with any image editing program. When zipped back into archive, names and folder structure must be maintained.

List of Modifiable Files

File Description
terrain.png All blocks.
particles.png All Particles.
pack.png Thumbnail of pack.
pack.txt Description of pack.
title\ Client intro title and splash screen.
environment\ Snow, rain and clouds
font\ In-game font.
terrain\ Sun and Moon
item\ In-game models for items such as signs, carts, boats, arrows and doors.
gui\ GUI, item thumbnails, logo and menu background
art\ All paintings in game
mob\ All mobs in game
armor\ All Armor in game
misc\ Biome grass/foliage color, Pumpkin blur and Clock dial.

List of Texture Packs

High Resolution (32px or more)

Name Description Version Link Latest Compatible Release Size Resolution
HD Texture Packs created by Ottokar So far there is one HD texture pack. The Super Mario HD pack V.1.0 http://www.minecrafters.net/index.php?option=com_agora&task=topic&id=80&Itemid=9

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=119183 http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Texture-Packs-Created-by-Ottokar/192175870793880

Beta 1.2 1.04 MB 64x64
Mixcraft Hd Realistic Texture Pack This is a high definition skin pack for minecraft that make the game look much nicer v21.1 http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=31331 Beta 18.47 MB 32x32

Native Resolution (16px)

Name Description Version Link Latest Compatible Release Size
Texture Packs Created by Ottokar "There are 4 textures created by Ottokar. Call of Duty, OttoKraft, Christmas Edition and one is a Super Mario texture." Mario- 2.0

Christmas- 2.0 OttoKraft- 2.0 Call of Duty- 1.0

http://www.minecrafters.net/index.php?option=com_agora&task=topic&id=80&Itemid=9

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=119183 http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Texture-Packs-Created-by-Ottokar/192175870793880

Beta 1.2

Mario- 571.42 KB Christmas- 362.64 KB OttoKraft- 288.25 KB Call of Duty- 454 KB

Basic Texture Pack "The Basic Texture pack is developed for people who own slow computers or suffer from lag, giving you and your computer a better time, while retaining the minecraft feel. 1.7 It has been taken down because no one donated to minecraft basic. Template:1.2 (beta) 0.9Mb
JokeCraft "JokeCraft is a texturepack made up of others, dirt and grass is not collected, this creates some funny things but not as many, for example the Skeleton is in a Santa Suit! --Creator 2.0 http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=124675&p=1802081#p1802081 Beta 1.2 1.38 MB
Painterly Pack "Painterly pack is a complete, native-resolution graphics package for Minecraft which attempts to improve the graphics of the game drastically, while still keeping the native texture resolution, and overall spirit and humor of the game, intact." -Official site Unknown http://www.painterlypack.net Template:1.0.2b 3.6Mb
Quandary Pack "Quandary uses the original textures Notch created as a base and adds slightly more fidelity to the terrain, improving the visibility of world blocks." -Official site 3.1 http://www.retributiongames.com/quandary/ Template:1.0.2b 3.0Mb
LAR Games Pack "The LAR Games texture pack is centered around improving the look of Minecraft without taking away from the overall experience. The entire texture pack is 100% original. This is not an edit of the vanilla Minecraft textures. 4.0 http://www.largames.com/lartexture Beta 1.2 3.0Mb
Super Mario World "A texture pack to bring back the good old, Mario nostalgia." 0.2 http://www.sporebase.com/forum/index.php?topic=4280 B1.2 342.59 KB
SimpleCraft "A very neat and solid colour texture pack for minecraft that might speed up gameplay for some people on laggy computers." 5.1 http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=104854 Beta 1.2_02 & Classic 0.30 123.84 KB

Trivia

  • Prior to the Alpha 1.2.2 update, users would need to manually change the texture packs by overwriting their minecraft.jar files.

Resources

  • [1] Large list of texture packs on the Minecraft Forum
  • [2] Second large list of texture packs on the Minecraft Forum
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