[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.
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.