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Quote from Toah14 »

Quote from Old_Joe »

Hey I have a problem, the patcher works fine until I try to use a custom texture pack (I.e one I've dl'd then unzipped to edit then re-zipped) does anyone know why this is ? all other texture packs I've dl'd and not altered work fine, just the ones I have unzipped then re-zipped (even if I don't alter anything in between).

Sounds like your zipping the folder, this is the wrong method, the game unzips it to get to the textures and all it finds is a folder with a weird name, and it gets confused so it does nothing.

what you need to do is select all the files inside the folder and zip those, it should make something named "Archive.zip" rename this and it should work.

Let me know if this helps.

THANK YOU!!!!
I didn't quite understand that it's the files that go in the .zip, not the folder containing the files. Worked perfectly after that!

Quote from Azurity12 »

Hello when i download this mcpatcher it only opens in a foldier is there anyway to fix this without using jarfix?

If it's doing that, then there is a problem with your OS. Why would you NOT want to fix an OS problem? It'll just keep causing trouble. if you can't use the jarfix, I suggest reinstalling Java.

Quote from Rebel=UK= »

For all the people having trouble downloanding this (it opening folders and saving as a .zip etc) try using explorer to download it, this is what i done after using opera and it worked :smile.gif:

That, or just rename it to .jar.

Quote from Sablam »

I had the same probleme like davwader. In windows you can't change the .zip. You need use an other software like "Unlocker". With this you can rename the "mcpatcher-2.0.0-beta4.zip" in "mcpatcher-2.0.0-beta4.rar".

Thank for this amazing patcher^^

You CAN change it. If you can't view file extensions as part of the file name by default, then Google it; I haven't space to explain here. You won't need extra software just to rename it unless it's already open. Make sure no programs are using it (this includes viewing the contents).

Quote from davwader »

if i rename the zip folder with a .jar at the end it doesnt change -.-

See immediately above.

Quote from GummiBear »

First of all a question, should all mods be installed after patching a clean .jar?

And second, after adding Optimine(unofficial updated version) everything works fine except that switching texture packs will cause the game to crash and close. The texture pack does get changed and will work fine once you open Minecraft back up though.

Optimine IS NOT compatible with this patcher. Also, any HD fonts included in the texture packs will fail to function while using Optimine. And as to the first question, it depends on the mod. if it's Zombe's Modpack, then install it after. Some mods, however, will not work either way. if it doesn't work as it should, try patching after installing the mods.

Quote from ROFLtron »

How do I use animated water/lava but not use custom water/lava? The only options are Custom Animated, Not Animated (aka just custom by itself), and Default. The old patcher had the option to uncheck Custom Water and Custom Lava, but you can't do that with this new one.

Just select "Default". That'll use Minecraft's normal water/lava.

Quote from camman85 »

Thanks so much! It works perfectly. Although, when testing it, it didn't work when I used the 'test minecraft' button... I have to start the client myself. So, not sure what that means.

Keep it up! This is a wonderful product and very useful!

Yeah, the launcher has some special way of running the minecraft.jar or something. Not too much to worry about, though.

Quote from NorthenerSouth »

Sorry if this has been asked before, but is there a way to type the resolution that you want, as in the old version?

For example, I could type something in that wasn't already in the drop-down menu:



Will this be possible in the new version?

I'm only asking because I'm working on a texture pack that could probably only be used with the patcher, but has a different resolution to the standard ones.

It is not necessary. After patching, the game should automatically detect what resolution the texture pack is. however, I recommend it stays a power of 2 (16x, 32x, 64x etc) as the game will work better with these, and there will be glitches with texture packs of strange resolutions.
Dang, I got ninja'd!

Quote from PandaGoLucky »

I have just gotten the 128 pack to work but 256 still equals instant crash.

Probably because your computer can't handle it. Switching packs is most likely more resource-intensive than even using the pack. It has to unload all the graphics, and load up new ones at the same time. Super high-res packs are risky to start with.

Quote from martins082 »

Quote from BrockBaron »

Quote from vexx32 »

Make sure the pack is the right one I guess. Redownload the texture pack and if that doesnt fix it, try patching a clean minecraft.jar.

I am having exactly the same issue. My best guess is that I am still using the x86 architecture instead of x86_64. The java app might be designed for a 64 bit system. Does anybody think running at 32 bits as opposed to 64 bits could be the source of the problem?

I'm running Window 7 64Bit with Java 64bit.
I patched 1.5_01 and added the [32x] Mixcraft - SemiRealistic texture pack to the textures folder.

32bit vs 64bit OSs will make no difference. It's difficult to work out what the problem is, but I'd guess that it's just glitching. What mods do you have installed?

Quote from PandaGoLucky »

Since 1.5 I get this error everytime I try to use LB photorealism...

available mods:
[YES] HD Textures 1.0 - Provides support for texture packs of 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, and 256x256.
[YES] HD Font 1.0 - Provides support for higher resolution fonts.

Launching C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin\minecraft.jar
java -cp C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin/minecraft.jar;C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin/lwjgl.jar;C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin/lwjgl_util.jar;C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin/jinput.jar; -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin\natives -Xmx1024M -Xms512M net.minecraft.client.Minecraft
16 achievements
146 recipes
MCPatcherUtils initialized. Directory C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\.
opened /pack.png 128x128 from Default
clearing texture cache (1 items)
opened /terrain.png 4096x4096 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip

changing skin to LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
setting tile size to 256 (was 16)
refreshTextureFX()
opened /gui/items.png 4096x4096 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
opened /gui/items.png 4096x4096 from cache
opened /misc/dial.png 256x256 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
opened /custom_lava_still.png 256x10496 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
new CustomAnimation lava_still, src=custom_lava_still.png, buffer size=0x40000, tile=237
opened /custom_lava_flowing.png 256x10752 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
new CustomAnimation lava_flowing, src=custom_lava_flowing.png, buffer size=0x40000, tile=238
opened /custom_water_still.png 256x8192 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
new CustomAnimation water_still, src=custom_water_still.png, buffer size=0x40000, tile=205
opened /custom_water_flowing.png 256x8448 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
new CustomAnimation water_flowing, src=custom_water_flowing.png, buffer size=0x40000, tile=206
opened /custom_portal.png 128x5248 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
resizing to 256x10496
new CustomAnimation portal, src=custom_portal.png, buffer size=0x40000, tile=14
opened /misc/foliagecolor.png 256x256 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
opened /misc/foliagecolor.png 256x256 from cache
opened /misc/grasscolor.png 256x256 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
opened /misc/grasscolor.png 256x256 from cache
opened /font/default.png 128x128 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
resizing gl buffer from 0x4000000 to 0x10000
opened /title/mojang.png 128x128 from LB Photo Realism x256 4.0.0(7).zip
WARNING: Found unknown Windows version: Windows 7
Attempting to use default windows plug-in.
Loading: net.java.games.input.DirectAndRawInputEnvironmentPlugin

Starting up SoundSystem...
Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
(The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
OpenAL initialized.

opened /terrain.png 4096x4096 from cache
resizing gl buffer from 0x10000 to 0x4000000
resizing gl buffer from 0x4000000 to 0x40000
opened /gui/items.png 4096x4096 from cache
resizing gl buffer from 0x40000 to 0x4000000
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x699b6a5a, pid=5380, tid=4616
#
# JRE version: 6.0_24-b07
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (19.1-b02 mixed mode windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C [atioglxx.dll+0x986a5a]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid5380.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
Minecraft exited with status 1



Basically gets to the MOJANG screen then blackness and exits. What I am doing is this.

1) DL photorealism
2) Delete/Renew .bin
3) Patch Jar with the latest patcher
4) Place the zipped photorealism into the texture pack
5) click on the texture pack in game

No matter how many tries it always breaks the game the moment I do step five, what am I messing up?

Looks like your video card driver or the hardware itself cannot handle the texture pack, from the log. It's reporting an error with an ATI driver, so I suggest you update your drivers if possible.

Quote from danscottbrown »

It seems that after I patch my Minecraft is very unresponsive and laggy.

Depends what pack you use. Higher the resolution, the more lag you get.

Quote from bysisky »

I am having a problem using this, here is m error i get:

MCPatcher version is 2.0.0-beta4
OS: Windows Vista 6.0 x86
JVM: Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.6.0_24 (32 bit)
Minecraft version is 1.5_01 (md5 097b656c2e62bf241a4c380a2f6551e4)
WARNING: could not determine original md5 sum

Analyzing C:\Users\Hubelits\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin\minecraft-1.5_01.jar (796 files)
  ar.class matches Compass.class
  as.class matches TextureFX.class
   a matches onTick
  bz.class matches StillLava.class
  ft.class matches GLAllocation.class
   b matches createDirectByteBuffer
  h.class matches TexturePackBase.class
   a matches getInputStream
  hf.class matches Portal.class
  hl.class matches ColorizerGrass.class
  hq.class matches FlowLava.class
  hv.class matches TexturePackList.class
  io.class matches ColorizerFoliage.class
  ip.class matches RenderEngine.class
  jy.class matches Watch.class
  jz.class matches GameSettings.class
  nl.class matches FlowWater.class
  ob.class matches TexturePackDefault.class
  qa.class matches ItemRenderer.class
  ra.class matches Fire.class
  ul.class matches StillWater.class
  net/minecraft/client/Minecraft.class matches Minecraft.class
 no classes matched FontRenderer
 no classes matched FontRenderer

Analyzing C:\Users\Hubelits\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin\minecraft-1.5_01.jar (second pass)
  RenderEngine (ip.class)
   field e matches imageData
   field f matches textureList
   method a matches registerTextureFX
   method b matches refreshTextures
   method a matches readTextureImage
   method a matches setupTexture
  TextureFX (as.class)
   field a matches imageData
   field b matches tileNumber
   field d matches field_1130_d
   field e matches tileSize
   field f matches tileImage
  Compass (ar.class)
  Fire (ra.class)
  StillLava (bz.class)
  FlowLava (hq.class)
  StillWater (ul.class)
  FlowWater (nl.class)
  ItemRenderer (qa.class)
  Watch (jy.class)
  Portal (hf.class)
  Minecraft (net/minecraft/client/Minecraft.class)
   field C matches texturePackList
   field o matches renderEngine
   field y matches gameSettings
   no match found for field fontRenderer
  GLAllocation (ft.class)
  TexturePackList (hv.class)
   field a matches selectedTexturePack
   field c matches defaultTexturePack
   field e matches minecraft
  TexturePackBase (h.class)
   field a matches texturePackFileName
  TexturePackDefault (ob.class)
  GameSettings (jz.class)
  ColorizerFoliage (io.class)
   field a matches colorBuffer
  ColorizerGrass (hl.class)
   field a matches colorBuffer

2 available mods:
[ NO] HD Textures 1.0 - Provides support for texture packs of 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, and 256x256.
 no classes matched FontRenderer
[ NO] HD Font 1.0 - Provides support for higher resolution fonts.
 no classes matched FontRenderer

Patching...
  adding com/pclewis/mcpatcher/MCPatcherUtils.class for __Base
java.util.zip.ZipException: duplicate entry: com/pclewis/mcpatcher/MCPatcherUtils.class
	at java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream.putNextEntry(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.jar.JarOutputStream.putNextEntry(Unknown Source)
	at com.pclewis.mcpatcher.MCPatcher.addOrReplaceFile(MCPatcher.java:479)
	at com.pclewis.mcpatcher.MCPatcher.applyMods(MCPatcher.java:464)
	at com.pclewis.mcpatcher.MCPatcher.patch(MCPatcher.java:377)
	at com.pclewis.mcpatcher.MainForm$6$PatchThread.run(MainForm.java:200)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Restoring original minecraft.jar due to previous error

And the Two items on the front screen cannot be checked. (The HD Textures and HD fonts) I cannot click these to check them off. Please help.

It first gives an error it can't read the original file hash and so cannot tell if it's a clean .jar or not. First thing I think you should do is force an update, so that your files can be redownloaded; there is a corrupt or missing file or two, nothing major. Second, avoid using the Optimine mod with this patcher. As I stated above, it does not work with this patcher. It will cause crashes and disable HD fonts entirely.

Quote from BrockBaron »

Quote from vexx32 »

Quote from IdioticOracle »

Okay, so

I ran the patcher, I clicked patch, I put all my texture pack zips into the texturepack folder, ran minecraft by click "test minecraft" aaaand... only the 16x ones work. Choosing my Gerudoku pack make it default Minecraft.

What did I do wrong?

Make sure the pack is the right one I guess. Redownload the texture pack and if that doesnt fix it, try patching a clean minecraft.jar.

I am having exactly the same issue. My best guess is that I am still using the x86 architecture instead of x86_64. The java app might be designed for a 64 bit system. Does anybody think running at 32 bits as opposed to 64 bits could be the source of the problem?

No, it definitely isn't. Try it without any mods installed.

Quote from Time Glitch »

Still getting the "Could Not Find the Main Class. Program Will Exit" error.

I've uninstalled and re-downloaded Java. I've associated the .jar extention with javaw.exe. It works just fine on my girlfriend's laptop.

I have NO clue what's up and I can't find the answer on the internet. Can someone please help me?

Force an update, to get a clean minecraft.jar. Also... it will be a conflict with a mod you have installed, I'm not sure which one. If you have multiple mods installed, try putting them in one after the other, and check to make sure the patcher can patch after each one's installed. You'll need to make sure you delete the backup minecraft-1.5_01.jar the patcher creates each time though.

Quote from Toah14 »

Quote from daxtron2 »

Hello. I'm on a mac OS X version 10.6.7, and this thing ain't workin'. I'm following your instructions to the letter, but when I switch to the texturepack, nothing happens! Help!

maybe its the texture pack? Some texture packs are compressed wrong so they will not work. To fix it, decompress the texture pack, select all the files and folders inside then compress those. You should get "Archive.zip" rename this to the texture pack name and try again.

This. Excellent suggestion. Also, make sure that the texture pack has "terrain.png" among another png file or two and the folders "misc" "terrain" "gui" etc in the root of its zip file. If not, the download may contain several packs, and you'll have to separate them.

Quote from Shadow771 »

Hmm, the patcher patches just fine, I'm trying to use default animations with a custom 32x32 texture pack. It seems to work fine when using the Test Minecraft button, but when normally launching Minecraft it doesn't seem to work. This didn't happen before 1.5. Any ideas?

Make sure it IS set to "default" for all animations.... That's all that can really be done...

Quote from Toah14 »

Quote from Glennius »

How does this work on Mac OS??

Yes. Next time just download and try it instead of wasting your time waiting for someone to tell you. If it doesn't work you did it wrong.

It works the same as it does on any system. if you have trouble, post a specific question. And... Toah? Read his question. He clearly asked "how" which you appear to have missed.

Quote from ChiefSpoonS »

Quote from vexx32 »

Quote from ChiefSpoonS »

First post I know, I just lurk...

So i figured id give this a try, since you can select between regular texture packs and HD ones.


It patches good, when I hit the test button, I can jump between HD packs(with bad lag between loading them). It loads fine and everything works.

I go to the browser, load the game....Here is my issue.

If I have a HD pack loaded and I try to play in browser, it does a main load, then goes black. If i wait long enough I get a white screen.

If I have a defualt/ Non HD pack loaded (with the game patched) I can load and play fine.

Any Ideas?

Ive deleted my .minecraft folder and started fresh and it didnt help.

I would use the minecraft.exe. however after several minuets of playing, it crashes and when I load again all the blocks i mined are back, and I die because im in a wall.

Try using the jar version of the launcher (it works on Windows as well). Online version of Minecraft doesn't take well to mods of any kind..

Tried minecraft.jar or the JAR version. Did the same thing, play for 2 min, then crashed. However it did load the HD textures.

I updated Java by googling Java, Am i missing something?

Run it from a command line (google it to see how to run minecraft from a command line) and post the error log if you can. Running from a command line almost always gives an error log we can use.

Quote from daxtron2 »

Hello. I'm on a mac OS X version 10.6.7, and this thing ain't workin'. I'm following your instructions to the letter, but when I switch to the texturepack, nothing happens! Help!

See the above with this problem.

Quote from htonlax »

Im playing on a mac and this wasnt working. Do i have to be playing from the browser in order to place the packs in the folder? Im having a lot of trouble.. is there a OSX tutorial for getting texture packs on with this patcher

No, you MUST use the launcher for it to work properly. If you have too much trouble with it, feel free to PM me about it, but be specific about where you encounter trouble and be descriptive.

Quote from Captain Pighard »

I have to admit though, that I kinda miss the ability to install the patch from inside this program. Much easier than doing it from in the game, having to drag and drop files around, etc.

Still annoyed that the side dirt block problem in the game hasn't been patched though. :tongue.gif:

As stated in the OP, the sidegrass/dirt problem is a TEXTURE PACK ISSUE, not anything to do with this patcher.

Quote from JAAdesigns »

Quote from Toah14 »

Quote from Old_Joe »

Hey I have a problem, the patcher works fine until I try to use a custom texture pack (I.e one I've dl'd then unzipped to edit then re-zipped) does anyone know why this is ? all other texture packs I've dl'd and not altered work fine, just the ones I have unzipped then re-zipped (even if I don't alter anything in between).

Sounds like your zipping the folder, this is the wrong method, the game unzips it to get to the textures and all it finds is a folder with a weird name, and it gets confused so it does nothing.

what you need to do is select all the files inside the folder and zip those, it should make something named "Archive.zip" rename this and it should work.

Let me know if this helps.

THANK YOU!!!!
I didn't quite understand that it's the files that go in the .zip, not the folder containing the files. Worked perfectly after that!

Good, spread the word. many people fail to comprehend this or simply do not bother :smile.gif:

Quote from buulis25 »

when i use the patcher and load doku high fantasy texture pack water,lava,fire,bricks and block of gold seems to be glitched for me - water,lava and fire shows like ''use the patcher noob'' or grey background. But bricks and block of gold are like portal,fire and something else mix. Why is that happening? i followed the steps on how to use the patcher.

Well... sounds like you haven't "used" the patcher properly. Obviously, the game did not get patched for HD textures when you patched it. it is probably a mod conflict, so attempt it again with a clean minecraft.jar.


Aaand I think that's all the questions answered again... the OP really needs to spend about half an hour or so... to do a FAQ. Almost all these questions are the same haha.

Ah well. enjoy your juicy answers and if you need anything explained further, please PM me instead of choking up this thread.

And yes, I have temporarily decided to be Tech Support for this patcher since nobody else is willing. Still, we DO need a FAQ.

Is this compatible with mac?

Quote from Prestonium »

Is this compatible with mac?

For about the fourth time, and as stated in the OP, this works with just about all operating systems. So, yes. At least have the courtesy to look through the thread please. it's taxing to be answering the same question many times over.

You might as well tell him why it's like that.

For future reference, it's because the patcher can't deal with all your mods.

Really important note for Mac users that I just spent all night figuring out. If Safari automatically decompresses your zip files, using the compress option of Mac OS X will make it incompatible with the HD texture fix patch. I do not know why this is. If you uncheck the 'Open "safe" files after downloading' and then download the texture pack, then transfer it directly into the ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks folder it should work. (tested with LB realism)

I found this after having tried deleting the minecraft launcher application, the minecraft folder in Application Support and redownloading everything from scratch.

And yes, I just registered to share this word. I've cross posted in the LB realism thread.

Quote from Grugsy »

Quote from vexx32 »

You might as well tell him why it's like that.

For future reference, it's because the patcher can't deal with all your mods.

hmmm...his post says nothing about mods..shows nothing to do with mods...and when I helped my brother with it earlier it was with a freshly updated minecraft.

and please..stop being rude...it isn't helpful

Not being intentionally rude; it's simply that if they understand why, they'll ask fewer questions in future. I'm all in favour of a quick and easy answer, but if they don't understand it properly... well, it just gets more annoying for everyone. Eventually.
.. wait... you say a freshly updated MC failed to patch? Odd. Probably a minor corruption of some sort. From looking at the logs, it appears to be that it doesn't take too kindly to the checksum file being missing...

Quote from Hushed »

Really important note for Mac users that I just spent all night figuring out. If Safari automatically decompresses your zip files, using the compress option of Mac OS X will make it incompatible with the HD texture fix patch. I do not know why this is. If you uncheck the 'Open "safe" files after downloading' and then download the texture pack, then transfer it directly into the ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks folder it should work. (tested with LB realism)

I found this after having tried deleting the minecraft launcher application, the minecraft folder in Application Support and redownloading everything from scratch.

And yes, I just registered to share this word. I've cross posted in the LB realism thread.

Ah, good. Thankyou, kind sir for working this out. I don't know how Macs work too well, so thankyou for taking the time to work it out yourself :biggrin.gif:

Quote from Grugsy »

with the changes notch made to the way things render now, you shouldn't need optimine anymore.

Well, depends. Notch HAS made optimizations, but Optimine does still make a difference; especially if your computer is a slow one.
Actually, Optimine should work with this patch (i think), just be sure to install it AFTER the patch. you'll get crashes on switching packs, but once you open up MC again, the switch would be complete. Shouldn't be too much of a bother, really.

Quote from DapperDanMan »

This is what I keep getting with 1.5_01:



Blank options.

i was having that as well, you need to delete, all the version back ups tht are in ur bin folder, so like minecraft-1.<watever version>.jar and then it should work perfectly :biggrin.gif:

Whenever I try to open it, it just shows a black command window and just closes quickly. I don't know what I did wrong.

I notice a lot of "don't use optimine" in here, but there's a pretty simple way to make it work. Just leave out Optimine's text optimization class [rf.class] when you install it, and it won't be able to cause any issues with fonts. There may be other little crashes hiding somewhere I haven't noticed, I guess.... but I haven't noticed them yet ^^ and I'm relying on Optimine to be able to run fancy smoothly so I don't miss out on my onboard biome grass! So there!

Quote from vexx32 »

Ah, good. Thankyou, kind sir for working this out. I don't know how Macs work too well, so thankyou for taking the time to work it out yourself :biggrin.gif:

You're more than welcome, my part is relatively easy. But on further testing it doesn't seem that the problem is unique to Macs.

<details many can gloss over>
I copied the LB 128x texture pack in zipped form to a Windows VM. I then tried decompessing it using Explorer's expand all files, then tried recompressed it with 7-zip (but as a .zip, not .7z). Minecraft with HD texture patch again doesn't see it as a valid texture pack.

I then tried Select All inside the uncompressed folder and zipping the files without the containing folder and it worked. I repeated the process in Mac OS X, and if the contained files are selected and compressed without the folder it works.
</detail>

Long story short, the texture pack selection doesn't play nicely with extraneous folders in the zip file, and both Mac and Windows create a container folder on unzipping, so when rezipping you can't just zip the folder that was made previously.

It seems the texturepacks folder behavior is stricter than the old patcher was.

Quote from Hushed »

Really important note for Mac users that I just spent all night figuring out. If Safari automatically decompresses your zip files, using the compress option of Mac OS X will make it incompatible with the HD texture fix patch. I do not know why this is. If you uncheck the 'Open "safe" files after downloading' and then download the texture pack, then transfer it directly into the ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks folder it should work. (tested with LB realism)

I found this after having tried deleting the minecraft launcher application, the minecraft folder in Application Support and redownloading everything from scratch.

And yes, I just registered to share this word. I've cross posted in the LB realism thread.

I had the same problem that I suspect you had. Safari was automatically decompressing my .zip file. I'd select the decompressed folder and compress it again and put it in my Texture Packs folder. When launching Minecraft and selecting Texture Packs, my Texture Pack was grayed out.

There's two other ways around this problem (in addition to the clever one you posted) which I'll mention so folks don't need to redownload their texture packs:

1. When Safari automatically decompresses the .zip file, it puts the original .zip file in the trash. You can also move that .zip file from the Trash directly to the ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks folder.

-OR-

2. After Safari decompresses the .zip file it creates a folder with the texture packs files in it. My mistake was selecting the folder and compressing it. Instead you need to open the folder, and Select All files within and compress them. This creates an "Archive.zip" file. Rename the Archive part to whatever your texture pack was called. Now move that .zip file to the ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks folder.


The problem, basically, is how Macs compress files. If you want the technical details, there's a great post explaining them here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=67774



Edit: And now that I'm reading further on in this thread, I see that you explained exactly this later. ^^ Oh well.

Quote from vexx32 »

You might as well tell him why it's like that.

For future reference, it's because the patcher can't deal with all your mods.

You're saying the patcher is altering classes that other mods you have installed already alter? WELL WHAT KINDA IDIOCY IS THAT? Why can't the patcher just replace those classes and see if it actually affects anything, rather than not even try! Looks like i can't ever use a texture pack correctly again. Thanks! X_x