I just wanted to give my Minecraft world my own personal look to it, but I'm not sure how to really go about making a texture pack. Does anyone have any advice for me or things I'll have to keep in mind as I set about doing it?
I just wanted to give my Minecraft world my own personal look to it, but I'm not sure how to really go about making a texture pack. Does anyone have any advice for me or things I'll have to keep in mind as I set about doing it?
I've made two textures packs already, including Lost Valley (if you've ever heard of it :tongue.gif:), so if you want I can walk you through how to set yourself up to make a texture pack.
My advice right off the bat would be:
1) Know what kind of 'look' you want. Dark, realistic, RPG, simple, smooth, themed, whatever. Just pick something and stick with it-- if you try to change tactics halfway through, your pack will end up looking disjointed.
2) Get yourself some image editing software, if you don't have it already. I'd recommend photoshop elements (which is what I use), but you are, of course, free to choose whatever you want. The only requirement is that it MUST be able to handle transparencies. In other words, no editing in paint.
3)Download the basic minecraft textures, either straight from the jar file, or (if you don't have 7zip or winrar and can't open it)from the front page of this website. One of the news updates a few days ago had the 1.7 terrain png up for download. Do NOT open up someone else's pack and say to yourself 'I'll use this as a starting point'. Don't. Just don't. People love to see original textures, and will appreciate the effort you put into being different. Feel free to look at other people's textures as much as you want for tips on shading, etc, but for the love of God don't copy.
4) References, references, references. I cannot stress this enough. Even if you want to go the super simple route, you will still need to know what things like leaves and cobble stone look like, otherwise your simplifications will be unrecognizable. Look up photos of nature online, go stare around at the grass and trees in your backyard, whatever.
I hope you were able to get something useful out of that wall of text. If you want me to give you more detailed help/advice, feel free to PM me.
I honestly do, and I was planning on doing this myself but I'm a tad busy with one currently. Just an idea man, but it would be great if you made your own flawless painterly pack, but then you revved it up to 32x and enhanced the textures to fit perfectly. An idea is an idea, and whether or not you use it, its free. Wish you the best of luck. Hope to DL your future works of art.
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Retired StaffI've made two textures packs already, including Lost Valley (if you've ever heard of it :tongue.gif:), so if you want I can walk you through how to set yourself up to make a texture pack.
My advice right off the bat would be:
1) Know what kind of 'look' you want. Dark, realistic, RPG, simple, smooth, themed, whatever. Just pick something and stick with it-- if you try to change tactics halfway through, your pack will end up looking disjointed.
2) Get yourself some image editing software, if you don't have it already. I'd recommend photoshop elements (which is what I use), but you are, of course, free to choose whatever you want. The only requirement is that it MUST be able to handle transparencies. In other words, no editing in paint.
3)Download the basic minecraft textures, either straight from the jar file, or (if you don't have 7zip or winrar and can't open it)from the front page of this website. One of the news updates a few days ago had the 1.7 terrain png up for download. Do NOT open up someone else's pack and say to yourself 'I'll use this as a starting point'. Don't. Just don't. People love to see original textures, and will appreciate the effort you put into being different. Feel free to look at other people's textures as much as you want for tips on shading, etc, but for the love of God don't copy.
4) References, references, references. I cannot stress this enough. Even if you want to go the super simple route, you will still need to know what things like leaves and cobble stone look like, otherwise your simplifications will be unrecognizable. Look up photos of nature online, go stare around at the grass and trees in your backyard, whatever.
I hope you were able to get something useful out of that wall of text. If you want me to give you more detailed help/advice, feel free to PM me.