It's been a long time coming! I started my old pack, DustyCraft a few years ago and I'm still working on it! However, I eventually started taking the pack in another direction... it wasn't the bright and cartoony pack people originally saw anymore. So I decided that when I'd sit down and really turn the pack around, break away from the roots and turn it into something NEW. So here it is, DustyCraft v2! Ya... not a very good name.
It's still not completely finished, but it's almost there! I do apologize for having to play with an incomplete pack, but it is a lot of work!
But I won't detract you with lengthy talk!
Minecraft now supports high-resolution packs by default so no special installation mods are necessary. Simply save the ZIP in your .minecraft/resourcepacks/ folder and enable it in your options. However, you can get more bang for your buck by using MCPatcher and Optifine as you get such benefits as mob-variety.
You can find even older copies in my old thread, here.
I apologize for the lack of variety in screenshots and lack of videos. The pack is basically new and I can no longer use my old screenshots/videos/reviews. I hope to get some soon!
A texture pack spotlight by LLync:
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A texture pack spotlight by Niels074:
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Q) Hey.... HEY. You STOLE a lot of the graphics in this pack! THIEF! I saw all of these in GeruDoku's pack first!
A) Yes, that is unfortunate. You did probably see some things like... the tools and weapons and maybe the cake or such in GeruDoku... or TyDoku's or various other texture packs first. That's because those packs are much more popular than my own. But I gave the people who made those packs permission to use MY graphics. Please check their credits.txt in their texture pack and you'll see my name there.
Q) You need to fix your pack! The nether is water, bricks have fire! Q) Some items are broken, like the compass and watch! And the diamond pants have the default compass on them!
A) Do not fret! It simply means you did not patch the client as instructed. Navigate yourself to the above section and follow the instructions please.
Q) You need to update your pack! After I updated Minecraft a lot of textures are broken, like bricks and the nether!
A) Well, there are a few things that could be wrong. The most likely is that after you update Minecraft you lose your patched client. Please repatch to fix the above bugs. The alternative is that my pack really IS out of date, and that could be likely as well! However, you'll know when my pack is missing new textures because you'll see a bright pink texture instead.
Q) Hey, can I use your graphics in my pack?
A) Sadly, no. I once used to love to share my graphics and help other pack artists out... but it ends up way more trouble for me than it's worth. I get way too many accusations about my graphics and it really cripples my packs ability to stand on its own when any sort of recognition is plagued with theft accusations.
Q) Can I use your pack in my video?
A) YES! I try to watch as many youtube videos out there as possible when my pack is featured in them. You don't even have to ask, but I do ask that you link to my pack in your description so people know!
Q) Can I use your pack for my adventure map I'm making?
A) Awesome! Please do! I don't play adventure maps at all really, but if you do create a map and use my pack let me know so I can check it out personally! Also I know that adventure maps may need customized graphics so if you need to edit some things, feel free to. Again though, please link/credit me!
Q) I don't like how it looks! You should do x or y!
A) Art is a touchy subject. We all interpret and percieve it differently, therefor there will be times when one person may like how something looks and someone else may not. That is the hard part about making a texture pack, trying to appeal to everybody. The best I can do is try to appeal to the masses... however don't let that discourage you! I try my hardest to read every comment I can posted in my threads and address them personally. It may take months, but I have tried my absolute best to take every single criticism into consideration! In fact, my supporters are the ones who shaped this current pack into what it is today, by voicing their input. So thanks! Oh, and I do hope to eventually have a fully-custom-made customizer made by a friend JUST for my pack that will hopefully let everyone pick and choose what textures they like best.
Q) I tried to edit some graphics in your pack for personal use and it's broken now!
A) Aye, that can happen. Chances are you opened it in a program that doesn't support transparency, like MSPaint. You'll have to redownload and try again with something like the Gimp, or Graphics Gale, or Photoshop, which supports and saves transparency.
You MAY use my pack in your videos or reviews, along with a link in the description.
You MAY use my pack for your maps with proper credit and redirection to this thread.
You MAY NOT use my graphics in part or whole for your texture pack if you intend to distribute it to others.
You MAY NOT profit off of my graphics in any way, shape or form.
If you have any questions about the above or anything else, please PM me.
I don't believe in forcing ads or profit out of my work. I do it for fun, and to share my enjoyment with you guys. So you won't find any adfly links or the such here, but if you do feel like I deserve some support, you can donate via here:
I was patiently awaiting this. I've been a fan of your work for awhile, though without really realizing it since I've liked GeruDoku. But now I'm going to follow your pack too.
As always, really amazing work! I look forward to your other updates. Bookmarked~
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Whoa... dude... guy... This is really something sweet. I think you've must have been reading my mind or something because the new textures you made are top notch.
So, I've used your original Dusty texture pack before and I really liked it. At least, I liked a lot of things in it. The GUI was cool, and I love the balance between that smooth and textured feeling you do incredibly well. There was only a few textures that turned me off, but it seems like you just made them all better in one swoop.
Honestly, I have no complaints right now. Instead, if it's not too forward of me, I would like to offer some suggestions.
End Stone. I would suggest an alternative that isn't primarily yellow. It's mostly because I don't like that color. You can disregard this.
Obsidian. Perhaps a smoother looking alternative, similar to your old texture. Maybe not. Smooth Obsidian is already used quite a bit. ( I would extend this suggestion to End Stone as well. )
Connected Textures. Okay, this is something that I've seen in other texture packs, but since I already like what you have done and haven't done something silly yet, I would like to bring this up. CTM is a cool thing. Using it for "random" textures is kinda neat, like when you occasionally see a patch of stone that stands out a bit. That's a good thing. CTM can be a bad thing though, when you start randomizing certain materials that some might expect consistency out of. This becomes worse when you include textures that are unappealing in an otherwise useful block. "Random" CTM isn't really random, it's based on the coordinates that the block is placed in, E.G. a block with a "random" texture will always look the same if you place it in the same place.
Sorry about that, but the CTM thing already kinda hurt one of the texture packs I used to really like. Let me list a few of the things I like most about DustyCraft 2.0 so far.
Big Smooth Pebble Cobblestone - Awesome
Stylish Stone Bricks - Neat
Mossy Variants - Perfect
All the Wood - The right balance for uniqueness
Smoothly Textured Stone and Ores - Just right
Everything Else - Spectacular
You've got the style I like Mr. Shouri. You even make me like the color brown again. Keep up the awesome work.
Oh, one last thing: PLEASE don't make your light map make indoor lights flicker severely. It hurts mine poor eyes!
P.S. The obsidian has grown on me quite a bit. It's cool and colorful. Don't change a thing!
Whoa... dude... guy... This is really something sweet. I think you've must have been reading my mind or something because the new textures you made are top notch.
This was my main motivation: fixing all the things that people seemed to complain about in the original!
Thanks! It's a pity it's not longer an accurate representation of my pack, since it was made before the big overhaul... but I just spent too many hours and hard work on it to abandon it just yet.
I'm not sure if this was intended but my zombies are floating heads, which in its own right is pretty cool
1.4(which is what my pack is updated for... because it was supposed to be released today) is not backwards compatible with 1.3 because zombies use a different resolution texture. You'll just have to tough it out until tomorrow, or grab the zombie from one of my old packs, or if you're skilled enough, crop the canvas in half. If demand is high after 1.4 is out(maybe because of older mods or such) I may post a 1.3 alternative pack that fixes this issue but I don't think it will be a big deal.
1.4(which is what my pack is updated for... because it was supposed to be released today) is not backwards compatible with 1.3 because zombies use a different resolution texture. You'll just have to tough it out until tomorrow, or grab the zombie from one of my old packs, or if you're skilled enough, crop the canvas in half. If demand is high after 1.4 is out(maybe because of older mods or such) I may post a 1.3 alternative pack that fixes this issue but I don't think it will be a big deal.
It's not a problem at all. I shall conquer the horror that is the floating heads until my server gets updated!
It's been a long time coming! I started my old pack, DustyCraft a few years ago and I'm still working on it! However, I eventually started taking the pack in another direction... it wasn't the bright and cartoony pack people originally saw anymore. So I decided that when I'd sit down and really turn the pack around, break away from the roots and turn it into something NEW. So here it is, DustyCraft v2! Ya... not a very good name.
It's still not completely finished, but it's almost there! I do apologize for having to play with an incomplete pack, but it is a lot of work!
But I won't detract you with lengthy talk!
Minecraft now supports high-resolution packs by default so no special installation mods are necessary. Simply save the ZIP in your .minecraft/resourcepacks/ folder and enable it in your options. However, you can get more bang for your buck by using MCPatcher and Optifine as you get such benefits as mob-variety.
Latest version:
Alternative download: Dropbox
Old versions:
http://dustyshouri.dreamhosters.com/dustycraft2_1.9.0b.zip
http://dustyshouri.dreamhosters.com/dustycraft2_1.9.0.zip
http://dustyshouri.dreamhosters.com/dustycraft2_1.8.9.zip
http://www.dustyshouri.dreamhosters.com/dustycraft2_1.6_rev1.zip
http://www.dustyshou...2_1.5_rev2c.zip
http://www.dustyshou...2_1.5_rev2b.zip
http://www.dustyshou...t2_1.5_rev1.zip
http://www.dustyshou...t2_1.4_rev3.zip
http://www.dustycraf...t2_1.4_rev2.zip
http://www.dustycraf...t2_1.4_rev1.zip
You can find even older copies in my old thread, here.
I apologize for the lack of variety in screenshots and lack of videos. The pack is basically new and I can no longer use my old screenshots/videos/reviews. I hope to get some soon!
A texture pack spotlight by LLync:
[media][/media]
A texture pack spotlight by Niels074:
[media][media][/media]]
Q) Hey.... HEY. You STOLE a lot of the graphics in this pack! THIEF! I saw all of these in GeruDoku's pack first!
A) Yes, that is unfortunate. You did probably see some things like... the tools and weapons and maybe the cake or such in GeruDoku... or TyDoku's or various other texture packs first. That's because those packs are much more popular than my own. But I gave the people who made those packs permission to use MY graphics. Please check their credits.txt in their texture pack and you'll see my name there.
Q) You need to fix your pack! The nether is water, bricks have fire!
Q) Some items are broken, like the compass and watch! And the diamond pants have the default compass on them!
A) Do not fret! It simply means you did not patch the client as instructed. Navigate yourself to the above section and follow the instructions please.
Q) You need to update your pack! After I updated Minecraft a lot of textures are broken, like bricks and the nether!
A) Well, there are a few things that could be wrong. The most likely is that after you update Minecraft you lose your patched client. Please repatch to fix the above bugs. The alternative is that my pack really IS out of date, and that could be likely as well! However, you'll know when my pack is missing new textures because you'll see a bright pink texture instead.
Q) Hey, can I use your graphics in my pack?
A) Sadly, no. I once used to love to share my graphics and help other pack artists out... but it ends up way more trouble for me than it's worth. I get way too many accusations about my graphics and it really cripples my packs ability to stand on its own when any sort of recognition is plagued with theft accusations.
Q) Can I use your pack in my video?
A) YES! I try to watch as many youtube videos out there as possible when my pack is featured in them. You don't even have to ask, but I do ask that you link to my pack in your description so people know!
Q) Can I use your pack for my adventure map I'm making?
A) Awesome! Please do! I don't play adventure maps at all really, but if you do create a map and use my pack let me know so I can check it out personally! Also I know that adventure maps may need customized graphics so if you need to edit some things, feel free to. Again though, please link/credit me!
Q) I don't like how it looks! You should do x or y!
A) Art is a touchy subject. We all interpret and percieve it differently, therefor there will be times when one person may like how something looks and someone else may not. That is the hard part about making a texture pack, trying to appeal to everybody. The best I can do is try to appeal to the masses... however don't let that discourage you! I try my hardest to read every comment I can posted in my threads and address them personally. It may take months, but I have tried my absolute best to take every single criticism into consideration! In fact, my supporters are the ones who shaped this current pack into what it is today, by voicing their input. So thanks! Oh, and I do hope to eventually have a fully-custom-made customizer made by a friend JUST for my pack that will hopefully let everyone pick and choose what textures they like best.
Q) I tried to edit some graphics in your pack for personal use and it's broken now!
A) Aye, that can happen. Chances are you opened it in a program that doesn't support transparency, like MSPaint. You'll have to redownload and try again with something like the Gimp, or Graphics Gale, or Photoshop, which supports and saves transparency.
I don't believe in forcing ads or profit out of my work. I do it for fun, and to share my enjoyment with you guys. So you won't find any adfly links or the such here, but if you do feel like I deserve some support, you can donate via here:
As always, really amazing work! I look forward to your other updates. Bookmarked~
You can go ahead and post them here(maybe in spoilers though), that's fine
So, I've used your original Dusty texture pack before and I really liked it. At least, I liked a lot of things in it. The GUI was cool, and I love the balance between that smooth and textured feeling you do incredibly well. There was only a few textures that turned me off, but it seems like you just made them all better in one swoop.
Honestly, I have no complaints right now. Instead, if it's not too forward of me, I would like to offer some suggestions.
End Stone. I would suggest an alternative that isn't primarily yellow. It's mostly because I don't like that color. You can disregard this.
Obsidian. Perhaps a smoother looking alternative, similar to your old texture. Maybe not. Smooth Obsidian is already used quite a bit. ( I would extend this suggestion to End Stone as well. )Connected Textures. Okay, this is something that I've seen in other texture packs, but since I already like what you have done and haven't done something silly yet, I would like to bring this up. CTM is a cool thing. Using it for "random" textures is kinda neat, like when you occasionally see a patch of stone that stands out a bit. That's a good thing. CTM can be a bad thing though, when you start randomizing certain materials that some might expect consistency out of. This becomes worse when you include textures that are unappealing in an otherwise useful block. "Random" CTM isn't really random, it's based on the coordinates that the block is placed in, E.G. a block with a "random" texture will always look the same if you place it in the same place.
Sorry about that, but the CTM thing already kinda hurt one of the texture packs I used to really like. Let me list a few of the things I like most about DustyCraft 2.0 so far.
Big Smooth Pebble Cobblestone - Awesome
Stylish Stone Bricks - Neat
Mossy Variants - Perfect
All the Wood - The right balance for uniqueness
Smoothly Textured Stone and Ores - Just right
Everything Else - Spectacular
You've got the style I like Mr. Shouri. You even make me like the color brown again. Keep up the awesome work.
Oh, one last thing: PLEASE don't make your light map make indoor lights flicker severely. It hurts mine poor eyes!
P.S. The obsidian has grown on me quite a bit. It's cool and colorful. Don't change a thing!
Thank you Dusty, for being so awesome.
Twitter: @Levaunt
Job well done.
This was my main motivation: fixing all the things that people seemed to complain about in the original!
Thanks! It's a pity it's not longer an accurate representation of my pack, since it was made before the big overhaul... but I just spent too many hours and hard work on it to abandon it just yet.
1.4(which is what my pack is updated for... because it was supposed to be released today) is not backwards compatible with 1.3 because zombies use a different resolution texture. You'll just have to tough it out until tomorrow, or grab the zombie from one of my old packs, or if you're skilled enough, crop the canvas in half. If demand is high after 1.4 is out(maybe because of older mods or such) I may post a 1.3 alternative pack that fixes this issue but I don't think it will be a big deal.
It's not a problem at all. I shall conquer the horror that is the floating heads until my server gets updated!
*flail*
*Noms on it*
Looks great although if I had one suggestion it would be to further vary the planks a little (if not by shape, then by colour).
As you can see in this pic the birch and normal wood are a tiiiiiiny bit too samey (the roof is normal planks and the walls are birch):