Made a few main menu backgrounds lately so I'm just making a pretty easy guide on how to get started and make your own
Found a guide here on the forums but it was pretty old and I found some things didn't work, so I'm just making my own because why not ddd:
I make these backgrounds in Java edition, I don't know how I'd make them in Bedrock without the F3 menu but panoramas you make will work in Bedrock just fine.
Getting started
It will be a lot easier to do this if you have commands! It's still possible if you don't, but it's quite annoying.
Step 1 - Open Minecraft, navigate to a spot in your world you'd like to make your game background, and open the debug menu.
Step 2 - Setting things up
- Resize your window to be exactly square, like so. Dimensions don't have to match, obviously, as long as it's square
- Set your FOV to 90.
- Find your spot you want to use for the screenshots, and place barrier blocks where you want to stand and take them. Not required, but makes it a little easier.
Step 3 - Taking the screenshots
- Type these six commands, in order, and make sure to press F2 to take a screenshot after each command
/tp @s ~ ~ ~ 45 0
/tp @s ~ ~ ~ 135 0
/tp @s ~ ~ ~ 225 0
/tp @s ~ ~ ~ 315 0
/tp @s ~ ~ ~ 45 -90
/tp @s ~ ~ ~ 45 90
Step 4 - Actually making them into a resource pack
This part's pretty easy. I've made two template resource packs for Bedrock and Java
Open your screenshots folder (`%appdata%\.minecraft\screenshots` is the Windows default and `~/Library/Application Support/Minecraft/Screenshots` is the macOS default) and sort it chronologically
Extract your template resource pack to a folder (you may have to rename the bedrock one from .mcpack to .zip)
Take the six screenshots you should have just taken and copy them to the template resource pack (/assets/minecraft/textures/gui/title/background for java, /textures/ui for bedrock)
Make sure you're still sorted chronologically!
The first screenshot will be called `panorama_0.png`, the second `panorama_1.png` and so on until you have all six named
Now, go back to the root of the template resource pack and add all of the files and folders there into a ZIP. You can customize the pack.mcmeta/manifest.json if you want, but it isn't needed
Bedrock users: rename your new resource pack from .zip to .mcpack and install it how you normally would on your platform
Java users: drag your new ZIP file into your resource pack folder and enjoy!
Easy guide to make Minecraft background panoramas
Made a few main menu backgrounds lately so I'm just making a pretty easy guide on how to get started and make your own
Found a guide here on the forums but it was pretty old and I found some things didn't work, so I'm just making my own because why not ddd:
I make these backgrounds in Java edition, I don't know how I'd make them in Bedrock without the F3 menu but panoramas you make will work in Bedrock just fine.
Getting started
It will be a lot easier to do this if you have commands! It's still possible if you don't, but it's quite annoying.
Step 1 - Open Minecraft, navigate to a spot in your world you'd like to make your game background, and open the debug menu.
Step 2 - Setting things up
- Resize your window to be exactly square, like so. Dimensions don't have to match, obviously, as long as it's square
- Set your FOV to 90.
- Find your spot you want to use for the screenshots, and place barrier blocks where you want to stand and take them. Not required, but makes it a little easier.
Step 3 - Taking the screenshots
- Type these six commands, in order, and make sure to press F2 to take a screenshot after each command
Step 4 - Actually making them into a resource pack
This part's pretty easy. I've made two template resource packs for Bedrock and Java
Open your screenshots folder (`%appdata%\.minecraft\screenshots` is the Windows default and `~/Library/Application Support/Minecraft/Screenshots` is the macOS default) and sort it chronologically
Extract your template resource pack to a folder (you may have to rename the bedrock one from .mcpack to .zip)
Take the six screenshots you should have just taken and copy them to the template resource pack (/assets/minecraft/textures/gui/title/background for java, /textures/ui for bedrock)
Make sure you're still sorted chronologically!
The first screenshot will be called `panorama_0.png`, the second `panorama_1.png` and so on until you have all six named
Now, go back to the root of the template resource pack and add all of the files and folders there into a ZIP. You can customize the pack.mcmeta/manifest.json if you want, but it isn't needed
Bedrock users: rename your new resource pack from .zip to .mcpack and install it how you normally would on your platform
Java users: drag your new ZIP file into your resource pack folder and enjoy!
Thank you so much for this!
I know its been a while, but is it possible for you to fix the broken image links, or provide a description for them?