Textures in Minecraft are needed in order to change the appearance of the playing field and blocks. For experienced minecrafters, it is important not only to learn how to create various items, but also to improve your client. To make the game even more fun, learn how to install textures for Minecraft.
Before you learn how to install textures in Minecraft, you should remember one very important thing - all add-ons for the game must be compatible with its version installed on the computer. Sometimes texture packs of earlier variations are suitable for updated versions of the game and vice versa. In practice, this is quite rare.
Since Minecraft version 1.5.2, a new system of textures and blocks has been introduced in the game, and therefore all previous texture packs cannot work correctly in this client.
You can install two types of textures for Minecraft on your computer: high resolution textures and standard ones.
To add ordinary textures with a resolution of 16 by 16, you do not need anything except the game itself and the downloaded file with textures. But for the HD variation, you need to additionally download Optifine or MCPatcher.
How to set standard textures in Minecraft
To add regular textures to the game, download them via torrent or from any amateur Minecraft site.
Launch the client and open the settings menu. Select the tab "Mods and texture packs" or "Sets of textures" and click on the button that opens the folder.
Copy the downloaded files into texturepacks directly in the archive.
To start playing Minecraft with the newly installed textures, go to your client again and select the desired texture pack from the menu.
How to install HD textures for Minecraft 1.5.2 and higher
In version 1.5.2, support for high-definition textures has been added. Graphics up to 64x64 can be set in the same way as standard textures. But to deliver huge pictures, you need to download and install Optifine or MCPatcher.
The choice of the add-on is up to you, high-resolution textures in Minecraft will work when you install any of these programs, however, Optifine will additionally help improve the performance of the game itself, so experienced players recommend using this particular utility.
Download the Optifine archive from the torrent or Minecraft fan site and check it for viruses. Before downloading, make sure it is compatible with the version of the installed client. If you have Minecraft 1.7.2, then Optifine for 1.5.2 will not work for you. Unpack the utility with the archiver into any empty folder.
Open.minecraft through "My Computer", find the bin folder, open with the archiver
Right click on the minecraft.jar file.
Go to the folder with the contents of the extracted Optifine from the archive and copy all the files by selecting them with the mouse (various folders and many.class files). Transfer them to open minecraft.jar. Don't forget to delete META-INF to the trash after completing the operation.
If you decide to install the MCPatcher utility in Minecraft, then you will need to act a little differently. After downloading, find Mcpatcher.jar and click on the "Patch" button. Before unpacking, make sure that the path specified when installing the add-in is correct. Upon completion of the operation, you can set textures in Minecraft 1.5.2 and higher with high resolution in the same way as standard graphics.
