To create a texture pack you first have to install a graphics program that supports alpha channel (i.e. transparency). I think the one which is built into Windows 7 (Paint) does not support it – but I may be wrong.
If you’re on Windows, I think your best option is Paint.NET – a cute, free little program that is very good. Incidentally, this is what Notch used to create original Minecraft graphics, so you can’t really go wrong here.
If you want something more powerful, get GIMP. But if you haven’t done much graphics before it will probably take you some weeks to grok :-)
Important things:
- Texture is divided into 16 by 16 slots
- File format must be png, and it must be 32 bits per pixel (otherwise you lose alpha channel).
- Each slot contains image for a certain type of block. Sometimes multiple slots can be used for a single block if it looks different on some sides (e.g. chest or crafting table)
- Alpha channel is used to create transparent blocks, such as glass, doors, leaves.
- Alpha must be either 0 or 255, that is fully transparent or fully opaque. Partial transparency is not supported by the game engine
- You can resize the texture to get better resolution, but it must always be divisible into equal blocks, and there must be 16 by 16 of them
- If a slot does not have any transparent pixels, making it transparent will cause glitches. Only certain blocks support transparency, not all of them. For example you cannot make dirt or granite transparent.
- If there is something wrong with your texture pack, the game will revert to the default one.
Survivalcraft 
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That’s some useful details Kaalus! Thanks!
I explored a little bite the .png textures pack used by default on SC and I was wondering
-how animated fire is made considering that there isn’t any “fire slot”?
-if fire animation is the same as with torch and furnace?
-whether it is possible or not to turn the furnace into a campfire, using supported transparence of the original furnace and some graphic tricks? Will the fire animation remain at the same place when changing furnace aspect? How to change that position?
(lots of interrogation! ;) )
Hi. The fire is made using a particle system, sadly this has nothing to do with texture pack and you can’t change the looks of it. I don’t know whether it’s possible to turn furnace into a campfire, off the top of my head I don’t see any problems but YMMV. You can’t change the position of fire in the furnace, it will stay in the middle.
How do i get texture packs?
Fv
Can someone plz tell me how to get texture packs
Hay no kidding how do you get texture packs
In 1.19 you need to put it in your Dropbox and download it in the game. 1.20 will make it easier to get texture packs and worlds.
Go to get content and change from all to textures
Hey salut crafter francais tu pourrais m’envoyer ta texture par email?
Salut! Celle pour le feu de camp? Elle n’est pas achevée encore…
salut tu pourais m envoyer quelques texture pack par email?merci
Oh ben :P pas grave quand elle sera fini :)
Nice! But now a very stupid question: how can I download/install a texture pack ? And where can i download worlds from other players ? :D thanks for reading and hopefully for answering. (only school english :D i hope you understand what i wanted to say :D)
Go to the forum you will find texture packs there then download them to your computer and move them to your dropbox file.
Get a texture pack from someone who made one, or make your own and put it in your dropbox/apps/Survivalcraft folder. Once it’s there you can download it from the game.
Thanks for answering :D
How do you make ur own
Go on commuinity in the game menu and you can find texture packs in there.
They are talking in 1.19 not 1.20
Off topic but please add horses or other friendly animals to keep in fences that can be used for transport
Ya it would be cool to have horses for transportation it could go like 3x’s as fast as walking.
How do you put upside down stairs and slabs.
If you tap to a vertical side of a block, the stairs might be placed normally with an angle that depends from your view angle. And when you tap the bottom side of a block you’ll get it placed upside down.
i dont know if im doing something wrong but when i tried to download paint.net it downloaded something called foxtabPDFreader
The link is the small one on top right, never click on the big flashy download button, it’s certain to be an ad :-)
I clicked the link at the top right and everything looked right, but it only installed the ad. Not sure who runs that site but it’s awfully silly to have the legit download way way smaller then the fake one (misleading/now I have a virus) :(
you dont really have to worry w/ a good antivirus like kapersky (i have its great) on an un related sidenote for grass regeneration could you use two if-else statements like
If “variable name for a block” == ” dirtblock ”
. if “something for x amount of time” > “5 minutes”
. dirtblock == grassblock
. else
Else
would be code in java w/o the quotations (those are ideas in my head)
Now we need signs in the next update so we can tell people what certain stuff is.
I agree we need signs
Yes, we really need signs!
But is it not possible to download others Texture packs because I dont know how to make my own :-(
You don’t need to know how to make a texture pack to download one.
I dont know what i am doing wrong , i downloaded paint.net and worked out how to use it , i used it to edit some of the tools and add a black border to some blocks , i made sure not to go out of the 16×16 grid and i didnt go over any transparencies but for some reason the tools in game are now invisible and the same with stone slabs
Send us your texture pack, we’ll see what’s broken
Ok thanks but I kinda deleted it and tried again , im going to test the texture pack tomorow and if I have the problem again I’ll send you it =)
how do you make a texturepack I don’t know how to make one. can you send me your’s kaalus please
You can download the default texturepack from Files/Technical section in this blog.
Hey You ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
It must be from dropbox to work
I did awesome job dude that is an amazing world.
No you just have to save it then upload it to your dropbox.
Thanks
Could you use dropbox plz? I don’t want to sign up to download
Ok ill find out how i didnt know how to upload to dropbox
Watch my videos im going to start talking about drop box and how to upload dropbox worlds also about texture packs this is my first video i will be doing more later on
Ok ill find out how i didnt know how to upload to dropbox
Watch my videos im going to start talking about drop box and how to upload dropbox worlds also about texture packs this is my first video i will be doing more later on
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=sABz3fYbgQA
Ok i will i gotta find out how to use it
Kaalis, are you going to make some new ores in future update?
Heres a link to one tutorial tell me if it works… https://www.dropbox.com/home/survivalcraft%20Tutorials
Just click download
Kaalus here’s a list of what you should put in the update
Clothes/ armor
More ores such as gold
Horses
Swords
Signs
Thanks
I agree! But clothes does not matter at the moment there is no multiplayer of third person viewing so what is the point
He is right. I agree too.
Armor would be nice though for protection from boars and other monsters
i agree
Yes, and we also need saplings. I have choose all the trees around my house, but I need them, so we should plant saplings.
Saplings are there already :-)
Need to be able to change water and animals In texture packs.
You can change the water you know
Wait never mind you can’t. Yes Kaalus plz let us have control over all texture in the game if possible.
You can change the water and magma only if you disable texture animation. Otherwise the animation overwrites your changes and you can’t access source textures used for animation at the moment.
Okay thanks
K plz let me know when we can access such things.
I just figured out how to use and make texture packs all on my own it is easy
Have no idea about how to download texture packs. Can’t we just download them from the market please, that would be great.
Thanks
Lol
Is there any custom maps out there?
How do u get texture packs
Pokemobs texture packs able to apply to survival craft??
how do you get texture packs i am new at this
Hello, Could someone send me the original minecraft texture pack to put on my min Survivalcraft? Thank you in advance! :)
Awsome game
-Can someone please give me a texture pack?
-Kaalus please allow us to place blocks that makes music.
y si ponen una opcion para hacer que la isla tenga fin ?
Y que el barco prinsipal no sea intangible… se podria seguir xD
Saludos.
You must create multiplayer
Kaalus!Please add the dogs and cats!Please in 1.22
yea Vlad. please add dogs and cats. WE should also play with other people. It would be really Fun. We should also be able to find somebody and make a house with them. Also we could also find villagers. WE could even chat with each other. About the dog mabie we could tame a wolf (with out it changing into a werewolf that is just weird) with giving it a bone a cat just add one. Chickens would be cool too. You Had A GREAT idea making survival craft. Also please respond Kaalus. HEY EVERYBODY KAALUS ROCKS!!! We should chat sometime about survival craft.
You Rock,
Sadie
P.S. you are my role model
I have a android tablet and wanted to get a texture pack but when I press the download button nothing happens. I tried to use dropbox but it still didn’t work. PLEASE CAN YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION AND HELP.THANKS
I know this has nothing to do about the texture but when is window phone updating I really want the update
I use paint.net all the time!