What Are Texture Pack in Minecraft

Texture packs are resource packs for Minecraft, which changes the game in some way. There are four types of texture in Minecraft:  stain glass, stone, sand and paintings. You can use the texture packs to change how your world look like using some special resources. They are also known as resource packs or simply packs which you need to install in order to play the game on different types of graphics, such as HD, minimalistic and others. The packs can also change the audio files in the game by adding some new tracks to them. Some of them will make your Minecraft world look like a cartoon and other resource packs will make it realistic and 3D or simple flat textures.

Default Texture:  As we said before, there are four types of texture in Minecraft. The default is the only one, which players install when they start playing game. It is also called as “stain glass”. If you want to change your world and make it more interesting, you need to download some other packs.  Sometimes people use several different packs at once in order to get the most impressive effects. There are some really interesting and unique, sometimes even scary packs which you can use for your world:

How to get free minecraft pe texture packs

CinematicCraft is one of these interesting packs, which is just perfect for the movie fans. It will change your world into a real movie set with some special textures. Also it makes you download another pack called CinematicEnchants in order to be able to use it since they are two different packs. If you like both of them, you can download the CinematicCraft-CinematicEnchants pack which contains both textures at once.

This one looks like a piece of art or painting to be honest. They are very detailed and colorful, but they don’t make your world look like a cartoon since there are no big colors transitions. This pack is called Back to the Future and it’s a bit of old-fashioned, but still interesting pack.

Logs are changed by this pack to look like old English newspapers which is very realistic and not so bright as default logs. Some other textures, such as vines or planks have also been upgraded to look more natural.

How do I install a texture pack?

Texture packs are usually zipped, so you need to unzip it first. After that you will get the folder with files inside of it. The files ending with .zip can be opened with the program called WinRAR or 7-Zip. If you are using Mac, then open the pack with Apple’s Archive Utility. You will see lots of files with .png extension inside. Simply drag and drop them to their corresponding folders in your Minecraft installation directory (see Resources). And that’s it, you are ready to play!

Which texture packs are the best?

There is no best texture pack, it all depends on the player. Some people like very bright and cartoon-like packs which perfectly fit their world, meanwhile other players prefer realistic and more detailed textures. Play around with several different ones to find out what you like the most!  Also make sure to check our site for updates as we are combining the best packs for Minecraft.

Conclusion

As you can see, the texture packs are very interesting and simple way of changing your Minecraft world. You won’t have to download some big programs or create files with assets BCPK but simply install the pack which is zipped with all necessary textures included. Also you can use several different packs at once in order to get the unique effect. So download your favorite resource pack and have fun!