U didnt create this we all saw that dudes texture pack.u couldnt make a texture pack if your life depended on it.
you make me wanna go on you
:/ I'd appreciate it if you didn't throw around false accusations, flame me, and go off-topic. I can detail exactly how I made the pack, step by step, and even link to two videos on my YouTube account showing two different transparency tests when I was testing it out yesterday. If you have something constructive and on-topic to say, though, feel free to contribute to any sort of conversation. If you're only here to falsely accuse people and slander others, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
u have 6 post.plus im a friend with the dude who made it
>Implying that a user's post count on the forums of all things decides that user's ability with the modification of texture packs, which rely almost entirely on common sense and nothing more
>Implying that there could never possibly be two or more texture packs that feature the use of transparency, and that your friend is the only one who could possibly have created such a thing
To everyone else: thank you. But since he's shown himself not to be the type to take someone at their word, I will now detail exactly how I made this texture pack.
1: It all starts with terrain.png. This should be obvious, considering it's the terrain that we want to modify. Start by filling in the blocks you want to be made transparent with any solid color- preferably one that isn't widely used in-game, such as lavender or violet. I'll explain why in a moment. This can be done in any image editing program, even one as basic as MSPaint.
2: Once that's done, if you'd like to make certain blocks stand out more against the transparent world, feel free to edit them however you wish. The most eye-catching way to do this is to make them a single, solid color. It looks disgusting, but that's the thing- this pack is all about forgoing aesthetic appeal, focusing instead on functionality. If you don't like it, don't use it, or change it yourself, to suit your own wants. It really is just as simple as that. Moving on.
3: Making the blocks transparent. I'm pretty sure MSPaint doesn't come with a transparency option, so this is where a better image manipulation program comes in handy, if you weren't using one already. In GIMP 2, transparency options can most easily be found under Layer > Transparency. From here, we're going to revisit something we did in step one- making all the blocks we want to be transparent the same color. If you're using GIMP 2, select "Color to Alpha," under Transparency. If you went against my advice and decided to make all the transparent blocks white, that's fine, but you're going to end up with blocks like cloth, snow, etc. becoming transparent, when you might not have wanted them to be. Still, if you chose white, go ahead and just press "OK," since the color defaults to white anyway.
4: If you DID take my advice and use a color like lavender to color your transparent blocks, great- here's what you need to do. Find out EXACTLY what color you used, or rather, its composition. The hue, the saturation, the luminescence and, of course, the RGB values. Once you've got those figured out, press the solid white bar (Between "From:" and "to alpha"), then define the color values. Once you've got it perfectly matched up, hit "OK". If the previously solid colors show up as something reminiscent of a checkerboard pattern, congratulations- you did it right. Everything that was previously that color is now transparent. Press "Save," and don't worry- you're almost done.
5: Assuming you edited terrain.png in a folder outside the .zip texture pack you plan to use it in, paste it inside. If there's a terrain.png already inside, yes, overwrite it. Now take that .zip file and paste it over into the "texturepacks" folder, located in .minecraft. If you're messing around with texture packs, you should already know exactly where this is. If you already have Minecraft running, close it out and bring it back up. If not, just run it. Select the texture pack- or, if it was the last one you were using, Minecraft will select it automatically- and start playing. The blocks you chose should now be transparent and, if you edited any other blocks, their respective changes will now show up in-game also.
And that's how you make a simple texture pack featuring transparency and, optionally, easier to find materials such as diamond ore, mossy cobblestone, etc.
If you're still not satisfied, I made a video showing EXACTLY how to do this. This was all typed out as the video was rendering and uploading. That said, I will tolerate no further accusations of thievery.
you really had to type what a waste of time.that i know you copyed off someone texture pack.
MOD EDIT: This has already been explained to you. It's unlikely to be a copy, just another pack with the same idea. It was likely made with no awareness of another pack that had the same idea.
Thank you, everyone- especially you, jagman. I never thought of that. Later on today, I'll rework the pack just a little bit, so that you can see small amounts of dirt, grass and smooth stone, so you'll have a better idea of where things are, but will still be able to see through them.
Edit: This was not an attack agenst this person.
I have seen a lot of these "x-ray vision" texture packs. This is the worst one yet. WITH the transparency on it you somehow managed to add black around everything that was already transparent, so that now it looks horrifying. Please, and when I say please i mean PLEASE FOR **** SAKE, put some EFFORT into it! I honestly dislike browsing this forum and finding more and more of this crap put together in less then 12 seconds. And you don't need to wright some big essay trying to defend yourself agenst my comment on this, because it will just be you admitting you have no talent whatsoever and you refuse to even try. Try something like a simple pack. Those are somewhat easy to do, they don't require much detail at all, and look pretty good. This pack is just as bad as the one where someone just inverted all the colors.
MOD EDIT: I see you guys sorta worked it out.
Just please exercise some politeness and tact later on. It causes less trouble.
People -do not- like being talked to in this manner.
Heya! Looking for resources like diamond ore and mossy cobblestone, but having trouble finding any? Are you willing to use a texture pack that was designed solely to make that easier? Then have I got a texture pack for you! Introducing, The X-Ray Vision Texture Pack! Created by yours truly in a ridiculously short period of time, this texture pack is one of the few out there that completely disregards aesthetic appeal in favor of functionality! You'll be able to see through dirt, grass, stone and more as if it isn't even there! Clay deposits, gold ore, mossy cobblestone and more will be much more vividly colored to help it stand out on your screen! And, as always with this sort of thing, it's absolutely free, so what do you have to lose? Try it today!
Rambling note, unnecessary to read. After making this thread, it's been brought to my attention that several people have already made similar texture packs before. That's to be expected. However, some people may think that, by making a texture pack to share with the community which features the use of transparency- something which has been done before already! -Gasp!- that this constitutes stealing the work of someone else that I've never even heard of. False accusations, slander and other such rule-breaking won't be tolerated in here, and offending posts will be reported accordingly. For all the naysayers who have nothing better to do than wrongfully accuse people of stealing things, here is a detailed list of the steps I took in order to bring another one of these texture packs to the community, including a video at the end.
1: It all starts with terrain.png. This should be obvious, considering it's the terrain that we want to modify. Start by filling in the blocks you want to be made transparent with any solid color- preferably one that isn't widely used in-game, such as lavender or violet. I'll explain why in a moment. This can be done in any image editing program, even one as basic as MSPaint.
2: Once that's done, if you'd like to make certain blocks stand out more against the transparent world, feel free to edit them however you wish. The most eye-catching way to do this is to make them a single, solid color. It looks disgusting, but that's the thing- this pack is all about forgoing aesthetic appeal, focusing instead on functionality. If you don't like it, don't use it, or change it yourself, to suit your own wants. It really is just as simple as that. Moving on.
3: Making the blocks transparent. I'm pretty sure MSPaint doesn't come with a transparency option, so this is where a better image manipulation program comes in handy, if you weren't using one already. In GIMP 2, transparency options can most easily be found under Layer > Transparency. From here, we're going to revisit something we did in step one- making all the blocks we want to be transparent the same color. If you're using GIMP 2, select "Color to Alpha," under Transparency. If you went against my advice and decided to make all the transparent blocks white, that's fine, but you're going to end up with blocks like cloth, snow, etc. becoming transparent, when you might not have wanted them to be. Still, if you chose white, go ahead and just press "OK," since the color defaults to white anyway.
4: If you DID take my advice and use a color like lavender to color your transparent blocks, great- here's what you need to do. Find out EXACTLY what color you used, or rather, its composition. The hue, the saturation, the luminescence and, of course, the RGB values. Once you've got those figured out, press the solid white bar (Between "From:" and "to alpha"), then define the color values. Once you've got it perfectly matched up, hit "OK". If the previously solid colors show up as something reminiscent of a checkerboard pattern, congratulations- you did it right. Everything that was previously that color is now transparent. Press "Save," and don't worry- you're almost done.
5: Assuming you edited terrain.png in a folder outside the .zip texture pack you plan to use it in, paste it inside. If there's a terrain.png already inside, yes, overwrite it. Now take that .zip file and paste it over into the "texturepacks" folder, located in .minecraft. If you're messing around with texture packs, you should already know exactly where this is. If you already have Minecraft running, close it out and bring it back up. If not, just run it. Select the texture pack- or, if it was the last one you were using, Minecraft will select it automatically- and start playing. The blocks you chose should now be transparent and, if you edited any other blocks, their respective changes will now show up in-game also.
And that's how you make a simple texture pack featuring transparency and, optionally, easier to find materials such as diamond ore, mossy cobblestone, etc.
If you're still not satisfied, I made a video showing EXACTLY how to do this. This was all typed out as the video was rendering and uploading. That said, I will tolerate no further accusations of thievery.
You stole this from Eraiya. i watched it be created.
And you don't need to wright (sic) some big essay trying to defend yourself agenst (sic) my comment on this
You're right. "This post has been successfully reported." ^.^ If you have anything constructive to say that isn't a blatant attack on another user of this forum, you're more than welcome to write back, though. :3
And you don't need to wright (sic) some big essay trying to defend yourself agenst (sic) my comment on this
You're right. "This post has been successfully reported." ^.^ If you have anything constructive to say that isn't a blatant attack on another user of this forum, you're more than welcome to write back, though. :3
I gave you something constructive. I told you to try a simple pack. People will like it better then this. I'm just a little tired of seeing stuff like this. In fact, you don't even have to make something by yourself. You could make some recolors and stuff. Look at This. I Made that out of an old creative mode texture. Its not hard to at least try. And FYI, I wasn't attacking you. Sorry if I seemed like I was.
And you don't need to wright (sic) some big essay trying to defend yourself agenst (sic) my comment on this
You're right. "This post has been successfully reported." ^.^ If you have anything constructive to say that isn't a blatant attack on another user of this forum, you're more than welcome to write back, though. :3
I gave you something constructive. I told you to try a simple pack. People will like it better then this. I'm just a little tired of seeing stuff like this. In fact, you don't even have to make something by yourself. You could make some recolors and stuff. Look at This. I Made that out of an old creative mode texture. Its not hard to at least try. And FYI, I wasn't attacking you. Sorry if I seemed like I was.
Thank you, that was much better. But, still- I said it pretty early on in the first post, and at least one other time: I didn't want this pack to look good. I wanted it to completely disregard visual appeal, and instead focus 100% on functionality. A part of me wants people to only use it when they feel as if they absolutely need to, and not at their leisure, since a lot of SMP server owners/admins/mods feel- and rightfully, I believe- that my texture pack gives the user an unfair advantage in finding natural resources that the other members of that server won't have if they don't know about texture packs like these. I originally made it just for personal use in finding natural dungeons, but I figured it would be selfish of me to keep it all to myself, so, here it is. But, still- I want it to help people, but not to the point that it helps them so much that it detracts from the experience the people around them are having, if the person using my pack uncovers more than five dungeons in less than five minutes, as the people around them struggle to find a meager number of diamonds in thirty minutes. I think I've got just the thing to help, though- jagman helped give me the idea for it. Not complete transparency, but only partial. And, of course, keeping the texture pack unappealing, so that all someone can think of as they use it is, "Yeah, I guess this is good for finding dungeons and stuff, but MAN this looks terrible!" in the hopes that they won't rely on it every time they sign onto Minecraft. And now that everything's out of the way- after a few hundred dollars worth of damage to my vehicle, heh, what an interesting day this has been so far- I can get to work on modifying it a bit. An~d to the post above this one, ja, I'll post a screenshot or two after I'm done editing what I've got right now.
Thank you, everyone. While you wait for the new version of the pack and pictures, have a picture of an amusing- to me, at least- mistake I made that may end up with me one day making a Sonic The Hedgehog 2 texture pack. I call this one "Emerald Hill Zone" for obvious reasons.
Two more pictures. I think I'll stop here. Might work on it some more sometime in the future, but I dunno. Adding these pictures to the first post in a sec.
Please pardon my memory; I only just remembered that this thread exists after already making that one. Sorry for creating two threads.
Oh, cool. First result on Google. Anyway, thread's over there now, just click that link.
you make me wanna go on you
:/ I'd appreciate it if you didn't throw around false accusations, flame me, and go off-topic. I can detail exactly how I made the pack, step by step, and even link to two videos on my YouTube account showing two different transparency tests when I was testing it out yesterday. If you have something constructive and on-topic to say, though, feel free to contribute to any sort of conversation. If you're only here to falsely accuse people and slander others, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
MOD EDIT: Post count is irrelevant. Don't use it to intimidate or influence others.
You've already had your say in this thread. Pipe down.
fun times!
>Implying that a user's post count on the forums of all things decides that user's ability with the modification of texture packs, which rely almost entirely on common sense and nothing more
>Implying that there could never possibly be two or more texture packs that feature the use of transparency, and that your friend is the only one who could possibly have created such a thing
To everyone else: thank you. But since he's shown himself not to be the type to take someone at their word, I will now detail exactly how I made this texture pack.
1: It all starts with terrain.png. This should be obvious, considering it's the terrain that we want to modify. Start by filling in the blocks you want to be made transparent with any solid color- preferably one that isn't widely used in-game, such as lavender or violet. I'll explain why in a moment. This can be done in any image editing program, even one as basic as MSPaint.
2: Once that's done, if you'd like to make certain blocks stand out more against the transparent world, feel free to edit them however you wish. The most eye-catching way to do this is to make them a single, solid color. It looks disgusting, but that's the thing- this pack is all about forgoing aesthetic appeal, focusing instead on functionality. If you don't like it, don't use it, or change it yourself, to suit your own wants. It really is just as simple as that. Moving on.
3: Making the blocks transparent. I'm pretty sure MSPaint doesn't come with a transparency option, so this is where a better image manipulation program comes in handy, if you weren't using one already. In GIMP 2, transparency options can most easily be found under Layer > Transparency. From here, we're going to revisit something we did in step one- making all the blocks we want to be transparent the same color. If you're using GIMP 2, select "Color to Alpha," under Transparency. If you went against my advice and decided to make all the transparent blocks white, that's fine, but you're going to end up with blocks like cloth, snow, etc. becoming transparent, when you might not have wanted them to be. Still, if you chose white, go ahead and just press "OK," since the color defaults to white anyway.
4: If you DID take my advice and use a color like lavender to color your transparent blocks, great- here's what you need to do. Find out EXACTLY what color you used, or rather, its composition. The hue, the saturation, the luminescence and, of course, the RGB values. Once you've got those figured out, press the solid white bar (Between "From:" and "to alpha"), then define the color values. Once you've got it perfectly matched up, hit "OK". If the previously solid colors show up as something reminiscent of a checkerboard pattern, congratulations- you did it right. Everything that was previously that color is now transparent. Press "Save," and don't worry- you're almost done.
5: Assuming you edited terrain.png in a folder outside the .zip texture pack you plan to use it in, paste it inside. If there's a terrain.png already inside, yes, overwrite it. Now take that .zip file and paste it over into the "texturepacks" folder, located in .minecraft. If you're messing around with texture packs, you should already know exactly where this is. If you already have Minecraft running, close it out and bring it back up. If not, just run it. Select the texture pack- or, if it was the last one you were using, Minecraft will select it automatically- and start playing. The blocks you chose should now be transparent and, if you edited any other blocks, their respective changes will now show up in-game also.
And that's how you make a simple texture pack featuring transparency and, optionally, easier to find materials such as diamond ore, mossy cobblestone, etc.
If you're still not satisfied, I made a video showing EXACTLY how to do this. This was all typed out as the video was rendering and uploading. That said, I will tolerate no further accusations of thievery.
MOD EDIT: This has already been explained to you. It's unlikely to be a copy, just another pack with the same idea. It was likely made with no awareness of another pack that had the same idea.
I have seen a lot of these "x-ray vision" texture packs. This is the worst one yet. WITH the transparency on it you somehow managed to add black around everything that was already transparent, so that now it looks horrifying. Please, and when I say please i mean PLEASE FOR **** SAKE, put some EFFORT into it! I honestly dislike browsing this forum and finding more and more of this crap put together in less then 12 seconds. And you don't need to wright some big essay trying to defend yourself agenst my comment on this, because it will just be you admitting you have no talent whatsoever and you refuse to even try. Try something like a simple pack. Those are somewhat easy to do, they don't require much detail at all, and look pretty good. This pack is just as bad as the one where someone just inverted all the colors.
MOD EDIT: I see you guys sorta worked it out.
Just please exercise some politeness and tact later on. It causes less trouble.
People -do not- like being talked to in this manner.
You stole this from Eraiya. i watched it be created.
You're right. "This post has been successfully reported." ^.^ If you have anything constructive to say that isn't a blatant attack on another user of this forum, you're more than welcome to write back, though. :3
I gave you something constructive. I told you to try a simple pack. People will like it better then this. I'm just a little tired of seeing stuff like this. In fact, you don't even have to make something by yourself. You could make some recolors and stuff. Look at This. I Made that out of an old creative mode texture. Its not hard to at least try. And FYI, I wasn't attacking you. Sorry if I seemed like I was.
Thank you, that was much better. But, still- I said it pretty early on in the first post, and at least one other time: I didn't want this pack to look good. I wanted it to completely disregard visual appeal, and instead focus 100% on functionality. A part of me wants people to only use it when they feel as if they absolutely need to, and not at their leisure, since a lot of SMP server owners/admins/mods feel- and rightfully, I believe- that my texture pack gives the user an unfair advantage in finding natural resources that the other members of that server won't have if they don't know about texture packs like these. I originally made it just for personal use in finding natural dungeons, but I figured it would be selfish of me to keep it all to myself, so, here it is. But, still- I want it to help people, but not to the point that it helps them so much that it detracts from the experience the people around them are having, if the person using my pack uncovers more than five dungeons in less than five minutes, as the people around them struggle to find a meager number of diamonds in thirty minutes. I think I've got just the thing to help, though- jagman helped give me the idea for it. Not complete transparency, but only partial. And, of course, keeping the texture pack unappealing, so that all someone can think of as they use it is, "Yeah, I guess this is good for finding dungeons and stuff, but MAN this looks terrible!" in the hopes that they won't rely on it every time they sign onto Minecraft. And now that everything's out of the way- after a few hundred dollars worth of damage to my vehicle, heh, what an interesting day this has been so far- I can get to work on modifying it a bit. An~d to the post above this one, ja, I'll post a screenshot or two after I'm done editing what I've got right now.
No pictures?
There is a video at the bottom of the wall. :biggrin.gif:
Interesting Idea. Maybe add some sort of theme to the title screen that involves x ray vision.