Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
FIGURE 13.4
One of the many Sonic the Hedgehog skins loaded into the Novaskin edit-
or.
These editors create a new skin file that you can save to your PC. You may also be able to
load them directly to yourMinecraft account, but if you'dprefer to dothat later orcan't do
so directly, follow these steps to load a saved file:
1.
Log into your account at
http://minecraft.net
.
2.
Click the
Profile
link at the top of the screen.
3.
Click on the
Choose File
button, and select the skin file you previously saved.
4.
Click
Upload
.
5.
Relaunch Minecraft to download the new skin. Press
F5
to toggle between the dif-
ferent view modes.
Resource Packs: Change Your World
Resource packs replace the default textures, sounds, menus, icons, and even the clouds,
sun, and moon, although some are more complete than others.
Figure 13.5
shows one ex-
ample. The packs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are ambitious, whereas others are
quite simple in scope. All, however, are easy to install.
