From dbedb0e674f8bd6f4f679c54f00c7a73f5abd513 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Brown Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 23:36:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] updated Installing Textures section of the docs Added a command to download the official textures. Reworded the rest of the section for clarity. --- docs/running.rst | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/running.rst b/docs/running.rst index 2dad72b..774b40c 100644 --- a/docs/running.rst +++ b/docs/running.rst @@ -230,10 +230,18 @@ Installing the Textures ======================= .. note:: - This procedure has changed with Minecraft 1.6's Resource Pack update. + This procedure has changed with Minecraft 1.6's Resource Pack update. The + latest versions of Overviewer are not compatible with Minecraft 1.5 clients + and below. If Overviewer is running on a machine with the Minecraft client installed, it will automatically use the default textures from Minecraft. + +.. note:: + Overviewer will only search for installed client *release* versions, not + snapshots. If you want to use a snapshot client jar for the textures, + you must specify it manually with the :ref:`texturepath` + option. If, however, you're running on a machine without the Minecraft client installed, or if you want to use different textures, you will need to provide the textures @@ -241,12 +249,23 @@ manually. This is common for servers. If you want or need to provide your own textures, you have several options: -* If you're running the Overviewer on a server without the client, you can run - the launcher to install the client, and Overviewer will use the textures from - that. +* The easy solution is to download the latest client jar to the place the + launcher would normally put it. Overviewer will find it and use it. + + You can use the following commands to download the client jar on Linux or Mac. + Adjust the version to the latest since these docs may not always reflect the + latest Minecraft version. + + :: + + VERSION=1.6.1 + mkdir -p ~/.minecraft/versions/$VERSION/ + wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/$VERSION/${VERSION}.jar -P ~/.minecraft/versions/$VERSION/ + +* You can also just run the launcher to install the client. -* You can put the client jar in the correct place manually, from a computer that - does have the client, to your server. The correct places are: +* You can transfer the client jar to the correct place manually, from a computer + that does have the client, to your server. The correct places are: * For Linux: ``~/.minecraft/versions//.jar`` @@ -254,21 +273,9 @@ If you want or need to provide your own textures, you have several options: * For Windows: ``%APPDATA%/.minecraft/versions//.jar`` -* You can take the client jar from a computer that has the client installed, or - take a resource pack from a third party that contains textures, and specify it - with the :ref:`texturepath` option. - -.. note:: - Unfortunately we no longer have an easy wget command to run that will - download the official minecraft textures. The launcher is the only way to - download the official textures until we can figure out where they're coming - from. - -.. note:: - Overviewer will only search for installed client *release* versions, not - snapshots. If you want to use a snapshot client jar for the textures, - you must specify it manually with the :ref:`texturepath` - option. +* You can download and use a custom resource pack. Download the resource pack + file and specify the path to it with the + :ref:`texturepath` option. If you copy your world before you render it -------------------------------------------