https://idw.xyz/tags/feed-the-beast/ Recent content in Feed-the-Beast on idw.xyz Hugo en-us Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://idw.xyz/posts/yogcraft-and-server-texture-packs/ Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://idw.xyz/posts/yogcraft-and-server-texture-packs/ <p><strong>Note: This post was originally published on iamianwright.com it&rsquo;s been moved here for archival purposes.</strong></p> <p>I have been running a private <a href="https://minecraft.net" title="Minecraft">Minecraft</a> server for myself and some friends for a while now.  We have been playing through a variety of <a href="http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Mods/Mod_packs" title="What is a Modpack?">Modpacks</a>, starting with <a href="http://www.technicpack.net/tekkit/" title="Tekkit Modpack">Tekkit</a> then <a href="http://www.technicpack.net/voltz" title="Voltz Modpack">Voltz</a> and yesterday we switched over to <a href="http://yogscast.wikia.com/wiki/Yogcraft" title="YogCraft Modpack">YogCraft</a>.</p> <p>On Minecraft servers you have the option to force users to download and automagically install a <a href="http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Texture_pack" title="What is a texture pack?">texture pack</a> when they join.  I&rsquo;ve never tried this before but I thought I&rsquo;d give it a go as I was starting a new server. <a href="http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1202413-common-answers-faq/#servertexture" title="How to use server-textures on a minecraft server"> The way it works</a> is that you need a zip file containing the texture pack somewhere publicly accessible on the internet and you modify the server.properties file to tell it where to find it.  I tried this but immediately realised that there is a limit of 10Mb for texture packs served in this way and the one I had was 38Mb!</p>