Resource Packs, Assets
If you have an assets file for MCPets and then buy another pack that comes with another assets folder... How do you combine them or what do you do to make sure everything is downloaded to anyone logging into the server?
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One resource pack is for pets and what not, and another is for spawning a bunch of wild birds.
Does the resource pack need to be unzipped and have my server.properties point to an unzipped file at my DropBox link? Or does it stay zipped?
It has to stay zipped
Take one pack, and add the assets to the other
Then zip it and upload it, then update your link in server.properties
(I recommend a GitHub repo so you never have to change the link)
Ah ok, I'll give that a go and possibly try GitHub. Right now I'm using DropBox bc it is familiar but unsure if the link changes each time I replace the same file if the same name, I'll check that too
I did attempt combining assets earlier and it broke everything. Is it possible to have incompatible ones? I noticed the resource pack put out by ModelEngine has a 13, but read that 1.21.3 is "22" in the resource mcmeta files, just unsure if that's true or the cause of some of the potential incompatibilities.
You can just as easily change the pack format number when you combine the pack
Ah ok, thank you!
Simplest way is to apply the rp using the resource-pack option in server.properties
However, best way to handle this would be to use another plugin that manages the resourcepack for you, as it will allow to update it without much effort
Since you’re using plugin from the mythic ecosystem you can use MythicCrucible
Other good alternatives are Nexo and ItemsAdder
Those plugin do more than just handling the resourcepack, so I can only recommend them if you need those features
If you're going for the
server.properties way, I highly encourage you to also update:
* The resource-pack-sha1 option, as it will prevent players from re-downloading the same resourcepack if they already joined the server and have it in cache (if you update the resourcepack, you have to update this as well). You can use this site to calculate the sha1: https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha1_checksum.html
* The resource-pack-prompt option, as it will show a custom message where you can inform your players to not reject the resource-pack. You can use this site to format your prompt: https://www.minecraftjson.com/
And if you want extra protection, you can check this project:
https://github.com/ComunidadAylas/PackSquash
Only use it if you understand what it does, you don't need to over-complicate yourself. This is only to show you the full picture
This project will not prevent players from stealing assets, but will prevent the more inexperienced/casual resource stealers from doing soWhat number do I change? How do I find it/
Ok, I got mythiccrucible, but when i installed it it throws a bunch of errors? It made a resource pack with nothing really in it...
I set up the MythicMobs config-generation.yml (which was created after installing MythicCrucible) to point to a Dropbox location with the simple "resource_pack.zip". It is supposed to automatically create the resource pack and upload it (rather than me specifying it on server.properties, which I returned the resource pack section to default so that mythic crucible/mythic mobs could handle it).
I'm excited that mythiccrucible takes the work out of it for me and automatically creates, uploads, and specifies the automatic download of the resource pack for players when they log into the server.
The only problem is that unlike when I specified it in server.properties, it is not downloading automatically to people who visit the server. (so everything breaks). How do I fix this?
MythicCrucible doesn’t upload to dropbox automatically.
It supports uploading to an S3 AWS instance (requires aws knowledge) or self hosting, which means it will not upload it anywhere, the same server will host it
To allow automatic sending you have to enable that option and place the ip, from the aws s3 or the mc server, depending on which one you’re using
What errors does it throw?
You can change that in the final zip by manually editing the file
pack.mcmeta iirc
Still not important tho, having that only makes the game to display the resourcepack with a red background in the selection menu. Which you will have regardless if you allow multiple versions to join using ViaVersion or similar pluginsI think I'd be fine with having it hosted on the server computer. I don't know how to do that.
I'm on my pc rn, I'll share an example config of selfhost
What does the format # mean? Mine defaults to 13 for my resource packs.
(I'll try to get on the server here in a bit, I'm in a work mtg atm, but it is almost over.)
I think it went something like this, if it doesn't work, then
PublicURL will need to be play.myserver.com:8080, replacing that ip with the one your server has
the pack format number is basically the protocol of the Minecraft version the pack is meant for
I read that 1.21.3 is "22" but that doesn't work.
then your pack is borked
Minecraft Wiki
Pack format
Pack format, sometimes referred to as pack version, is a number used in pack.mcmeta to describe what Java Edition versions a resource pack or data pack is compatible with. Each version specifies the pack formats it supports in its version.json.
Oh it's 57!
Doesn't affect anything, so don't worry
It will only make your resourcepack look with this red background in the in-game menu
Newer features, like component-based armor textures won't work on older versions
Not because of the pack format, just because those didn't existed at the time
Oh ok, I've seen that before when I manually loaded one (though it resulted in a lot of horse armor heh)
So do I stick with 13?
yup
Even though it's not listed on the site above?
yup
If you intent to allow multiple versions in your server, everyone will have that red background regardless of which number you use
Ok, 13 is what it automatically lists so I don't need to do anythingn else with the mcmenta file like renmaig the "resource pack name or whatever" in quotes
You can rename the text on mcmeta so it doesn't say "MythicCrucible Generated Resource Pack" like my screenshot, but it means manual work
I suggested to add a feature to allow automatic text and image customization, but they haven't implemented it yet
Ok, the text I have in mine now matches up. I'm not sure what port to use. I put the port that's on the server IP I give to others to access the server.
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But I get repeated errors...
Wont work with the same port
You have to use any other port
Are you using a hosting service or is it your pc?
Are you using latest versions of both mythic mobs and crucible?
Mythic Mobs 5.8.0 Snapshot
Mythic Curcible 2.1.0
Model Engine 4.0.8
Mc Pets 4.1.4
Use latest dev builds
Crucible is on 2.2.0 in dev builds
Do the same for both mobs and model engine
ok i'll donwload it now
ok isn't that hte late mythic mobs?
It is apparently, but I’m not sure if it is the latest dev build, better be safe
What version the server is?
1.21.3 paper java
Yup, definitely use dev builds, crucible 2.1 doesn’t support 1.21.3
So don't us mythic crucbile 2.2.0 snapshot?
or yes?
i updatede verything
so if i've set my config-generation file up here
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Yes, update it to 2.2.0 snapshot for 1.21.3
I'll send you mine, as there has been some changes
and i'm running MC pets 4.1.4, model engine 4.0.8, mythicc crucible 2.2.0 snapshot, mythic mobs 5.8.0 snapshot, pack events 2.7.0
I do see some differences. I updated mine to reflect yours, but with hopefully the right ip
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how come you don't want to autosend or send on update?
wdym
the plugins updating themselves?
Oh
forget it
I'm handling the resourcepack myself with a custom plugin
?
so do i put true for those
do i have the right url?
So I have it disabled in mythiccrucible so my plugin takes care of it, that's why I don't have send-update
I would remove the
[]
You enable AutoSend and SendOnUpdate, true on those
I have those on false only because I have another stuff to handle itah ok. i enabled it all and it said downloading resource pack 1 of 1 and it did not say 100% or fail, ist just went away and still no textures on stuff
oh there was a delay, it just said failed to download
at least it tried this time
Have something when you click on here?
nothing in that folder
Right, this is an error they're trying to patch
Open ModelEngine/config.yml
k
Set this to false
ok did that
still have horse armor but there's a delay b/c it hasn't said it ucceeded or failed in loading the resource pack
Try reloading model engine, mythicmobs and crucible or straight up start the server again
i did, same error 😦
so there should be something in the resource pack folder when i open it ?
should be, try opening it
there's nothing there
any errors in console btw?
not any unusual ones
it looks like mythicmobs generated the resource pack, it just doesn't go anywhere
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i think everything is ok there too, i took out the dropbox link so i could let the generation.config file handle it
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This zip in
MythicMobs/generation/ is empty, right?
For safety reasons we do not allow executables to be sent as they might contain malware. If you're compiling for someone please DM them and as a reminder. We cannot verify if a compiled jar has not been tampered in any way
Oh ok thank you. Didn't realize that.
yh, files are prohibited, some users send malware
Oh that's really awful of them
servers can get backdoored and completely griefed
or worst
anyways, this zip is empty, right?
according to the console output you sent, model engine is generating the assets, and crucible is packing them
it has pack.png, pack.mcmeta, and assets
Inside assets, you should have minecraft, modelengine and mythic
actually it may be a bunch of empty folders except a block.json i've found thus far
so the crucible one is emptt
MythicCrucible/ folder is just to cache it will be empty most of the time
Check the one in MythicMobs/generation/ok that's correct
do you have these folders? except for lotus
i have minecraft, modelengine, and mythic
oh and i have to manually add elitecreatures, which has been giving me all sorts of issues and i have no idea why their stuff wont generate
can't help you with elite creatures, I don't have experience with it sadly
(it's just supposed to have their sound file)
let's try making model engine and crucible work first
they created a workign resource file yesterday but i can't update it, add new mcpets or do anything without everything breaking, but yes, that's a separate issue
I usually limit myself to a single ecosystem to avoid these issues, part of the reason I never touched elitecreatures, I do most of the job using mythic
oooh
i may have learned an expensive lesson
i thought this stuff just all worked together
but if we take the birds out of it...
(i bought elitecreature birds)
I bought these for model engine
While plugins are meant to "just work" with everything, those are still made by different people, with different ideas and experience, one change in one plugin can break another.
I stick with a single dev team (mythic in my case) for my core plugins, so I don't have compatibility issues, as those plugins are meant to work with each other
Still, my other plugins are from different teams regardless, for example, Mythic doesn't develop anticheats, so I that's something I have to look in another team
Same for chat/tablist/scoreboard formatters
Those are not "core" plugins, so there's not much issue
Back to the topic, those folders contain resources, right?
Inside
assets/modelengine/models you should be able to find sub-folders containing all your assets.
If there are, then the problem might not be on crucible
I got the pigeons too, I like them (scenes?)
yup, scenes
Then I bought the birds elitecreatures pack and ran into issues.
you can ask the asset vendor for support in those cases
yes
you might want to fix this issue first, since they might put modelengine at fault
i was thinking of gettting butterflies too but i've spent like $100 on minecraft this month just trying to get mys erver runniiing and interesting
Let's try something.
Disable auto send
And copy the resource_pack.zip to your game resourcepack folder, like when you add a new resourcepack to the game
Load it manually, I have this one manually loaded for example
Ok autosend set to false
ok pack is in folder
yup, enable it
and see if you are able to see your mobs now
aw don't see my pigeon spanws were is et them up
using worldguard?
yep
and lol hardly know how to set that up either. i managed to craete a shop i think, and a spawn area where mobs can't injure people
they just walk all over the plac (between the pillars) but my gift pet is working!
I also had a problem with worldguard and asked Caz (the guy who made the pigeons) about it, we ended up finding a solution enable mob spawns but denying everyhing but pigs, wolves, cats and parrots
Nice!
This means the problem is in the auto-send, the resourcepack is ok
I talked with him a little and he was VERY nice
ah ok, do i put that in my world guard region for spawn?
yup
some advice
make the world day
then enable mob-spawning (you can use that command or the worldguard gui, should be at page 3)
The last command you might want to execute it from the console, it won't fit in the ingame chatbox
Is this correct?
oooh it doesn't go in the region config file
nono, that's a command
you execute it either in-game or in the console
the second one doesn't fit in-game, so you have to do it on the console
it asks for world, where do i put world in that code?
right, I forgot abt that
give me a min
This is exactly what I executed
My region is
spawn_1, change it to yours
And world change it to whatever your world is calledmine is CooleyCraft_Spawn, but it wants me to specify what world that region is in
oooh it's at the beginning
yup, you hae to specify the region
I didn't know what the -w meant
got it sorry
np
woo got it
I should point out, that if you have grass blocks in your spawn, some pigs might spawn in there
I don't mind, so I left it there
If you do mind, you can execute this same command, adding "pig"
And changing the pigeon mob file in MythicMobs from PIG to ARMOR_STAND
To finish with this, are you hosting your server already?
Or are you hosting it on your PC?
oh boy, mcpets blew up
If you're hosting it outside your pc, you have to request a port to your hosting provider and use that port in the config-generation.yml
but i got my pigeons back 😄
oh i have a port forwarding set up
might have something to do with that
oh lawd, took me a bit to figure that out, i'll tell you what i know :b
resourcepack usually doesn't load if the port is closed or forwarding is not properly configured
if it's on your pc, use 127.0.0.1 instead
PublicURL: http://127.0.0.1:26652
like this, without the [ ]wouldn't forwarding be ok...because people are able to get online and play the server?
Did you do forwarding just for 25565 or did you also do it for 26652?
i sent a screenshot of it ..
So, both are fine…
Can you open that url using google?
The one for the resourcepack using 26652
It should immediately download the resourcepack zip
let me try
ooh server crashed
checking the link now
no
this?
http://127.0.0.1:26652/
I don't think it works....
Oh there's another Port that it uses is it one of the other ones that's in that screenshot I sent?
So I'm wondering if it would be best that Mythic crucible helps create the resource pack and then I go back to uploading the resource pack to Dropbox and taking server properties to point at the download because when I did that at least it was downloading
I know that the port forwarding is working otherwise because it's what allowing people to play on the server
As for how to combine resource packs that seem incompatible like the elite creatures which I paid too much money for and can't get to work I'm not sure
This would only work if the server was on your pc and not opened to public
Yup, you have that alternative
You should ask for support in elite creatures discord and the vendor who sold it to you
Elite creatures is out of my knowledge, can’t help you there
Ah ok, the server is on my Apple here at home and I have a whitelist for the server so anyone anywhere can log in if they are whitelisted
So can I rely on crucible to generate the resource pack? How is that different than when mythicmobs did it?
They helped in that they created a pack for me, but as soon as I addLike additional nog pets or cubees anything to it, it breaks...
What else can crucible do if it's not auto compiling resource packs? I paid $20 so it could do that 😦
Well, I mentioned that I can only recommend it if you needed the rest of the features of any of those alternatives
But Crucible does actually quite a lot of stuff
You can create custom weapons, with custom textures or 3D models and give them skills from mythic mobs
I have some bosses, so I usually make a weapon that they can drop and copy one of the boss skills to make it the main weapon skill
You can also create custom blocks and even ores that appear around the world
Custom armors that can also have mythic skills
I’ll share some screenshots of what I have with crucible when I go back to my pc
Custom armors
Custom weapon (3D model)
Custom weapon (texture)
Custom blocks/ores
Almost forgot, crucible also allows emojis
Oh emojis are fun!
I like that it helps streamline mythicmobs
The weapons were perry nifty too. Do those require merging resource packs each time you get one?
Nop, you make them in crucible and the plugin will package them into the resourcepack