How To Install Texture Packs on Minecraft PE
Perhaps some players in Minecraft Pocket Edition remember the days when a program called BlockLauncher was required to install textures. The installation process was not too easy, but those days are gone! Recently, to install add-ons in Minecraft PE, you need to do a small number of simple steps. Individual texture formats require different actions. Let’s take a closer look at How To Install Texture Packs on Minecraft PE.
.MCPack
Installing textures using a .MCPack file. MCPack is the fastest. Read the detailed procedure to follow:
- Download the texture file in .mcpack
- Find the file with downloaded files on your phone, find our downloaded file
- On some devices, you can immediately open the .mcpack file, but this does not always work.
- What should I do if the file does not open right away? To get started, download a handy file manager. We recommend File Manager (Google Play)
- Launch the file manager and activate the downloaded file
- After launching the file, an instant installation of the add-on for Minecraft PE will begin
- Don’t forget to apply the texture pack in the map settings, or the global settings.
- Done!
.ZIP .RAR
You may have problems installing .mcpack textures. In this case, you should use the second most popular installation format – ZIP or RAR archive. Read the instructions to help you:
- Go to the Texture Packs for MCPE section and download the texture pack that interests you.
- Use the explorer built into your phone, or download the file manager. We recommend using the convenient File Manager (Google Play)
- Open Explorer (or file manager) and find the downloaded ZIP or RAR archive on the device
- Next, select the archive, click “Advanced” – “Extract” and unzip all the files where it is convenient for you
- After successfully extracting the files, you should see the folder
- Copy the folder. In the file manager that we recommended to you, you need to use a long press on the folder, and then click on the “Copy” button
- Open the folder /games/com.mojang/
- Open the resource_packs folder or create it if it doesn’t exist
- Paste the copied folder into resource_packs
- Launch Minecraft PE. Open “Settings” – “Global Resources” and activate the downloaded textures.
- Done!
How to install shaders?
As you know, shaders are the same textures, but their key feature is changing the graphics of the game. How to install shaders in Minecraft PE? It’s simple: the procedure for installing shaders is no different from installing textures, so you can use the instructions that are above.