1. Getting Started:
- Create a folder in the LiquidCubed\Themes folder for your new theme, or copy and paste the "retro" theme already included.
2. Textures:
- Open Paint
- Go to Image > Attributes (CTRL+E),
set the width / height to 16 - Draw your image
- Save the image in your theme's folder as any of the names below.
Replaceable Textures List:
bedrock.png
dirt.png
glass.png
grass.png
pump.png
pump-empty.png
rock.png
sand.png
skybox-day.png
skybox-night.png
sponge.png
spring.png
water.png
waterfall.png
RE: Grass, Pumps, and Skyboxes:
These textures are are divided evenly into four squares, each square representing a different part of the same texture.
Extra Info:
- If a texture's name is incorrect, Liquid Cubed will use the default texture as a fallback.
- Each texture must be a .PNG
- Grass, Pumps, and Skybox textures are divided into 2x2 textures.
- Transparency only affects glass blocks
- Transparency is either solid, or fully transparent, there is no "smooth" in-between.
- Textures can be different resolutions for different blocks. One block can be 16x16, the other 128x128.
- Textures should be made symmetrical (the same wide as they are tall), but will still function if they're asymmetric.
- Textures shouldn't be any larger than 256x256, but higher resolutions might function as well.
- To make glass Transparency, you'll need a paint program that supports transparent (24-bit) .PNG's. Some of these would include: Gimp (free), Paint (Windows 7), Photoshop, GameMaker
3. Settings:
- Copy and Paste the Settings.xml from the "retro" theme folder into your own theme's folder.
- Open the Settings.xml file with Notepad (Right-click > Open With... > Notepad)
- Adjust the settings in the .xml as desired.
SETTINGS.XML:
version="1.0"?>
IdleSpeed="0" Transparency="0.8" />
Diffuse="1" Ambience="0.75" />
Diffuse="0.8" Ambience="0.1" />
Diffuse="0.35" Ambience="0.75" />
Diffuse="0.75" Ambience="0.75" />
Top_R="0" Top_G="0" Top_B="0"
Top_A="255" Bottom_R="74" Bottom_G="31"
Bottom_B="0" Bottom_A="255" />
Top_R="0" Top_G="0" Top_B="0"
Top_A="255" Bottom_R="0" Bottom_G="14"
Bottom_B="41" Bottom_A="255" />
Extra Info:
- Water Idlespeed is how slow the water's surface texture moves when the water is no longer moving.
- Diffuse is the "bright" side of blocks, Ambience is the "dark" side of blocks.
- The skybox gradient is only used when there is no skybox texture, the skybox gradient going from top to bottom with an RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha) value.
4. Music
- Place any number of .MP3 files into your theme's folder, and it will play as a "custom soundtrack" when you use your theme.
Cool! But soon there will be annoying and stupid themes popping up and making people angry.