Adding Custom Resources

User-created content can be added to the Minecraft Transit Railway mod via resource packs. Currently, players can add the following:

Texture variants for existing trains
Blockbench models (BBmodel) for trains
New textures and/or text for railway signs

It is highly recommended to be familiar with creating a resource pack before proceeding with this guide.

Resource Pack structure

This guide will tell you how to set up your file structure to make a resource pack.

Requirements: Windows 10 21H1 or later.

Guide

Folder structure

Go to your .minecraft folder.
Then find the resourcepacks folder
Create a folder with a name that you want (for example: My custom M-Train)
Create a new folder inside of the existing folder called assets.
Upload a pack.png to your folder, this image will show in the resource pack selection screen and should be 128×128.
Download this template pack.mcmeta and put it into your resource pack folder:

pack.mcmeta

{
    "pack": {
        "description": "put your pack description here",
        "pack_format": 9
    }
}

The pack format is what version of Minecraft the pack is for. If you are only adding MTR models or textures, this is not important.
However, if you feel the need to add a number, it is recommended to use 8 or 9, as they correspond to versions 1.18 and 1.19 respectively.
If a pack tells you it's “not compatible”, just remember that the only thing that changes that is this number, so it really doesn't say much.

Create a new folder named MTR in the assets folder.
Create a text file inside the folder named mtr_custom_resources.json

JSON files

The main code for all custom resources is here:

mtr_custom_resources.json

{
    "vehicles": [],
    "signs": [],
    "rails": [],
    "objects": [],
    "lifts": []
}

Explanation

The file is quite self-explanatory; custom resources about trains, boats, cable cars and airplanes should be put under vehicles, signs in signs, and so on.

Note on Naming

By definition, Minecraft only supports the character set a-z, 0-9, /._-. This means characters such as uppercase letters is not allowed and will not work.

If it works on your Minecraft instance, it means you have installed some mods which explicitly bypass this behavior. However they do not work for other people without such mod, and you are discouraged from using these invalid characters as much as possible.

As such, make sure to never include uppercase letters in your filenames or the ids inside the resource pack. Using them usually causes Minecraft to ignore it and revert to the default texture.

Let's get started on making some custom resources!

Follow the links below to get started with making your train. Good luck!

Retexturing an existing train - Using the same models but different textures
Modelling a train - Creating a train from scratch
Creating signs - Adding your customised signs into your game
Creating rails - Adding new types of rails into your game
Creating objects - Adding decoration objects into your game
Creating lifts - Adding retextures of lifts into your game

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