How to install skin in Minecraft

In Minecraft game almost everything is thought out at the highest level. But despite the efforts of developers, it is still present and disadvantages, for example, one type of your character. And if you want to stand out or to emphasize their individuality, it is necessary to install a custom skin.

What is a skin? In English the word "Skin A" means "skin," and indeed it is the texture, which is responsible for the appearance of the character in the game. Physically, this is a small file with the PNG, which houses the information about what it looks like Steve. If you replace the standard file, you do not get anything new in the game, in addition to improved picture. In addition, the very texture is usually divided into two layers - the skin directly and accessories like helmets, armor, etc. Also it can be transparent or translucent since the game will issue regular monotonous appearance.

First, let's talk about how to replace the default skin of the character on a pirate version of Minecraft. The advantage of such replacement - is that it is completely free. But there is a big disadvantage: the game on the network or on the server of the skin will only be displayed to you, the rest of the players can see the standard image of Steve. To do this, download skins from any resource, which can be downloaded free content for different versions of the game, for example, this site. Himself the skin is a common picture, and so you need to change the name and the file extension to «char.png».

Now go to the «bin» folder, which can be found along the way:

C: / Users / your account name / AppData / Roaming / .minecraft / bin for Windows Vista operating systems, 7 or 8;
C: / Documents and Settings / User Name for your account / Application Data / .minecraft / bin for Windows XP.

But if you do not know how to enable the display of hidden files to see the "APPDATA" folder, then go to the Start menu and select "Run". In the appeared window, enter "% APPDATA% \\. Minecraft \\ Bin" and click OK.

In this folder you need to open the "minecraft.jar" file, it will be able to open it by any archiver, for example, 7zip. After the program window, many different files will appear in the program window, but you need the MOB folder. Open it with a double mouse and copy to the renamed Skin file. Your appearance will change when starting the game. Also, it is also necessary to remove the "clean" backup of all files, since if you replace the working skin broken, the game will "fly out".

Let's look at how to install the skin on the licensed version of the game. To do this, again, you should load your favorite image from the same resource as in the second paragraph. Then go to the official site Minecraft, log in there and go to Profile (Profile). Find the Browse button, click on it and select the Skins file you need. It remains only to press the UPLOAD key in the main window. That's actually, all the players will see a new appearance of your character.