Paintings

This page explains how to use the Painting generator in mDirt to add custom paintings to your Minecraft datapack.

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Creating a New Item

1. In the Menu Bar, go to New Element → Painting
2. The main area will update with fields for configuring your painting.

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Filling Out the Fields

Display Name

• The name shown to the player in-game.
• This appears in inventory tooltips and when hovered over.

Name

• The internal ID of the painting (e.g., shrek_painting)
• Must be:
  • All lowercase
  • No spaces
  • Use underscores (_) to separate words

Width

• The amount of blocks wide the painting should be.
• Must be between 1 & 16

Height

• The amount of blocks tall the painting should be.
• Must be between 1 & 16

Accessible in Survival?

• Whether or not placing a painting has a chance of placing the custom painting.

Texture

• The actual texture of the painting.

🖼 Must be .png files. 16x16 or 32x32 look best in game, though any size will work.