I'm looking to start playing on my pc. What should I download besides the actual game? What texture packs/mods are good to start with for beginners such as myself? I know the concept and like what I can do with minecraft, I just want to know which direction to be pointed to when it comes to all these mods and textures out there.
Original Sphax texture pack - http://bdcraft.net/download-purebdcraft-texturepack-for-minecraft Anything other than the 16x download requires optifine or MCpatcher to be installed. Technic Launcher (has multiple modpacks that automatically install) - http://www.technicpack.net/ Tekkit Lite texture patch for sphax - http://bdcraft.net/forum/128x64x32x-tekkit-lite-smp-050-addon-pack If you install this you need to have it match the texture pack. 32x will only work with 32x etc.
i really like that one and i might switch over to it. im looking for one that looks closest to a sort of comic book theme. sort of like the borderlands graphics. the one you have is very close
Here is Optifine in case you wanted it. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/249637-147-optifine-hd-a3-fps-boost-hd-textures-aa-af-and-much-more/
If you find one post the info and I'll join. Smaller is better imo. Don't have to travel nearly as far to find anything.
The first one that I ever used was Doku's RPG Texture Pack I think. But now I just stick ot classic because it causes a lot less lag.
I don't use texture packs that much (mostly shaders) but when I do I use Sphax's, a really cool and different resource pack. http://resourcepack.net/sphax-purebdcraft-resource-pack/