Acknowledgments
Long ago on a cold night while searching YouTube for something to watch I started watching JimPlaysGames and pacbilly play a game deceptively simple looking game called Minecraft, after a few weeks I found out about dark room mob spawners to get all the good stuff, the first videos I watched were Monkeyfarm's YouTube tutorials, I then watched way too many Lets Plays and got hooked on the distinct look of the John Smith texture pack.
After about a year or so, JohnSmith (original author) decided to no longer update the pack, the pack was too good to just let it die so the community took over and John Smith Legacy was born, I joined the project right at the beginning but slowly over the years all the other member went onto the sickly sweet modded game and the millions of textures needed for that, I decided to specialise in the Vanilla game, took over the hosting and control of that release.
Lots of people have helped with this project over the years, submitting new textures, bug reports, questions and general encouragement, thank you everyone and may I hope this pack continues.
- JohnSmith for creating the original texture pack.
- Cuackes "connected textures" (original ctm.png).
Berylium font created by Typodermic Fonts
Note: The Berylium font is no longer available to download from Typodermic Fonts.
- https://typodermicfonts.com/ - Originally imported to Minecraft as a bitmap by Nuin.
- Updates drawn by JimStoneCraft in the Berylium Bold style, missing characters loosely based on the Cambria font characters.
Thanks to all of the People who helped with the pack
- JimStoneCraft
- Greenhawk837
- Glowstontium
- iTpyn
- Zica
- arkindal
- Freakscar
- JohnLemon
- Leenhaart
- flying sheep
- RedSolar (for the old Sheep Colours)
- Lazdude2012
- PwnyBrony32
- Codiferus17
- _DRYBONES_
- xXTerra_BranfordXx
- Nehaw55
- EchoZeero
- WaterTipper
- Necron 1992
- Soulburner
- Brice47
- JonnnLeee
- Dweller_Benthos
The MCF community (for various textures updated while the original author John Smith is MIA).
https://www.minecraftforum.net/
https://forum.feed-the-beast.com/
https://github.com/John-Smith-Modded
Without these people the pack would not be the same
- Vattic (Faithful 32x32 textures)
- Kahr for mcpatcher - https://bitbucket.org/prupe/mcpatcher/ - No longer updated, use OptiFine instead
- sp614x for Optifine - https://www.optifine.net/
And Finally
- Mojang for the wonderful game that is Minecraft - https://www.minecraft.net/
Patreon Hall of Fame
Active Patrons
Here's the list of all the current active patrons, I would like to thank you all for your continued support.
- Alec Ontiveros
- Atelier
- CDStrange
- Chase
- Elska Jo
- Esther Yazzie-Stephens
- Gaute Nysæter Sanden
- Jessie R
- Jordan Boyer
- Lindsey Taylor
- Mark G
- Michael Tucker
- Mike
- Not Sure
- nyancient
- Obstinoxious
- Pete Blanchard
- The Man In Town
- Tyler
Former Patrons
Gone but not forgotten, thanks for your support and I hope to see you again.
- のん
- Adam Lindberg
- Alex Kline
- Brodaty
- Buster Thomas
- Chris Cummings
- Chris Mobbs
- Christi Seibold
- Christopher Collins
- Connor DiGiovanni
- DarkHamster
- David Fritsch
- Dexxy Betrayal
- Dragon of Sapphire
- Drathmorgh
- Enis Cakar
- Felblade
- Firestar3517
- Foldon
- Gabriel Collins
- halira
- Hunter Key
- isaac fulton
- Itanium
- ItsVampire
- JDHD99
- Jelmer Bosch
- Jelmer Bouma
- Jonathan
- Jonathan Fernandez
- Kale sadler
- Lauren Turner
- Lea HerzoginLeyla
- Lucas Melo
- Magnus
- Marley Scaliotis
- Marshall Hudson
- Martina Hleb
- Maurice Sattler
- Maximilian De Musset
- Michael
- Mr. Surlaw
- N3X3N_PH03N1X
- Nat Brazil
- Nickas Serpentarius
- Nikolas Gamarra
- nova 77
- One Thousand Hornets
- Pranas Paulauskis
- PrankCaller21
- Rello
- rick mulder
- Riley
- Rinzler
- Robert Howland
- Sigurd Kristensen
- Superior cristy
- The Spartan Witch
- Thilo
- Thomas Fraser
- Thomas Henriksen
- Tobias Larsen
- Tom Martin
- Trip411
- tygirwulf
- Tyler Vance
- Tyson Webster
- wax__wings
- whitsword filmt
- xxrarity1x17
- Zalikha yusof
Links
Texture Packs
John Smith Legacy
JohnSmith Technician's Remix is a variation of the original John Smith texture pack, this is designed for use with modded Minecraft, such as the FTB or Technic modpacks.
https://www.minecraftforum.net/ - Minecraft Forum thread for the Modded John Smith Legacy Resource Pack.
https://www.minecraftforum.net/ - Minecraft Forum thread for the Vanilla John Smith Legacy Resource Pack.
John Smith Legacy 3D Models
https://www.planetminecraft.com/texture-pack/john-smith-legacy-3d-models-addon/ - A great add-on that adds lots more 3D models to the standard John Smith Legacy Resource Pack.
Halcyon Days
https://www.minecraftforum.net/ - Minecraft Forum thread for the Halcyon Days Resource Pack.
https://www.planetminecraft.com/ - Planet Minecraft page for the Halcyon Days Resource Pack.
Mod Support
VoxelMap by MamiyaOtaru
https://www.planetminecraft.com/mod/zans-minimap/ - A great minimap for Minecraft, never get lost again.
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/voxelmap
Minecraft Tools
Optifine
https://www.optifine.net/ - OptiFine is a Minecraft optimization mod, it allows the game to run faster and look better with full support for HD textures, random mobs and many configuration options. I use this with Modded Minecraft games like Feed the Beast.
https://github.com/sp614x/OptiFine - OptiFine GitHub, has loads of help documents and information.
mcpatcher HD
https://www.minecraftforum.net/ - mcpatcher HD, Minecraft patcher for Connected Textures mod (CTM), Better Glass & Skies, Better Grass and more, i use this mainly on older version of Vanilla Minecraft.
https://bitbucket.org/prupe/mcpatcher/wiki/Home - mcpatcher Wiki.
Plotz
https://www.plotz.co.uk/ - Plotz is an online voxel sphere generator and 3D modeller for Mincecraft. Create spheres, observatories and wizard towers, then view or print schematics all in your web browser.
JimStoneCraft
I know some people like this sort of thing so here's the current specifications for my main workstation and the John Smith Legacy Server.
Hardware and Software
The first PC I bought was an AST 486 DX2 with 4MB of RAM, 120MB HD and a 14inch VGA Monitor back in 1995, I paid £1200 for that.
Every system I had since then was built by myself, this is much easier over the last ten years or so with Windows configuration and hardware compatibility being so much better.
Specification for my custom built system that was originally assembled on 2nd December 2011, I've updated this over the years with a new Ultrawide monitor, GTX 1080 Graphics card, SSD's and backup drives, the Ultrawide monitor and GTX 1080 Graphics card have both been sold and the system has now been reused in the John Smith Legacy Server.
Things were started to get a little slow when develping the pack so on 3rd September 2021 I decided to make a new workstation with all the details listed below.
Hardware - Workstation
System
- ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, AMD X570, AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, Dual M.2, SLi/CrossFire, 2.5G/ax WiFi, USB 3.2, ATX
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, AM4, Zen 3, 12 Core, 24 Thread, 3.7GHz, 4.8GHz Turbo, 70MB Cache, PCIe 4.0, 105W, CPU Retail
- Kingston FURY Renegade 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) 3600 MHz DDR4 CL18 Desktop Memory Kit of 2 KF436C18RBK2/64
- Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler with two NH-A15 Fans 71TTI
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition 12GB GDDR6X, 10240 Core 6C, 1370MHz GPU, 1670MHz Boost - Graphics Card
Case
- Compucase Enterprise Company 4U Rackmount Case Black 19" S411-SECC (Modified Lid Extension)
- Antec 26" Side Rails
- Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM - 120mm Cooling Fan x2
- Noctua NF-A8 PWM - 80mm Cooling Fan x2
- Noctua NF-R8 80mm Quiet Case Fan (U.2 SSD Cooling, it runs hot!!!)
- Seasonic PRIME TX 1000 Watt Full Modular 80+ Titanium PSU - Power Supply
Storage
- Samsung 990 PRO 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive PC/PS5 - MZ-V9P1T0BW (System Disk)
- Samsung 990 PRO 4TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive PC/PS5 - MZ-V9P4T0BW (Work Disk)
- Intel SSD DC P4500 Series (4.0TB, 2.5in PCIe 3.1 x4, 3D1, TLC) (Backup Disk)
Monitor
- LG 48 Inch OLED48C14LB Smart 4K UHD OLED HDR Freeview TV (HDMI 120hz)
- HP L2335 23" Flat Panel TFT Monitor (DVI to HDMI) (Not currently used)
Controls
- Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (I modified the default Blue LEDs to Orange LEDs)
- Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer with Intellieye USB (bought in 2003, replaced the microswitches in 2023 and still going strong)
Hardware - John Smith Legacy Server
System
- Asus P9X79 PRO S2011 Intel X79 DDR3 ATX
- Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz S2011 12MB (6 Cores, 12 Threads)
- Kingston 16GB (4 x 4GB) HyperX DDR3 1600MHz 240-pin DIMM CL9 XMP x2 (32GB Total)
- Noctua D14-2011 Dual Radiator PWM CPU Cooler - NH-D14-2011
- Asus GeForce GT 520 810MHz 512MB PCI-Express HDMI Low Profile
Case
- Antec 4U22ATX400UK Rackmount Chassis (Modified the lid due to the Noctua D14-2011 being too tall for 4U Server Case)
- Antec 26" Side Rails
- Noctua NF-P12 PWM 120mm Cooling Fan x2
- Noctua NF-R8 PWM 80mm Cooling Fan x2
- Seasonic PRIME 850W 80 Plus Titanium Modular Power Supply
Storage
- Samsung 256GB 860 Pro SSD Sata III 64L V NAND Solid State Drive - Black - (MZ-76P256B/EU) (System Disk)
- Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) (Work Disk)
- Intel 300GB 320 Series MLC 2.5" 25nm SATA-300 9.5mm SSD (Backup Disk)
- Supermicro CSE-M35T1 Five Drive SATA Rack Mount (Ivory)
- Noctua NF-A9 FLX, Premium Quiet Fan, 3-Pin (92mm, Brown) (in the Supermicro CSE-M35T1)
- General 2.5" SSD to 3.5" SATA Hard Disk Drive HDD Adapter CADDY TRAY CAGE Hot Swap Plug
Monitor
- DELL UltraSharp U2711 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Second Display - HDMI)
Controls
- Hewlett Packard USB Keyboard (from an old HPUX Workstation)
- Microsoft Classic IntelliMouse
Other Hardware
Audio Out - Personal
- Sony MDR-EX71SLB Fontopia Headphones
- Sony WF-1000XM3 Truly Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones, Stable Bluetooth Connection, Wearing Detection - Black
- Sony WH-1000XM3 Over-Ear Wireless NC Headphones - Black
Audio Out - Speakers
- Integrated audio on the Asus motherboard, connected using an Optical (S/PDIF) cable to my Yamaha AV system.
- Yamaha RX-V363 (AV System)
- Eltax Millennium 400 - Left and Right Front Speakers
- Gale ARIA AR50 Gloss Black - Centre Speaker
- Gale ARIA AR10 Gloss Black - Pair Rear Speakers
- Yamaha NSSW050 (Black) - Sub Woofer
Equipment Rack
- Startech.com 25u Adjustable Depth Open Frame 4 Post Server Rack With Casters
- Eaton 5130 UPS
Resource Pack editing software
I also create and edit textures for the John Smith Legacy Resource Pack and my own John Smith Legacy JimStoneCraft Edition, this is a list of the software I use.
- Paint Shop Pro v9.01 - Old paint package I bought back in 2004 (when the company was JASC), runs great on modern hardware.
- Directory Opus 13 Pro Edition - https://www.gpsoft.com.au/ - I just cannot live without this highly configurable file manager.
- WinRAR - https://www.rarlab.com/ - File archiver (used for making the zip and backup rar archive files).
- SyncBackPro - https://www.2brightsparks.com/ - File backup program.
- Notepad3 - https://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/notepad3/ - Better than plain old Notepad, my main text editor.
- WinMerge - https://winmerge.org/ - Excellent for comparing two files with highlighted changes.
- Blockbench - https://www.blockbench.net/ - A low-poly 3D model editor.
- Foobar2000 - https://www.foobar2000.org/ - Music player, well you have to have music when editing textures.
Office Hardware
Here's a list of my office setup
Chair
- IKEA - STYRSPEL - Gaming chair, grey/red - Not sure what's gaming about it, but it's not too bad for the price.
Desk
- IKEA - JERKER - Beach coloured, the iconic desk that's no longer made, it's a large desk that I've had this since 2003.
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