textures_list.json

General Overview ​

The textures list is Minecraft's way of caching each texture so that it can retrieve it faster than looking through each image in your textures folder. This is especially important when you have an abundance of textures, where Minecraft could potentially mess up and swap textures or even not load them at all.

Minecraft may display a content log warning if you don't have your textures listed in the file. You can ignore it if you have a small amount, but it is recommended that you list the textures anyway.

Which Textures Should Be Included? ​

Any texture! All textures can and should be used in the textures_list.json file for best practice and performance.

File Structure ​

The structure is simple. The file itself is in RP/textures and is named textures_list.json. The file contains an array of texture paths (file paths in the textures folder excluding extensions such as .texture_set.json and .png):

[
    "textures/blocks/foo",
    "textures/blocks/bar",

    "textures/items/foo",
    "textures/items/bar",

    "textures/models/foo",
    "textures/models/bar",

    "textures/entity/foo",
    "textures/entity/bar"
]

Automating ​

If you have a lot of textures, it will be tedious to go and list all the texture paths. In this case you might prefer start to using Regolith with its wonderful filters.