banner_patterns.png-atlas

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

banner_patterns.png-atlas in Java Edition 1.21.6.

banner_patterns.png-atlas is a procedurally-generated texture atlas used to store textures for banners and all banner patterns.

Format

banner_patterns.png-atlas is a fixed-width 512×512-pixel file that store textures for all banner patterns.

History

Java Edition
1.15	Pre-release 1	Added `banner_patterns.png-atlas`, following the splitting of `textures-atlas`.
1.19.3	22w42a	As an optimization to resource pack loading, everything in the relevant directory is compiled into this atlas, rather than only those sprites which are used by the game.
1.19.3	22w46a	A customizable atlas json file has been added which can be used to control which graphics are added to this atlas.
1.19.4	Pre-release 3	The way in which sprites are arranged on atlases has been changed considerably, resulting in atlas dimensions being generally smaller.
1.19.4	Pre-release 3	This atlas can now be exported to the screenshots folder using F3+S.

Versions of the atlas

Game version		Atlas	Changes	Notes
Main	Development	Atlas	Changes	Notes
1.15	Pre-release 1		Introduction
1.16	20w15a		Added Snout
1.19.3	22w42a		Banner texture moved here from `blocks.png-atlas`
1.19.4	Pre-release 3		Rearranged due to packing optimization
23w13a_or_b			Added New Thing
1.20.5	24w11a		Added: Flow, Guster
1.21	Pre-Release 2		Flow and Guster are now mirrored on the reverse.^[1]

Mipmapped versions

Minecraft also generates mipmapped versions of this atlas, for unknown reasons. They are not used by the game at all - only blocks placed in the world which use the json model system use mipmapped textures.^[2]

Game version		Atlas
Main	Development	Mipmap level
Main	Development	1	2	3	4
1.15	Pre-release 1
1.16	20w15a
1.19.3	22w42a
1.19.4	Pre-release 3
23w13a_or_b
1.20.5	24w11a
1.21	Pre-Release 2

References

Navigation

[1] MC-269359

[2] MC-277481

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