How To Add A Resource Pack to Your Minecraft Server

Adding a resource pack to your Minecraft server can enhance the overall experience for your players, providing custom textures, sounds, and other assets. This can be a great way to make your server feel more unique and custom for players. This guide shows you how to add a texture pack to your Minecraft server having it prompt users to download the pack when they join the server.

Quick Guide

Access the SimpleGameHosting Panel and select your server.
Select the “File Manager” tab on the game panel.
Click the "server.properties" file to open it.
You will see a “resource-pack=“ setting. Add a direct link to the resource pack here. (By direct we mean where if you go to the link the download starts automatically. You can get this from Google Drive, Dropbox, or other online storage providers.)
Tip: Typically, you can right click the download button on the website your resource pack is hosted on and press "copy link address" to get a valid link. This unfortunately does not work with CurseForge download links.
Click the "Save Content" button to save the server.properties file after adding the link.
Go back to the "Console" tab and click the "Restart" or "Start" button to activate the change.

When users join the server for the first time, they will now be prompted to download the texture pack.

Other Settings to Note When Adding a Resource Pack

require-resource-pack: When this option is set to true, players will be required to accept and use the resource pack that is added to the server in order to join. If they decline, they will be kicked from the server.
resource-pack-prompt: Optional setting that adds a custom message which is show on the resource pack prompt when require-resource-pack is set to true.

Resource Packs vs Texture Packs

Often, you will hear resource packs referred to as texture packs. This is because resource packs used to be called texture packs in Minecraft, and a lot of players never stopped calling them texture packs.

That means if you hear someone refer to "texture packs", they are actually talking about resource packs and vise versa.