Resource pack trouble

What version of Minecraft are you playing? The "pack.mcmeta" file has to be the same version.



If you open pack.mcmeta in notepad, you should see a line at the top that says something like , "pack_format": 5,

The number tells minecraft what versions it's compatible with.



MC Version  Pack_Format
1.6-1.8      1
1.9-.10      2
1.11-1.12     3
1.13-1.14     4
1.15-1.16     5


If you're trying to use an older pack with a newer version of minecraft, check to see if the creator has updated it. If not, you can TRY just changing that number, but there's a good chance you'll have some broken textures. Especially if it's older than 4.

Hmm whenever I make resource packs I always put the pack and mcmeta in the main folder, not in assets or further, it has to be directly read, there’s also some cases where they package the whole folder inside the zip instead, if the first folder you see in the zip is the name of the pack and not assets, it won’t read it for the same reason, it doesn’t seem to like searching through any more than the very first folder for the mcmeta

If you downloaded it then check if the folder you put in .minecraft/resourcepacks is, in fact, the resource pack. Maybe there's another folder inside which is the actual pack.

Check the resourcepack structure

It should be like this:

Resourcepack folder/zip archive
              |
              assets
                 |
                 minecraft
                     |
                     textures
              pack.mcmeta
              pack.png