Switch to Steve-Type skin (4 wide arms) while offline
I play on offline Minecraft and I'm stuck with the Alex skin for 1.8. I have a custom resource pack that changes my skin but it still has the small arms. I was wondering if there was any way in game offline that I could get the 4 pixel wide arms instead of the 3 pixel wide arms. I'm playing in 1.8.8.
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This, unfortunately, cannot be changed in-game as far as Vanilla Minecraft goes. To change from Steve or Alex, you will instead have to go on the Minecraft website, log in, and enter the Profile page. From there, you can choose to have a skin that fits Steve (though if you don't want a skin, all you need is to switch to Steve and Save).
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How do I change my offline skin to Steve?
Go to your profile page on Minecraft.net and set the first dropdown box to "Classic (Steve)". You can get the default Steve skin by clicking on "Reset skin" and upload another skin if you choose too later on.Why does my Minecraft skin keep changing to Steve?
Turns out that the issue has likely something to do with your online state. If you're not online, you just won't have your chosen skin. What is this? A user noted that when they are unable to connect to the server, they're forced to play offline with the Alex skin.Can you use skins in offline mode?
By default, offline mode servers, which can be accessed by cracked / non-premium clients, cannot load players' skins. This can be fixed by installing the SkinsRestorer plugin to your server.How do you get a Minecraft Steve skin?
Theres a "Reset" button on your profile page on Minecraft.net, under "Reset your skin". Clicking it will restore your skin to Steve/Alex.V Rising - What You Need To Know Before You Play
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There IS a way!
You can make a resource pack that changes the look of Alex (or Steve)!
download the recource pack here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/h0rw97kwaa12u0m/alexChange.zip
unzip the file, and navigate to the folder then to assets->minecraft->textures->entity
in this folder, paste your skin file. if it an Alex skin, name it "alex.png". if it Steve, name it "steve.png".
Move the entire resource pack to your recource packs folder in your minecraft directory.
remember that if you go on a multiplayer server, all players with no skin will show up as your skin, so remember to switch resource packs!
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