For anything else NOT related to retexturing, go here.
Introduction:
This project was started by layberneth. However, since he has been busy lately, a new thread has been made to keep the first post up to date.
The goal of this project is to get all the textures optimized for 1080p.
Screenshots:
Current Bugs and Problems:
1. The texture pack interacts strangely with the Japanese voice acting. (Fix - A possible fix may be to start the game with English voice acting and then change to Japanese, but it is recommended to stay away from the Japanese voice acting until it's completely fixed.)
Installation:
1. Extract the entire folder from the .7z to your desktop.
2. Rename "SX4P01" folder to "SX4E01".
3. Alternative textures can be found in the "-Optional-" Folder.
To use them, copy and overwrite textures with the same name in SX4E01 folder.
4. Extract "NameConvertor.exe" from the zip file (found in Software folder) into "SX4E01" folder.
5. Enter SX4E01 and press START.
6. Copy/Paste SX4E01 folder into...
Dolphin builds pre-4.0 : \Dolphin\User\Load\Textures\
Dolphin builds post-4.0 : \Username\Documents\Dolphin Emulator\Load\Textures\
7. Dolphin Graphics Settings:
- General Tab > Backend: OpenGL/*Direct3D9 (Direct3D11 causes issues)
- Hacks Tab > Texture Cache [Slider all the way to FAST]
- Advanced Tab > Load Custom Textures [ON] & Dump Textures [OFF]
Troubleshooting:
1. This will only work on Xenoblade with game ID SX4P01, mine is the PAL version patched with the 30fps patch. If you own a different version of the game, use the Any Game ID Converter.
2. If at first it does not work, save a savestate and load it, else restart Dolphin.
3. If you have Dump Textures enabled, disable it, sometimes some textures wont load if you use it with Load Custom Textures.
4. Anyone having partial load issues make sure your texture cache is set to fast (credit: serimorph)
5. If it is still only partially working, for example one portrait is not working, take a screenshot and make a savegame an post it in my thread. (However there are issues with the big portraits in the Skill/Ability/Crafting pages only loading for Melia/Fiora)
6. Since one image may be used with multiple IDs, textures that should work will sometimes not appear depending on where you are in the game. This simply means we did not get the ID for that image at that part of the game. Please dump that texture and upload it.
7. If it is not working at all, post or PM me and I will try my best to assist.