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layberneth
Good job, i'm help to test.

(03-07-2012, 01:04 AM)layberneth Wrote: [ -> ]Easy enough, I will whip up a pack for you later and upload it seperately.

You don't have to. I'm currently using another HD Button Pack. Just mentioning it for future use in this project.

Sadly, I suck at these things. Otherwise I would help out.

Regarding a full texture dump, I have an idea that should allow us to speed up that process. If we tag-team this using a single save file, we should be able to dump most of the textures in 1-2 weeks. My plan would be to have someone play for a few hours while dumping the textures, then to give their save file to someone else, who will do the same thing. Once we reach the end of the game, we can combine all of our textures folders. Since I doubt that anyone wants to rush through 40+ hours of gameplay, this seems to be the best option. I have an NG+ savefile that we can use to further expedite the process if anyone is interested. Let me know if you would like to help with this so we can get it started.

Some time ago I was messing with the game triyng to add some HD textures and here it is how it looks.

First screen shoot is the game with native textures the second is the game with HD textures


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By esppiral at 2012-03-06

@esppiral
That looks good, I like your grass and plants! My biggest problem at the moment is I either need to upscale everything and tweak it, but then it doesnt look as good as using replacement textures from other sources. But then again I need to find a good source for replacement textures.... If you are willing, can you send me your files, I would like to take a look at how you did the foilage, and possibly include it.

(03-07-2012, 01:01 AM)Ketze Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-06-2012, 10:35 PM)layberneth Wrote: [ -> ]Also on a sidenote, I am in need of a savegame of someone that has all the characters unlocked please. I would like to do all the portraits and upload them so that I can get this rolling.

Does the game have to be played through on Dolphin?

Because otherwise

http://www.wiisave.com/index.php?dlid=4515

Then use the WII Save Import in Dolphin.

Thanks Ketze that worked, now i can dump the portraits myself. I decided I am going to finish my portraits, and upload a first release with that and the buttons and a few extras as that makes the biggest visual difference.

I am however now in need of a savegame near the start of the area, where you have Fiora in your party, as she has different portraits than later ingame, so I need to dump them. Dont feel like starting a new game and playing till then just for that.

(03-07-2012, 11:00 AM)esppiral Wrote: [ -> ]Some time ago I was messing with the game triyng to add some HD textures and here it is how it looks.

First screen shoot is the game with native textures the second is the game with HD textures

Wow,

That is amazing...
Would you be willing to share this with us? It makes me want to load it up just to go touring the world all over again.

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(03-06-2012, 03:45 AM)layberneth Wrote: [ -> ]I was messing around with the game textures the other day and thought something like this could be fun to do. So I thought I would try it out and was impressed with what I was able to do. This was just a few hours I put in on Sunday to see what was possible.

I want to test the waters and see if people would be interested in something like this, my aim is to get everything optimized for 1080p, since most people like myself, play on a tv with a controller.


My biggest need atm is for a full texture dump of the whole game with the correct naming convention (I am using the NTSC verision - SX4P01), as I am only about 20hours in, I can only dump up to there (for that reason, please refrain from posting any spoilers )

Hi Layberenth,

To answer your query about interest, yes. Blade is the game I would most want to see in high res textures. In fact, I clicked on the high res texture thread specifically to see if anyone has done it yet.

The texture dumps take a gigantic amount of space. Even if you split up the workload with a few chaps here and everyone does a run-through of the different maps of the game, you are still going to have major challenges collaborating the massive amounts of data right? Do you have something more specific in mind like dumping a button (Which you have already done based on your screenshots)

(03-08-2012, 01:30 PM)javidan Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Layberenth,

To answer your query about interest, yes. Blade is the game I would most want to see in high res textures. In fact, I clicked on the high res texture thread specifically to see if anyone has done it yet.

The texture dumps take a gigantic amount of space. Even if you split up the workload with a few chaps here and everyone does a run-through of the different maps of the game, you are still going to have major challenges collaborating the massive amounts of data right? Do you have something more specific in mind like dumping a button (Which you have already done based on your screenshots)

Yeah I am not too phased about a full texture dump anymore, most stuff I can grab on my own. Problem comes in with time specific stuff. Like for example when Fiora is in your party at the start of the game, I dont feel like playing a new game for an hour up to there just to dump her portraits. Same with the Affinity Chart, I would like to redo the centre picture with all your party members on, but there is a different texture at every phase in the game when a new party member joins, hence I need to play through completely, or find 6-7 saves at different stages of the game.

I will try to make a list of what I want to work on first and then if everyone sends me one thing, it will be so much easier. But for now, anyone with a savegame at the start of the game with either of the two stuff I mentioned, will help me out a lot. I want to finish one or two more stuff then upload a build with the portraits and one or two more stuff for the weekend.

Original post updated with first release.

There is some odd behaviour with combat and skill tree portraits not showing in some instances, please test and give feedback.

I have pal patched and the id is changed to SX4J01

(03-09-2012, 01:08 AM)layberneth Wrote: [ -> ]Original post updated with first release.

There is some odd behaviour with combat and skill tree portraits not showing in some instances, please test and give feedback.

I like the direction this is going so far. Unfortunately, I won't be able to try it out for a week, but I'm still following this project very closely. As a critique, while some of the official art matches the tone of "high tension" (like Reyn, Homs Fiora, and Sharla), some don't really fit that well (Dunban in particular). My solution would be to superimpose some of the low-res portraits onto the new ones. Since the new portraits are more zoomed out, there shouldn't be that much of a loss in quality. I'm not very good with graphics design, but I've attached a very raw concept of Riki (do not use this one though, the quality is terrible). If you want, I can put some more effort into this for better results, I'll just need the original character portrait files. The same thing goes for the "low tension" portraits.