Varg on 19/1/2012 at 22:59
What is the name of the mod that fixes the bad textures on the wall? I can't find it myself. :(
Varg on 20/1/2012 at 08:45
Already have SHTUP installed but the walls still aren't plain grey but kinda blurry.
ps: What's up with the forum because I hardly see any posts anymore?
Al_B on 20/1/2012 at 13:12
Quote Posted by Varg
Already have SHTUP installed but the walls still aren't plain grey but kinda blurry.
A screenshot would be very helpful to show what you mean. As far as I know SHTUP doesn't replace any world wall or floor textures other than those implemented by objects. Some experiments have been done using DDFIX's texture replacement capabilities but I don't know of any finished mod that applies to the game. It sounds like you have a driver or similar problem - so actually seeing what you're encountering would be helpful.
(Of course, there's also SHEMP for displays but again, I suspect that's not what you're looking for).
Quote Posted by Varg
ps: What's up with the forum because I hardly see any posts anymore?
It's pretty quiet here these days. You can change the "Show threads from the..." option on the forum page to show older threads.
Varg on 20/1/2012 at 16:01
Quote Posted by Al_B
A screenshot would be very helpful to show what you mean. As far as I know SHTUP doesn't replace any world wall or floor textures other than those implemented by objects. Some experiments have been done using DDFIX's texture replacement capabilities but I don't know of any finished mod that applies to the game. It sounds like you have a driver or similar problem - so actually seeing what you're encountering would be helpful.
(Of course, there's also SHEMP for displays but again, I suspect that's not what you're looking for).
It's pretty quiet here these days. You can change the "Show threads from the..." option on the forum page to show older threads.
I will try to make some screenshots and then you can see what I mean by ugly wall textures. ;)
Ah, gonna check that option.
ZylonBane on 21/1/2012 at 20:17
All the SS2 wall textures are only 128x128 (maximum). Depending on how much of a graphics whore one is, they're gonna be "ugly".
icemann on 23/1/2012 at 16:50
When compared to newer games
ZylonBane on 17/2/2012 at 21:52
With DDFix's texture replacement feature it would now theoretically be possible to do a "wall texture mod". The problem is that it would be a HUGE effort. There are many more terrain textures than object textures, and they tend to be much more elaborate than the relatively simple object textures. You'd need a team with actual artistic talent to pull it off.
It's almost an all-or-nothing proposal as well. You can get away with piecemeal updating of object textures since they come in so many different shapes and sizes, but mixed-resolution terrain textures would, I imagine, clash terribly.
On the other hand, a terrain mod that leaves the resolution the same but selectively upgrades the color depth of textures with obvious posterization artifacts would probably be doable.
RocketMan on 17/2/2012 at 22:36
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
With DDFix's texture replacement feature it would now theoretically be possible to do a "wall texture mod". The problem is that it would be a HUGE effort. There are many more terrain textures than object textures, and they tend to be much more elaborate than the relatively simple object textures. You'd need a team with actual artistic talent to pull it off.
It's almost an all-or-nothing proposal as well. You can get away with piecemeal updating of object textures since they come in so many different shapes and sizes, but mixed-resolution terrain textures would, I imagine, clash terribly.
On the other hand, a terrain mod that leaves the resolution the same but selectively upgrades the color depth of textures with obvious posterization artifacts would probably be doable.
I seem to recall an ss1 mod that applied some filtering to a few ss1 textures to make them look a little smoother. I'm not really suggesting that but can ANYTHING be automated in a batch file or something to quickly plow through every terrain texture and make small changes to it that would almost always make it look a bit better? Maybe like increasing the colour depth as you mentioned?
Nameless Voice on 17/2/2012 at 22:37
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
You'd need a team with actual artistic talent to pull it off.
Why is it that all the big texture/object mods seem to be made by people with self-proclaimed lack of artistic talent?
