Render96 Video Game Texture Preservation

SonicChao 18-Jun-21 02:28 PM

I’ve been currently working on a few HD Textures for SA2 and here’s my favourite one I made so far! Background not the exact same but if the original one gets found I’ll update it!

SonicChao

I’ve been currently working on a few HD Textures for SA2 and here’s my favourite one I made so far! Background not the exact same but if the original one gets found I’ll update it!

Stevie 18-Jun-21 02:30 PM

That’s awesome! very clean.

SonicChao 21-Jun-21 11:08 AM

Currently working on another one

Just need to find a way to add the wrinkles (since idk how lol) and the arrow

Along with moving the text around

MtH 28-Jun-21 08:36 PM

wrinkles is just a texture of some kind

SonicChao 29-Jun-21 08:01 PM

Got another SA2 HD Texture this time for the Chao's Toys

MtH 29-Jun-21 10:29 PM

there's definitely shading on the eyes, and thicker shading on the muzzle (including the nose area)

MtH

there's definitely shading on the eyes, and thicker shading on the muzzle (including the nose area)

SonicChao 01-Jul-21 11:04 AM

I added a bit of shading around the top of the eyes and prob gonna do the nose next

and clean it up somemore

Lucoshi 04-Jul-21 10:50 AM

Look i'm cleaning a Wario artwork does anyone can help me?

SonicChao 24-Jul-21 10:10 AM

More textures

MtH 24-Jul-21 10:23 AM

this is fucked up.

SonicChao 02-Aug-21 02:16 PM

Got another one

It needs a bit more tweaking though

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:05 PM

a new day also brings text that we can actually read

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:07 PM

Is this for a high res texture pack?

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:07 PM

yee

I've been working on a HD project for SA2

just as a thing for fun

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:08 PM

Neat, I did the same for a 2049 billboard. I don't remember if I remade any more.

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:09 PM

Oh nice!

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:10 PM

I don't do them unless I can find the actual font used. Because of that I was never able to complete the list of them. I still have the file for this decal and I've always wanted to make a window sticker out of it for the back of my car.

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:12 PM

ahh gotcha

Also I've seen your work on San Francisco Rush as well it's great!

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:13 PM

Thank you!

Vecster is actually the name of one of the Art devs for the game. He used to have a website called Vecster.com where he kept his portfolio. The site isn't up anymore but I might be able to find it on wayback.

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:15 PM

I'm actually doing the same thing for SA1 too lol

And yeah, it's more fun to do for Sonic instead of Mario for me, Sonic textures are heavily edited and that's why I like it

SM64 textures are barely edited

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:17 PM

Have you guys ever tried running ESRGAN for certain upscales?

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:18 PM

Not really, I'm using source textures for these, but I could check that out if any of these is never found

Most of the time I do manual upscaling, because, idk, I like doing that too lol

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:21 PM

I usually prefer to do but with the right models selected you can get some really good results. A lot of the times people don't run their textures through a model that gets rid of compression/dithering so you get really bad looking results.

before

after

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:24 PM

I actually did the manual with cobblestone for example, not that big deal and still a bit bad I would say, but at least is decent for the most part (left is upscaled)

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:24 PM

Yours is on the left?

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:24 PM

Yeah, if you don't zoom in is barely noticeable actually lol

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:25 PM

That's really good though I wouldn't have been able to do that.

Stevie

after

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:25 PM

Yooo, this is actually amazing, looks so clean

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Stevie

That's really good though I wouldn't have been able to do that.

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:26 PM

Really appreciate! Tho, I would say, is more of actually putting extra layers on top of it and playing with opacity and blending modes, I would say is decent for the most part and easy to do!

A good alternative if you don't want to have a headache in some textures lol, specially stone and that kind of stuff

But really, the car is great, so clean

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:28 PM

Ah ok, might be similar to what I used to do for asphalt textures

I have esrgan and the people who made those models to thank for that lol but I appreciate it

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:29 PM

Lol, actually, I should considering using some upscaler and do just a few manual tweaks from there

I think is a good idea to combine both

Stevie 07-Aug-21 01:31 PM

they're really useful if you're dealing with textures that are heavily compressed. Gamecubes CMPR format especially wrecks small textures

ThreePlanet

I'm actually doing the same thing for SA1 too lol

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:34 PM

Oh wait really?

hey I was wondering if I could help out for a few textures?

since I think I did one awhile back

lemme try and find it

SonicChao

Oh wait really?

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:38 PM

Yes! I was planning on maybe starting a GitHub and maybe opening a thread in some forum to post these

SonicChao

hey I was wondering if I could help out for a few textures?

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:38 PM

Oh, sure! Every help is welcome

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:39 PM

Poggers!

ThreePlanet

Yes! I was planning on maybe starting a GitHub and maybe opening a thread in some forum to post these

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:40 PM

I'm planning on doing the same with my SA2 HD project but wanna make sure I've done enough work before posting it

SonicChao

I'm planning on doing the same with my SA2 HD project but wanna make sure I've done enough work before posting it

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:40 PM

Same here haha

I'm gonna also leave links to all the people that found the sources because without them, it couldn't be possible

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And obviously including MtH GitHub since it's the most useful thing for me

ThreePlanet

And obviously including MtH GitHub since it's the most useful thing for me

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:41 PM

Oh no 100%

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:41 PM

guess this can go here too. mockup i made a while back

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:42 PM

without them we wouldn't have found more beyond SA1

MtH

guess this can go here too. mockup i made a while back

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:42 PM

YOOOO

That's gorgeous, I love it

MtH

guess this can go here too. mockup i made a while back

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:42 PM

https://tenor.com/view/yawnface-gif-4425271

shocked

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:43 PM

Here's an example of using source texture, I love when you finally make it seamless, it's so satisfying to watch

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:45 PM

HOLY

THAT LOOKS AMAZING

Hold on was that updated on the Wiki?

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:47 PM

was working on windy valley act 3 sky at some point too, didnt get super far though because theres some parts used to cover up the seam i couldn't quite get right

with the original on top for comparison

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:47 PM

OMG

Still looking amazing, yeah, it's also tricky for me to spot all the parts

SonicChao

THAT LOOKS AMAZING

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:48 PM

Thank you!

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:49 PM

the only rly likely part i could see

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:49 PM

I really wanna get people involved in re texturing old games, with all the source stuff going on, it's a great opportunity to finally get some really nice texture packs

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:49 PM

but its still quite different so maybe not it

ThreePlanet

I really wanna get people involved in re texturing old games, with all the source stuff going on, it's a great opportunity to finally get some really nice texture packs

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:49 PM

Oh no 100%

ThreePlanet

Here's an example of using source texture, I love when you finally make it seamless, it's so satisfying to watch

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:50 PM

and yeah this match hasnt been put on the wiki proper yet, but its from back no oni SABI

SonicChao 07-Aug-21 01:50 PM

and plus it will make this not only a lot easier but it with the original sources for some textures it will make it a lot more faithful

MtH

but its still quite different so maybe not it

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:51 PM

Oh yeah, looks different but not by a whole lot I would say, what I do for the most part is to have not a perfect match in all the parts, but for the most part, and then, get back later on in that one and finally finish it, because, if not, it makes really boring for me to have been working in the same thing for too long lol

MtH

and yeah this match hasnt been put on the wiki proper yet, but its from back no oni SABI

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:52 PM

Oh, I'm dumb

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:52 PM

its only not on the wiki because i havent bothered to make a page yet lol

SonicChao

and plus it will make this not only a lot easier but it with the original sources for some textures it will make it a lot more faithful

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:53 PM

Exactly! And the best thing is that they still using some of these CDs, so doesn't apply just to old games

MtH

its only not on the wiki because i havent bothered to make a page yet lol

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:53 PM

Lmao

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:53 PM

i have a big txt file of stuff i have yet to add

here's all the oni stuff

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:54 PM

Sounds like a tedious task, at least for my person lol

Really like your organisation

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:55 PM

i think what i wanna do first is group all the PVMs into relevant categories

like one page for everything in emerald coast etc

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 01:56 PM

Oooh! Sounds like a good idea for me, that will make it easier to navigate imo

MtH 07-Aug-21 01:56 PM

yeah, rn the best way to navigate it is by source disc, because its easier for me to keep track of what i have and havent added that way

but most ppl who would want to use the wiki would likely prefer looking for areas & topics & such, so that's the plan

ThreePlanet 07-Aug-21 02:00 PM

Sounds really good!

MtH 07-Aug-21 02:00 PM

yeah, just need to actually do it now

Retro64 02-Sep-21 07:06 PM