HR texture pack out.. Can we get some screenshots? (stuck at : V - Skyrim

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:44 pm

Those screens are so old, some of them from the beginning of 2011.

I saw that, and I was wondering if those old screenshots were from some high-res textures that they used to develop the game, then swapped out lower-res texture files for release. Wouldn't be very nice, I suppose, using high-res images in marketing shots that didn't reflect the game at release, but I suppose it could be the case.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:05 am

I saw that, and I was wondering if those old screenshots were from some high-res textures that they used to develop the game, then swapped out lower-res texture files for release. Wouldn't be very nice, I suppose, using high-res images in marketing shots that didn't reflect the game at release, but I suppose it could be the case.

Actually some Devs do indeed use this tactic and don`t even bother using the better res on release, so I guess we`re lucky.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:15 pm

Gathered a few screenies from other people:
http://i40.tinypic.com/20ii9vb.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/ekhpnq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1dDJw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lW1z9.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7780/testut.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/fUafs.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Fskge.jpg

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:24 pm

You can preview the high res textures while downloading if you have a BSA browser. Just open HighResTexturePack01 or 02 and extract one of the upper files.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:56 pm

Gathered a few screenies from other people:
http://i40.tinypic.com/20ii9vb.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/ekhpnq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1dDJw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lW1z9.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7780/testut.png

not a good sign when you need to title the pictures before and after :/

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:09 am

Last shot looks much, much better.
I would like to see non modded games though, and 3 and 4 are obviously modded, and is that some awful fxaa sharpening?

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:40 am

Gathered a few screenies from other people:
http://i40.tinypic.com/20ii9vb.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/ekhpnq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1dDJw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lW1z9.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7780/testut.png

Basically, the textures are a bit better, but not better than many of the texture mods. It's a good base install, then I can overwrite it with HD 2/4K, Serious HD, and RWT.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:07 am

Scratch that its actually a pretty nice improvement when you look closer...

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:59 pm

Basically, the textures are a bit better, but not better than many of the texture mods. It's a good base install, then I can overwrite it with HD 2/4K, Serious HD, and RWT.

Thing is though those textures show a greater comparison in terms of quality because they are different textures.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:32 pm

Gathered a few screenies from other people:
http://i40.tinypic.com/20ii9vb.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/ekhpnq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1dDJw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lW1z9.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7780/testut.png

Is this what the commotion is all about? Theres dozens of mods that have improved textures greatly over this....I guess theres a reason its free.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:58 pm

Steam servers are too busy.

Guys, would you mind pausing your downloads for a bit so that I can get mine in? :biggrin:

As if

Like nobody would want to play with the high-res textures? I'm getting around 8% of the expected speed so don't go complaining. I guess it's irony, but if it's not the case you're a bit selfish (just like everybody else here I guess). I'm just wondering why steam doesn't utilize torrent technology, since it would really take the strain off their servers and people would generally get a much faster download.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:44 am

It still only shows up in my DLC-tab as "ValveTestApp" and nothing is downloading. What went wrong?

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:31 pm

How does one uninstall it? (i admit, I clicked before I thinked.) If it slows down my pc too much how do i go back to the non-hr? it's my first steam dlc :ohmy:

I saved my game before installing. If the new textures make problem, I'll just restore the saved game.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:46 pm

I saved my game before installing. If the new textures make problem, I'll just restore the saved game. :wink:

Thanks for reminding me to make a new backup!!

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:26 pm

I saved my game before installing. If the new textures make problem, I'll just restore the saved game. :wink:

Thats not how it works.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:10 pm

666kb .com/i/c12a9uegkwv5inxhp.jpg highres 1024x1024
666kb .com/i/c12ab8qizr7twsy19.jpg vanilla 512x512

sry, i dont have the permission to post links, just remove the space between kb and .com

I think in this case there is def. an improvement.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:52 pm

Screenshots in Windhelm, only slight increase in quality unfortunately.

http://imgur.com/a/ZnXVW

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:30 pm

My 2 cents...

http://imgur.com/TkYuJ

Its better.. just "only" not as much better as I thought it would be, but it′s not bad.

Armor and Weapon got better aswell.

I am runnign realistic lighting + enhanced shaders... with the higres seems to lose the bloom effect on the stairs?

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:58 pm

Screenshots in Windhelm, only slight increase in quality unfortunately.

http://imgur.com/a/ZnXVW

Zenkmander, can you make a screenshots of the graveyard in Windhelm? The tombs there are (were?) awful.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:14 pm

I am runnign realistic lighting + enhanced shaders... with the higres seems to lose the bloom effect on the stairs?

That is because the Normal maps have been upgraded as well, good news as these are way harder to mod in properly without having access to Beths million poly origonal 3D models.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:56 pm

3rd person screenshots in Windhelm's White Phial. Graveyard shots coming soon.

BEFORE:
http://i.imgur.com/4S1JR.jpg

AFTER:
http://i.imgur.com/NyNYw.jpg

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:00 pm

That is because the Normal maps have been upgraded as well, .

What does that mean exactly? One of these 2 mods are not taking effect anymore until they get updated or the effect it′s just different because of the new resolutions?

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:52 pm

I think what some people might be forgetting is that only some of the textures looked poor. The ones that did had fairly noticeable improvement when switched to the high-res version - but some textures looked pretty good even in low-res, and so I guess the high-res version only showed minor improvement, if any.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:14 pm

My 2 cents...

http://imgur.com/TkYuJ

Its better.. just "only" not as much better as I thought it would be, but it′s not bad.

Armor and Weapon got better aswell.

btw.. Didnt notice any framerate loss.

So.. I guess the Flora overhaul mod is still valid to have? ^^ or the seriosus landscape one?

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:32 pm

That is because the Normal maps have been upgraded as well, good news as these are way harder to mod in properly without having access to Beths million poly origonal 3D models.

Really? I didn't know they were going to be upgrading any models at all beyond the textures. I do wish they had included higher-polygon-count models in the game, and had the LOD changes affected by sliders. I remember downloading some extremely high-polygon models for Starfleet Command and Starfleet Command 2 that would likely have melted some lower-end computers, but the modders (some of them) were pretty good about including multiple proper LOD models.