BLOODRAYNE2 COMMUNITY REMASTER
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(English is not my first language and it is getting pretty late while I am typing this ... 3AM in the morning so please excuse grammar errors)

 TABLE OF CONTENT

1.   Compatible Versions of Bloodrayne 2 Terminal Cut
2.   Disclaimer
3.   Description
4.   Permission & Special Thanks
5.   How was the Mod tested?
6.   Features
7.   About "Art Update"
8.   About "Lorekeeper Update"
9.   Install Instructions
10. Checksums
11. F.A.Q
12. Tools


COMPATIBLE VERSIONS OF BR2:TC

1.0
1.1
1.2 <- BR2:TC Community Remaster 1.0 (deprecated)
1.3 <- BR2:TC Community Remaster 2.0 (old)
1.4 <- BR2:TC Community Remaster 3.0 (recent) <--- BR2:TC Community Remaster 3.1 LOREKEEPER Update
1.5 <- BR2:TC Community Remaster 3.1 (recent)

Red = Not compatible Version
Orange = Secondary Version. Fully working, but not 100% tested. Orange is in most cases absolutely fine to use. If you encounter errors in this version please bug report. Questions? See FAQ.
Yellow= Secondary Version. Tested and compatible.
Green = Primary Version. Compatible and tested.


DISCLAIMER
The textures were created by the community of BloodRayne2. Other authors are credited under the 'Special Thanks' Category. All Textures and Material belong to their respective owners and artists. BloodRayne was created by Terminal Reality and now published by Ziggurat Games. I converted the textures, curated them and packed them into a format the engine can read. I also created some new textures from scratch to iron out some errors and inconsistencies.

DESCRIPTION
The Community Remaster of BloodRayne2 is a mod that aimes to revive the dusty and aged world of BloodRayne and give it the look it deserves. Like stated in the Overview description this mod mainly combines two big Texture Overhauls for BloodRayne 2. The Core of this Mod is the 'HD Texture' Mod created by McTronken for the initial release of BloodRayne2. As far as I'm informed this Mod is no longer supported and will never get an update for the Terminal Cut, what is really a shame considering how good these Textures are. The second Mod is much younger and right now the only other Mod on the Nexus for BloodRayne2 TC: "BloodRayne2 Upscale" by WalkingDED. This project upscales a large variety of vanilla textures with the help of a Neural Network AI System. I asked him for permission to use his textures (see special thanks).
The 'HD Texture' Mod by McTronken changes nearly 800 textures, what is really a great sum but in comparison with the nearly 4000 Textures that are present in the base game there was much room to improve. In combination with the Upscale Project there are nearly 2700-2800 Textures that that were overhauled. This is far more than enough to bring the old Lady BloodRayne back to life ...

PERMISSIONS & SPECIAL THANKS & AUTHORS

'BloodRayne HD Upscale' by WalkingDED -> Permission granted. Make sure to give him some love over on his mod page ^^ (https://www.nexusmods.com/bloodrayne2terminalcut/mods/1)

'HD Textures' by McTronken. I would not even know how to contact him. I found nothing on the internet and his Website seems not to be online anymore.
----> ReUpload of the HD Textures and Tools by FreezLock on the old BloodRayne2 Nexus (https://www.nexusmods.com/bloodrayne2/mods/4)

'BloodRayne 2 Terminal Cut PC Enhanced Graphics Mod' Showcase Video of the first Level by SK X Kawaii (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8TPNljTR8Q) -> Thank you for showing the mod in action :D


HOW WAS THE MOD TESTED?
The mod was tested on a Windows 10/11 system with the GOG BloodRayne2 Terminal Cut version 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Ultimate Update and 1.4. I also tested it on my primary OS Arch-Linux with Wine.


FEATURES
* Almost complete texture overhaul for the BloodRayne2 Terminal Cut
* All files were packed with maximum compability in mind
* All textures are converted in the engine format .TEX to ensure a fast loading and reading
* Lore-friendly (Some Textures like the Painting in Zerenskis Manor have been changed to maintain the classic look; see also Lorekeeper update)
* some texture are 8x the size of their original counterparts
* It looks absolutely stunning on 4K ;)


ART-UPDATE

First introduced in Community Remaster 1.0 & 2.0

(The Art Update removes the terrible Art replacements from Zerenskis Manor and features some high-res classical paintings)

Here are some examples:



LOREKEEPER-UPDATE

First introduced in Community Remaster 3.1

(LOREKEEPER not in the sense of "traditional Bloodrayne 2 Lore" but rather as an immersive factor during your gameplay. I don't really know anything about other bloodrayne media like comics etc. so I tried my best to create a bunch of new textures that stick to the formular of humor and immersion at the same time. All textures were inspired by the vanilla ones and made from scratch. Some look much better, some totally different. It is all a matter of taste. I hope you guys like them ;D)

Here are some examples:



INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

Automatic:
With the Release of 3.0 I also uploaded an automatic Installer for the Mod. This is for people who either don't have 7zip or want an easy classic installation.
1. Download the Installer
2. Run the Installer and choose your BR2TC Installation. It should not be necessary to run as Admin but if your Installation of BR2TC is in a protected system folder (like Program Files (x86) etc.) it might ask you to do so. Windows might also warn you about possible malware in this installer. This is a false positive and it definitely not contain any sort of malware (Nexus support team checks every exe manually). If you still don't belive me open the exe with 7zip and verify its content yourself or use the zip version instead. These two Versions are identical.
3. Overwrite any files (!! Backup W32ART.POD. W32MODEL.POD and LANGUAGE.POD before installing the Community Remaster!! Do this not and you have to reinstall BloodRayne2 when uninstalling this mod)

---> Continue with Step 4


Manually (Zip-Version):
1. Download the Archive
2. Extract it to the Installation Directory of BloodRayne2 Terminal Cut (!! Backup W32ART.POD. W32MODEL.POD and LANGUAGE.POD before installing the Community Remaster!! Do this not and you have to reinstall BloodRayne2 when uninstalling this mod)
3. wait for the process to finish ---> Continue with Step 4


4. Download the 4GB Patch from here or any website of your choice
5. run it and patch rayne2.exe (without this step your game will not work!!)

6. start BloodRayne2 and enjoy the new Texture Pack!
7. (Optional) Endorse this mod if you like :D


CHECKSUMS

Bloodrayne2 TC Community Remaster 3.1 (recent)

-tba-

Bloodrayne2 TC Community Remaster 3.0 (old)

BR2TC CR 3.0 Automatic Version
md5: a835cc7b3e812c6e340cb26f5fd3906b
SHA256: 34ce31c70caff6c5ebce8668adce9270ea86a0c618b1edce20dd74e226104f58

BR2TC CR 3.0 Zip Version
md5: 3ddb8c0e683732434f0a244c1071b867
SHA256: c79587750431b6be02516af1f3c0c9b5003f9a082c93e9e0afd977fdf3b6a3f9

LANGUAGE.POD
md5: 22b5e92337a9b540db24446e7f011f71
SHA256: f8d388a1a07a18613844c6c78a8a9ab732038f83584ecaaa8c695002ce6013f0

W32ART.POD
md5: ca25d5b9d25bb1c7f1c7c764d4c1166f
SHA256: b7febd10b825fb60ddec8cfa319623ae7f2b7f3fab1ffb5b57b21af6b35ab979

W32MODEL.POD
md5: 939bcfe2ea70c6718d53c3fa9ef5b943
SHA256: 03333bcd81869ecfc45f3846b8fc2d1037ed56b36dce61bd602e0cf530a01b41

Bloodrayne2 TC Community Remaster 2.0 (deprecated)

Download 7-zip Archive:
md5: 05ca15eeed51c2684eb5de9f48f8a327
SHA256: 0650df53d0a10bdc9e0c685d4f23ad17f4fc56aa202770599899b2bde5b9d566

LANGUAGE.POD:
md5: cef85378c18d42752c143d1a892e50d5
SHA256: d06231432d25d8cac12bd2c23e1d760277e6b988d3be8479aae7cc6d81334a03

W32ART.POD:
md5: 0db83bfc499c3d59347f9aa9740752a7
SHA256: 0e989aab6cc43ab2dbca4151eb1ca1435658ca504125cb13b0fd782cf7b2ccc9

W32MODEL.POD:
md5: 3ac9d6378bda0b8f7263aefa9d1875fb
SHA256: e1d0f851e8014bff03b6d0e480c80902314757492b1c37639ca252fc5fbdf99f

Bloodrayne2 TC Community Remaster 1.0 (old)

- No Checksums. Use 2.0. -


F.A.Q.

Q: Is this mod performance friendly?
A: I tested it on a RTX 2070 and do not notice any performance issues. If your video card is slower be patient when loading and don't give up too soon. The game itself should run fine however. I never had heavy issues with fps drops :D

Q: Is this Mod compatible with other mods?
A: It is when the other mod do not replaces any of the archives that are replaced by this mod and keeps the Bloodrayne file structure of the Vanilla Game. When you want to get a Mod working with this one you can do this by downloading the tools from the old BR2 nexus and merge them manually with my mod :D -> There is a tutorial in the Forum tab for that :D

Q: I've getting an error every time I start the game! What should I do?
A: Getting an error could have multiple reasons. When you getting a 'POD corrupted Error' it is most possibly an extraction or download error. I've uploaded the checksums for each file in this mod beneath the Install section. With a checksum generator of your choice you can easily verify the integrity of your files. If that is all done and you are on a vanilla game. Please make a bug report and I will look into it when I have the time.

Q: The Resolution is weird ... No 2k or 4k. Where are they?
A: It should work ... but I heard on some machines there are problems with that. Look into the Posts tab of this mod and follow the solution of gnarkillguch.

Q: Can you convert xyz mod?
A: Unfortunately no. I simply do not have the time. Work etc. Sorry for that. But most mods should be compatible with the Terminal Cut anyway. You can try it yourself if you like by following the tutorial I wrote on the Forum Tab here :)

Q: Why only an orange rating in the compatible section? Does this mean the mod is not working?
A: Quite the contrary! Orange means the game is compatible, but either not build for this version or not 100% tested by me or someone else. Every new version of BR2:TC Community Remaster has to be build from ground up new and I only do this if there is really no other option. The reason for this is because every time I have to start from zero there is a big chance that bugs and errors sneak in that were maybe not even present in previous versions of this mod. As long as one version of this mod works fine there is no need to update it.


TOOLS I USED
'POD Tools' by Turfster (used from the Bloodrayne2 Nexus https://www.nexusmods.com/bloodrayne2/mods/4)
GIMP
PAINT.NET
IMAGEMAGICK
KRITA