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About this mod
This fixes a low detail issue that affects every single texture. Update 1.1 improves every type of non clothing texture for the Arisen and Pawns
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
Version 1.1:
I've added an optional Detailed Skin file. While it says skin, it actually vastly improves quality on hair, makeup, lips and other cosmetic details. It also works for male characters.
I discovered another Capcom error. A few days ago, I was confused why my custom 8k skin looked blurry. The tl;dr is that Capcom ignores several categories of high quality textures for unknown reasons. Additionally, these textures Capcom ignores cannot support above 2k. Textures bigger than 2k get aggressively downsampled, and look quite bad. This renders all 4k mods useless and a waste of VRAM, with no gain. Those mod creators need to immediately downscale their files to 2k, as they'd be much less demanding, but they'll look sharper.
This update required no real manual work like the initial mod, which has thousands of edited normal maps. I've simply moved textures I've confirmed as 'ignored by Capcom' to another folder that loads them perfectly.
Version 1.0:
This mod does 2 things. It forces the game to always load the highest quality normal maps, while also addressing a compression error on every texture.
This was achieved with a Photoshop script via a series of batch action. Simple, with immediate results.
The best way to verify that the mod is working as intended, is by looking at your character's skin at night, especially near a light source. But this also affects the sharpness and definition of the appearance of everything in the game.
Installation:
The main file (7GB) only touches every normal maps file, and not any actual textures, you need to load this after any mod that's based on the original vanilla normal maps. The 2nd file (Skin Details) is compatible with the first one, it's recommended you install both.
Compatibility with other mods. Load after my mod (so it overwrites my files):
- Sweetfluffy3D's mod.
- Better Muscle Normals.
- Multiple small custom outfit mods.
Somewhat incompatible or issues that need fixing:
- 4k skin mods are currently highly unoptimized, as the game only loads up to 2k. As well as many 4k files in the HD overhauls mod.
Permissions:
Any mod developer is free to use these files to base their mods on. I highly recommend this, and do not require credit, as this was a straightforward batch task.
More info:
This mod is extremely light on VRAM, the total package size is large because I duplicated each file to force the game to load the highest quality normals, as it often decides to load in very low quality ones, even at max settings. Most users will not notice a performance decrease.
I've thoroughly tested this on my RTX 2080 which has 8GB of VRAM, at 4k DLSS performance.
Huge thanks to SilverEzredes for teaching me a lot of the basics in the Modding Haven discord. Shout out to FluffyQuack for making a batch script, which allowed me to easily edit every single texture. This mod likely wouldn't have been possible without them.
I highly recommend using Graphics Suite by EXXXcellent, as it makes the game look crazy good with path tracing.
It's also fully compatible with this mod.
I've added an optional Detailed Skin file. While it says skin, it actually vastly improves quality on hair, makeup, lips and other cosmetic details. It also works for male characters.
I discovered another Capcom error. A few days ago, I was confused why my custom 8k skin looked blurry. The tl;dr is that Capcom ignores several categories of high quality textures for unknown reasons. Additionally, these textures Capcom ignores cannot support above 2k. Textures bigger than 2k get aggressively downsampled, and look quite bad. This renders all 4k mods useless and a waste of VRAM, with no gain. Those mod creators need to immediately downscale their files to 2k, as they'd be much less demanding, but they'll look sharper.
This update required no real manual work like the initial mod, which has thousands of edited normal maps. I've simply moved textures I've confirmed as 'ignored by Capcom' to another folder that loads them perfectly.
Version 1.0:
This mod does 2 things. It forces the game to always load the highest quality normal maps, while also addressing a compression error on every texture.
This was achieved with a Photoshop script via a series of batch action. Simple, with immediate results.
The best way to verify that the mod is working as intended, is by looking at your character's skin at night, especially near a light source. But this also affects the sharpness and definition of the appearance of everything in the game.
Installation:
The main file (7GB) only touches every normal maps file, and not any actual textures, you need to load this after any mod that's based on the original vanilla normal maps. The 2nd file (Skin Details) is compatible with the first one, it's recommended you install both.
Compatibility with other mods. Load after my mod (so it overwrites my files):
- Sweetfluffy3D's mod.
- Better Muscle Normals.
- Multiple small custom outfit mods.
Somewhat incompatible or issues that need fixing:
- 4k skin mods are currently highly unoptimized, as the game only loads up to 2k. As well as many 4k files in the HD overhauls mod.
Permissions:
Any mod developer is free to use these files to base their mods on. I highly recommend this, and do not require credit, as this was a straightforward batch task.
More info:
This mod is extremely light on VRAM, the total package size is large because I duplicated each file to force the game to load the highest quality normals, as it often decides to load in very low quality ones, even at max settings. Most users will not notice a performance decrease.
I've thoroughly tested this on my RTX 2080 which has 8GB of VRAM, at 4k DLSS performance.
Huge thanks to SilverEzredes for teaching me a lot of the basics in the Modding Haven discord. Shout out to FluffyQuack for making a batch script, which allowed me to easily edit every single texture. This mod likely wouldn't have been possible without them.
I highly recommend using Graphics Suite by EXXXcellent, as it makes the game look crazy good with path tracing.
It's also fully compatible with this mod.