About this mod
A background restoration mod. Effectively a spiritual successor to the REUpscale Project by Shiryu.
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Welcome to version 1.0 of RESCALE. A background restoration mod that aims to bring the fidelity of the original backgrounds to the PC version.
MEGA Download (20x Files)
Installation
Copy or move the nativePC folder and its contents to the location of your Resident Evil Biohazard HD REMASTER folder.
Example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resident Evil Biohazard HD REMASTER\
Make sure to overwrite when prompted!
Comparison 1
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RESCALE vs REupscale Project 1
RESCALE vs REupscale Project 2
RESCALE vs REupscale Project 3
RESCALE vs REupscale Project 4
What does this mod change?
Every single one of the games 2500 backgrounds have been replaced by a restored/refurbished version which should be markedly higher quality.
Are these backgrounds upscaled?
In the traditional sense (i.e. larger than the original images) no. These backgrounds are 1920x1440 just like the original release. However, the detail and overall image quality has been vastly improved.
How have you done this?
I took as many backgrounds as I could from the original Gamecube release and used them as the foundation for the upscale/restoration. Despite being 3x smaller than the PC version, these images are untouched by whatever upscaling solution Capcom has used and tend to bring out a much higher quality result. Where I couldn't do this, I started with a heavily modified version of the PC backgrounds which in some cases yielded a similarly improved picture.
Limitations
As of writing this I have not fully tested the mod (I will update this page as soon as I've played through the entire 2500 backgrounds).
Some rooms in the PC release were made fully 3D for some reason. Not sure why but these rooms have not been altered in any way. I don't know if it's possible to upscale the textures in these rooms, but I didn't find them when extracting the game files for this project.
Please notify me of any problems you have while using this mod and I will fix them asap.