The Coroner

[Zombie]

MarkGrass, can you upload the backgrounds of Biohazard 2 and the original Biohazard?.

[doomed]

http://z6.invisionfree.com/Resident_...showtopic=2271

[LeonsBuddyDave]

I havent been into this thread in a while, is that banner contest still open?

[MarkGrass]

@doomed - I don't understand. Well, I understand what is being done, but I don't understand the modder's arrogance:

AND please for al lthat is good and holy....DO NOT SEND ME PM'S asking how this works., and please dont spam this thread asking how I did it, cuz I will ignore you, lmfao =) Just being honost.......

If he's not going to tell people "how it's done", then what the hell is the point?

I havent been into this thread in a while, is that banner contest still open?

I obviously held it at the wrong time, and i'd rather not discuss previous "entries" I recieved, so, no, it's not open and never again will I ever hold an open-internet "contest" like that.


EDIT: @Everyone wanting backgrounds - They'll be uploaded soon.

[doomed]

MarkGrass, I agree with you, he should share with the other modders what he has found, however I believe that eventually he will do this.

[Leelo]

I'm sorry for asking.. but i wonder how to handle .tpl files...
Can you help me ?

[kevstah2004]

I'm sorry for asking.. but i wonder how to handle .tpl files...
Can you help me ?

You can convert them to .tga using GC tplx there just textures for various screens and characters / text.

[Leelo]

thx.
I'm sorry for being so newbie but what is a GC tplx?
Does Mark host this tool in coroner 's space ?

[Dot50Cal]

http://www.flyupload.com/get?fid=155886

That looks like its what your looking for. Its a command line app IIRC, so you'll need to know how to use a command prompt.

[Leelo]

thanks, you are very kind
But unfortunately I suppose this tool is too complicated to me .
Again thx for your answers

[albert]

Name: Resident Evil 4 High resolution EFF-TPL textures replacement pack 1.0

Author(s): Albert Marin Garau
Special Thanks to Voodoomann -who let me know about texmod tool and its possibilities and made this project a reality- and all the Resident Evil 4 PC Forums members for their support

Screenshot(s):

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Download Link: ---> *HERE IS THE PATCH!!* <---

Notes/Description:

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This will replace the low resolution textures of HUD, menus, fonts, effects (water, fire, blood ...) with high resolution textures.

It seems this patch requires a lot of memory (i'm not sure, i'm not an expert in this kind of things...), so there will be the possibility of installing only the HUD, HUD + menus, HUD + menus + effects (complete installation)

You'll have to run the game through the texmod tool in order to load the new textures. So, the installation is not permanent. If your computer can't handle this patch you can run the game as always (executing game.exe) and the default low-res textures will be loaded.

****IMPORTANT: This version only includes replacement textures for english text. So, if you are using a multilanguage version of the game, select english to enjoy all the hi-res textures.
If this patch works ok for everyone i will also create textures for spanish, french, german and italian in the future.*****
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Patch contents:

a. Texmod tool
b. High resolution textures
c. definition files
d. 3 "game.exe" versions that will work ok with this patch (korean 1.0, korean 1.1, euro 1.1. all of them are NO-DVD cracked versions)
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INSTALLATION STEPS:

1. Extract the contents of the patch wherever you want


2. Now it's time to decide a few things:


The patch includes standard (but enhanced) aureola effect (that red/blue/green shinny thing around the item or treasure when you kill an enemy) and noise effect ala Silent Hill.

In the "VARIATIONS" folder you will find alternative textures: no noise effect, hard noise effect, less visible aureola and invisible aureola. The only thing you have to do is to copy the textures you want and paste them inside the "TEXTURES" folder overwriting the default textures.

Hi-resolution texts and gamepad buttons:

If you want to enjoy hi-resolution texts and buttons, you'll have to configure your gamepad like is shown in the screenshots inside the "BUTTONS PACKS" folder. Decide which is the best configuration for you, then copy the textures from one of the folders (pcpad/pcpad(2)/ps2/ps3/xbox/xbox360) and paste them inside the "TEXTURES" folder overwriting the default textures (if you are going to use the "pcpad configuration" don't do anything because those are the default textures in this patch). i guess the keyboard configuration has nothing to do with it. so, if you use the keyboard just change the gamepad configuration as it's stated in the pcpad configuration.gif

REMEMBER: If you change the configuration of action/run/command ashley/status screen/draw knife/draw gun in a different way of those 5 configurations the game will load standard low resolution fonts


3. Place the 3 exe files you will find in the "GAME.EXE files" folder in your resident evil 4 folder

4. Place the "xfile", "xscr" and "ss" folders in your resident evil 4 folder (overwriting the existing folders and files). Remember: this will uninstall buttons replacement packs (if you installed them previously)

5. Run texmod.exe

6. Go to "Package Build"

7. Select a Definition file (they are inside the "TEXTURES" folder):

a. HUD+BUTTONS+TEXT.log (light installation)
b. HUD+BUTTONS+TEXT+MENUS.log (medium installation)
c. HUD+BUTTONS+TEXT+MENUS+EFFECTS.log (full installation)

8. Press "Build" and wait. then save the tpf file wherever you want

9. Go to "package mode"

10. "Target aplication": select one of the exe files included in the pack (if your game.exe is not a NO-DVD cracked version, this patch won't work, that's why i provided you 3 diferent game.exe versions. use the one you prefer)

11. load the tpl file you created previously (by clicking the folder icon)

12. select that tpl file in the list of the left and click "Run"

13. the program will need a few seconds to load all the textures and then the game will start

14. Repeat steps 9 to 13 everytime you want to play with hi-res eff/tpl textures


PD: You can edit every texture as you please before using texmod tool

this is "copy&paste" from the topic i created here:
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Resident_...opic=2743&st=0
if you have performance or other problems maybe you'll find the solution here, too

have a nice day

[Dot50Cal]

Wow. I am so impressed dude. Work that high quality is rarely seen, you really are the best asset the RE4 PC community has. Do you have your own site or anything?

[albert]

nope. i'm hidding in the shadows
the only thing i can do is edit and create textures in photoshop. the rest is thanks to the programs other people created previously

[Dot50Cal]

I wonder how you made the Mercs, and the "codec" screens look so high res. Any way you could say?

Also, do you have a total size for all your texture mods? I know the texture packs were pretty huge heh. Just wondering if I can help out by hosting them here.

[albert]

easy, i took the gamecube textures and resized them a little bit more using photoshop plugin "alien skin blowup"
of course i redone a lot of textures. not everytexture is a gamecube texture upscaled... the texture patch 2.0 is 1,39GB and the tpl/eff patch is 130MB. so yes, they are big files...

[Gradon]

Woah! Dude! That's amazing! I don't own the PC version, but that looks waaay better than the console counterparts! Well done!

[doomed]

Albert's skills are amazing..

.50 you might want to look to these mods too:

Re4 Ps 2.0 Bloom Mod - edit Download this one: http://files.filefront.com/Sin+City+.../fileinfo.html

Improved Cut Scenes V2.0

High Definition Game Objects


The PC version is slowly becoming the best looking version of the game.. (We still need Real Time Cutscenes & Dynamic Lighting)

[Dot50Cal]

Yep, I seen the Improved Cutscenes, but I question why he kept them at that resolution. Its obviously the wrong aspect ratio. I was thinking of doing my own pack for those, since I have the ability to record 480p videos of them ;)

[doomed]

I think that this is the correct aspect ratio for the PC version. I mean the game resizes them to the correct one to play them back.

I actually contacted him a while ago and asked him if he would be interested in collaborating with you to create a new pack, since you can get high quality captures from the Wii edition. (None of us have the high quality hardware you have)

Perhaps you can do this on your own, from your posts on several other forums I understand you have a great knowledge of video capturing/encoding.

Oh man, please make this happen!! XD

[Dot50Cal]

Well if its 16:9, the videos are fullscreen, so that right there should show you that you should aim for a 16:9 ratio. The game adds black borders if you are running 4:3, or 16:10.

I'll probably do one, but if I do, I'd like to bundle it with the other mods to improve the game (namely Albert's). The HD Game Models one looks interesting, but I dont like how he strayed too far from some of the original concepts of the game (such as the herb mixture icons, I think they look bad in the tube form on your inventory). I wish more people would follow Albert's lead, and improve on the game using the existing assets as a base, and not to modify major things too far from the original. I think thats the way to go.