Hi Res Texture Pack

[Namasu]

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Thanks for the explanation. I also remember watching that dvd that came with the 1.0 collector edition with Tanaka team showing off how well they craft each pieces of an armor and punish the graphic to the limit. It makes me even more disappointed that we can only show off a fraction of what FF14 was/could have been when comparing to the other next gen games.

[Vasher]

Thanks for the explanation. I also remember watching that dvd that came with the 1.0 collector edition with Tanaka team showing off how well they craft each pieces of an armor and punish the graphic to the limit. It makes me even more disappointed that we can only show off a fraction of what FF14 was/could have been when comparing to the other next gen games.

This is why I'm disappointed I wanted this game to be bleeding edge, Pc's will only get stronger in time anyway, and these textures are worse than many ps3 games.

[Seif]

This post has many examples of how they already posess the hi-res versions of many assets.

I'd like to add that in most game projects most of the texture assets are often created in higher def than they end up being used especially now when ports to higher spec platforms are so likely.

I hope ps4 character textures look better as especially the decorations on most clothing look terribad when they're smushed down.

[Vasher]

This post has many examples of how they already posess the hi-res versions of many assets.

I'd like to add that in most game projects most of the texture assets are often created in higher def than they end up being used especially now when ports to higher spec platforms are so likely.

I hope ps4 character textures look better as especially the decorations on most clothing look terribad when they're smushed down.

I play on a high end PC, but PS4 has 8GB of fast RAM, and has plenty of room for HD textures, at least 4GB of that GDDR5 RAM is used for games. Why not add them?

[Shioban]

This is why I'm disappointed I wanted this game to be bleeding edge, Pc's will only get stronger in time anyway, and these textures are worse than many ps3 games.

There's quite a lot of textures, on top of an entire UI to manage and fiddle into the memory, hence why the game looks so blurry and pixelated on the PS3.

This post has many examples of how they already posess the hi-res versions of many assets.

I'd like to add that in most game projects most of the texture assets are often created in higher def than they end up being used especially now when ports to higher spec platforms are so likely.

I hope ps4 character textures look better as especially the decorations on most clothing look terribad when they're smushed down.

I play on a high end PC, but PS4 has 8GB of fast RAM, and has plenty of room for HD textures, at least 4GB of that GDDR5 RAM is used for games. Why not add them?

Yup! The ability to do this is here now, sadly going back and re-compressing the textures from the original to a higher resolution will take a lot of time, so as possible as it is, if they do decide to do it, it's going to take a long time (even with the in-house conversion toolset)

[Kewitt]

Signed.

I would love this. I know how much better skyrim looks once custom HD textures are added.

[Nutz]

Yup! The ability to do this is here now, sadly going back and re-compressing the textures from the original to a higher resolution will take a lot of time, so as possible as it is, if they do decide to do it, it's going to take a long time (even with the in-house conversion toolset)

While I don't know what in house tools they've developed, the process should be akin to opening a file, resizing it, and exporting it. Unless they get incredibly specific about tweaking compression levels on a per texture basis the process could be entirely automated. Now that I think about it though, there are some texture files that may not have high resolution assets. Usually people paint in a higher resolution because it's easier to use the space effectively. Normal maps, however, are 'baked' from a high resolution 3D model onto a low res model (in game model) and quite possibly at the resolution that they're using. Those would be a pain to redo, but just the sort of mind numbing work to give to interns. They could be using a few other types of maps, but the resolution on those is mostly irrelevant (spec maps and the like).

[Nyremis]

I really hope they do add High Resolution textures or maybe even a separate version for High Resolution Textures so that people who don't have capable hardware can still enjoy the game as is and other people who have the hardware can enjoy the High Resolution textures. It just adds to the experience and makes you enjoy the game and the world that much more when you can sit around and look in awe of how beautiful everything looks.

[Seif]

I would be happy with any progress in this area. Say in next patch if they added "ps4 and PC version bard gear number X doesn't suck anymore." I would be happy to know that progress is being made.

[Seccyeth]

i'm in. need this