[Necrobitz]

warezeater, on 22 November 2021 - 08:01 PM, said:

Oh, you mean, those nice tiles weren't there originally? I really like them!

Yes, that wall tile texture was my addition, I didn't like so much the original, it seemed too bland to make it in HD and I decided to go for another tile design.

The discovery of the tapestry is amazing, I looked for it hundreds of times with no luck, and you have finally found it. Obviously it needs more work, some demon faces are missing that would be drawn by Kevin, it will have to be solved somehow!

Magnificent warezeater work! if you continue like this we can finish the HD pack!

I'm working on the pack, I'll upload an update shortly including your textures and of course giving you credit for your work!

Thanks!

[Phredreeke]

A small request, if you post multiple screenshots in a post, please put them in a spoiler tag, makes it hard to navigate on a phone otherwise.

[warezeater]

Necrobitz, on 22 November 2021 - 09:39 PM, said:

Magnificent warezeater work! if you continue like this we can finish the HD pack!

I'm working on the pack, I'll upload an update shortly including your textures and of course giving you credit for your work!

Glad to hear that, Necrobitz! Please let me know what's missing as you go through the textures, and I'll do what I can to help you. We can chat on Steam, or Discord (not sure how, actually), or send me a message on my e-mail address.

May I suggest that you include higher resolution versions of some textures? For example, the above mentioned 2294_WallMosaicSlim -- it feels too low res as it is, the yellow-black pattern is too pixelated, that's what made me trying to find higher definition image of that pattern. The textures should be 128x1024, in my opinion. Another examples are 1098_AirDuct, which is 256x256, and 1099_AirDuctBRK, which is 512x512 -- it'd be nice to have both in 512x512 pixels resolution.

[Phredreeke]

BTW what textures are missing from your pack? I could provide some raw upscales which may be useful as a base layer to build upon.

Edit: I went through the copy of XHD I had on my harddrive, and copied the tiles missing. These are all upscaled with Pixelperfect, downscaled to 25%.

Attached File(s)

•  missingfromxhd-pp25nick.zip (11.12MB)
  Number of downloads: 14

[warezeater]

Phredreeke, this is very helpful and kind of you! Thanks!

[warezeater]

Okay, here are my custom textures and some by Necrobitz modified to closer match vanilla look and feel. Some textures felt too clean, or glossy or luscious for the setting, so I tried to somewhat age and weather those. Hope these are of any use. I included comments to justify my edits.

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0020_WoodFloorC -- I removed nail heads as this texture is used to represent milled wood, not only floor, and those nails are almost not visible on the original texture and do not spoil the look.


0049_WoodWallMetalBars -- This one looked too far from vanilla, and shining metal bars felt out of place, so I replaced those with aged wooden planks.


0239_TeethFrame -- Just a missing tile based on the existing texture by Necrobitz.


0299_CeillingPanel -- The one in XHD felt too glossy.


0339_BalconyBalustrade -- Missing tile I made based on a free model. I can search for exact reference, if needed.


0389_Window -- Missing tile I made based on the work by Necrobitz and small details from Blood HRP.


0607_skull1_Xed, 0607_skull2, 0607_skull3_Xed2 -- These looked to clean, so I just added some stains.




0678_TombstoneCross -- Too shining metal bars, too dark wood. I tried to make it look closer in tone and feel to the original voxel.


0678_TombstoneCross ingame:


0693_Kerosene -- The one supplied with the XHD pack felt too shining and fancy.


0699_SteelBars -- Missing tile I made based on the work by Necrobitz. I know it's not perfect.


2451_DoorSnow -- Missing tile I made based on the work by Necrobitz.


2462_ControlPanelA, 2463_ControlPanelB -- Tried to make these less fancy.



2476_ControlPanelCv1, 2476_ControlPanelCv2 -- Green electronic digits felt out of place, I added some analog ones instead.



2294_WallMosaicSlim -- An attempt to make it look closer to vanilla, although I really like what Necrobitz did. And the resolution -- the on in XHD is of too low resolution for the surface it covers.


1012_WallGreySlim1 -- A pair texture to the previous one. Higher resolution felt needed.


0201_SteelCan, 0563_ZombieCan -- Some stains (using XHD resources) to make these cans/barrels look less shining and new.



0606_BlueBottle -- Very simple missing tile I made based on the work by Necrobitz.


0947_LightBulbOn, 0946_LightBulbOff -- Tried to make the bulb receptacle less glossy.

I am really not an artist, so my work is amateurish, but I did my best with these.

[Phredreeke]

I just realised I had missed the second part of my description. The tiles were upscaled with Pixelperfect, downscaled and then upscaled again with Nickelback

If you feel really adventurous I can attempt the same with the weapon HUD sprites

[warezeater]

A couple of suggested reference images for the desk lamp (tiles 944 and 945):

https://i.pinimg.com...-lamp-table.jpg

https://upload.wikim...an_Erp_lamp.jpg

[Necrobitz]

warezeater, on 23 November 2021 - 06:11 AM, said:

Okay, here are my custom textures and some by Necrobitz modified to closer match vanilla look and feel. Some textures felt too clean, or glossy or luscious for the setting, so I tried to somewhat age and weather those. Hope these are of any use. I included comments to justify my edits.

brilliant! I basically agree with your appreciations and changes, many of the textures at the time of making them I was tired, it was a colossal work, and the mind is not always 100% concentrated, some I simply included them in a fairly initial state with the idea to make changes later and improve them.

I keep commenting on the spoiler!

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0020_WoodFloorC -- I removed nail heads as this texture is used to represent milled wood, not only floor, and those nails are almost not visible on the original texture and do not spoil the look.
Totally agree with this one, this will go to the pack right now!


0049_WoodWallMetalBars -- This one looked too far from vanilla, and shining metal bars felt out of place, so I replaced those with aged wooden planks.

You're right, looking at it now, I don't know why I put those shiny metal bars. maybe I will
modify a little more the color of your texture to make it more similar to the vanilla version.


0239_TeethFrame -- Just a missing tile based on the existing texture by Necrobitz.
This was in the oven, but I am not able to find it, I already told you
about the disaster of my folders and files. Maybe we should try to make it 512x512px.


0299_CeillingPanel -- The one in XHD felt too glossy.
Once again you are right, I remember that this took me a long time, and look
how simple it was, I went half crazy trying to give it, I don't know what now, a special something that I saw from
the original texture! As a modification it would have to be a little brighter.


0339_BalconyBalustrade -- Missing tile I made based on a free model. I can search for exact reference, if needed.
Perfect, goes straight to the pack!


0389_Window -- Missing tile I made based on the work by Necrobitz and small details from Blood HRP.
Great, also to the pack.


0607_skull1_Xed, 0607_skull2, 0607_skull3_Xed2 -- These looked to clean, so I just added some stains.
I have not yet seen them applied in 3D, but if the additive is dirt and stain it will always be fine.




0678_TombstoneCross -- Too shining metal bars, too dark wood. I tried to make it look closer in tone and feel to the original voxel.
by the way, these 3D and the skulls above are not mine, they were from the Blood HRP pack, mine are others,
the plate, the barrels, the stone and flame thing, the wooden bridge, the skull and the wall beetle, the wooden balustrade, flare gun, various
statues, the symbol of the runes, boots, locks, keys... and some more, others are "stolen" from the HRP


0678_TombstoneCross ingame:
Looks much better!


0693_Kerosene -- The one supplied with the XHD pack felt too shining and fancy.
The kerosene lamp is one of those that I was telling you, a "temporary" until doing something better, the problem
with this and other sprites is the following, the prespective, a forced prespective is necessary where the bottom part is seen in semi-zenith , and
the one above as if we saw it from the front, I do not know if I explain myself, it is how all the original sprites are made in blood.

but I prefer your lamp.

I also see that you have adjusted to the measurements in pixels of the original file, excellent, because this is very important so
that everything works well, that they are relative to the original.


0699_SteelBars -- Missing tile I made based on the work by Necrobitz. I know it's not perfect.
for me it is fine, it fulfills its function perfectly.


2451_DoorSnow -- Missing tile I made based on the work by Necrobitz.
Thank you! It's great, I don't know why I was lazy to do this, hehehe.


2462_ControlPanelA, 2463_ControlPanelB -- Tried to make these less fancy.
in this case if I like fancy, the original found it too bland, and the "dystopian era" of blood
I imagine it like this, as a kind of SteamPunk, saving the differences, where society and technology evolve while maintaining
certain forms and Victorian styles, and things were made to be beautiful as well as useful.

that's why I'll keep the reliefs.



2476_ControlPanelCv1, 2476_ControlPanelCv2 -- Green electronic digits felt out of place, I added some analog ones instead.
In this case you are totally correct, a big mistake on my part, those phosphorescent digits, your version 1 is
closer to the vanilla texture, maybe some numbers should be removed or left blank and give it a little more dirt, since in the world of blood
and nobody attends or cleans anything, I also love v2. I don't know which one I would choose ...



2294_WallMosaicSlim -- An attempt to make it look closer to vanilla, although I really like what Necrobitz did. And the resolution -- the on in XHD is of too low resolution for the surface it covers.
This was one of the first textures that I made, in the first instance I started making them twice their original size, this
one in particular is very small for, as you say, the size it occupies later in the game.
So in principle I made it to 512px, but I should have taken it to 1024px.
As I did with others later, I would have to redo it from scratch, but I still have the original photos out there and you also found some identical tiles.


1012_WallGreySlim1 -- A pair texture to the previous one. Higher resolution felt needed.
there is one more related to these two, 2293.
We will have to do 3 from scratch.


0201_SteelCan, 0563_ZombieCan -- Some stains (using XHD resources) to make these cans/barrels look less shining and new.
perfect!



0606_BlueBottle -- Very simple missing tile I made based on the work by Necrobitz.
very well! quite a few sprites referring to "kitchen" are missing (that's how I started calling the category)
0075, 0076 I made these but I was not at all satisfied with the result, I was also uninspired.

0520 SkullCup
0574 WineGlassEmpty (I don't know if I did ...)
0604 LittleDirtCan
0616 HandleJar
0759 WineBottleLabel
0802 JamBottle
0803 BloodyGlass
0834 ClearGlassBottle
0961 Pot01
2295 Pot02
2304 pan
2305 saucepan

if you look up to it ...


0947_LightBulbOn, 0946_LightBulbOff -- Tried to make the bulb receptacle less glossy.
once again totally agree.

I am really not an artist, so my work is amateurish, but I did my best with these.

I'm not an artist either, I think we do this because we like it, it amuses us and it entertains us, and then it's great to see the result in the game, I love what you've done, I had lost a lot of desire to continue, but thanks to Your work I have got back to work, and it is more fun when there is someone else in the team, at least there are three of us working on this matter, and that seems great to me!

Whoever likes it and wants to use it great, whoever doesn't like it, turn the page and ignore us, that's all, it's that simple!

but in the meantime we had a good time!

I'm very glad to have you here, thank you!

[Necrobitz]

Phredreeke, on 23 November 2021 - 01:51 AM, said:

BTW what textures are missing from your pack? I could provide some raw upscales which may be useful as a base layer to build upon.

Edit: I went through the copy of XHD I had on my harddrive, and copied the tiles missing. These are all upscaled with Pixelperfect, downscaled to 25%.

thanks for the compilation Phredreeke !!
Seen like this, it seems that there are not so many but they are certainly one of the most difficult.
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Tiles 0220 to 0224 I still don't know what to do, they look like reptile skin, or they may be strange
stones with drooling substance ... but I don't know how to attack this series.

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this, I am sure it is something that exists, it is not a drawing, but I am not able to find it.

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and this the same, I think it is the side of a stone tomb.

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0344 I have it made, it turned out pretty good. but it still lacks work, it is not final at all.


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0098, 0099 and They use as a base the 0097 that has already been made, but I don't know how to make the bat
and the spider, it would have to be drawn on the same original tile, and I think that is beyond my abilities ...


0643 (Last one) is similar but not the same.
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Tiles 0854 to 0859 are easy but I still haven't gotten to it.


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Tiles 1084-1049 the problem here is the jaw, I tried but they didn't look good at all. In minuscule size it is not noticeable,
but when doing it in HD the effect was fatal, I do not know how to focus this animation.


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Tiles 2546 and 2547 (Turntable) have no major problem, I just have to start making them.
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well enough for today.

More tomorrow!

[warezeater]

I am pleased that you like my work and glad to see you inspired and working on the pack again, Necrobitz!

Necrobitz, on 23 November 2021 - 04:44 PM, said:

stones with drooling substance ... but I don't know how to attack this series.

I tend to interpret these as bricks or stones melted due great heat generated by the Big Bad Dog. So, drawing some charred bricks and distorting them would likely do the trick. Look for your own BSBricks* series of textures.

Also note that this one has 0228_StoneFlames01 as its central part.


As for 2294_WallMosaicSlim, here are the source and the edited images of the wall tiles:

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And it seems to me that 0344 is basically two end point of 0343 moved close together. They at least have the same ornament at the base part. This is better seen on the processed upscales:




The whole 0343 looks like a carved banner with some motto on it. I fail to find the exact reference, but here are some images to get inspired:
https://www.aparici....05-1024x252.jpg

https://static.flick...93d113668_o.jpg

https://images.icon-...9000/109379.jpg

http://tehne.com/ass...1973-0294-2.jpg

http://townevolution.../pic/000040.jpg

https://live.staticf...1e926d1ec_b.jpg

https://shotguncolle...0aa79543d23.jpg

[warezeater]

Necrobitz, some more notes on sprites.

I think mannequins (tile 2377) and 0715_KnightArmor need to be of higher resolution. Otherwise they are great!

0058_MetalBarsA and 0059_MetalBarsB_End are so high res compared to 0104_MetalBars. Need to check with the original tiles to see how these relate dimensions-wise.

0795_RoundLight2 looks too modern due to fluorescent lamp in it, I personally use 0676_RoundLightOn instead. Now, when I mention that, I realize that there actually are fluorescent lamps in this game! Quote: "It took 30 years and a number of inventors along the way to develop the standard fluorescent light for commercial use in the 1930s."

What if you review the whole pack for including higher-res versions of all available textures?

[Phredreeke]

warezeater, on 24 November 2021 - 05:13 AM, said:

I think mannequins (tile 2377) and 0715_KnightArmor need to be of higher resolution. Otherwise they are great!

Upscaled these for you. Probably want to soften the highlights a bit else they may look a bit too sharp, and also needs an opacity mask

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[Phredreeke]

I did another sprite set, this time not using pixelperfect for pre-processing instead using a method using downscaled XBRZ sprites followed by SSAA9x and Nickelback. They're a bit sharper but also noisier. As with previous pack none have opacity masks done.

Attached File(s)

•  xhd-spirtes-sharper.zip (4.44MB)
  Number of downloads: 17

[Necrobitz]

Phredreeke, on 24 November 2021 - 02:21 PM, said:

I did another sprite set, this time not using pixelperfect for pre-processing instead using a method using downscaled XBRZ sprites followed by SSAA9x and Nickelback. They're a bit sharper but also noisier. As with previous pack none have opacity masks done.

Thanks a lot Phredreeke!!! very good material here!

[warezeater]

A few more edits I forgot to post.

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0487_MetalDecorOne -- Added rust stains


0375_SquMetal and 0375_SquMetal_P5 -- The leather look was out of place in some cases (like when it is used as cooking oven detail in E3M2), so I've tried to filter it out. Necrobitz, you might do this better.



0266_Mirror -- Added stains and scratches, as this texture is also used to represent kitchen cooking table surface (same map as above).


Alternative desk lamp. 0944_LampOff and 0945_LampOn

[warezeater]

I've found an image looking very close to tile 738.

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Tile 0738 (upscaled)


Image of a cow skull

Human skull to replace tile 807:

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Tile 0807 (upscaled)


Hi-res web found image


Draft new tile 0807 (256x230)

[Phredreeke]

Uploaded a new set, this time with masks, including some corpses and gibs. Hope you find some use for them

Attached File(s)

•  xhd-newsprites-211127.zip (6.09MB)
  Number of downloads: 20

[warezeater]

Phredreeke, on 27 November 2021 - 11:00 AM, said:

Uploaded a new set, this time with masks, including some corpses and gibs. Hope you find some use for them

Thank you, Phredreeke! I've noticed that there are some tiles and sprites from Cryptic Passage (and specific to it) which are neither upscaled nor represented in the XHD pack. Do you plan to work on those?

[Phredreeke]

Cryptic Passage is a bit of a problem due to each port handling it in it's own way

- BloodGDX can load a specific def file conditionally on a particular INI file being loaded
- Raze has its filter folder, which lets you make a def file load based on which game/addon is loaded
- NBlood has no such option. Right now, I'm waiting for Seizhak to update his polished cryptic passage mod to use a non-overlapping tile range. This would allow the current upscale pack 2.1 to play it without modifications.

Anyway, if you're interested in tackling Cryptic Passage I can make similar upscales to the last couple posts I did

[warezeater]

Phredreeke, on 27 November 2021 - 12:05 PM, said:

Cryptic Passage is a bit of a problem due to each port handling it in it's own way

- BloodGDX can load a specific def file conditionally on a particular INI file being loaded
- Raze has its filter folder, which lets you make a def file load based on which game/addon is loaded
- NBlood has no such option. Right now, I'm waiting for Seizhak to update his polished cryptic passage mod to use a non-overlapping tile range. This would allow the current upscale pack 2.1 to play it without modifications.

Anyway, if you're interested in tackling Cryptic Passage I can make similar upscales to the last couple posts I did

No rush with this, I guess. Let's wait for the NBlood update. However, Cryptic Passage deserves additional attention graphics-wise, IMO.

[Phredreeke]

I did a whole bunch of CP upscales and posted on the discord

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Edit: Slide-over comparison for Phantasm poster

[warezeater]

This is very nice, Phredreeke!

[warezeater]

Necrobitz, these are some resources to help you with tile 343:

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Ingame snapshot with adjusted colors to have a better overall picture of what it is:


And some potentially useful details:

[warezeater]

Alternative 1714_Saw sprite that I made:


My purpose was to closer match the overall game art style and that of the neighboring tools.

[Necrobitz]

Phredreeke, some of the CP upscales are very good!
I have done some, I don't remember right now if they are in the current ZXHD Pack in modDB.

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Warezeater, thanks for the resources to tile 0343 very useful!!
The saw goes to replace mine, yours is better!

[warezeater]

Great work, Necrobitz! Thank you! Can you please provide tile numbers for the posted images? I am keen to try them all ingame!

OK, don't worry, I've managed to assign tile names. Here is the list of tiles in order of appearance:

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tile3996
tile4004
tile4003
tile4055
tile4021
tile4023
tile4025
tile4072
tile4001
tile4069

[Necrobitz]

warezeater, on 29 November 2021 - 06:42 AM, said:

Great work, Necrobitz! Thank you! Can you please provide tile numbers for the posted images? I am keen to try them all ingame!

I send you a priv message!

[Necrobitz]

I just found the source to tile 0642 but not exactly the same, it doesn't have four handles.

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the name is "the townley vase"

[warezeater]

Necrobitz, on 29 November 2021 - 07:20 AM, said:

I just found the source to tile 0642 but not exactly the same, it doesn't have four handles.

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the name is "the townley vase"

Wonderful!