This is a HD, 2k & 4k Texture pack for Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Update, Episode 1& 2 and Synergy.
There are approximately (i lost count) 140 textures in this pack.
This is a HD 2k & 4k Texture pack for Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Update, Episode 1& 2 and Synergy.
There are approximately (i lost count) 140 textures in this pack. A few are upscaled originals, but most are completely new. You'll notice greater detail, especially when looking right at the textures up close.
the mod once unzipped is around 800mb + a few bonus mods i made that you might want to use or not.
One is to give a wig to Dr Kleiner, another one paints the pistol black and the Magnum gold, and there's also one with upscaled textures for the Airboat and the Buggy.
Notice that the Airboat & Buggy mod is not recommended for Synergy.
HOW TO INSTALL--
To install these mods, Copy or Cut the VPK files ONLY into your Custom folder!
if you've installed other mods, i'm sure you know where it is.
If you have never installed mods, the Custom file is located inside the hl2 folder.
usually ...Steam\steamapps\common\Half-life 2 Update\hl2
If you don't see a "Custom" folder inside the hl2 folder, just create a folder and name it Custom.
CAN BE USED WITH---
These mods can be used with the Update version of Half life 2, normal Half life 2, Episode 1 and in Synergy!
I'm currently testing Half life 2 Episode 2, and so far so good, everything is working fine!
BUGS ---
If you notice any weird bugs, glitches or if the mods cause you problems let me know!
Send an e-mail to zombie.inc667@gmail.com, if possible include screenshots!
I know that in some areas the textures have small patches that look bigger than they should,
unfortunately i don't know how to fix that. i have tried in many ways, but nothing works.
Valve used weird .vmt files in these small patches i don't know why, and since the textures are bigger,
the scaling is messed up! Fortunately, these big patches are very rare so it's nothing to worry about,
and it doesn't crash or break the game at all.
ENJOY! :D
This mod was created primarily to be used with Half-Life 2 Update, but will work with the normal version of Half-Life 2 as well, plus the episodes and Synergy.
Cool, thanks! Looks good!
Thank you very much, have fun! :)
I appreciate the amount of work that goes in to things like this, but it always bothers me when HD texture packs don't preserve the color temperature or contrast values of the original textures. Makes me not want to use them.
Yes I understand. Some do look different, but a lot of them were color matched to the original textures. I started paying more attention to this kind of stuff as i went on. It's hard to put a screenshot for every texture, but if you look in my profile you'll see a few that look very similar to the original texture.
you forgot lost coast. i know it's an optional. but lost coast needs hd textures too.
lost Coast uses the same folder as Half-life 2 so can't create textures especifically for it, it would mess up the original game. At least that i know of, i'm not an expert at this stuff :D
Does anyone knows if this works with MMOD?
I'm not sure, i haven't used MMod so i really don't know :( if the MMod changes textures then a few conflicts might happen.
MMod only changes weapon and Combine Soldier textures I'm pretty sure.
For those who are interested, this texture pack works with MMod, I have been testing it and it works for me
this mods great thanks for your work friend i appricate 10/10
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Try Cinematic mod best graphics i've seen.
This one does look good though
Any conflict with cinematic mod ?
This is a chef's kiss, great job.
It's strange that there are so few HD graphics mods for such a well moddable and somewhat dusty game. Especially so few good ones. Either they are completely tasteless or they deface the graphics style of the original beyond recognition. And sometimes they even do both at the same time.
How about a mod project that claims to raise the graphics to the level of HL Alyx AND doesn't deface the graphics style at the same time?
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at the time i did this mod i didn't have upscaling software, now i do! If i were to do it again i would not replace most of the textures and would upscale them instead. I understand what you're saying though :)
The problem with modding textures in this game is that you need to scale and position each of the texture file you have replaced, and that takes a lot of time and trial and error is also involved.
When i started this mod i didn't think i'd be posting it online, it was just something for me and to put some texture photos to use, to see if i could do it, so there's some changes that were done based on personal preference.
Hi, just wondering, for the episodes, do these files just go in the hl2\custom folder still or do I need to create a custom folder for those games as well?
You'll need to create a custom folder for the episodes as well :)
So how do i add these for the non-steam half-life 2?
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how does this differ from AI Upscaled Textures
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Whoops. I forgot about this one. Thanks for giving me the more interesting like this, ZombieInc