I've been playing 'Return to Castle Wolfenstein' since the day it was first released and I still play it to this day, 18 years later. It's definitely the best World War II singleplayer game ever made and the many mods and maps created by our Wolfenstein Community are testament to that fact. I've created this HD texture modification over the past 7 months and it's been very challenging, but also very rewarding.
Splatterladder RtCW HD Pack
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This is the most comprehensive HD texture pack ever created for 'Return to Castle Wolfenstein' and I hope it adds to the enjoyment of playing this classic 'First Person Shooter' for all players, both old and new. The HD texture pack gives this classic game amore up-to-date and realistic look.
I've used the best HD textures I can find, the majority of which I've created on my own, however, there's also some textures from other HD packs created for Return to Castle Wolfenstein in this release and some from the excellent work created by Sneakerman for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. I've also retextured the game models.
Installation for Players:
There's 3 folders in the download, follow the instructions contained in those folders for a straightforward and simple installation.
Many thanks to:
ETc|Jay - Bitly.ws (Testing and advice)
Hellbaron - Bitly.ws (Textures)
Eugeny Panikarowsky - Bitly.ws (Textures)
Sneakerman - Bitly.ws (Textures)
William Faure - Bitly.ws (Weapons Textures)
MAN-AT-ARMS - Bitly.ws (ioRtCW engine)
OSJClatchford - Bitly.ws (Weapons Textures)
Teh Snake Bitly.ws (Weapons Textures)
{WeB}*Reaper* - Bitly.ws (Testing and advice)
Kolobroad - Bitly.ws (Weapons Textures)
After 2 weeks of very frustrating computer problems, I can finally release the new HD pack. I hope you all enjoy it.
Thanks for your patience.
Congratulations on release!
Thanks, mate, it was a lot of hard work but definitely worth it. Thanks for all your support.
Can you release a version without swastikas ?
I could, but I never will, mate. I suggest that people who find any World War II emblems, flags and banners offensive should rather play other games instead and avoid this genre.
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go find a nice facebook game if you dont like reality!
Danke !
thank you for helping keep a classic game alive
You're welcome, Kaliwirta, thanks for your support.
I also have been playing RtCW since it came out. MANY addons later I've now "re-installed" 1.42 with Splatterladder RtCW HD Pack overlaid. (tried Splatterladder RtCW HD Pack on top of other mods but didn't look good at all) and after some adjustments to Intensity and Gamma settings in the autoexec I have to say this IS THE BEST !!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!
Thanks for trying out the mod, mate. I'm glad you managed to configure it the way you wanted to.
Vielen Dank! <3
You're welcome, Paule.
I've just created this profile to comment on this mod. Imagine a game that released 18 years ago and people still making mods for it. It's just unbelievable. And there's a fun fact I was born in 2003 lol. This game is older than me :D What a game to play!!
It's now 2020 and this is still my favourite game of all time. Thanks for your comment, Atakan and a happy new year to you.
I have GOG version of RTCW and game crashes on load with this pack. I put the files in main folder. Is there any fix?
Error:
LOADING... - textures
r_rmse of 0.000000 has saved 3720kb
r_rmse of 0.000000 has saved 3768kb
r_rmse of 0.000000 has saved 3780kb
LOADING... - models
r_rmse of 0.000000 has saved 3828kb
r_rmse of 0.000000 has saved 3840kb
LOADING... - weapons
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): success
...deleting GL context: success
...releasing DC: success
...destroying window
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
-----------------------
----- Server Shutdown -----
AAS shutdown.
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Requested feature was omitted at compile time
Yes the format of some textures are incompatible with Rtcw 1.41. You can solve this playing with iortcw engine
Ok, thanks.
people like you -wolfrtcw- make my day better and my dad has been playing this game since I was not even born yet and I want to surprise him with the texture pack. 10/10 well done.
Thanks very much for your kind comment.
The new version of my RtCW HD Pack is now available. Everything you need is included in the new download.
Congratulations WolfRTCW.
Nice work, again.
Thanks as always, Vicpas, for the kind words.
When do you plan on updating the pack on the steam workshop?
There's no workshop for 'Return to Castle Wolfenstin' on the 'Steam' website, Cubester.
Sorry, I meant RealRTCW.
Oh, I see. No, my mod isn't compatible with that modification so I won't be uploading it there.
Hi, I followed your steps but the graphics are still the same old ones :(
Can you please help
Did you copy over all of the files contained in the 'ioRtCW' folder and replace the original files with them?
Also, did you launch the game using 'iortcw.exe'?
I have the Steam version of the game and when I launch the first .exe (wolf_update_1_4) and I choose the language of installation after it tells me that the program has not detected any version of the game. What can i do ?
Can't you manually navigate the software to the proper location for the game? It usually just automatically searches in your program files on your 'C:' drive.
If it isn't located there that's when that message appears.
Same issue, maybe the update doesn't work on the Steam version...
I'm using the 'Steam' version and it works fine for me. Try renaming the HD pack to:
z_Sl_RtCWHD.pk3
...as Jakub88 mentioned earlier.
mohamedmemo101memo
Maybe a late reply, but i had the same problem. The fix was to just rename the zz_Sl_RtCWHD.pk3 file from the Splatterladder RtCW HD Pack to z_Sl_RtCWHD.pk3 and now the new textures are finally noticeable in the game. I hope that this solution will help other people with similar issue.
Thanks again, Jakub.
Hello i followed the steps folder 1 , 2 and 3 and a small error which says "Point error files are missing: Sp_Pak4.pk3
Please reintsall the 1.41 point release "
When you updated the game it should have created the Sp_Pak4.pk3 file for you. Here, try this File.io