This updates Kyle Katarn's 3d model textures, as provided in the excellent Jedi Knight Remastered mod. I thought Kyle's eyes were a bit too big, then noticed minor seam bugs, and so decided to go all out. There are various versions for your needs, though I believe the best is the Extreme High Res texture version, which should run fine on modern hardware.
Kyle Katarn HD Textures / Fixes Pack
Version 1.03: 2/11/2024
This updates Kyle Katarn's 3d model textures, as provided in the excellent Jedi Knight Remastered mod. I thought Kyle's eyes were a bit too big, then noticed minor seam bugs, and so decided to go all out. There are various versions for your needs, though I believe the best is the Extreme High Res texture version, which should run fine on modern hardware.
- AKyleHD1-LowRes-White-Shirt: Low resolution, fixes seams, white shirt, makes shoulder pad darker (I thought the original color looked a bit bland). Great for running on original hardware, smaller size assets.
- AKyleHD2-HighRes-Tan-Shirt: High resolution, fixes seams, tan shirt to better match Kyle's outfit in the cutscenes, makes shoulder pad darker
- AKyleHD3-Xtreme-HighRes-Tan-Shirt.gob: Extreme high resolution, fixes seams, tan shirt to better match Kyle's outfit in the cutscenes, makes shoulder pad darker
Installation Instructions: (Jedi Knight Remastered 3.2+):
- Copy the desired mods\*.gob file into your AppData\Roaming\OpenJKDF2\openjkdf2\mods folder.
- That's it, enjoy.
Notes:
- I used Topaz Gigapixel AI to upscale the textures, along with manual tweaks with Gimp for seam fixes, eye size fixes.
- If someone wants a white-shirt version of Kyle in Xtreme High Res, I can make one, but I'm unsure if there is even a desire for that over the tan shirt.
2/9/2024 Latest update: Clearer eyes, the upscaler needed some help.
2/11/2024 Finer tweaks to the eyes - many may not notice - but his eyes are now more relaxed, making him look more natural.
Low Res:
High Res:
Extreme High Res:
Wow very nice!
Thanks! I may do more work on the eyes but I'm generally happy with it. Thanks for your work on the Jedi Knight Remastered mod, it's an amazing project. If you ever want to include any of my mods in the future in your projects you have my full approval to do so.
Awesome! Yes if you want to join me in making these games look better that would be awesome! I ask Vern too and I will be including his updated Textures as well in the next version! working on it this weekend!
Nice! I updated the eyes, they look less blurry now. There are limits to what upscalers can do I guess.
Nice !
Kyle Katarn? This brings us back to the first "Dark Forces" (DOS) game ...
A great graphic success for the time that effectively plunged us into the atmosphere of the "Trilogy" !
Cheers.