spekkio
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BROs, since there was some testing , I've decided to create a separate thread to avoid clogging the "Emulation" thread. Let's hope it will come in handy...
I'm playing Fire Emblem - Awakening ATM, and the low-res models and textures give me probably even worse AIDS than the writing.
I mean, check this shit out (native internal):
But how about this (4x internal + HQ textures by saavy internet people and yours truly):
Yeah - much better. UI - related stuff is not my work (see below). But I've enhanced both "portraits" and this cute chibi "animated doll" in unit list. And it's glorious.
As you can see, the only thing still missing are the "weapons" textures (still low-res). Everything else is done. As far as this one menu goes, OFC.
So how do you get from option 1 to option 2?
Well, you don't.
1) There's no complete HD pack for FF13 available yet. So far, there were only two attempts:
Fire Emblem: Awakening HD Texture Pack (Alpha)
111 AI-enhanced textures. Not terrible, but inferior when it comes to the quality to the second one:
Project reAwakening by rdnc & Steamsweet
"Only" 71 textures "resized", but IMO the majority of the most difficult ones has been done. These guys didn't fuck around with AIs, but re-made the UI elements most likely from scratch.
And these look glorious:
Let's compare a single UI texture:
a) vanilla texture:
b) 4x texture from Project reAwakening:
b) 4x texture created with Real-ESRGAN (realesrgan-x4plus (default) model)):
Not THAT bad, since it looks like this ingame:
But it cannot compare to the previous texture / this:
But how about trying other tools?
c) 4x texture created with waifu2x-caffe (2-D illust (CUnet Model) + Denoise & Magnify mode):
And other models / modes look even worse...
So, to sum this part up - for UI-related stuff you have to either make texture from scratch, or use some really good AI enhancer (Real-ESRGAN >>> waifu2x-caffe IMO).
....................................................................................
2) So, why aren't these two packs complete? Well, authors wrote that "enhancing character art would be very difficult". Which is a fucking lie, as long as you use realesrgan-x4plus-anime model.
I mean, check this shit out:
a) vanilla texture:
b) 4x texture created with realesrgan-x4plus-anime model:
waifu2x-caffe is inferior for this job as well (or I'm doing sth wrong). 2-D illust (CUnet Model) + Magnify & Auto Denoise:
To further prove my point, another attempts with 2 textures from DeSu2 (1. vanilla, 2. real-esrgan, 3. waifu2x-caffe):
So, AI-enhancing 2D portraits is piss-easy. As long as you have time to dump all these textures, find the art and batch-enhance it.
.....................................................................................
3) How about ehnancing the textures for 3D models? Well, it can be done, but IMO it's totally unnecessary / waste of time. Compare (you have to DL both pics probably) the screenshot with default textures:
And 4x textures (realesrgan-x4plus-anime model):
IMO much bigger problem is the "ghosting shader" effect in higher resolutions, which doesn't have official fix ATM (it's been fixed for FF14 last year). Some dude posted this code @reddit, but it doesn't work for EUR version + some people report that it brakes some things.
This "bug" can be visible in my screenshots as well.
1) vanilla internal:
2) 4x internal, default textures (both 2D & 3D):
As you can see, there's a slightly visible "halo" around the character.
.
.
.
So, to sum all this shit up. ATM the HD Texture pack for FE13 is quite doable. Most UI-related textures have been created by Project reAwakening's authors. And other shit can be AI-enhanced.
You just need a lot of free time to do this, and even I'm not autistic enough to try...
:doitfaggots:
Drama Queen out.
I'm playing Fire Emblem - Awakening ATM, and the low-res models and textures give me probably even worse AIDS than the writing.
I mean, check this shit out (native internal):
But how about this (4x internal + HQ textures by saavy internet people and yours truly):
Yeah - much better. UI - related stuff is not my work (see below). But I've enhanced both "portraits" and this cute chibi "animated doll" in unit list. And it's glorious.
As you can see, the only thing still missing are the "weapons" textures (still low-res). Everything else is done. As far as this one menu goes, OFC.
So how do you get from option 1 to option 2?
Well, you don't.
1) There's no complete HD pack for FF13 available yet. So far, there were only two attempts:
Fire Emblem: Awakening HD Texture Pack (Alpha)
111 AI-enhanced textures. Not terrible, but inferior when it comes to the quality to the second one:
Project reAwakening by rdnc & Steamsweet
"Only" 71 textures "resized", but IMO the majority of the most difficult ones has been done. These guys didn't fuck around with AIs, but re-made the UI elements most likely from scratch.
And these look glorious:
Let's compare a single UI texture:
a) vanilla texture:
b) 4x texture from Project reAwakening:
b) 4x texture created with Real-ESRGAN (realesrgan-x4plus (default) model)):
Not THAT bad, since it looks like this ingame:
But it cannot compare to the previous texture / this:
But how about trying other tools?
c) 4x texture created with waifu2x-caffe (2-D illust (CUnet Model) + Denoise & Magnify mode):
And other models / modes look even worse...
So, to sum this part up - for UI-related stuff you have to either make texture from scratch, or use some really good AI enhancer (Real-ESRGAN >>> waifu2x-caffe IMO).
....................................................................................
2) So, why aren't these two packs complete? Well, authors wrote that "enhancing character art would be very difficult". Which is a fucking lie, as long as you use realesrgan-x4plus-anime model.
I mean, check this shit out:
a) vanilla texture:
b) 4x texture created with realesrgan-x4plus-anime model:
waifu2x-caffe is inferior for this job as well (or I'm doing sth wrong). 2-D illust (CUnet Model) + Magnify & Auto Denoise:
To further prove my point, another attempts with 2 textures from DeSu2 (1. vanilla, 2. real-esrgan, 3. waifu2x-caffe):
So, AI-enhancing 2D portraits is piss-easy. As long as you have time to dump all these textures, find the art and batch-enhance it.
.....................................................................................
3) How about ehnancing the textures for 3D models? Well, it can be done, but IMO it's totally unnecessary / waste of time. Compare (you have to DL both pics probably) the screenshot with default textures:
And 4x textures (realesrgan-x4plus-anime model):
IMO much bigger problem is the "ghosting shader" effect in higher resolutions, which doesn't have official fix ATM (it's been fixed for FF14 last year). Some dude posted this code @reddit, but it doesn't work for EUR version + some people report that it brakes some things.
This "bug" can be visible in my screenshots as well.
1) vanilla internal:
2) 4x internal, default textures (both 2D & 3D):
As you can see, there's a slightly visible "halo" around the character.
.
.
.
So, to sum all this shit up. ATM the HD Texture pack for FE13 is quite doable. Most UI-related textures have been created by Project reAwakening's authors. And other shit can be AI-enhanced.
You just need a lot of free time to do this, and even I'm not autistic enough to try...
:doitfaggots:
Drama Queen out.
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