Brilliant Oblivion distant texture mod ...

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 02 Apr 2006, 16:20

Here is a couple great Oblivion distance texture mods ... without using the uGridsToLoad = 9 thing ... and it doen't mess up anything else ... like the water reflections ... 8) :D

EDIT ... the links to the pictures are no longer working so I removed them ... see my pics below ... :wink:

Links to the mods ...

Loreroth's mod
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=330112
shaja's mod
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=328524

bsp · Post by **bsp** » 02 Apr 2006, 16:38

thanks
gonna try this

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 02 Apr 2006, 16:50

Worked for me ... :D

You still get the borders between the high and low res textures showing up ... but at least the textures in the distance look better ... 8)

IIDX · Post by **IIDX** » 02 Apr 2006, 17:41

Wow I can't believe how it normally looks on pc...it looks like the second pic on xbox, but that first pic is just UGLY.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 02 Apr 2006, 20:31

Here are screenshots from my comp showing the texture borders before and after the mod and I tweaked the textures further in Photoshop to make them not so dark and so the borders show up less ... 8)

NOTE ... uGridsToLoad = 5 ... for all screenshots :wink:

Before the mod ...

After the mod ...

After my Photoshop tweak ...

I might try to tweak them some more ... :mrgreen:

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 02 Apr 2006, 21:09

I did ... 8)

silentsammy · Post by **silentsammy** » 02 Apr 2006, 21:25

how much of a frame-rate hit are you taking with that mod?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 02 Apr 2006, 21:30

May be 1 ... but I can't really tell as its so small ... 8)

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 03 Apr 2006, 11:25

Uhm, what good are Photoshopped screenshots? Keep it real, please. :p

From what I've seen in the screenshot, the mod does seem to help, but the texture borders are nevertheless damn ugly. :(

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 03 Apr 2006, 11:34

I think he edited the texture in Photoshop, not the image.

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 03 Apr 2006, 11:36

Ohhh... so that darkness of distant grass isn't a graphics glitch then? o_O

In that case, Paddy, you should send the corrected textures to that mod team and have 'em distribute the entire fix to the problem.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 03 Apr 2006, 11:38

Those screenshots are not tweaked in Photoshop ... !!!

I tweaked the game textures ... :wink:
I made them the same colours/brightness as the near textures so that they don't look so ugly ... :mrgreen:

They are very real in my game ... 8)

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 03 Apr 2006, 11:40

Ohhh... so that darkness of distant grass isn't a graphics glitch then? o_O

In that case, Paddy, you should send the corrected textures to that mod team and have 'em distribute the entire fix to the problem.

I might just do that ... :wink:

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 03 Apr 2006, 11:45

I think you did a really good job there Paddy.
Maybe you should indeed make it available to us aswell. :D

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 03 Apr 2006, 11:50

My modified textures are 22MB ... can someone host em ?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 03 Apr 2006, 11:58

I have just sent a PM to the original mod maker ... :wink:

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 03 Apr 2006, 14:37

Hi guys ... I have uploaded my updated shaja textures for you all to use if you want ... 8)

Here is the link ... Updated shaja Textures

Here is the readme included in the rar file ...

A big thanks to shaja for making this mod ... all I have done is brighten the textures and tweak the colour a little to get them to blend better with near detail textures.

Oblivion texture mod ...
To get them in the game just put this "Textures" folder in your Oblivion "Data" folder ... C:Program FilesBethesda SoftworksOblivionData
Keep all the folders that are inside this "Textures" folder ... the directory structure is needed.
To uninstall just remove the folder ... :)

I wouldn't do this next bit unless you have to ...
For a few people this doesn't work straight off ... and if so put the ... "ArchiveInvalidation.txt" in to your "Oblivion" folder ... C:Program FilesBethesda SoftworksOblivion

Cheers ... Paddywak

You will still need to download the Loreroth mod if you want it too ... get it here ...
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=330112

@ ctrlsteef ... if you can't wait for the CD ... :wink: ... then just follow the above instructions ... 8)

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 03 Apr 2006, 14:45

Gheghe, i'll be patient. 8)

Gabbo · Post by **Gabbo** » 04 Apr 2006, 03:56

I installed both of the LOD mods, and WOW! what a difference! Strange thing though, I am not having the "darker" distance texture problems that Paddy is. The mods look fine without tweaking. Perhaps an ATI vs. Nvidia rendering difference.

Me love this game.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 04 Apr 2006, 08:21

Hi Gabbo ...
It turns out that the in game lighting for near land textures are handeled differently to the distant land textures ... so the textures will look different depending on the lighting at that time.

So there will be a time of day (in the game) when both my textures and the original ones look good and a time of day when they will look bad ... :roll: :lol:

Glad you like the mod though ... it does make the game look so much better.

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