FMV replacements for the CGI models

[MrCoderwhite]

NEW UPDATE: The most recent patch has had Cyan Worlds put in an original movies option. Thank you Cyan Worlds for listening, and thank you community for supporting our work on this mod. Much love!

A more complete and better version is listed in this steam forum thread by EthanWolfcat:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1255560/discussions/0/3040480988283108444/
Nexus mods Link
https://www.nexusmods.com/myst/mods/2

I've replaced all the CGI model videos with the FMV's from the realmyst game. They don't match up 100 percent but in my opinion it is better than looking at the CGI models.

I loved the FMV work in Obduction, and don't understand why they couldn't just use the fmv's from realmyst for this because honestly it fits the world WAY better than the CGI models.

Anyway, here you go.
Renamed FMV files from RealMyst
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x_vTW93MdyzcFAbz_-kBATCgcJLUCdnF/view

Reddit post with upscaled versions by tomdodd4599:
https://www.reddit.com/r/myst/comments/pcd9tm/myst_2021_replace_the_cg_characters_with_upscaled/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

EDIT:
INSTALLATION: Place the downloaded MP4 videos into your game directory which should look something like: SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Myst\Myst\Content\Movies\Windows

You can also right click on the game in steam and click Properties > Local Files > Browse
and follow the path Myst>Content>Movies>Windows And move and replace the MP4 videos from the RAR file into the game directory and click replace files.


EDIT:
Providing screenshots

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2585653692
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2585653745
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2585653847

[tomdodd4598]

I think the change to the hologram might have just been a design choice.

[Agurio]

Nice. Thanks!
I won't even try without it.

[IndigoAK]

I'm pretty sure the hologram machine being wireframe was just a stylistic choice.

Edit:

Originally posted by tomdodd4598:

I think the change to the hologram might have just been a design choice.

Oops, should have checked the next page.

[Jeans]

I want to try this for a first run

[Saftle]

Amazing work! Does the mod work well with VR?

[tomdodd4598]

Resolution and framerate upscaled versions of your solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/myst/comments/pcd9tm/myst_2021_replace_the_cg_characters_with_upscaled/

[Yistaan]

Originally posted by tomdodd4598:

Resolution and framerate upscaled versions of your solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/myst/comments/pcd9tm/myst_2021_replace_the_cg_characters_with_upscaled/

Thanks! I tested the version with both resolution and framerate upscaled. Sirrus and Achenar seem fine I think but the Atrus scenes are out of sync (video don't match the voice). I haven't tested the other versions (or even @MrCoderWhite original patch version yet) to test if the sync issues affect those as well.

Originally posted by IndigoAK:

I'm pretty sure the hologram machine being wireframe was just a stylistic choice.

Edit:

Originally posted by tomdodd4598:

I think the change to the hologram might have just been a design choice.

Oops, should have checked the next page.

If so, it changes the whole intent of the scene in the original game, which showed that Atrus was trying to disguise his holoprojector as a regular pool of water.

[LoganTheDragon]

Thank you so very much!

[tomdodd4598]

Originally posted by Yistaan:

Originally posted by tomdodd4598:

Resolution and framerate upscaled versions of your solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/myst/comments/pcd9tm/myst_2021_replace_the_cg_characters_with_upscaled/

Thanks! I tested the version with both resolution and framerate upscaled. Sirrus and Achenar seem fine I think but the Atrus scenes are out of sync (video don't match the voice). I haven't tested the other versions (or even @MrCoderWhite original patch version yet) to test if the sync issues affect those as well.

Yeh, the Atrus scenes are out of sync in all versions of the FMV.

[Yistaan]

Originally posted by tomdodd4598:

Originally posted by Yistaan:

Thanks! I tested the version with both resolution and framerate upscaled. Sirrus and Achenar seem fine I think but the Atrus scenes are out of sync (video don't match the voice). I haven't tested the other versions (or even @MrCoderWhite original patch version yet) to test if the sync issues affect those as well.

Yeh, the Atrus scenes are out of sync in all versions of the FMV.

Ok thanks for the clarification! I'm really wondering now why Cyan didn't give us the option to use these original videos themselves (like a selectable option in the menu choosing live action cutscenes or CGI cutscenes)

[IndigoAK]

Originally posted by Yistaan:

If so, it changes the whole intent of the scene in the original game, which showed that Atrus was trying to disguise his holoprojector as a regular pool of water.

Eh, there's instructions for the hologram table right next to it and a blue glowing button right on the table itself. If the goal was the make the table inconspicuous, Atrus failed even without the fact that the water is now wireframe.

If this is information that was revealed in the Book of Atrus, maybe Cyan noticed this inconsistency and decided basing their art design decisions for this remake on a semi-canon novel wasn't the direction they wanted to go?

In the end, I think this is such a minor quibble and I'll be frank, I think the only people that are going to care are hardcore series lore nerds.

[Prisoner416]

Mmm. This is what I fear about the Starry Expanse project. I really don't care how bad or janky the original material looks when rescaled, I just would prefer the original human work in both games. Really makes you connect as a whole to the experience, something CGI cannot replicate.

Hopefully a fix for the ending is possible someday, with or without Cyan.

[IndigoAK]

Originally posted by Prisoner416:

Mmm. This is what I fear about the Starry Expanse project. I really don't care how bad or janky the original material looks when rescaled, I just would prefer the original human work in both games. Really makes you connect as a whole to the experience, something CGI cannot replicate.

Hopefully a fix for the ending is possible someday, with or without Cyan.

I'm gonna disagree with this. I hated the 2D FMVs in Obduction and they totally pulled me out of the experience. The one at the end especially completely killed it for me, I thought it was so poorly done.

Well animated and designed characters can be just as effective as humans: see anything by Naughty Dog or Psychonauts 2 or watch the trailers for Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Kena and Psychonauts 2 are also both Unreal 4 games.

I think Cyan just needed a budget for this game they couldn't get and it shows.

[Yistaan]

Originally posted by IndigoAK:

I think Cyan just needed a budget for this game they couldn't get and it shows.

It's definitely a budget thing. Even 10 years ago in the Star Wars Force Unleashed games, the CGI protagonist looked just like actor Sam Witwer. Same for games now like Death Stranding where the CGI models all look just like the movie stars portraying them.

If Cyan had the budget, the CGI characters could look very similar to the actors that were in the originals.

[*| Lion Heart |*]

Darn, I was hoping they would just reuse the original live videos...this kind of messes up the entire vibe of the game :(