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Francis Upscaled 4K HD Textures
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Survivors: Survivors, Francis
Game Content: Textures
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Aug 5, 2022 @ 1:17pm
Apr 28, 2023 @ 7:20pm
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Francis Upscaled 4K HD Textures

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L4D2 HD Project: Survivors
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Description


Features
This addon replaces Francis' original textures with AI-upscaled versions.

Method
Texture and normal maps were upscaled up to 4x their original size to a maximum resolution of 4096x4096 using Real-ESGRAN and the 4x-UltraMix_Restore model.

Credits
  • Valve - Original texture & normal maps

Tools Used
  • Cupscale by N00MKRAD LINK[github.com]
  • 4x-UltraMix_Restore by Kim2091 LINK[mega.nz]
  • VTFEdit by Neil Jedrzejewski & Ryan Gregg LINK[gamebanana.com]
  • GCFScape by Neil Jedrzejewski & Ryan Gregg LINK[gamebanana.com]
  • GIMP by The GIMP Team LINK[www.gimp.org]

Special Thanks
Thank you to the community over at the GameUpscale subreddit and the L4D2 modding community for helping me through the process and making this possible.


Disclaimer
It might be hard to spot the difference in my comparison screenshots due to the resolution and compression. Also, since the majority of the survivor textures were already a high resolution, the jump to 4K isn't a drastic difference. That said, the difference is more noticeable in-game when playing at resolutions higher than 1080p.

Modification or redistribution of this addon without explicit permission is strictly prohibited.
29 Comments
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Dox Feb 28 @ 11:48am 
does this affect the skin for the viewmodel as well?
witchywhiskers  [author] Dec 18, 2023 @ 4:00pm 
@saulsadip, it should work!
witchywhiskers  [author] Dec 18, 2023 @ 3:59pm 
@Oats, correct. The upscaled textures use a mixture of DXT1 and DXT5 to avoid massive file sizes.
saulsadip Oct 10, 2023 @ 2:28pm 
Possible to combine this with Smoothened Survivors?
Oats Apr 30, 2023 @ 3:35am 
from the screenshots, the texture has some DXT Compression
Lee Winston Apr 29, 2023 @ 9:12am 
The first generation has 4, the second generation has 4
Combo pack?
witchywhiskers  [author] Apr 28, 2023 @ 6:14pm 
@gamerberg62 I took a small hiatus to focus on the semester. Zoey and Louis should be uploaded to the workshop soon!
witchywhiskers  [author] Apr 28, 2023 @ 6:13pm 
@This my duty! I'm unsure what you mean.
witchywhiskers  [author] Apr 28, 2023 @ 6:11pm 
@Mr.Slappy The original survivors share eye textures, which caused the conflict. Though you can safely ignore that warning, I've decided to remove the conflicting files and repackage them into a separate mod to avoid conflicts.
witchywhiskers  [author] Apr 28, 2023 @ 6:11pm 
@-Nanamii- I may package the mods into a single file, though the modular approach allows people to mix and match their mods. Thanks for your support!