Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

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Francis Upscaled 4K HD Textures
   
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Survivors: Survivors, Francis
Game Content: Textures
File Size
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92.278 MB
5 Aug, 2022 @ 1:17pm
28 Apr, 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.
28 Comments
witchywhiskers  [author] 18 Dec, 2023 @ 4:00pm 
@saulsadip, it should work!
witchywhiskers  [author] 18 Dec, 2023 @ 3:59pm 
@Oats, correct. The upscaled textures use a mixture of DXT1 and DXT5 to avoid massive file sizes.
saulsadip 10 Oct, 2023 @ 2:28pm 
Possible to combine this with Smoothened Survivors?
Oats 30 Apr, 2023 @ 3:35am 
from the screenshots, the texture has some DXT Compression
Lee Winston 29 Apr, 2023 @ 9:12am 
The first generation has 4, the second generation has 4
Combo pack?
witchywhiskers  [author] 28 Apr, 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] 28 Apr, 2023 @ 6:13pm 
@This my duty! I'm unsure what you mean.
witchywhiskers  [author] 28 Apr, 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] 28 Apr, 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!
gamerberg62 12 Mar, 2023 @ 5:08pm 
Is this project dead?