Tomb Raider High Res Texture Project
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- Gambit37
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Tomb Raider High Res Texture Project
I've been pretty bored with my Dungeon Master site for quite some time -- just can't seem to get any enthusiasm for it at the moment, and was feeling stifled creatively, so....
...having played the newest Tomb Raider game and been thoroughly disappointed, I went back to see if I could play the original Tomb Raider on my Windows XP box. Lo and behold, there's now lots of utils that make it possible. One of them, Glidos, allows high(er) res textures to be applied to the game.
So I got to thinking and experimenting, and well, one thing led to another, and here you go...
http://www.resonantedge.com/trx/
...having played the newest Tomb Raider game and been thoroughly disappointed, I went back to see if I could play the original Tomb Raider on my Windows XP box. Lo and behold, there's now lots of utils that make it possible. One of them, Glidos, allows high(er) res textures to be applied to the game.
So I got to thinking and experimenting, and well, one thing led to another, and here you go...
http://www.resonantedge.com/trx/
- cowsmanaut
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cool!!
Nice stuff. I notice you found out about areas where some map editor flipped textures or rotated them to add some variety to the scene.. however that doesn't work as well when there is more detail in the textures. With the blurry old stuff you can't hardly tell though. (sigh)
anyway.. enough of this herrasy.. denounce lara and tell us once again Chaos is your one true love.
moo
Nice stuff. I notice you found out about areas where some map editor flipped textures or rotated them to add some variety to the scene.. however that doesn't work as well when there is more detail in the textures. With the blurry old stuff you can't hardly tell though. (sigh)
anyway.. enough of this herrasy.. denounce lara and tell us once again Chaos is your one true love.
moo
- Gambit37
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Hey, thanks! Yeah, I ended up having a whole discussion about the texture flipping problem on various TR forums. As you say, you can get away with it with low res textures, but higher res stuff does show up the flaws quite badly, especially on bricks (see the last example):
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/matt_hill/trplus/
I really wonder what the texture guys at Core Design were thinking with this... just a couple of extra seconds of editing their levels would have fixed all these problems. They must have been in a right hurry to get the game out...
And I'd just like to say: Chaos, my heart will always belong to you -- that silly Lara woman was just a, uh, momentary distraction. I vow to pledge allegiance to your hordes of darkness (especially the magenta worms), and to forthwith denounce all worship of the Divine Ponytail. That OK?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/matt_hill/trplus/
I really wonder what the texture guys at Core Design were thinking with this... just a couple of extra seconds of editing their levels would have fixed all these problems. They must have been in a right hurry to get the game out...
And I'd just like to say: Chaos, my heart will always belong to you -- that silly Lara woman was just a, uh, momentary distraction. I vow to pledge allegiance to your hordes of darkness (especially the magenta worms), and to forthwith denounce all worship of the Divine Ponytail. That OK?
- PicturesInTheDark
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- PicturesInTheDark
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- PicturesInTheDark
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- PicturesInTheDark
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- Gambit37
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The new Tomb Raider Xtra website is now online!
It's taken a long time to arrive, but I hope the wait has been worth it. The new site has texture packs from four different artists, better instructions, some more background info and is nicer to look at.
We'll be updating the site as and when new uploads are made available, so check back often. It looks like John Capon will have the entire game re-textured soon! I'm the original creator of the project but due to real life only have an embarrasingly small contribution so far...
Anyway, it's now at a new URL. Enjoy!
http://www.tombraiderxtra.com/
It's taken a long time to arrive, but I hope the wait has been worth it. The new site has texture packs from four different artists, better instructions, some more background info and is nicer to look at.
We'll be updating the site as and when new uploads are made available, so check back often. It looks like John Capon will have the entire game re-textured soon! I'm the original creator of the project but due to real life only have an embarrasingly small contribution so far...
Anyway, it's now at a new URL. Enjoy!
http://www.tombraiderxtra.com/