[FF7PC] Texture Upscales - Final Fantasy VII Texture Enhancements (2014-07-17)

[Iros]

That would be much more difficult The TEX file format is really quite simple, so converting to/from that is easy. The field backgrounds are not so simple; they aren't TEX files at all.

I guess the wiki has some pretty good documentation on it, so perhaps it is possible, but not such a quick thing to write.

 

[Aavock]

I've already tried to resize then re-import the backgrounds but they aren't simple *.tex files and the fields are layered so I understand how difficult it would be to upscale the backgrounds and repack the *.lgp after that. If anyone can came up with a *.png to field converter, that would be awesome.

 

[Template]

I asked Omzy about doing it. He said it would be a real bear. I dunno about the field backgrounds ever happening for lpg.

 

[Rundas]

Great Alyza, ever since you wrote that typo everybody is saying LPG

 

[KaidenJames]

These look fantastic compared to the originals. Great work Alyza!

 

[Salk]

I love how quickly you turned an idea into a result, EQ2Alyza!

Thanks for this! 

 

[manuchan]

hey guys, i'm new to this and i got one question.
how is this different from omzy's field pack?
you may hit me for asking a stupid question.

btw kudos to all the people here making this stuff!

 

[Template]

Omzy's field pack changes the backgrounds you just walk around in. This upscales the backgrounds where you are actually in battle.

 

[manuchan]

oh, stupid me
somehow i thought omzy's was for battle backgrounds too.

 

[manuchan]

how can i add mods on top of bootleg40 using 7th heaven, and then run the game through bootloader? help appreciated

 

[ThunderPeel2001]

This thread is a great resource! I'm trying to follow your steps, Alyza, but I'm getting stuck. Can you help me?

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[*]Unpack battle.lgp and copy the files og** to rr** into a temporary folder. These are all the files associated with battle scenes.
[*]Use TexTool by Iros to batch export TEX -> PNG. Scene textures are only those labeled **ac through **aj.
[*]Use an editing program of your choice to resize and filter. I apply the settings from the FacePalmer_v3.0.jsx Script within Photoshop.
[*]Use TexTool by Iros to batch import PNG -> TEX.
[/list]

I unpack battle.lgp. That gives me approximately 11,119 files.
I then copy all og** and rr** files to a folder. Now I have 33 files.
Now there are only three **ac or **aj files: ogac, rrac, rraj = three PNG files :-/

That didn't work, so I tried a different method where I converted ALL the **ac or **aj files from the battle.lgp (skipping step two), but this only gave me 231 PNGs: Your final version has 584 PNGs.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

 

[ThunderPeel2001]

Hmm. More confusion...

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LGP----Scene Name ---------------------- PNGoh-----Bizarro Sephiroth --------------- STAGE01_T0x_00oi-----Grassland ----------------------- STAGE02_T0x_00oj-----Mt. Nibel ----------------------- STAGE03_T0x_00ok-----Forest -------------------------- STAGE04_T0x_00ol-----Shoreline ----------------------- STAGE05_T0x_00om-----Desert or Mt. Corel ------------- STAGE06_T0x_00on-----Arctic -------------------------- STAGE07_T0x_00oo-----Swamp --------------------------- STAGE08_T0x_00op-----Sector 1 (Opening) -------------- STAGE09_T0x_00oq-----Reactor ------------------------- STAGE10_T0x_00or-----Reactor (Guard Scorpion) -------- STAGE11_T0x_00os-----Reactor 1 Entrance -------------- STAGE12_T0x_00ot-----Subway -------------------------- STAGE13_T0x_00 (unused)ou-----Mythril Caves ------------------- STAGE14_T0x_00ov-----ShinRa HQ ----------------------- STAGE15_T0x_00ow-----Subway -------------------------- STAGE16_T0x_00ox-----Hojo's Lab ---------------------- STAGE17_T0x_00oy-----Elevators ----------------------- STAGE18_T0x_00oz-----Roof ---------------------------- STAGE19_T0x_00pa-----Highway ------------------------- STAGE20_T0x_00pb-----Don Corneo's -------------------- STAGE21_T0x_00pc-----Cathedrel ----------------------- STAGE22_T0x_00pd-----Ancient Forest ------------------ STAGE23_T0x_00pe-----Midgar Slums -------------------- STAGE24_T0x_00pf-----Reactor 1 ----------------------- STAGE25_T0x_00pg-----Reactor ------------------------- STAGE26_T0x_00ph-----Sector 7 Pillar Stairs ---------- STAGE27_T0x_00pi-----Sector 7 Pillar Control --------- STAGE28_T0x_00pj-----Sector 8 ------------------------ STAGE29_T0x_00pk-----Sewers -------------------------- STAGE30_T0x_00pl-----Cave ---------------------------- STAGE31_T0x_00pm-----Cave ---------------------------- STAGE32_T0x_00pn-----Corel Passage ------------------- STAGE33_T0x_00po-----Junon Beach --------------------- STAGE34_T0x_00pp-----ShinRa Freighter ---------------- STAGE35_T0x_00pq-----Corel --------------------------- STAGE36_T0x_00pr-----Battle Square ------------------- STAGE37_T0x_00ps-----Da Chao ------------------------- STAGE38_T0x_00pt-----Cid's --------------------------- STAGE39_T0x_00pu-----Lifestream Descent -------------- STAGE40_T0x_00pv-----Reactor 5 Entrance -------------- STAGE41_T0x_00pw-----Ancient Temple ------------------ STAGE42_T0x_00px-----ShinRa Mansion ------------------ STAGE43_T0x_00py-----Junon Aerodrome ----------------- STAGE44_T0x_00pz-----Cave ---------------------------- STAGE45_T0x_00qa-----Under Sector 8 ------------------ STAGE46_T0x_00qb-----Gongaga Reactor ----------------- STAGE47_T0x_00qc-----Gelnika ------------------------- STAGE48_T0x_00qd-----Train Graveyard ----------------- STAGE49_T0x_00qe-----Ice Cave ------------------------ STAGE50_T0x_00qf-----Hojo ---------------------------- STAGE51_T0x_00qg-----Sector 8 ------------------------ STAGE52_T0x_00qh-----Cetra Altar --------------------- STAGE53_T0x_00qi-----Cave ---------------------------- STAGE54_T0x_00qj-----Spire in the Crater ------------- STAGE55_T0x_00qk-----Crater (Jungle) ----------------- STAGE56_T0x_00ql-----Sephiroth's Vortex -------------- STAGE57_T0x_00qm-----Midgar Area --------------------- STAGE58_T0x_00qn-----Seafloor Tunnels ---------------- STAGE59_T0x_00qp-----Corel Railways ------------------ STAGE61_T0x_00qq-----The Crater ---------------------- STAGE62_T0x_00qr-----Corel Railway Bridge ------------ STAGE63_T0x_00qs-----Rope Bridge --------------------- STAGE64_T0x_00qt-----Da Chao ------------------------- STAGE65_T0x_00qu-----Ft Condor ----------------------- STAGE66_T0x_00qv-----Midgar Area --------------------- STAGE67_T0x_00qw-----Bizzarro Seph R/L --------------- STAGE68_T0x_00qx-----Bizzarro Seph L/R --------------- STAGE69_T0x_00qy-----Jenova SYNTHESIS ---------------- STAGE70_T0x_00qz-----Coal Trains --------------------- STAGE71_T0x_00ra-----Cosmo Canyon -------------------- STAGE72_T0x_00rb-----Gi Cave ------------------------- STAGE73_T0x_00rc-----Nibelheim Basement -------------- STAGE74_T0x_00rd-----Cetra Temple -------------------- STAGE75_T0x_00re-----Cetra Temple (dragon) ----------- STAGE76_T0x_00rf-----Cetra Temple -------------------- STAGE77_T0x_00rg-----Final Battle -------------------- STAGE78_T0x_00rh-----Forest -------------------------- STAGE79_T0x_00ri-----Highwind ------------------------ STAGE80_T0x_00rj-----Corel Reactor ------------------- STAGE81_T0x_00rl-----Wutai Temple -------------------- STAGE83_T0x_00rm-----Seafloor ------------------------ STAGE84_T0x_00rn-----Reactor ------------------------- STAGE85_T0x_00ro-----Bloody ShinRa HQ ---------------- STAGE86_T0x_00rp-----Gongaga Reactor ----------------- STAGE87_T0x_00rq-----Corel Prison -------------------- STAGE88_T0x_00rr-----Forest--------------------------- STAGE89_T0x_00

There's only 87 battle scenes listed here (and one is unused). What's missing? Anyone know?

EDIT: Ok, scenes 60 and 82 are missing from this list. Strange.

 

[EQ2Alyza]

This thread is a great resource! I'm trying to follow your steps, Alyza, but I'm getting stuck. Can you help me?

I unpack battle.lgp. That gives me approximately 11,119 files.
I then copy all og** and rr** files to a folder. Now I have 33 files.
Now there are only three **ac or **aj files: ogac, rrac, rraj = three PNG files :-/

That didn't work, so I tried a different method where I converted ALL the **ac or **aj files from the battle.lgp (skipping step two), but this only gave me 231 PNGs: Your final version has 584 PNGs.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

You're on the right track.

It's not og** and rr** but rather og** to rr**. Click on og** and then shift-click on rr** to select everything in between them. I only do this to separate them into a separate folder for when you're using TexTool, otherwise you'll have to painfully search 11,119 files with its browse button.

Secondly, it's not **ac or **aj but rather **ac through **aj. All scenes start with **ac but not all end with **aj. Just know that **aj is the last possible texture for any scene.

The total amount of texture files should be 583. Here's a spreadsheet of the entire file structure: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuQ_AObuWRSXdExpVV84Yk5nLWg4WjlsUG9GS0lINFE#gid=0

Hmm. More confusion...

There's only 87 battle scenes listed here (and one is unused). What's missing? Anyone know?

EDIT: Ok, scenes 60 and 82 are missing from this list. Strange.

I should really label this project as 89/87 100% Complete because I'm unsure why Aali's Driver has 60 and 82 unaccounted for.

 

[ThunderPeel2001]

Ah! Thank you so much! That explains everything I was wondering and more. So helpful!

I've also create a Google Doc that might be helpful to others: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjZG8hMrQocwdG9jYVpwT1NodFRJU01sVVpoaG5OaUE&usp=sharing

 

[Kaldarasha]

The one Bloodshot has done are missing.

 

[ThunderPeel2001]

Added them now, thanks!

 

[ThunderPeel2001]

I've put together a simple tool (actually batch file) that extracts all 583 textures from battle.lgp. Just makes things easier for anyone who wants to make their own Battle Scene textures:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzZG8hMrQocwaF9HX1FLXzVLVkk/edit?usp=sharing

Just click FILE -> DOWNLOAD
Then extract the .zip into a folder.
Put your copy of battle.lgp in there.
Then double click on runme.bat

That's it!

 

[Kaldarasha]

Please, post it in Tools, too.

 

[paladin181]

How does this work on the Steam version? Do I have to do the whole revert hullabaloo to get the mod manager version working? Or would it just be better to use the LGP/UNLGP tool and pack the files into the LGPs directly?

 

[ProtoX]

I only on waiting on a batch to convert the tex to the actual file names without doing one at a time cause one at a time is pain in the rear