Supreme Dear Leader Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 13 years have passed since GTA IV has come out and there still isn't any good mods for improving character textures. Until now that is... I have begun work on a massive project to overhaul all the characters in game, upscaling their textures, adding finer details, and even improving the meshes of same of the characters. This includes but isn't limited to: color correction, new normal details, fixed normal maps, fixed specular details and highlights, increased visual quality, and even new meshes and texture variations to add even more variety to the peds. Parts of Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes From Liberty City: Characters Fixes will be used as it already fixes the continuity issues between the game and the dlcs. These characters have been heavily tested and will work on all versions of GTA4, with any ENB or graphics settings. This mod will greatly increase the visual fidelity of the characters making them look much better. I do recommend using an enb such as iCEnhancer 3.0 with my mod to truly appreciate all the details on the characters. However, vanilla will still work just fine. There is no need to worry about performance or any major bugs. All the new textures have been optimized to use as little space while still looking much better. I have experience no loss in framerate while using my mod, and my mod hasn't caused any bugs from my experience. To show you some examples of how the mod looks in game, I've made a few videos on my channel to showcase them. This first video gives you an idea of what the characters look like. This second video gives you a way to compare the old textures with the new ones. Keep in mind that its still WIP, and these videos were taken a few months ago. Further improvements have been made on many of the textures you see. And there's still many more improvements planned for some of the cutscene characters. Consider subscribing to the channel for more video updates. I plan to do more videos like these in the future when I have some more new stuff to show. This mod is currently available for early access on my patreon with both weekly and monthly updates depending on your donations. You can support me here: PATREON LINK REMOVED Do not worry though, as soon as this mod is finished completely, I will be releasing it for free. I plan to release just IV textures first and then the textures for TLAD and TBOGT as seperate mods in the future. I also try to keep you as updated as I can there on what I am working on. You can find some screenshots of remastered Niko (part of this mod) on my patreon page. I want to give special thanks to Donnits, NarimanE3D, and Orangebrains for all their help, advice and support with this mod. I would also like to thank my amazing patreon supporters for their generous donations. C1aude_III, Lukakion, Crystalien and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG07 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I really hope to see more of this, great job Supreme Dear Leader and Crystalien 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 As much as I admire the hard work and dedication, this technically falls under our umbrella of advertising. You're free to share updates and even offer teaser content, but I feel a little uneasy over a Patreon link as by rights, this content doesn't really belong to you as much as you might be tweaking it for a different gameplay experience. I hear that you're planning to release this for free, which is a given, but for now I'm afraid I'm going to have to remove your Patreon link and close the topic. You're more than welcome to leave a link in your personal profile but I feel this is a bit too on the nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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