Super Mario 64 (Project Restoration)

[Dub01]

Super Mario 64 (Project Restoration)Bob-omb

I'm new here and I first started messing around with Banjo Tooie, but the game uses 16 color Indexed images that really suck and there's no way around it. So I decided to give Mario a texture makeover. I know it's bone done before...a few times actually, but this one promises to be totally different!

Design Goals:

To enhance the game by remaking each texture as close as possible to the original.
I want to keep the game's original feel and at the same time implement hi res textures. Let's just call this a restoration project.

I have most of the castle and foyer complete, just need a few small items here and there.

 

[NES_player4LIFE]

not bad, sm64 is a good place to learn how to work with n64 textures.

sry about the other project thou...

 

[ExtremeDude2]

To enhance the game by remaking each texture as close as possible to the original.
I want to keep the game's original feel and at the same time implement hi res textures.

I love that kind

 

[Martin]

I'm new here and I first started messing around with Banjo Tooie, but the game uses 16 color Indexed images that really suck and there's no way around it. So I decided to give Mario a texture makeover. I know it's bone done before...a few times actually, but this one promises to be totally different!

Design Goals:

To enhance the game by remaking each texture as close as possible to the original.
I want to keep the game's original feel and at the same time implement hi res textures. Let's just call this a restoration project.

I have most of the castle and foyer complete, just need a few small items here and there.

Awesome Great to see new texture projects

 

[Dub01]

Well thanks everyone, glad you like it. I have a small update here for you. The GUI with the exception of a few of my own icons is from stev418 SM64 Fonts Icons and Clouds set. So tell me what you think about it so far.

 

[pilm]

I like your textures very much - especially the ones outside and inside of Peach's Castle: they manage to be sharp without changing the feeling of the original game.

However, if you don't a bit of constructive criticism, the Bob-omb Battlefield textures are too noisy for my taste: unlike the stones of the castle, for instance (which are sharper but still look like a large grey solid color), the stone and rock textures have a lot of visual noise in them, which contrasts with the original game.

There is probably some kind of hard-to-find balance between too much cell-shading and too much realistic noise - tough job…

Anyway I really like this idea of "restoring" the game's textures. Keep going!

 

[Dub01]

I like your textures very much - especially the ones outside and inside of Peach's Castle: they manage to be sharp without changing the feeling of the original game.

However, if you don't a bit of constructive criticism, the Bob-omb Battlefield textures are too noisy for my taste: unlike the stones of the castle, for instance (which are sharper but still look like a large grey solid color), the stone and rock textures have a lot of visual noise in them, which contrasts with the original game.

There is probably some kind of hard-to-find balance between too much cell-shading and too much realistic noise - tough job…

Anyway I really like this idea of "restoring" the game's textures. Keep going!

Well I certainly do respect any constructive criticism because it will help me to make this set even better. So are there any specific textures that you think need changed on Bob-omb battlefield? I really like the cliff texture myself, but I'm always open for suggestions.

And thanks for the kind compliments!

 

[D1n]

Hey Dub01, nice work! "Restorations" is my favorite texture projects
As for constructive criticism, are the trees textured? If they are I think that their outlines should be smooth not jagged.
The jaggies was a byproduct of hardware limitations ( low rez no aa etc.) If check-out some art of the game , you will see that the trees and everything else are perfectly smooth

Keep up the good work!

 

[Dub01]

Hey Dub01, nice work! "Restorations" is my favorite texture projects
As for constructive criticism, are the trees textured? If they are I think that their outlines should be smooth not jagged.
The jaggies was a byproduct of hardware limitations ( low rez no aa etc.) If check-out some art of the game , you will see that the trees and everything else are perfectly smooth

Keep up the good work!

Thank you for your interest in my project! And I haven't done any of the trees yet, those are original. I do have some ideas for them though.

UPDATE:

So anyway, after spending quite a bit of time inspecting the original textures, I re-did a lot of this map with closer matching textures. Some are still just placeholders, to get an idea of what I want to do. So here are some pics.

 

[Dub01]

Well I suppose that since I'm not get very many responses from this set that I will discontinue posting here. Thanks anyway for all those who did show interest.

 

[NES_player4LIFE]

don't stop, sometimes the site members are slow to reply.
Your work shows promise.

 

[death--droid]

Dub01, it is not unusual for not many people to post here, far larger projects have had the exact same problem of having lack of posting. Don't take this as a lack of interest as there are a rather alot of people that download texture packs without making a comment about it. Keep up your work, looks like you could end up coming out with a really good result.

 

[Dub01]

Wow lol...ok. It takes me saying that I think I will not post here to get posts...strange.

 

[D1n]

Hey Dub01, nice progress, you are really getting somewhere with this!

Note: I think it would be helpful to post before and after shots, or at least comment as to what is actually textured in the sample pics


p.s. don't be discouraged, you efforts are appreciated by more people than you know!

 

[kaizokuroof]

Hiya, how is this texture pack coming? Personally I think Mario 64 in Hi-res is amazing, I'm glad you're sticking true to the original textures though. Keep it up!

- K.R

 

[MarcusNO]

Really awesome work, any expects when it will be released?

 

[fernan1234]

As a general pointer, do not go for photorealistic textures for Mario 64. It doesn't fit the game well at all. And don't be discouraged by the lack of posts, these boards are very slow even though a lot of lurkers actually do log in and check the threads all the time.

 

[airwide]

As a general pointer, do not go for photorealistic textures for Mario 64. It doesn't fit the game well at all. And don't be discouraged by the lack of posts, these boards are very slow even though a lot of lurkers actually do log in and check the threads all the time.

Have to agree on that one. Many of the textures Ive seen seems to be aiming for the "grey reality".

This one looks much like the original with the colours poping. Great work, keep it up!