Project64 with Glide64 issues

[Loftoman]

I recently decided to delve into the whole high-res textures thing, so I'm very much a n00b with this. I'm running the latest version of Project64 (2.0) and the final version of Glide64. I've managed to get some of the textures to load, but only for games where the textures are condensed into one or two DAT files (Zelda 64 is the one that works because it's 2 DAT files that I've put in the cache folder). The ones that don't work, are the textures that are basically dozens of PNG files located within subfolders labeled after areas of the game (Big Boo's Haunt, etc.). It appears as if it's reading the textures from these folders when loading the game, but nothing happens- the game loads without the high resolution textures, but gives me no error message.

my DAT files are located here: \Plugin\GFX\cache
my PNG textures are located here: \Plugin\GFX\highres_textures\[GAME NAME]

I've double checked to make sure that [GAME NAME] is named exactly what the actual rom is named, but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[squall_leonhart]

patch the pj64 exe with large address aware, or the NT 4g patcher.
and run pj64 with compatibility set to windows 7 or windows vista, the glidehq has a buggy manifest or something that breaks it un 32bit front ends.

 

[Shanen112]

it should read \Plugin\GFX\hires_texture\[GAME NAME] not highres_textures

 

[Fanatic 64]

[GAME NAME] should be the internal name, not the GoodName/Filename (for example Super Mario 64 should be \Plugin\GFX\hires_texture\SUPER MARIO 64, not \Super Mario 64 (U) or \Super Mario 64.z64, etc)

You can see the internal name in Project64 in File/ROM Info. Also, most texture packs already come in a folder with the internal name, so if you got a SM64 texture pack and it comes in a folder named "SUPER MARIO 64", paste that in hires_texture.

 

[Loftoman]

I doubled checked to make sure everything is named and placed properly.... I tried patching pj64.exe with large address aware, and then with the NT 4g patcher. Neither of them worked. :-/

Is there a way to convert the texture packs to DAT format?

 

[Fanatic 64]

I doubled checked to make sure everything is named and placed properly.... I tried patching pj64.exe with large address aware, and then with the NT 4g patcher. Neither of them worked. :-/

Where did you got Project64 from?

 

[Loftoman]

I downloaded it directly from the developer's site... it's the newest version (2.0) released 3 days ago.

 

[squall_leonhart]

what do you mean neither worked?

 

[Loftoman]

Neither patch solved the problem.... it continued to run with the same results. It would just simply run the game without the high resolution textures.

 

[NES_player4LIFE]

What pack are you trying to load?

 

[Shanen112]

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PNG goes in \Plugin\GFX\hires_texture NOT highres_textures

 

[Loftoman]

I re-installed Project64 and the Glide64 plugin, and was delighted to find that it worked! Maybe I did name something improperly, but whatever the case- I'm elated. Thanks again for all your help guys!