Why bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles=0 is dumb [image heavy]

[junkacc]

Maybe if you unpack the EGT and rescale to 512x512 all the layers with ERSGAN then repacking will make GECK create 512x512 facegen files.

If you'd like to try, here are the unpacked EGT layers:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fi ... 2954972363

Send the files back to me and I'll repack them into an EGT file for you.

[junkacc]

nope, that didn't work. Looks like it'll have to be on an individual bases.


Which is better, Topaz or ESRGAN? Might as well learn them.

[FiftyTifty]

ESRGan Seems to be used more for general game textures, but awful for photos. Topaz is great for photos, and I've had decent results with textures. I'll upscale with Topaz the now, but can't do ESRGan since I have an AMD GPU.

[FiftyTifty]

Here we are, upscaled it to 1024x1024: https://i.imgur.com/X0jMleD.png

[junkacc]

Wow that's really impressive. It seems to work! But there is a small movement of the image to the left and up a few pixels. I noticed when I opened the PNG with gimp it said there's an offset but it was set to (0,0). Otherwise this could come in handy.

[Rika]

Wow that's really impressive. It seems to work! But there is a small movement of the image to the left and up a few pixels. I noticed when I opened the PNG with gimp it said there's an offset but it was set to (0,0). Otherwise this could come in handy.

Yeah I've noticed that Topaz does that, it's like one and a *half* pixels or some crap, so realigning them was the most annoying part of my upscaled poster mod.

[FiftyTifty]

Is it the whole image that shifts, or just that wee spot?

Also, if we're going to be editing the EGT layers, it would also be a good idea to remove the blue-green tint that the African American layers have, so we can finally have dark skinned characters look like they've not taken a bite out of a makeup puck.

[RoyBatty]

You can edit that in GECK, in the NPC editor select the tint option in the advanced facegen tab.

[FiftyTifty]

You can edit that in GECK, in the NPC editor select the tint option in the advanced facegen tab.

It's an issue with the EGT Layer used for the tint, rather than the tint values. Even when you go for heavy dark, flushed, and orange tints, the face still has blobs of green and blue. Example: https://i.imgur.com/bP68Il8.png

The creator of FCO opted to create a separate, pre-darkened skin texture for the race, which is pretty wasteful. It would be better to edit the EGT Layers themselves and get rid of the issue properly.

[RoyBatty]

Maybe the code can be patched somehow, but iirc the facegen code is optimized and hard to decode. Possibly stewie can look into it.