EQClassicHD - better elf pixels!

[khanable]

https://i.imgur.com/ZaVZ5r7.png

The EQClassicHD team is: Cucumbers, PaulG, Sorn, and Zaela

EQClassicHD is an EverQuest retexturing project that features higher resolution textures for player characters.

Features:
· All player character related textures (armor, handheld items, weapons, faces) have been upscaled, retouched, or completely redone by Cucumbers, PaulG, and Sorn. Textures redone in the past by Nysus, Xevin, and Joyelle are also included.
· All player character textures have been converted to .dds to conserve space, memory, and allow for mipmaps.
· Various animation & epic particle fixes by Zaela.
· Transparency fixes pre-applied & minor Velious helmet visor tweaks.

Check out PaulG’s screenshot (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261858) thread!

Visit our discord (https://discord.gg/JD8e8qE) for technical help, bug reports, or to discuss tradeskills with Sorn.

We will develop a wiki page (http://wiki.project1999.com/EQClassicHD) dedicated to the project and the work put into it.

Download:

GET UR BETTER ELF PIXELS HERE (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByJldqMGux7CRnFPLXhBb2ZiY0k)

Installation (easy-mode):
Only works on Windows based computers
· Extract EQClassicHD.zip to a folder location you are comfortable with (not your Everquest directory).
· Run install.bat (if Windows stops you, select the “Run anyway” option).
· Select your Everquest directory, wait for the prompt to state it has finished installation.
· To uninstall, simply run uninstall.bat (if Windows stops you, select the “Run anyway” option).

Installation (manual-mode):
· Navigate to your Everquest directory. Backup the following files:
gequip.s3d
gequip2.s3d
global_chr.s3d
global4_chr.s3d
global17_amr.s3d
global18_amr.s3d
global19_amr.s3d
global20_amr.s3d
global21_amr.s3d
global22_amr.s3d
global23_amr.s3d
globalfroglok_chr.s3d
growthplane_chr.s3d
· Extract EQClassicHD.zip to a folder location you are comfortable with.
· Copy the aforementioned files into your Everquest directory (overwrite if you left the old ones in).
· To uninstall, copy the backed up files back into your Everquest directory and overwrite.

Special thanks: P99 Staff for being pals, Nysus/Xevin/Joyelle (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116564) for the previous work, Chebby (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121490) for the inspiration, Aftermath guild for the use of test server, Turp for being our cheerleader, and everyone that tested and provided feedback

[Kelzar]

Thanks for this.

I got a "The syntax of this command is not correct" , 14 lines, the same.

[khanable]

Try the manual install

[Kelzar]

Done manually. Fixed.

Gorgeous. Im staring at all people faces now.

[kwjohns]

Thank all of you guys for putting forth all of the effort to do this. Just got it installed and it looks great!

[Sinadin]

I still don't get whether the blade textures are included or not and what exactly the difference is.

Elementals are not, at least this I found out :-)

[loramin]

Thank you Cucumbers, PaulG, Sorn, and Zaela! All of you are server heroes.

[Sorn]

I still don't get whether the blade textures are included or not and what exactly the difference is.

Some blade textures are included, but there is another separate set you can use. Cucumbers will have to comment as I don't know much about it.

[Peacocky]

I feel classically prettier than ever and you guys rocked!.

If Sony have any brain, they should hired you guys before the release of SoL!.

[paulgiamatti]

I still don't get whether the blade textures are included or not and what exactly the difference is.

Some blade textures are included, but there is another separate set you can use. Cucumbers will have to comment as I don't know much about it.

Here's a post that compares the two - qqClassic Swords are the default, Maximum Hi-Definition Swords you'll have to download and install yourself: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2439262&postcount=24

Here's a thread I made for the redone elementals and a guide on how to install them: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256151

And here's a link to download both the redone elemental and blade textures: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByJldqMGux7CQkptS1VmZ3lFd2c

To install the redone blades, follow the same process for installing the elementals, but add them to the "gequip" S3D archive instead.

The completely redone elementals and blades we decided to keep separate just because they aren't classic (not even a little classic), but I think they're awesome. The elemental and blade textures included in EQClassicHD are upscaled, and the blades are slightly recolored and retextured, but the difference isn't as noticeable.

Redone blades:
http://imgur.com/OK9YH4O.png
http://imgur.com/bpN5zpB.png

Redone elementals:
http://imgur.com/4KGBTq2.png

[Check12345]

Thank you Cucumbers, PaulG, Sorn, and Zaela! All of you are server heroes.

[paulgiamatti]

I got a "The syntax of this command is not correct" , 14 lines, the same.

This should be fixed now - if you were experiencing this issue when using install.bat, feel free to redownload using the original links.

Couple notes about the installer: it will request administrative privileges, so if you have EQ running it will probably black out your EQ window (just a forewarning because that's super annoying for some people). It will automatically create backups of all of your current textures, so to make uninstalling much easier it's recommended that you use install & uninstall.bat. They can be run just like any executable - double-click, or right-click and select Open.

[paulgiamatti]

A few more notes about install stuff - you can extract the S3Ds into your EQ directory and overwrite your current stuff if you want, but then if you want to uninstall EQ Classic HD you'll have to manually replace those S3Ds with the originals. Here are links to the original EQ textures in case you need to do this and you forgot to backup your stuff beforehand:

High-resolution textures: http://p99.yourfirefly.com/downloads/highres_s3d.zip
Low-resolution textures: http://p99.yourfirefly.com/downloads/lowres_s3d.zip

EQClassicHD's installer & uninstaller will only work if some certain conditions are met:


install.bat conditions: before install.bat will run, it must be outside of your EQ directory and in a folder with the downloaded install files.

uninstall.bat conditions: before uninstall.bat will run, you must have already run the installer which will have created backups of all of your current textures.

So to make things easy, here's what I recommend: unzip the EQClassicHD folder somewhere, then simply run install.bat within that folder. It will auto-backup all of your current stuff, and if you want to stop using EQ Classic HD, all you have to do is run uninstall.bat to restore everything back to how it was before.

[Pyrocat]

Is there a way to just get the character face upgrades? And/or just the particle effect fixes?

I appreciate all the work that went into this but I'm not a fan of the artistic choices that were made in the weapon / item re-textures.

[paulgiamatti]

Is there a way to just get the character face upgrades? And/or just the particle effect fixes?

Yes, but you'd have to do your own legwork to separate out what you want from our textures, and then manually install them using EQGExport (https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxdxlln87dqylhr/EQGExport.zip)/EQ-Zip (https://github.com/Shendare/EQZip/releases/download/v1.5.2/EQ-Zip_v1.5.2.zip) (or S3DSpy (https://sourceforge.net/projects/eqemulator/files/OpenZone/S3DSpy%201.2) if you're on Windows XP).

[Found]

Wow very cool.. you guys rock!

[saerkaka]

Well done guys!

[Jimjam]

Doesn't this also fix iksar 2 hand and archery attack alongside wolf animations?

[vorpal_raddish]

Looks amazing. I love you guys.

[jolanar]

After I clicked the install button, it asked me to press the any key, but I couldn't find it on my keyboard. Any suggestions?

[Xap]

Fantastic work guys, excited to stare into everyone's hi-res eyes once I install this tonight!

I've had that one halfling face hi-res for like 3 or 4 years and I couldn't remember how/why that was so, so I guess I DL'd a really early release of this and forgot?

[GraveD]

Seems like I'm rather consistently crashing on zone (30% of the time) since installing this. Anyone else experiencing? My full-fledged PC should be way more than enough to handle a small texture upgrade - plenty of RAM available, GTX 780, etc.

EDIT: Most frequent seems to be in and out of Cabalis, if that matters.

[Sorn]

Seems like I'm rather consistently crashing on zone (30% of the time) since installing this. Anyone else experiencing? My full-fledged PC should be way more than enough to handle a small texture upgrade - plenty of RAM available, GTX 780, etc.

EDIT: Most frequent seems to be in and out of Cabalis, if that matters.

I haven't had this issue and my computer is super crappy. It MAY have something to do with some of the connection issues EQEmu's been having as of late.

[paulgiamatti]

I've had that one halfling face hi-res for like 3 or 4 years and I couldn't remember how/why that was so, so I guess I DL'd a really early release of this and forgot?

That would've been from Chebby's texture package (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121490) from 2013 - I think Nysus/Xevin did the faces in that pack, but it was only four human male and one halfling male face. All have been replaced with Sornfaces™ in EQ Classic HD.

Seems like I'm rather consistently crashing on zone (30% of the time) since installing this. Anyone else experiencing? My full-fledged PC should be way more than enough to handle a small texture upgrade - plenty of RAM available, GTX 780, etc.

The Titanium client suffers from memory bloat which cumulatively adds up the longer you play, which is why the more times you zone or switch characters the higher the chance is that you'll end up crashing as it writes more and more data into memory. And your physical memory makes no difference - whether you have 2 GB or 32 GB of onboard RAM, the client will throw an exception and crash to desktop all the same once it gets near 2 GB (roughly 1.8 GB) of memory usage, due to being a 32-bit application.

So this is a problem that has always existed in Titanium, and you'll experience it regardless of which textures you're using, though you'll experience it more often if you install the high-resolution Trilogy textures or other upscaled/custom textures. Our textures are more client-friendly than the 4x upscaled "realistic but better clarity" package that Chebby released in 2013 because we've converted a bunch of stuff to DDS, which decompresses in real-time much more efficiently due to mipmapping, therefore using less overall memory.

We did have some crashing while zoning issues early on in development when zoning between certain memory-intensive zones such as TT/EJ, which we were able to solve via DDS compression, so it is possible Cabilis or its surrounding zones are another culprit. Will have to do some testing to figure out if it's a real issue though.

[Jimjam]

might be worth checking the compression on the iksar texture too. There are a lot of iksar in Cabilis, so even though iksar is a global file the problem may only announce it self where many of these lizard men at gathered (their home town).

[Kaezyr D`Shiv]

After I clicked the install button, it asked me to press the any key, but I couldn't find it on my keyboard. Any suggestions?

I love answering this question!!!

Just look for the biggest key on the keyboard, you can't miss it!!



Some people also call it the SPACE bar, but it also is that elusive ANY key

Your welcome!

[paulgiamatti]

We did have some crashing while zoning issues early on in development when zoning between certain memory-intensive zones such as TT/EJ, which we were able to solve via DDS compression, so it is possible Cabilis or its surrounding zones are another culprit. Will have to do some testing to figure out if it's a real issue though.

Did some testing on a lower-end Core2Duo with 4 GB RAM and found no issues - was able to zone in and around Cabilis 20 consecutive times without a crash:

[Sat Sep 09 15:52:54 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:47:45 2017] Welcome to EverQuest!
[Sat Sep 09 15:47:45 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.

[Sat Sep 09 15:50:03 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:50:25 2017] You have entered Swamp Of No Hope.
[Sat Sep 09 15:50:29 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:50:44 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.
[Sat Sep 09 15:50:49 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:51:11 2017] You have entered Swamp Of No Hope.
[Sat Sep 09 15:51:15 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:51:30 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.

[Sat Sep 09 15:52:17 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:52:30 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.
[Sat Sep 09 15:52:34 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:52:50 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.
[Sat Sep 09 15:52:54 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:53:05 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.

[Sat Sep 09 15:53:57 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:54:20 2017] You have entered Lake of Ill Omen.
[Sat Sep 09 15:54:24 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:54:35 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.
[Sat Sep 09 15:54:39 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:55:04 2017] You have entered Lake of Ill Omen.
[Sat Sep 09 15:55:11 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:55:32 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.

[Sat Sep 09 15:57:20 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:57:48 2017] You have entered Warsliks Woods.
[Sat Sep 09 15:57:52 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:04 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:09 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:30 2017] You have entered Warsliks Woods.
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:36 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:47 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.

[Sat Sep 09 16:00:10 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:00:25 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.

[Sat Sep 09 16:04:04 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:04:28 2017] You have entered Field of Bone.
[Sat Sep 09 16:04:34 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:04:50 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.
[Sat Sep 09 16:04:56 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:05:17 2017] You have entered Field of Bone.
[Sat Sep 09 16:05:21 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:05:37 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.

If you continue to have issues with this I'd recommend doing a fresh install of Titanium.

[Robot]

gods among men

thanks for this

[supermonk]

messed around for kicks and spliced 3 erud faces together and added a gangster touch. lol

https://i.imgur.com/biNQfb2.jpg

[GraveD]

messed around for kicks and spliced 3 erud faces together and added a gangster touch. lol

https://i.imgur.com/biNQfb2.jpg

Suh Kanye.

[GraveD]

Did some testing on a lower-end Core2Duo with 4 GB RAM and found no issues - was able to zone in and around Cabilis 20 consecutive times without a crash:

[Sat Sep 09 15:52:54 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:47:45 2017] Welcome to EverQuest!
[Sat Sep 09 15:47:45 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.

[Sat Sep 09 15:50:03 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:50:25 2017] You have entered Swamp Of No Hope.
[Sat Sep 09 15:50:29 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:50:44 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.
[Sat Sep 09 15:50:49 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:51:11 2017] You have entered Swamp Of No Hope.
[Sat Sep 09 15:51:15 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:51:30 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.

[Sat Sep 09 15:52:17 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:52:30 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.
[Sat Sep 09 15:52:34 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:52:50 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.
[Sat Sep 09 15:52:54 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:53:05 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.

[Sat Sep 09 15:53:57 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:54:20 2017] You have entered Lake of Ill Omen.
[Sat Sep 09 15:54:24 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:54:35 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.
[Sat Sep 09 15:54:39 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:55:04 2017] You have entered Lake of Ill Omen.
[Sat Sep 09 15:55:11 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:55:32 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.

[Sat Sep 09 15:57:20 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:57:48 2017] You have entered Warsliks Woods.
[Sat Sep 09 15:57:52 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:04 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:09 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:30 2017] You have entered Warsliks Woods.
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:36 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 15:58:47 2017] You have entered Cabilis West.

[Sat Sep 09 16:00:10 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:00:25 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.

[Sat Sep 09 16:04:04 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:04:28 2017] You have entered Field of Bone.
[Sat Sep 09 16:04:34 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:04:50 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.
[Sat Sep 09 16:04:56 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:05:17 2017] You have entered Field of Bone.
[Sat Sep 09 16:05:21 2017] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sat Sep 09 16:05:37 2017] You have entered Cabilis East.

If you continue to have issues with this I'd recommend doing a fresh install of Titanium.

Thank you for looking into this/testing, Paul. I'll try a fresh install...though later the night I posted I ran the uninstall.bat for the mod and went back to having no zone crashes at all since. Maybe just some deep-seated software incompatibility that my game doesn't like. I could try some of those other fixes for general EQ issues - I'm not using WinEQ, limiting threads or FPS, etc.

[supermonk]

I've always wanted the classic epic mage look (e.g. burns and mustache) so I took matters into my own hands and made p99 classic again!

Classic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhq76lelrI4)

https://i.imgur.com/MmgAccA.jpg

my version...its not the best, but hey it'll do.

https://i.imgur.com/CCWVY96.jpg

[Shrubwise]

Hey, thanks EQ Classic HD Team! I just installed this modification. Loving the sharp new graphics!

[Fettsack]

Just downloaded it. Awesome work!! Thank you very much for this!! :):D

[supermonk]

https://i.imgur.com/onmXsA2.jpg

"my gangsta attitude came from my motherlovin pop"

[Ortnit]

Thanks to all for the work you put in.
It looks fantastic.

[ZarkinFrood]

Bump for good shit. Had to change my character's face though, I think my plastic surgeon used a bit too much botox this time.

[Nagoya]

just wanted to give you guys a shoutout - easy to instal and awesome improvement :) thanks!

[paulgiamatti]

EQClassicHD v0.2: download link (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByJldqMGux7CRnFPLXhBb2ZiY0k)

barbarian polar bear helm's teeth transparency fixed:
https://imgur.com/2steZKK.png

wood elf female velious helm's visor transparency fixed:
https://imgur.com/mGQs35d.png

[Kaino]

amazing work dude honestly

[SmallpaulTZ]

Great endeavour here folks! Brilliant work. I was just wondering, perhaps I've missed it, but is there a version for Mac (for both P99 & TAKP players out there I'm thinking) available or perhaps scheduled?

[khanable]

There is a pack for TAKP on the TAKP wiki

Though we never tested it with the actual mac client, so ymmv

[Axlrose]

Excellent stuff!

A request - would it be possible to either create or borrow graphics from other parts of the game to give an appearance of a vendor area for barren merchants? That is, take parts of Neriak for example. Many of the vendors have their walls appearing to hold items. Yet take many of the merchants in Freeport that stand in front of a rock wall, bare and uninspiring.

This is scattered throughout the game - some merchants are stacked and others look like they have deep pockets for carrying all of their vendor wares.

Just a suggestion - thanks!

[Shrubwise]

Excellent stuff!

A request - would it be possible to either create or borrow graphics from other parts of the game to give an appearance of a vendor area for barren merchants? That is, take parts of Neriak for example. Many of the vendors have their walls appearing to hold items. Yet take many of the merchants in Freeport that stand in front of a rock wall, bare and uninspiring.

This is scattered throughout the game - some merchants are stacked and others look like they have deep pockets for carrying all of their vendor wares.

Just a suggestion - thanks!

I think you just won the “weirdest request” award

[paulgiamatti]

would it be possible to either create or borrow graphics from other parts of the game to give an appearance of a vendor area for barren merchants?

Probably not, and if it was we wouldn't bother for two reasons: we're only interested in improving upon The Vision™'s version of classic EverQuest art without adding anything unnecessary, and the work load would be unrealistic. If we ever decide to upscale zone textures, which is something we've talked about since more or less day one, we won't be doing anything beyond upscaling.

The reason this probably wouldn't work is because areas such as interior walls typically don't use their own specific texture or set of textures - they often use one texture which is tiled and reused in many other areas of the zone. So a likely result of adding merchant wares to a wall behind a vendor would be that art showing up on the outside of various building/zone walls, or along the entirety of that building's interior, floors and ceilings included, for example. There's no way to designate which textures each model/polygon/cluster of polygons uses without altering the .zon files themselves, or the client code, which is both beyond our capability and unsafe for the purposes of P99 cheat-detection.

[~Hamball~]

Dear Cucu and Co,

Just installed this as my first EQ mod. Absolutely fantastic.

Love,
NY

[Jimjam]

I'm updating a friend's drop box, what is the before vs after of the memory on disk for this install?

[paulgiamatti]

I'm updating a friend's drop box, what is the before vs after of the memory on disk for this install?

EQ Classic HD requires 279 MB (278,872,064 bytes) of disk space for installation.

[NenshouStar]

I just have to say... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMPILING and just, putting forth this effort! amazing work. I will include it with all my installs from now on. thanks!~

[Akkadius]

Impressive work guys - I've shared these threads with the EQEmu guys

[Secrets]

Impressive work guys - I've shared these threads with the EQEmu guys

Impressive girth Akkadius - I've shared your massive work with the P99 forums.

[paulgiamatti]

I'm not sure what's going on in this thread, but I am strangely aroused.

[GraveD]

Bump!

[Baelinn]

Hey everyone, probably a silly question but is there any rule against modifying texture files on P99? I just want to make sure this is all OK to install. Looks really good!

[Sorn]

Hey everyone, probably a silly question but is there any rule against modifying texture files on P99? I just want to make sure this is all OK to install. Looks really good!

EQClassicHD is nilbog-approved because it is a) completely optional, and b) "mostly classic" (direct quote) and in keeping with the spirit of classic EQ. It does not interfere with or manipulate game mechanics other than making everything look crisper.

It's totally okay to install! :)

[Baelinn]

Thanks for confirming, and for all the hard work you guys put into this - look forward to giving it a try. :)

[mckeg74]

First off, thanks for all your hard work on the new textures.

Secondly is it possible to make high res versions of the spell effects? I've been considering doings some tests of it myself but unsure what and where to edit. I'm sure there is stuff in the titanium client that's unused in p99.

[paulgiamatti]

is it possible to make high res versions of the spell effects?

Cucumbers attempted this at one point but apparently the client didn't take well to rendering some of the upscaled particle textures and crashed, so it could be that some particle textures are upscalable but others aren't. So theoretically it's possible, and we still might figure out a solution to upscale all spell particles. As a side note, we did upscale all weapon particles and those are included in the package.

[TanDemain]

I love this, thank you so much for your work guys.

[Fryhole]

This really should have its own sticky. I've started to see some crashing issues but also have a really old install that had EQLite run on it as well as the high-res texture pack and the transparency/visor fix applied. (Made sure to verify the client wasn't consuming over 2GB of memory and that was not the case.)

[paulgiamatti]

This really should have its own sticky. I've started to see some crashing issues but also have a really old install that had EQLite run on it as well as the high-res texture pack and the transparency/visor fix applied. (Made sure to verify the client wasn't consuming over 2GB of memory and that was not the case.)

Just to clarify, the Titanium client physically can't use 2 GB of system memory - what you'd want to look for as to what would indicate a potential crash is more like 1.5 GB. I think the threshold is somewhere around 1.8 GB before it actually throws an exception and crashes.

It's possible that texture caching has something to do with crashing, but we can only guess as to what kind of issues it'd be causing. Perhaps an old texture cache is somehow conflicting with the new textures and causing the client to use too much system memory. If this is the case, you'll want to clear out your cache by doing the following (disclaimer: this may or may not actually solve anything):

1. Disable texture caching via the login screen options menu (make sure to click Finish).
2. Reload the client and fully sign into the game.
3. Camp out of the game and close the client (do not /quit).
4. Enable texture caching via the login screen options menu (make sure to click Finish).
5. Reload the client and fully sign into the game.
6. Camp out of the game and close the client (do not /quit).
7. Repeat steps 1-6 for good measure.

Also, there is some install info on our wiki page now (and a reveal of the TAKP version of EQ Classic HD): http://wiki.project1999.com/EQ_Classic_HD

[Fryhole]

I was messing around with the takp client a few days earlier, where texture caching had an in-game toggle. (Coming back to p99 I wasn't sure the setting was even valid as I was too lazy to look in the login options/.ini file) I had similar issues on takp when using the updated models from this thread. I think over time the cache has just replaced itself as the crashes haven't happened for a long time now.

That said, I would say the official high res zone texture update, the helm transparency patch as well as this character model texture update have all played nicely together.

[paulgiamatti]

I was messing around with the takp client a few days earlier, where texture caching had an in-game toggle. (Coming back to p99 I wasn't sure the setting was even valid as I was too lazy to look in the login options/.ini file)

It's definitely possible that enabling/disabling texture caching in the Titanium client doesn't actually do anything - I haven't tested this extensively enough to know for sure. The texture compression setting definitely doesn't do anything, and it's possible that mipmapping is always enabled regardless of the client setting.

[paulgiamatti]

How do I edit this to show the original gurdian robe gfx? Feels much better.

Load the original Titanium global_chr.s3d in EQ-Zip (https://github.com/Shendare/EQZip/releases/download/v1.5.2/EQ-Zip_v1.5.2.zip) and export clk701-706.bmp. Now load our global_chr.s3d in EQ-Zip and import the extracted textures, selecting overwrite, with auto-convert to DDS disabled in preferences. Save the S3D and put it in your EQ directory if it isn't already there.

[paulgiamatti]

export clk701-706.bmp

Oh also you want auto-convert to PNG when exporting disabled in preferences.

[paulgiamatti]

EQClassicHD v0.3: download link (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByJldqMGux7CRnFPLXhBb2ZiY0k)

fixed center buckler/rivet:
https://i.imgur.com/yYRoQWq.png

fixed seams:
https://i.imgur.com/OGGzNev.png
https://i.imgur.com/Zy0hYN6.png

[paulgiamatti]

EQClassicHD v0.4: download link (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByJldqMGux7CRnFPLXhBb2ZiY0k)

install.bat will now run the entire transparency patching process detailed here (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87281) which will patch various transparency/coloring issues across all S3Ds.

fixed veil transparency (unfortunately nothing can be done about the helm clipping):
https://i.imgur.com/GzCutGp.png

did some work on one of the kunark hammer textures used on sarnak warhammer/worker's sledgemallet & truncheon of doom/hammer of the dragonborn - increased resolution from 128x128 to 256x256 to match the other texture used on those models, and fixed the seam on the two-handed version:
https://imgur.com/FIPD1LV.png
https://imgur.com/X53n7bP.png

corrected the orientation of classic wooden round shield front and back textures - for some reason they were both 90 degrees off-kilter.

EQ Classic HD wiki: wiki.project1999.com/EQ_Classic_HD (https://wiki.project1999.com/EQClassicHD)

[Argh]

BUMP

[AftermathNazi]

This is great!

[khandman]

you look cross eyed

[Shrubwise]

Haha I noticed that too

[paulgiamatti]

https://wiki.project1999.com/Buckler_of_Insight

Could use the treatment!

It's been treated, but it's probably one of the less impressive improvements since there isn't a lot to work with:
https://i.imgur.com/bJKWDxB.png

[khanable]

yeah that buckler needs a lot of love

I haven't the slightest idea of what the og artists were going for though

[Aadill]

yeah that buckler needs a lot of love

I haven't the slightest idea of what the og artists were going for though

Some insight would be key.

[Jimjam]

Yeah.

Looing at the low rez version, looks like there should be a larger, strongly contrasting shadow around the bright silver pieces to give them a more protruding appearance.

The break between the bands and the boss should be a shadow on the band, not the main shield colour too.

Basically the boss looks like it should be fastening a cross to the shield, and that cross's arms buldge away from the body of the shield at the centre of each arm.

[FungusTrooper]

Are the lines supposed to be metal, or just paint? Who knows.

I just wanted to point out that I *love* this project, and it looks amazing! Thank you so much for all the hard work :).

[khanable]

https://i.imgur.com/AUirIuV.png

this is more or less where I am at/interpreting

[khanable]

it may or may not contain a secret message

[paulgiamatti]

EQClassicHD v0.5: download link (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByJldqMGux7CRnFPLXhBb2ZiY0k)

metal buckler redone:
https://imgur.com/GBY8dqO.png

[Jimjam]

I know I'm normally super fussy on shields, but the central boss on that thing is looking great!

Can it easily be recycled to other shields?

[Newt]

I appreciate this. But im a computer newb. Can you ELI5?

[Newt]

My question is, when you say run install.bat... What is that? Is it included in the download? is it a program from another party i have to download? Is it already on my PC???

Also, important question... Whats the difference between this and the other character texture one?

[khanable]

should be included in the download, directions in the first post iirc

[paulgiamatti]

My question is, when you say run install.bat... What is that? Is it included in the download? is it a program from another party i have to download? Is it already on my PC???

It's a thing I cobbled together in a scripting language called batch, and yes as Lord Cucumbers says it is in the downloaded files. Please follow the install instructions on our Wiki page (https://wiki.project1999.com/EQClassicHD#How_do_I_install_it.3F) for more info.

Also, important question... Whats the difference between this and the other character texture one?

Our textures were upscaled using a superior denoise algorithm and converted to DDS for memory conservation so you'll crash less often, whereas Chebby's texture package (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121490) from 2013 will cause your client to crash more often. Our package includes a ton of completely redone textures which are mostly true to classic aesthetics - basically all held items including weapons and shields have been painstakingly pored over and manually improved. Our package includes Sorn's masterfully reworked character faces (see the screenshot thread). Our package includes all transparency patcher fixes (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87281) preapplied, as well as all of Zaela's animation and particle fixes, and a litany other miscellaneous transparency, semi-transparency, and cosmetic fixes which are all unique to our package. See our Wiki page (https://wiki.project1999.com/EQClassicHD#What_does_it_do.3F) for more info.

I know I'm normally super fussy on shields, but the central boss on that thing is looking great!

Can it easily be recycled to other shields?

By Cucumbers, perhaps, on the classic round shields. That's up to him though.

[rankorr]

i cant seem to be able to turn off the ugly luclin mage pet models now that i have HD installed, i like HD but i need my old pet models. any easy fixes?

[Salaryman]

fix erudite custom helms

[paulgiamatti]

i cant seem to be able to turn off the ugly luclin mage pet models now that i have HD installed, i like HD but i need my old pet models. any easy fixes?

Disable them from the options menu at the login screen:
http://imgur.com/XvSZmAd.jpg

fix erudite custom helms
Only possible if/when P99 switches to the Trilogy client: https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=288754

[Karasawa]

Thank you Cucumbers, PaulG, Sorn, and Zaela! All of you are server heroes.

[rankorr]

I have unchecked that box, it did nothing

[rezzie]

Edit your eqclient.ini and make sure the lines starting with "UseLuclin" are all set to "=FALSE".

[dussle27]

This shit is hype. Are there any plans to continue? Would love to see updated guard models in cities. Maybe higher res textures in various zones.

[paulgiamatti]

This shit is hype. Are there any plans to continue?

Tentatively - we haven't started the second phase of the project yet which entails upscaling all zone textures.

Would love to see updated guard models in cities. Maybe higher res textures in various zones.

Guard and NPC textures are handled as zone textures, so mobs and NPCs will get upscaled once we get around to zones. Each race also has a unique vendor face which is handled as a zone texture - hopefully Sorn will get around to retouching those at some point as well. No real plans to begin work on this stuff at the moment, so it will be quite awhile before we get around to it. Computer technology also has some catching up to do before this kind of work won't be a colossal pain in the ass.

In the meantime, feel free to check out the better classic elementals and better classic blades texture packages: https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2577084&postcount=10.

Also, Chebby (the guy who did the first texture upgrade package) started work on zones at one point, but only ever uploaded West Freeport and Ak`Anon, so those are available if you want to upgrade those zone textures:

West Freeport - realistic 400% fractal resize, clarity improved on walls, dirt, grass, etc., NPCs & objects untouched: https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B23oc1KFp6cPSXc4UUhOUEQxOTA&export=download

Ak`Anon - realistic 400% fractal resize, clarity improved on NPCs, objects, walls, floors, etc.: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=NNw3&id=0B23oc1KFp6cPQWZEdzd2MUFJWEk

[mccriddles]

when I install this my client crashes on character selection. any idea?

[paulgiamatti]

when I install this my client crashes on character selection. any idea?

Hi, please repeat the crash and PM me the contents of EQ\Logs\dbg.txt.

[mccriddles]

Hi, please repeat the crash and PM me the contents of EQ\Logs\dbg.txt.

Done and sent. thank you for the help

[mccriddles]

Hi, please repeat the crash and PM me the contents of EQ\Logs\dbg.txt.

hey so i moved my eq folder from program files to another location and it works fine now. Apparently having it in x86 program files caused the issue?


thanks again for reaching out though

[paulgiamatti]

hey so i moved my eq folder from program files to another location and it works fine now. Apparently having it in x86 program files caused the issue?

This appears to be the case - thanks for the log submittal though, always a huge help in troubleshooting these things. Thinking I'm going to add a requirement to the installer that the user move their EQ directory out of Program Files before our mod can be installed. Seems as though there are cases in which an otherwise functioning installation of Titanium will run into access restriction issues when new textures are installed.

[BlooDReDRagE]

Why isn't this thread sticky yet??

[paulgiamatti]

EQClassicHD v0.6: download link (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=5Nvk&id=0ByJldqMGux7CRnFPLXhBb2ZiY0k)

fixed veil transparency:
https://i.imgur.com/wND9T4h.png

cleaned up ribcage shield:
https://i.imgur.com/PAuaVOB.jpg

added classic skeleton transparency:
https://i.imgur.com/XxrEbah.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vTIVIks.png
https://i.imgur.com/p3cvHCi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2ujvNJ1.png

also corrected a minor seam issue on the velium two-handed sword hilt.

wiki.project1999.com/EQClassicHD

[Nalefein]

Hi guys!

Could anyone post the file for better classic elementals? I can't seem to find the EQ Export thingy and I'm on a Mac so editing files is wonky. Help make my pixels great again!

kind regards,

[feniin]

Is there any fix to the skin tinting on velious armors? My poor half elf lady has purple skin with the new Nathsar armor.

[loramin]

Thank you as always EQClassicHD team!

Also, just FYI, I created a new wiki page (http://wiki.project1999.com/Visual_Enhancements) to serve as a one-stop shop for players who want to enhance their client. I used some of the images from this forum to make it clearer what each enhancement project offers. Also I tried to clean up/organize the old client customization page so that the various options are sorted by type.

The page links to your own page for the EQClassicHD project, but again I just wanted to let you know (and invite you and everyone else to edit and enhance it!)

[xblade724]

This is awesome, TY!. However ... this is pretty scattered, and OP doesn't have versions. Which one is the latest + greatest + all of them?

Not classic? I know. That's why I want it. I just want the classic gameplay, broheem.

EDIT: Just saw last post ( http://wiki.project1999.com/Visual_Enhancements ) that is probably the answer.

[Tkon]

You guys rock. I would love to pick your brains on some projects I'm working on. Do you guys have a discord you hang out in?

[Krone90]

These tweaks still safe to do ?

[tinklepee]

I couldn't get the installer to work but manually pasting the files worked.

[Hithiquen]

if anyone plays on live, wanted to share that you can also use these on live. you just run the launcher, wait until it finishes updating, but don't press 'play' yet. now overwrite the files in the eq directory, and then press 'play'. you have to do that every session, but it works!

[jolanar]

if anyone plays on live, wanted to share that you can also use these on live. you just run the launcher, wait until it finishes updating, but don't press 'play' yet. now overwrite the files in the eq directory, and then press 'play'. you have to do that every session, but it works!

You can bypass the launcher, you only need to do this after a patch.

[Hakun]

Has this projekt been abandoned or are you guys still working on it?

Really awesome stuff by the way!

[Pizzanomicon]

Just install these files first then install the 4x HD project. Basically covers everything.

[Sorn]

Can't believe it's been thiiiiis long since we managed to finish all these textures.

Scrolling through all my previous work on the faces makes me both smile and wince but I'm still hella proud of our teamwork. Also that griffon shield continues to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever had to retouch. Did I say retouch? I definitely redrew the damn thing from scratch.

Thanks for the wiki page, loramin!

[Cardnyl]

what is it about transpfx.exe that causes it to throw red on virustotal?

[Bonhammerstorm]

I cant seem to download anymore. i sent request for permissions

[Brandonian10]

16699

Griffon shield appreciation post

[jogurt]

Is this project dead? None of the download files work

[Triss_FR]

I sent a request for access, I'd like to visualize this. Thanks guys.

[Sorn]

Not sure what's up with the download link in the initial post, but this should hopefully work (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByJldqMGux7CRnFPLXhBb2ZiY0k/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-OOUYpJ7AkiV2195sVLiOMw) for anyone still looking.

[jogurt]

Not sure what's up with the download link in the initial post, but this should hopefully work (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByJldqMGux7CRnFPLXhBb2ZiY0k/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-OOUYpJ7AkiV2195sVLiOMw) for anyone still looking.

thanks man, it works!

[Presler]

Hi guys, the link seems to be dead.

Can you upload it again ?

Thanks a lot.

[Kendrite]

Yeah, FYI that Google Drive link doesn't work anymore.

[mcoy]

I pinged Sorn - hopefully we'll have a new link soon!

-Mcoy

[Sorn]

Hey HD elf pixel fans, I have poked the link and it's working for me. I'm not sure what the issue is. When you open it, it should give you a white window and you need to find the download button on the top right to grab the file.

I'm told it popped up invalid for someone earlier but works now. Might be an issue with google itself. If this happens again, please specify what you're seeing so I can troubleshoot a bit better.

[Jeowan]

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[RagingKiwiPlays]

Can also confirm its giving an access Denied. The link will work for the creator as they are authorised to use the link. If you use it from a different machine/account you'll find your link doesn't work. Also the download link in your Signature is returning a 404 not found.

[mcoy]

It's definitely not a perms issue on the drive link:

https://imgur.com/s2oInAV.jpg

Are you able to download other things from Google drive? Have you tried a different browser? It shouldn't ask for any authentication as it's open for anyone with the link.

-Mcoy

[Jeowan]

tried multiple browsers, still can't download. clicked request access several times.

[Jeowan]

this link from the discord worked. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16D7cpIJ1AWBfr-38-PXIiFY7nfeI_XYU/view?usp=sharing

[Vormotus]

Ohhh love these new texture ideas!

More more!

[Rhe_Rz]

Returning player, this is what I've always wanted with classic EQ. fantastic work guys! i didn't even know this existed, thanks again hope you guys will do more!

[Tkon]

Hello! The link on the wiki to yalls discord isn't working. Any chance there's an update one?