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Now it's not like it's only an engine change, for this to work they added PBR layers (metalness, emission, normal, yada yada) to all textures here, and that's a

Now it's not like it's only an engine change, for this to work they added PBR layers (metalness, emission, normal, yada yada) to all textures here, and that's a big artistic work. That said… gimme gimme gimme Half Life 1, plssssssss :D !

kowdermeister 8y ago
HL1: Yes please, it would look so cool. > they added PBR layers and fluid simulation for explosions I'd rolling in joy for Max Payne and GTA San Andreas :)
LeonM 8y ago
HL1 already has a modern remake, check out 'Black Mesa' on Steam. It's really good.
- thecatspaw 8y ago
  As someone passionate about hl1, I dont like Black mesa. Yes it looks nice, but gameplay wise it seems lacking to me. It feels very slow to move, bhopping has been nerfed to death. It feels more like a reboot than a remaster
  - crysin 8y ago
    From what I remember of Black Mesa, it felt more like Half-Life 2, control wise, than Half-Life. So for people who played Half-Life 2 first, Black Mesa probably feels more natural.
    - yellowapple 8y ago
      This is unsurprising, since they're both on the Source engine.
sbarre 8y ago
Maybe teams could use tools like AI Gigapixel (discussed on here yesterday) to upsample older textures? I agree with you that there is asset work to be done, but I bet there are tools out there that can simplify and automate this process quite a bit today.
- codetrotter 8y ago
  I couldn’t find the tool you mentioned but I found a thread on another site about a GAN that can upscale images, and using that one to generate highres textures. https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-neural-networks-being-used-to-generate-hq-textures-for-older-games-you-can-do-it-yourself.88272/ https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-neural-networks-being-us...
  - sbarre 8y ago
    This was the article linked in the thread from yesterday.. It relates to upsampling TV show special effects but I think similar tools could be used: https://captrobau.blogspot.com/2019/03/remastering-star-trek-deep-space-nine.html https://captrobau.blogspot.com/2019/03/remastering-star-trek...
  - sbarre 8y ago
    And here's the AI Gigapixel tool: https://topazlabs.com/ai-gigapixel/ https://topazlabs.com/ai-gigapixel/

kowdermeister 8y ago

HL1: Yes please, it would look so cool. > they added PBR layers and fluid simulation for explosions I'd rolling in joy for Max Payne and GTA San Andreas :)

LeonM 8y ago

HL1 already has a modern remake, check out 'Black Mesa' on Steam. It's really good.

thecatspaw 8y ago
As someone passionate about hl1, I dont like Black mesa. Yes it looks nice, but gameplay wise it seems lacking to me. It feels very slow to move, bhopping has been nerfed to death. It feels more like a reboot than a remaster
- crysin 8y ago
  From what I remember of Black Mesa, it felt more like Half-Life 2, control wise, than Half-Life. So for people who played Half-Life 2 first, Black Mesa probably feels more natural.
  - yellowapple 8y ago
    This is unsurprising, since they're both on the Source engine.

sbarre 8y ago

Maybe teams could use tools like AI Gigapixel (discussed on here yesterday) to upsample older textures? I agree with you that there is asset work to be done, but I bet there are tools out there that can simplify and automate this process quite a bit today.

codetrotter 8y ago
I couldn’t find the tool you mentioned but I found a thread on another site about a GAN that can upscale images, and using that one to generate highres textures. https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-neural-networks-being-used-to-generate-hq-textures-for-older-games-you-can-do-it-yourself.88272/ https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-neural-networks-being-us...
- sbarre 8y ago
  This was the article linked in the thread from yesterday.. It relates to upsampling TV show special effects but I think similar tools could be used: https://captrobau.blogspot.com/2019/03/remastering-star-trek-deep-space-nine.html https://captrobau.blogspot.com/2019/03/remastering-star-trek...
- sbarre 8y ago
  And here's the AI Gigapixel tool: https://topazlabs.com/ai-gigapixel/ https://topazlabs.com/ai-gigapixel/