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Grand Deagle Non RNG (Magnum) - Compressed Edition
   
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Game Content: Weapons, Models
Weapons: Pistol
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8.134 MB
8 Sep, 2024 @ 3:19am
27 Sep, 2024 @ 7:00am
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Grand Deagle Non RNG (Magnum) - Compressed Edition

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Description
Done by Request. Compressed Weapon for 仓鼠箘's Grand D.Eagle 3 RNG:
Source Mod Link: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2860206890. Thanks to the original author (仓鼠箘) and their friends/contributors for their hard work and contributions to the workshop.

Credits:
  • Dokun - Compressing & HUD Icon
  • M82A1闇冥 - Original Mod Author (deleted), Compiling, Animation, and Material
  • 仓鼠箘 - Re-matching, Magic Modify, All the Work in [features]

NOTE:
I usually set the width and height to 1024x1024 in VTFEdit. I've been using XNConvert app (thanks to syahmi2002.sa for the guide) to further reduce the size, typically setting the width and height to either 50% or 25%, though I mostly stick with 25%, but rarely I bump it up to 50% to make the textures less blurry (usually for reskin or survivor model). In-game, I use a FoV of 75, but I occasionally increase it if 75 still makes the gun look very small, similar to the default 50 FoV. Models and Shader settings set to High ONLY for preview purposes, otherwise I set it to Low.

Please read the quote by Táiga Rivers if the game still crashing even after using compressed mods.

Originally posted by Táiga Rivers:
High-res textures are usually fine. What really helps to avoid crashes is dividing the high-poly model (mostly the w_models, but the v_models are better to be optimised, too) into several SMDs instead of just one. I did that to all the models I am using, but kept the original 2K textures, and I am playing custom campaigns without issues.
A good example: an HQ G3 that previously was making my game crash when someone with that weapon gets killed by the Witch or pounced by the Hunter. After the model got divided into several parts, no more crashes.
The only problem with that is not all weapon mods are that easy to optimise: broken animations/meshes after re-compiling are not a rare occasion.
Low-end PC owners probably still can crash while playing with weapon mods with high-res textures. A friend of mine was playing on a potato PC, and they had to remove all the high-res mods because the game was quite unstable. Sometimes.
But in general, reducing the texture resolution does not necessarily help against crashes if the model has a hell ton of vertices and is not divided into several parts.
100 Comments
Dokun  [author] 19 Jan @ 8:49pm 
I've made a guide, how to compress mod by yourself, you can read it here, since like you and I know, I don't take any requests now:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3396692022
★JΛKΣ★ 19 Jan @ 8:42pm 
I know you don't requests anymore. But can you save this one and help me compress it whenever you want to do it? This Uzi is so good, but also really storage heavy. I'd really like that. Thnx

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2921291688&searchtext=imi+uzi
Широкума 12 Dec, 2024 @ 9:53pm 
it just sounded and seemed funny to me that the guy have one of his anime reskin mod having the description of "no reupload" and "no derivative" but truth be told.... anime reskin mods are both reupload and derivative... what a d*ckwaffle
Dokun  [author] 12 Dec, 2024 @ 9:49pm 
just fyi, to know how ass these people are, one of the people I listed, which is daniels, still commenting on weapons mod, smth like this "dog compress". keep in mind i'm on hiatus for over 2 months, yet he's still doing it. that's what you call ~pathetic~. awwwww:eaglegrin:
Широкума 12 Dec, 2024 @ 9:22pm 
To be so invested in being against "compressed version reuploads" and then making weapon anime reskins which are technically still in the context of "reupload" type of mod, and then put "no reupload or derivative" on his reskin mod.... who would've thought
Широкума 12 Dec, 2024 @ 9:18pm 
I just check one of the people you mentioned, for someone who would harass and spread hate towards compressers who essentially optimizing their mod and make it more sensical in an old game with certain limitation and considers them "stealing" or "low effort" for this one guy to also have loads and loads of anime weapon reskins on his workshop and seemingly no credits towards the original author for the model or original compiler... who would've thought :Marisa:
Dokun  [author] 12 Dec, 2024 @ 8:47pm 
only chinese one. people like daniels, animal, baifuck, they're the anti compressed gang, and more ofc. so ass lmao
Широкума 12 Dec, 2024 @ 8:42pm 
splendid, really thanks for the response... I'm a bit scared after reading some of the comments saying some modders are into anti-compressed movement
Dokun  [author] 12 Dec, 2024 @ 8:37pm 
it is possible
Широкума 12 Dec, 2024 @ 8:33pm 
hello, really sorry to bother, but is it possible to request a compressed version for this: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1736845159