Battlezone 98 Redux

Battlezone 98 Redux

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Better Terrain: Ground Overhaul
   
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28 Sep, 2024 @ 7:26am
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Better Terrain: Ground Overhaul

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Battlezone 98 Redux Enhancements
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Description
Better Terrain

This mod revamps all stock terrain textures to high resolution diffuse, specular, emissive, normal and detail maps. This works on all maps in Battlezone including multiplayer maps using stock worlds, though it may increase loading time.

Basically my goal here was to make texture sets that look as natural as possible while also adding a bit of realism especially in the case of Io. I wanted the worlds to have a bit of a glowup instead of just muddy 90's scaled textures. Hopefully this makes the maps feel slightly more "Redux". I tried to keep the same overall color pallets, just with more varied and detailed surfaces.

All stock worlds are affected, including Ganymede and Elysium (TRO worlds).


Performance Impact
These caused no notable frame loss on a high end PC, other than initial loading time. However, your experience may vary. These are much higher resolution and as such consume more memory. Let me know if you encounter any bugs.
31 Comments
GrizzlyOne95  [author] 2 Nov, 2024 @ 7:37pm 
@Phobia your welcome! I hope they look ok!
Phobia 2 Nov, 2024 @ 7:14pm 
Dude, this has been my favorite game since 1998 and I am so excited to see graphics updated in 2024. Thanks!
GrizzlyOne95  [author] 30 Oct, 2024 @ 10:48am 
I am considering the mod complete at this time, unless anyone brings up an issue or oversight.
GrizzlyOne95  [author] 21 Oct, 2024 @ 3:30am 
Also @MrBouze thank you!
GrizzlyOne95  [author] 21 Oct, 2024 @ 3:29am 
Sure.

- Mars: redid from scratch with higher res textures
- Achilles: grass now doesn't appear blurry up close and better rock transitions
- Venus: added better detail map and sulfur transitions

Made a few tiny tweaks to other planets too, mainly adjusting transition tiles or adding a higher res detail map. Still have a bit of work to do to call the mod "done"
alex.brown111 20 Oct, 2024 @ 11:18pm 
Seem you have update again the mod. What terrains you have update ? I like to check it again.
Mr Bouze 5 Oct, 2024 @ 10:40pm 
Hey Grizzly, you’ve done a great job with these overhauls. They complement your ISDF campaign well, too.

On that note, maybe due to tweaks from you, some out of date drivers my end or a combination of both but the campaign now runs pretty flawlessly:)
GrizzlyOne95  [author] 3 Oct, 2024 @ 8:05am 
Alright, thanks for letting me know! I'll see if anything can be improved.
alex.brown111 2 Oct, 2024 @ 11:21pm 
Hi GrizzlyOne95, thank you for this update.

Achilles: Now I like more the montains of the remastered version compared to the original. About the terrain seem a bit better but still in low resulution.
IO: The montains seem a bit better, but to be honest I like more the original colors of both terrain and montains.
GrizzlyOne95  [author] 2 Oct, 2024 @ 4:52pm 
Updated Achilles and Io.