js303 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I was going to give this mod a try today then I noticed they took it down, anyone know why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindkiller316 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I was wondering that myself. It sure seemed like a good mod idea to cherry pick the best textures of the Hi-Res DLC. Based on the steam reviews I couldn't justify the download. Luckily I was able to actually get the mod and have been testing it for a few days. I'm gonna take a closer look at the textures now and try to figure out what the deal was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit1251 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I am unfamiliar with the mod but if it was a compilation mod then they are not permitted on the Nexus. The Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindkiller316 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Ok, so one of the first things I noticed is that the mod contained extracted vanilla assets, checksum identical. Their inclusion could've been accidental, but still, it's sketchy. Now, the textures that were different were twice the size of the vanilla game, from 1024x to 2048x. For those that were actually different I began overlaying the two textures and proceeded to do the 'old' eyeball comparison test, and I am hard pressed to tell you there's a difference. The VERY, VERY subtle differences I did notice can be attributed to just being up-scaled vanilla assets. There is certainly no added detail or depth. I wish I now had the DLC to add to the comparison. I could just simply checksum verify those. I only did about a dozen or so of these comparisons, and from different parts of the 4 part mod. Any more than that seemed to be an exercise in futility. So I am now wondering if they are as they seem, just up-scaled vanilla assets. And why, just absolutely why on earth would someone go through so much effort to do that. To trick mod downloaders? It just seems absolutely ridiculous, and an incredible waste of time. But I'm sure it'l likely nothing new the moderators here at nexus have seen, or had to put up with. At any rate, I'm removing the mod. That's my conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindkiller316 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 (edited) @ Rabbit 51 By compilation mod, do you mean a mod that contains all of the assets of the game? Because unless that's the case, these's quite a few popular compilation mods here on nexus. It's been a while since I've seen the ToS. The mod in question only contained diffuse maps, and by all means it wasn't all of them. Edited October 12, 2017 by mindkiller316 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty4life Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Compilations are allowed if they are custom works and all the original authors say the compilation can go ahead. Written consent and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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