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FF9 Tools / Re: [FF9] General editor - Hades Workshop (0.36)
« on: 2017-02-11 21:18:18 »
Tirlititi, okay then I have a surprise for you. Here is what happens if I replace those layers as you said 
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FF9 Tools / Re: [FF9] General editor - Hades Workshop (0.36)
« on: 2017-02-11 19:42:56 »
Hey, Tirlititi, I seem to found a problem with the most recent HW.
Alexandria/Main street 1
It exports (and expects on import) 2 new tileblocks (page14-15) that look like this
This is the one that has a title. Selecting single language or all makes no difference. In wip build it wasn't the case though.
And judging by in-game results they are being used...
Alexandria/Main street 1
It exports (and expects on import) 2 new tileblocks (page14-15) that look like this
This is the one that has a title. Selecting single language or all makes no difference. In wip build it wasn't the case though.
And judging by in-game results they are being used...
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FF9 Tools / Re: [FF9] General editor - Hades Workshop (0.36)
« on: 2017-02-11 15:05:42 »
Update works past that point, but there seem to be another problem:
Open FFIX PSX -> Environment -> fields -> open synthesyst's "Manage" dialog and close it, switch to weapon shop (or possibly any field) then back to synthesyst -> crash.
Open FFIX PSX -> Environment -> fields -> open synthesyst's "Manage" dialog and close it, switch to weapon shop (or possibly any field) then back to synthesyst -> crash.
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Support / Re: [FF9PC] Field Background replacement (patch?)
« on: 2017-02-11 03:06:49 »
Hey, 5way.
The thing is, I'm not adding any details. I am retaining more of them. They may feel artificial because of the magnitude of the upscale. PS1 resolution is really small...
Edit:
In original renders, facades, and pretty much everything had a clearly defined texture. Unfortunately it was lost due to PS1 resolution being too small, and what is being upscaled is a blurred-out version of its former glory.
On a bright side, things like that can be prettified manually at the last stage when everything is done (assuming i will still have enough motivation for a 2nd-pass)
The thing is, I'm not adding any details. I am retaining more of them. They may feel artificial because of the magnitude of the upscale. PS1 resolution is really small...
Edit:
In original renders, facades, and pretty much everything had a clearly defined texture. Unfortunately it was lost due to PS1 resolution being too small, and what is being upscaled is a blurred-out version of its former glory.
On a bright side, things like that can be prettified manually at the last stage when everything is done (assuming i will still have enough motivation for a 2nd-pass)
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Support / [FF9PC] Field Background replacement (patch?)
« on: 2017-02-11 02:29:14 »
Hey guys. I'm new here so I hope I created topic at the right place.
So while awesome HW was being upgraded to support FFIXPC, I've spent some time exploring what can be done about backgrounds.
In the end I concluded that any kind of pixel-scaling algorithms perform bad on FFIX artwork so I went to try available neural network approaches.
I wasn't surprised that waifu gave (subjectively) very good results on this type of content.
However waifu with average/none smoothing does not produce relevant results and with full-on smoothing... While results look kinda nice and have anime-ish feel to it, the amount of details lost is simply too big.
So I opted to replace waifu's processing with something of my own that (hopefully) will do a better job. Personally, I am satisfied with the results. You can see some examples below.
I haven't done many images yet as I was waiting for a feature-complete release of HW and what I did was mainly quick-n-dirty tests anyway, but here is a quick comparison of the full-scale lossless images.
Main Street Waifu
Main Street Mine/PC version
Guardhouse Waifu
Guardhouse Mine/PC version
For progress updates and (future) downloads visit this page.
So while awesome HW was being upgraded to support FFIXPC, I've spent some time exploring what can be done about backgrounds.
In the end I concluded that any kind of pixel-scaling algorithms perform bad on FFIX artwork so I went to try available neural network approaches.
I wasn't surprised that waifu gave (subjectively) very good results on this type of content.
However waifu with average/none smoothing does not produce relevant results and with full-on smoothing... While results look kinda nice and have anime-ish feel to it, the amount of details lost is simply too big.
So I opted to replace waifu's processing with something of my own that (hopefully) will do a better job. Personally, I am satisfied with the results. You can see some examples below.
I haven't done many images yet as I was waiting for a feature-complete release of HW and what I did was mainly quick-n-dirty tests anyway, but here is a quick comparison of the full-scale lossless images.
Main Street Waifu
Main Street Mine/PC version
Guardhouse Waifu
Guardhouse Mine/PC version
For progress updates and (future) downloads visit this page.
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FF9 Tools / Re: [FF9] General editor - Hades Workshop (0.36)
« on: 2017-02-11 00:36:55 »
Hey, Tirlititi, one of the WiP builds crashed. One that is made sometime after 2017-02-03. This 0.36 release seem to be working.
Anyway, thanks for all your work! I have a lot of stuff to do now. Expect me to bother you with "artifacts" again
Edit: I spoke too soon. This version does crashes, but after reading fields from PSX disc1 (US version), not steam version.
Anyway, thanks for all your work! I have a lot of stuff to do now. Expect me to bother you with "artifacts" again
Edit: I spoke too soon. This version does crashes, but after reading fields from PSX disc1 (US version), not steam version.