Modder ‘DeathTheReaper9’ has just released a must-have 12GB 4K Texture Pack for Dragon’s Dogma 2. This pack redraws 610 environment texture sets at up to 4x their resolution. By using it, PC gamers can get a crisper and more detailed image. So, if you are currently playing DD2, I highly recommend using it.
Going into more detail, the pack covers many parts of the world, such as rocks, cliffs, roads, and paths. It also improves stone and brick walls, wooden parts, roofs, fences, and many other objects. This includes carts, crates, barrels, ropes, cloth, plants, and shrubs.
The 4K Texture Pack includes 593 improved color textures. It also adds 296 matching maps to help with lighting and surface detail. These include 204 normal maps and 92 height maps. They help make the new textures fit the shape and look of the original surfaces. In total, 709 files now have a size of 4096×4096.
The mod does not change characters, faces, armor, weapons, monsters, the UI, or visual effects. Its focus is on the world around you.
There is also an optional Engine Config file. This part is important because it helps the game load and show the new detail. It can set the texture options based on your graphics card. It also doubles the resolution of the game’s ground textures. The game creates these textures around the player, so they work in a different way from normal textures. With this change, the ground near your feet can look about 1.5 to 2 times sharper.
The mod creator used AI image tools to redraw the color textures. The goal was to keep the look of the original game while adding more detail. The new textures keep the same colors, shapes, and painted style. Special care was also taken with plants and leaves. Their see-through edges were cleaned up to stop pale lines from showing around them.
The normal and height maps were also improved with special upscaling tools. These tools aim to keep the shapes of the original maps. Some textures were already 4K but had been stretched across large surfaces. For these, an optional file can raise their size to 16K.
Those interested can go ahead and download the pack from this link. On its NexusMods page, you can also find some comparison screenshots. And as you will see, this pack can tremendously improve the game’s visuals.
Speaking of DD2, there are some other cool mods that you can download for it. For instance, we have this mod that improves its mouse camera movement. Another mod adds a cool lock-on combat mechanic. Then we have this mod that prevents you from falling off rocks and cliffs. There is also this mod that attempts to make the game feel more like Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen.
Let’s also not forget this mod that improves the quality of Ray Tracing and reduces its smearing side effects. Moreover, you can download this mod to enable Path Tracing. Do note that this is still in an experimental phase. It’s a cool thing to use once, but I don’t recommend playing the entire game with it. Finally, we have this mod that adds teleport waypoints to all major locations.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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