[SA] GTA SA Comic Edition [REL]

01 Jul 2020, 21:52

This mod feels more like comic than toon/cartoon, so changed the name from "GTA SA Tooted" to "GTA SA Comic Edition".

GTA SA Comic Edition (v0.9)

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Latest version download:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... Y8hiCEqI8t
(ignore the old download links below - they're obsolete).

A total conversion mod that transforms GTA SA into a comic look by modifying all vanilla GTA SA textures, and using Reshade.

Used three ESRGAN models to A.I. upscale GTA SA textures - the first (lady0101 ESRGAN model) for general textures, the second
(Unholy_FArt ESRGAN model) for textures with letters/numbers on them, and the third (deviantPixelHD ESRGAN model) for LOD textures.
The upscaled textures are not perfect - some textures are bugged (as expected from A.I. upscaling).
Used Adobe Photoshop to automate on adding the textures a comic look (and other stuff such as downscaling, etc).
I fixed many bugs by hands, manually. There are still bugs that need to be fixed manually (or re-upscaled with a different
ESRGAN model).
Not all GTA SA TXDs were comic-ed - this version is missing some TXDs.

Recommended mods (Can be found/downloaded in/from mixmods.com.br):
Real Skybox
Load Whole Map
ReShade Auto Toggle SA
Toon FX
SkyGFX (Xbox building and PS2 vehicle pipelines, and no color filter ("none"))
Real Linear Graphics

Author:
Zeneric

04 Jul 2020, 11:37

Man, this annoying alpha/transparency bug (caused by ESRGAN and Photoshop). Was fighting it for the last few days. Finally conquered it.
Anyway, here.

CJ Tooted, Updated Peds Tooted, Weapons Tooted, and Reshade Tooted downloads:

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... zZ9FySG5_j

Remember:
You need reshade/comic shader for this mod to feel right (just download Reshade Tooted from the google drive link above and put them in GTA SA folder and you're good to go).

04 Jul 2020, 12:57

RIP, didn't check CJ Tooted properly (collars were fucked up). Here, new CJ Tooted version (collars fixed kinda, and added thin strokes to alpha textures - this is all done on automation) (same google drive link):
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold ... zZ9FySG5_j

04 Jul 2020, 16:54

Vehicles Tooted completed:
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Download:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold ... zZ9FySG5_j

Also updated CJ Tooted.

05 Jul 2020, 13:36

It's so beautiful, I'd love to play the entire game with that cartoon look

05 Jul 2020, 13:58

I'm processing gta_int.img, and cutscene.img at the moment. gta3.img (exterior textures) is next/last - it'll be a while 'cause thousands of textures.

05 Jul 2020, 17:54

Interior and cutscene textures are now tooted.
Download:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... zZ9FySG5_j

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06 Jul 2020, 00:51

Didn't know reshade config'd look fucked up on 1080p (I use 4k). So now it comes with 1080p, 1440p, and 4k configs. Uses 1080p/1440p by default. Also tweaked reshade more (still not done).
Uploaded to the same google drive link ( https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold ... zZ9FySG5_j ).

10 Jul 2020, 15:54

Was fighting gta3.img textures (the exterior textures) to get them looking right (comic style). I failed too many times.
This one ESRGAN model is excellent at upscaling and tooning textures with letters/words on them looking good, but it sucks at upscaling grass, bricks, etc textures. A different ESRGAN model is excellent at upscaling grass, bricks, etc textures but sucks at upscaling letters/words (they get scrambled). Tweaked photoshop too much to get the comic look on textures right.

I'm trying to get GTA SA to look like these (notice lots of black edges/spots):

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Kinda dark/gritty/dirty/ugly (and colorful) comic look with lots of black edges/spots.

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I might redo vehicle/weapon/cj/etc textures (they're just too light on comic style - need to go all out heavy on comic style - with tons of black edges/spots).

edit:
what it looks like without reshade/comic shader:
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That's why reshade/comic shader is required.

17 Jul 2020, 13:09

Exterior textures are done (just tileable texture, letter/number, and lod bug fixing).

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Tweaked CJ more. Ported the textures I made for AIRCJ (the textures not yet released publicly). Removed white spot on noses. Etc.
Are 2048x2048 and 1024x2048 textures (888/8888, and no mipmapping) overkill? The CJ pack weighs at 3gb now.

This goes good with ToonFX, Linear Graphics, and Xbox building pipeline, and PS2 vehicle pipeline (Skygfx).

17 Jul 2020, 13:28

Yes, overkill.

17 Jul 2020, 14:22

Resized to 1024x. Looked almost the same. Indeed overkill.
Here, Updated CJ pack download (many new textures, many redone, etc):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Eerx48 ... pLFHanRiJD

22 Jul 2020, 14:44

LODs, and textures with letters/numbers on them, done. seamless bug fixing left.

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So far used three ESRGAN models for this project. one's for general textures (lady0101 model), the 2nd's for letters/numbers textures (Unholy_FArt model), and the third's for LOD textures (deviantPixelHD model).

edit: video:

23 Jul 2020, 11:26

Dang... this give a lot of personality to the game

28 Jul 2020, 13:48

Done (at least done that I can move to a different project).
See first post of this thread for latest downloads (you have to redownload all of them - I redone/tweaked many textures, and reshade).

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