Faces Upscaled Textures
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #45 of 342 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Mostly deprecated by Facelift. Some files can still be useful, So I'll leave this up for now.
Storage for some face modules.
Normals: Westly, Mackom, Vanilla + Expansions
Vanilla + Expansions: FUT 2
Tamriel Rebuilt + Project Tamriel
Testing smoothed hairs, See facelift for faces.
Texture Resources - needs to be renamed and compressed to dds.
realsr-ncnn-vulkan
fatalityfaces
Recommended Install:
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[]FUT_2: Has all hair and heads, some creatures' hair and heads, Tribunal and Bloodmoon.
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]FUT_2_normals: Has all the normal maps.Compare Between Intelligent Textures and FUT2 (Since IT is the best vanilla default):
face 1 (with hair change)
Master Compare Image OLD, I'll get new pictures later ^tm:
Options HEADS:
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[]Westly Normals: Some normals for Westly's Head Replacer. Includes argonian and khajiit.
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]MacKom Normals: Some normals for Mackom's Replacers (Races Redone)[]Tamriel Rebuilt & Project Tamriel: All heads and hairs from Tamriel Data if they are under 512x512 resolution. Upscaled with Fatality Faces.
[]More Heads and Diversity: Upscaled with Fatality Faces.
Options OLD:
- []Hair: Uses cleaned textures.
[]Hair_Normals: Some normals for openMW. Comes from Hair.
[]Expansions: Expansions faces and hairs.
[]FULL: Original
[]FULL_2: Includes all Faces. Uses uncompressed textures recommended by PoodleSandwich2.
[]Face-Ality: The "safe" all faces version. Uses a 4x model instead of 8x.
[]FULL_Normals: Some normals for openMW. Made from the Face-Ality version.
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[]Westly Normals: Some normals for Westly's Head Replacer. Includes argonian and khajiit.
To do:
- []Redo with different denoise models.
Models:
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[]Denoise: BC1NoiseAgressiveTake3
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]Denoise: BC1smooth2[]Upscale: TGHQFaces8x
[]Upscale NM: Face-Ality V1
Normal Map:
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[]Convert to Black and White.
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]Use Intel Normal Map generator in Photoshop @
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[]blur: 0
[
]detail scale: 15 - contrast: low=medium=high=20
Required Settings in OpenMW for normals, add these lines to your "Documents\My Games\OpenMW\settings.cfg":
auto use object normal maps = true
auto use object specular maps = true
normal map pattern = _n
normal height map pattern = _nh
specular map pattern = _spec
terrain specular map pattern = _diffusespec
Credits:
xinntao; ESRGAN
Honh; image enhancing utility
Alsa; BC1NoiseAgressiveTake3
A texture and mesh pack for face modules, primarily for Mackom's mods. The author notes it's mostly deprecated by Facelift but keeps it up for useful files. With 91 endorsements and last updated in 2020, it's a niche resource for modders.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Still has some useful files for Mackom's face modules, even if mostly superseded.
- Decent download count (2,988) shows some interest from the community.
- Author is transparent about its deprecated status, so you know what you're getting.
⚠️ Cons
- Mostly deprecated by Facelift, so you're getting leftovers rather than a complete mod.
- Last updated in 2020, so it may be outdated for current game versions.
- No detailed documentation or install instructions provided by the author.
For modders who use Mackom's face modules and need extra textures or meshes. If you're looking for a modern face overhaul, skip this and grab Facelift instead.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if Facelift covers your needs first, since this mod is mostly deprecated.
- If you do use it, manually extract the files to your game's data folder, as no mod manager support is mentioned.
- Look for the specific face modules you need, as the pack is a collection of resources rather than a single unified mod.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- kartoffel
- Version
- 3
- Downloads
- 2,988
- Endorsements
- 91
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 1/5/2020
- Updated
- 9/3/2020
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