RF5 Less Compressed Textures
⚪ Last updated 2022Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 48 Characters mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Removes compression artifacts on an ever expanding 1,000ish textures.
Install-
Open .zip file with 7zip or WinRaR, select contents, drag and replace all the files in:
...\steamapps\common\Rune Factory 5\Rune Factory 5_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64\
Uninstall-
Verify Integrity of Game Files. (you do not need to delete anything)
Future Plans for Mod-
Update ofc, some grass, international mainmenu UI, character normals, and mipmaps for characters and structures to fix shimmering.
What we cannot fix-
Map (I don't know how to make sprites bigger)
Recent Updates-
2. 8. 0- Added normal maps (3D outfits only, x1), and fixed Anti-Alias bug with 3D outfits, houses, and rocks (fixed by adding mipmaps, NOTICE: format has been changed to RGB24 & RGBA32 using UABE, not UABEA). X4 3D outfits mod version is avaliable in the Modders Resouces, not recomended.
2. 7. 0- Added the last 84 Monster textures
2. 6. 0- Added 94 more Monster textures
2. 5. 0- Added 93 Monsters
2. 4. 1- Fixes Lucas's teleporting glasses
2. 4. 0- Added Character Portraits (except kids)
2. 3. 0- Added all Farming Tools and Headgear
2. 2. 0- Added Gloves and Staves (All the weapons are done now)
2. 1. 0- Added Axes and Hammers (not the farming tools, the weapons)
2. 0. 0- Added bushes/stones around town
1. 9. 5- Improved 79 bundles (quality improvements or issue fixing)
1. 9. 0- Added UI alpha fix, En mmUI and a couple textures around town: Ruins, Festival Grounds, and stonework besides the Plaza.
1. 8. 0- Added all Spears plus another small fix
1. 7. 0- Added all Long Swords and Dual Blades plus a small fix
1. 6. 0- Added all outfit 3D textures (except kids), merged temp UI bug fix
1. 5. 0- Added 38 Short swords
1. 4. 0- Added all Alice/Ares outfits
1. 3. 0- Remaining shields added
1. 2. 5- Thazon's mods added
1. 2. 0- UI update
1. 1. 0- 30/40
1. 0. 0- 6/40 character default outfit textures
Modder's Resource-
mega.nz folder link // Some files (& kids) are missing due to quantity or I did not need to change them.
There is also a "Story of Seasons Modding Discord" if anybody is interested.
Notrustk and Thazon Credits-
Tools-
UABEA- Supports BC7
UABE- Supports mipmaps
Paint.net
GIMP
Cupscale
ESRGAN Model Database
BC1-smooth: general decompressor
BCGone-Detailed: used on UI
waifu2x-caffe
cjwbw/rudalle-sr
Search Index-
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Runefactory5 Mods
- Author
- notrustk and Thazon
- Version
- 2.8.0
- Downloads
- 22,790
- Endorsements
- 640
- Category
- Characters
- Created
- 7/20/2022
- Updated
- 8/19/2022
- Tags
- Terrain, Textures, Modder's Resource, User Interface
🔧 How to Install Rune Factory 5 Mods
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