Mihail's Bantam Guars - Cleaned and Optimized Textures
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #69 of 111 Creatures and Mounts mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Optimized Textures for both alive and hanging dead Bantam Guars. For the live ones, you will need BOTH the textures and the meshes.
Mihail's original textures were in old BC3 compression. Most of the diffuse maps were in 4K and the normals in 2K.
I have cleaned the files of compression artifacts, upscaled the normal maps using chaiNNer and ESRGAN models to a max of 4K resolution, and re-compressed all textures in modern BC7 format with full mipmaps. I have also downscaled the textures to provide different resolution options, for all the folks that don't want 4K resolution.
Requires the original Hanging Dead Bantam Guars mod, and/or the original Live Bantam Guars mod
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This mod cleans and optimizes textures for Mihail's Bantam Guars, removing compression artifacts and compressing them in BC7 format. It includes upscaled normal maps and offers 2K and Potato resolution options, making it a performance-friendly upgrade for players using the creature mod.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid choice for performance (443 endorsements)
- BC7 compression helps with VRAM usage
- Potato option is great for low-end rigs
⚠️ Cons
- Requires the original Mihail's Bantam Guars mod to work
- Only affects textures, no gameplay changes
- Last updated in 2023, may not be compatible with future game updates
For Skyrim players who use Mihail's Bantam Guars and want better performance without sacrificing visual quality. Also for those who want to reduce texture artifacts and have flexible resolution options. Skip if you don't use the original mod or prefer gameplay over visuals.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the original Mihail's Bantam Guars mod installed first, as this is a texture replacer.
- Choose the Potato resolution if you're on a low-end PC or want maximum performance.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to easily overwrite the original textures.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- MihailMods - XilaMonstrr
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 318,070
- Endorsements
- 443
- Category
- Creatures and Mounts
- Created
- 1/25/2023
- Updated
- 2/2/2023
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