Royal Weathers - Textures Optimization

Optimize cloud texture formats to improve performance.

✧˖°・Description・°˖✧

Normal map BC7 → BC5:

• []BC5 stores only two channels (R and G), of which the third (B) is restored in the shader using the formula: B = sqrt(1 - R2 - G2);

  []In normals, compression in BC5 produces fewer artifacts and preserves the direction of the normal better than BC7;

  []The file size will decrease slightly (BC7 and BC5 are both ≈ 8 bpp), but visually the normals will become cleaner and more stable;

  []Performance will improve slightly (GPU decodes BC5 faster than BC7).

  Opacity map BC7 → BC4:

  • []The quality will remain the same (since BC4 does not degrade grayscale when switching from BC7), but the weight will decrease by 2 times;

    []Performance will increase slightly — the GPU decompresses BC4 faster.

    ✧˖°・Installation・°˖✧

    I recommend using a mod manager like MO2.

    If you install manually:

    • []Download and unpack the file

      []Place RoyalWeathers - Textures.ba2  to the folder Starfield/Data