On a separate note: i want to make my texture pack a bit more customizable for everyone, so i started working on a tool on the weekend which would allow anyone to convert any textures they want. Currently it's in a very rough shape:
My basic idea how it would work:
- select the texture folder you want to convert (currently it's hardcoded)
- select (or create a new) texture pack folder in the ResourcePacks folder
- select what filter you want to use (currently it's only xBRZ, but can add xBR as well probably if i find a java implementation)
- click the "Convert All" to convert all textures to HD, or select the textures you want to convert
- not sure how to see in the app which textures have been converted already and with what filter
- i imagine different people would want to use filter combinations, e.g. convert all "items" with smoothed xBR, and convert all other textures using xBRZ, except the ui elements which should be left as it is
- you could potentially use this tool to convert other texture packs as well, there is no limitation to the original textures
At the moment it takes about 1 minute to convert all textures using the xBRZ filter. Some of the terraria textures are invalid so those are skipped.
Questions:
- is there any interest in this at all?
- is there a terraria texture pack manager i should try to integrate with?
- any better ideas?