Resident Evil 4 HD Project Gets A Major Update

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Cris and Albert, the fans behind the Resident Evil 4 HD Project which adds new 3D edits, textures, lighting and effects improvements and other adjustments, have released a major update that further improves the PC version of Resident Evil 4. This is the third release and does thing like bring the Island, Separate Ways, Assignment Ada and Mercenaries pack into the HD-era. The overall goal of the project, in general, is to go above and beyond what Capcom’s Ultimate HD version did.

 

Here is a full list of what the Resident Evil 4 HD Project team has prepared in this third release, as noted on the official website. While it has not been updated alongside the update 3 patch yet, the Progress Summary page gives visitors an idea of what is in progress and on the way for the game. At this point, some of the few things that are left have to do with playable character, NPC, enemy and equipment refinements.

 

  • Village Pack – UPDATED
    • All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
  • Castle Pack – UPDATED
    • All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
  • Island Pack – NEW
    • All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
  • Separate Ways Pack – NEW
    • All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
  • Assignement Ada Pack – NEW
    • All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
  • The Mercenaries Pack – NEW
    • All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
  • Subscreen and Menus and Weapons Pack – NEW
    • Re-created menus and subscreen background images
    • Improved inventory item models and textures
  • Weapons Pack – NEW
    • In-game weapon 3D models and textures based on the higher quality “examine view” version
      NOTE: Weapon textures will receive a complete makeover in the final release
  • Items Pack – NEW
    • In-game item 3D models and textures based on the higher quality “examine view” version
      NOTE: Some item textures will receive a complete makeover in the final release
  • Cut-scene Pack – NEW
    • Fixed and restored effects from the Gamecube/Wii version that got lost during the HD porting process
    • Improved cutscene-exclusive textures and 3D models
    • Low-polygon Ganados have been replaced with the higher-polygon version
    • Some lighting adjustments here and there
    • Some effect adjustments here and there
  • Miscellaneous
    • Enemy torches and crossbow arrows cast real time light
    • Improved barrel and tank explosions
    • Fixed some minor sound bugs

 

To use the Resident Evil 4 HD Project, you must own a copy of the Ultimate HD version of Resident Evil 4 for the PC, which is available via Steam. After downloading this new update and a 4GB patch tool to prevent crashes, you can install the mod.

 

Here is a video showing how Resident Evil 4 looks after the HD Project mod is applied.

 

 

Resident Evil 4 is available for Android devices, Apple iOS devices, the GameCube, the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation 2, the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 4, the Xbox 360, the Xbox One and PCs.


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