Ocarina of Time Texture Packs

About.com : Adding New Life to Old Games
While the days when the Nintendo 64 was sold on Walmart shelves may be long gone, the spirit of the system continues to live on through the ever-resourceful modding community. The ability to pull game data from old N64 roms and play them on a PC emulator allows players to do far more than just revisit old glories; it also allows modders to update and replace graphics and textures. How would you like to play Zelda: Ocarina of Time in high resolution? How about a cell-shaded Mario64?

Don't know if you guys have seen this before, but just thought I'd share the super cool cel-shaded mod for Ocarina of Time.

Presenting Djipi's Cel-shaded Ocarina of Time Mod





















Note :

*You can find this and other N64 texture packs by searching Google.

*I DID NOT MAKE THESE

*I know we're not really supposed to talk about emulation and such here, but if it helps any I do own the original OOT cartridge, as well as the game on the Collectors Edition, and MQ bonus disc.

*Screenshots taken by me using Project64

*If you want screenshots taken of any scene to be used for avatars, etc... feel free to ask

*I'll post more later

Nice, where could I get these versions of the game?

Originally Posted by WW Spartan

Nice, where could I get these versions of the game?

It's not a version of the game, it's like a patch. You download the texture pack, and then enable it using an emulator.

Maybe you could show some screenshots of the original OoT so we could compare them side by side?

As much as I don't like cell shading, I have to admit it works with Zelda games.

It's not a version of the game, it's like a patch. You download the texture pack, and then enable it using an emulator.

oh ok. could you give a link.

That looks so sucky.

You know what would look nice? If Nintendo remade OoT with TWW's engine (aka cel shaded). That'd be very nice.

How about a cell-shaded Mario64?

Mario 64 practically is cel shaded...that's stupid.

Please explian to me why I would want OOTs grafics to look even worse. Thats getting rid of what little texturing OOT had.

Have to agree, it appears brighter thats about it doesn't actually make it look any better.

They all look nice... almost as if they were actually from WW. But then I scrolled down farther to the ones with actual people in them, and remembered how awful the N64 days were. :[

It's an interesting effect, but the difference it makes isn't really noticeable unless compared side-by-side...

a cel-shaded TP, however, would be worth seeing.

Originally Posted by Thunderous

a cel-shaded TP, however, would be worth seeing.

Interestingly enough, TP is infact cel shaded.

Here are some comparison screens:

I really can't decide what I like better. In the original I think I like the grass and trees better and the way the land works, but in the Cel-Shaded version I LOVE the sky, the water and the walls look better.





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Originally Posted by NintendoTogepi

Interestingly enough, TP is infact cel shaded.

Are you blind by any chance?





I see no similarities whatsoever.

Originally Posted by ShiekahSage

Are you blind by any chance?

I see no similarities whatsoever.

I know in fact that TP was built on Wind Waker's engine. Maybe that's what they were getting at ? It also uses some cel-shading effects (twilight stuff) but i would say no more than that.

Is it possible for you to cel-shade the characters too?

Those look brilliant!!. I really like the kokiri forest one. I wouldn't buy it but still it looks cool. Got any more screenshots.

Originally Posted by ShiekahSage

Are you blind by any chance?





I see no similarities whatsoever.

It uses TWW's engine.

It's "technically" cel shaded, even though it doesn't look it.

I imagine that cell shading would be wonderful in some areas in Ocarina, but not others. The sky screenshot from the first post looks terrible, but the windmill screenshot i really like. Some of the textures in Ocarina I have always hated (such as the 'walls' that surround Hyrule field), so cel shading can make some scenes look better, in my opinion.

That is so COOL.Dose anyone know where I could geta Texture Pack.

Originally Posted by Lucky Seven

I imagine that cell shading would be wonderful in some areas in Ocarina, but not others. The sky screenshot from the first post looks terrible, but the windmill screenshot i really like. Some of the textures in Ocarina I have always hated (such as the 'walls' that surround Hyrule field), so cel shading can make some scenes look better, in my opinion.

I just hope one day that GC emulation picks up, it would be cool to see what people could come up with for say, texture packs for wind waker ???

Beautiful, Adventurer. That looks so much better. But, where can I download this texture pack (and instructions on how to get it all working)? I followed your link at the beginning, but it merely ended with the links in that article at about.com being dead.