: Enabling this prevents "black boxes" around transparent textures like leaves or water effects.
| Texture Type | Count | Model/Tool | Target Resolution | Notes | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Terrain (ground, walls) | 4,210 | ESRGAN (4x_NMKD-Superscale) | 512x512 | Two passes; manual seam blending | | Characters & enemies | 1,350 | ESRGAN (4x_Valar_v1) | 512x512 | Preserve edge outlines | | UI / HUD (text, icons) | 420 | Manual redraw + Waifu2x | 1024x1024 | Replace bitmapped fonts with vector-alike | | Skyboxes | 55 | Topaz Gigapixel | 2048x2048 | Atmospheric correction for Grunty’s Furnace Fun | | Alpha/transparency (e.g., swamp gas) | 200 | Retention (no upscale) | Original | Upscaling ruins alpha blending | banjo-kazooie hd texture pack
The air in the attic smelled of dust and forgotten childhoods. I hadn’t intended to find it—the old, charcoal-gray console buried under a pile of moth-eaten blankets—but there it was, a literal time machine with a "Property of Ben" sticker peeling off the side. Next to it lay a yellowed cartridge: Banjo-Kazooie . : Enabling this prevents "black boxes" around transparent