n64 texture packs .htc

Evert

I thought the N64 emulator already worked on the Pi4 (nightly builds)

Anyway, I'm still happy with my Pi3, but really wondering if anyone has successfully used the .htc files and if so, how they did it. Do they need to go in to the /home/pi/.local/share/mupen64plus/hires_texture folder, or create subfolders per game and use the naming convention as per the docs? I've tried both but cant gat the texture pack to work for F Zero X.

Evert

OK, a bit more googeling, on the retroarch side, people mention that they put the .htc file in "RetroArch/system/Mupen64Plus/cache" HTC stand for high texture cache.
I've created /home/pi/.local/share/mupen64plus/cache and in that folder placed F-ZERO X_HIRESTEXTURES.htc
Unfortunately no luck. I've read somewhere else that you can extract a .htc file. Does anyone know if there is a windows based program that can do that? I only found a Linux one and I don't have a Linux pc. The Pi can probably do it, but I'm guessing it will take some time to complete as I've got a few .htc files.

shavecat

@Evert
Let us know if it works well ,
By the way i played zelda with the high texture on mupen64plus-GLideN64-highres(not .htc)
after like 20min it got frozen...

Riverstorm

@Evert - I did a few quick and dirty tests with no luck either.

It looks like you have the correct core name which I find the "clumsy" part of the whole process of setting up high res textures.

I've never used the .htc files for Glide only Rice which is basically a bunch of png files in folders.

The only high res texture pack I found for F-Zero X required a patched ROM to fix issues and optimize performance with the texture pack.

I don't know if this link will help but this guy did successfully unpack an .htc file and converted the .bmp's to .png's. Based on his comments it will work with both Linux and Windows but he felt it's easier with Linux. His example used Zelda: OOT but maybe it will work with F-Zero X too.

shavecat

@Evert

after u do that it just upload the folder to htc file

Evert

@shavecat so your saying that you've got .htc files to work? The video is for the normal packs that you unzip and put in the folder. I tried .htc files in the same folder with no luck. Is it working for you?

shavecat

@Evert
yes it is,
its copying your folder high texture for every game and made it too htc file.
check it with mupen64plus-GLideN64
and u will see , after that u can delete the high texter folder just check if it made a *.htc file and your cache folder.
Good luck :)

mikeydoom

@shavecat

Can you give more info?

Im trying to get highres packs to work on mupen64plus-next for a while now.

Ive tried following every guide Ive found but theyre all for just mupen64plus.

shavecat

@mikeydoom
didnot work on mupen64plus-next
only mupen64plus-GLideN64 or mupen64plus-GLideN64-higher .

GeekOB

Has anyone tried these .htc texture files with a libretro N64 core? I'm wondering in which folder I should place the file.
Thanks

Evert

Thanks @shavecat
I tried F Zero, but unfortunately the video quality is very poor on my system with GLide. GLes2N64 runs that game heaps better. Even with the texture pack for GLide.

I'll give a few others a go as well next week to see how they perform.

shavecat

@Evert
I guess the best one is Mario64 runs pretty smooth .
Or when we will have a Pi 4 Update the will all work perfect .

GeekOB

I agree with both of you @Evert and @shavecat, the one I'd really like to make work with hi-res textures is Mario Kart 64 :(