Zelda: OoT 3D 4K Texture Pack 4.0 Update Changelog

Good morning! 🔆

Disregard the date this was posted on, this isn't a joke post, even if it seems to good to be true ;)

I'm excited to finally announce the release of the next major version of the pack: version 4.0!

4.0 is the biggest update made to the pack since 2.0. In fact, this version includes over 350 new 4K textures, covering a plethora of parts of the game. And like last update, it's much more than just that! You will be seeing a major leap in quality between 3.0 and 4.0, just like you did between 2.0 and 3.0. Other improvements include fully Italian translated 4K textures (finally, after a long wait!) and plenty of miscellaneous improvements and changes across the board.

But I know you want to know more than just that, so here's some more details:

350+ New Textures!

This update includes over 350 new 4K textures which have been remade from the ground up for this version. This includes both environment textures such as the ground, walls, stone tiles and bricks, wooden panels etc. It also includes many new interior textures, completely overhauling several locations, particularly in and around Kakariko Village, Lost Woods, the Forest Temple, Inside the Great Deku Tree, Gerudo Valley, Death Mountain, Lon Lon Ranch, Castle Town, Temple of Time, Hyrule Castle and Hyrule Field. There are tons of miscellaneous textures as well that have been completely remade, such as different types of wood and bark, many NPC textures, Link's garb (again), grass and groundcover, clovers, flowers, tree trunks, ladders, clouds, caves, fairy fountains, the Mirror Shield and many more.

The pack also includes a beautiful Hylian Shield, which has been meticulously hand painted by fellow artist @SkilarBabcock, and it looks absolutely stunning. They previously contributed the gorgeous textures for Link in my Twilight Princess texture pack, and they're incredibly talented. Please check out their website and follow them on their socials, they 100% deserve it.

Like in previous updates, it helps it all comes together really nicely and makes the whole pack feel a lot more polished and complete. The details all add up!

As part of my overarching goal to improve quality and consistency in all my texture packs, I took this update as an opportunity to remake many of the in-game textures to look cleaner and more consistent with the original art style. What's new with this version however, is that I've spent considerable time making sure every single texture added had a noticeable impact on the perceived quality of the area they belong to. Long term followers might know that I worked by a frequency priority system, where the most viewed textures received the highest priority to be remade. Starting with this version, I have moved over to a perceived-quality priority system. The difference is that with perceived-quality, I instead prioritize textures which I deem to have the biggest impact on the overhaul visual quality of an area, rather than how frequently that particular texture is displayed in-game. With the new system, textures which aren't necessarily common, but incredibly important to the overall visuals of an area (such as the Great Deku Tree for example) get prioritized over frequent but less noticeable textures (such as foliage). I have found this new approach to working highly effective, and I think you'll notice that the step-up in perceived quality in this version should be pretty drastic over previous versions!

Also; Support for Italian language!

As stated in previous posts, I'm working to add support for all in-game languages to my packs, starting with English then working my way through other popular languages. Next in turn for this pack is Italian, which if you're a long-time follower you might remember I made a promise to add support for Italian almost 3 years ago (!). I'm sorry it took so long to get around to finally adding it, but now it's finally here. Everything in menus, in-game text, button prompts and location names have been translated, and should work without issues. However, if there are any mistakes or errors regarding the translation, please let me know! Grazie!

And many bugs fixes, optimizations and minor changes...

Minor issues from the previous version has been fixed. Of course, there's always a chance I might have missed some, so if you encounter and issues or oversights with the pack, please let me know over on Discord or send me a private message here!

That's mostly it for this update- Enjoy!

Please feel free to try it out!

(The texture pack does not work on real 3DS hardware)

You can find more information about the texture pack here

I am only able to make things like this thanks to your support, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you for helping me do what I love!

❤️