Neural Smooth Doom (ANOTHER Massive update)

[Kazudra]

This was one hell of an ambitious project;
The plan was to port everything Smooth Doom for the Neural Upscale 2x texture pack, except the Monsters and Gore (because it's attached to the Monsters), got a little creative on some of the smooth scripts, I'm happy with those results. I can't quite figure out how to properly patch in switches at 2x scale and I've tried several different methods (If anyone has any pointers, I have a couple pk3's with you name on it, I give up on it for now) but sadly a good amount have alignment issues. Maybe in the future I can improve on this, but I'm feeling a little burnt out on it.
Update: The project is back on. Monsters and Gore have seen upscales, it wasn't easy but the results are close enough to the Neural Texture pack but also doesn't stray too far from the Sprites, some sprites look the same.
There has been some updates to this version of Smooth Doom, Terrain and Splashes are updated with the ones found in liquids. Spectres have grey blood and can be gibbed, there are 2 Gore.txt files in this version, the default removes all custom blood in favor of Nash's Gore mod not having random red blood, the other fixes the HellKnight/Baron Gib having red blood, also being the one you use without Nash's gore.
UPDATE 3
Content has been updated to reflect the 4-14-2020 build of Smooth Doom
64 Sprites have been updated, looking much better than before.
Footsteps added from this mod, Decorations now have sound, some contextual to the decoration, some rigged for ambiance. More sounds for Bullet and Chainsaw Puffs, over-all fine tuned volume.
Removed the Ugly Mugshots.

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UPDATE 2
Many things have changed; All Graphics have now been upscaled; This means Black Gloves and 64 items and weapons too.
Weapons have been redone; Plasma Rifle now borrows from Perk's version (replaced 1 frame, added 1 frame). Melee Now has Gloves options (also from Perk's, I filled in the scripting). BFG Timings have been corrected (missing 3 tics of animation on smooth bobing settings), Added frames for a smoother firing transition, Duplicate Ammo bug fixed.
Hitscanners have adjusted timings for better telegraphing.
Added Death Variants across the board; Everything that isn't a Cyber Demon or a Spider Mastermind has at least 3 (at most 5) different death Animations.
Added Better Projectiles from EmperorGrieferus' build, as well as those long missed Rotating Keys.
Decoration Variants, there's many more.
Added something for you people that hated the recolored Red and Green small tourches.
Adjusted lighting; Removed lights from Barrels and Bonus pickups (causes performance issues, it's okay they have nice brightmaps to keep them visible), Added lighting in various places.
Candle Sticks and Candelabara now animate.
Brightmaps across the board (Still a work in progress).
Doom Sound Bulb has been built-in, Smooth Switches also built-in (Add-ons).
Performance upgrades; This is now Slaughter-map compatible.
All Graphics have been optimized and cleaned-up.
Bullet Puffs now have sound, Chainsaw has it's own.
Episode Transitions have been Upscaled and built-in.
And so much more, check it out!

First you load in the Neural Texture pack, this one is updated with a few fixes and the Plasma Decal fix built-in
Second, Smooth Doom Special Edition, a LOT has been updated
Third, Here are the Add-ons, Animated Textures, smooth liquids, completely redone to optimize performance.
Fourth, Nash's Gore Mod, Upscaled. Essential.
Cleaner Skyboxes by Scuba Steve
(Optional) (Doom 1+2 Only) Animated M_Doom's by PandaDoomer, Upscaled.
Lastly, Updated Brightmaps (More on the way) For Sprites
And not to mention Brightmaps for Textures WITH Lighting

I Recommend....
Sprite Shadow, Troo Cullers, and Fullscreen Statusbar Mod to complete the build.

There's a long list of Credits;
hidfan for Neural Doom 2x
Gifty for Smooth Doom and Smooth Textures
Darkcrafter, Special Thanks; Weapon Redraws which are no longer the basis or being used, but it did basically birth this project.
Doomenator for the Plasma decal fix
NightFright for a good chunk of brightmaps, Weapons, the will to see this project's completion
Rachael and Enjay for Liquids
kcghost for a good chunk of graphics used in editing (and some re-used)
00_Zombie_00 for a few Alternate Deaths
acridAxid and EmperorGrieferus; providing bugfixes and some... lost content (as well as content)
osjclatchford for Decoration Variants
John Romero for Decoration Variants
Nash for Gore, various brightmaps
SeanTheBermanator for Doom Sound Bulb (recently built-in)
Apogee Software for a... few sounds
Probably missing a ton of people, there's been a LOT added.

...And You!

*Screenshots are from an Ancient Build, Does not quite reflect the current version
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[Kazudra]

Reserved for a massive update details, time is limited.

[VGA]

Not sure how to load this. After Smooth Doom, right? Also, why are there two downloads?

[Kazudra]

Not sure how to load this. After Smooth Doom, right? Also, why are there two downloads?

I've updated.... everything. All Upscales have been merged with their base mod and the new description suggests load order.

[VGA]

I loaded all 7 in the right order and I get stuttering in MAP01 when running into the big cave with the imps. It's the same if I disable Nashgore.

Well, interesting anyway. There's this uncanny valley feeling you get with some sprites, like the Chaingun

[Kazudra]

I loaded all 7 in the right order and I get stuttering in MAP01 when running into the big cave with the imps. It's the same if I disable Nashgore.

Well, interesting anyway. There's this uncanny valley feeling you get with some sprites, like the Chaingun

Feel free to leave any criticism; I very much appreciate it because I'm mostly doing test environments as I go.
Oddly enough I did catch this in testing; turns out Script texturing can leave very nice results... but they come at the cost of performance; The new approach is going to be pre-baked textures and an animdef.
I'm also looking into a HUGE frame-hit in the courtyard, Seeing where I can improve in performance.

[wardo]

I was looking for an updated version of Smooth Doom, since it became my favorite mod. I found the motherlode instead. Everything here looks incredible when bundled together, really nice job.
One question: how do I use this double HUD that I'm seeing in the screenshots?

[Kazudra]

I was looking for an updated version of Smooth Doom, since it became my favorite mod. I found the motherlode instead. Everything here looks incredible when bundled together, really nice job.
One question: how do I use this double HUD that I'm seeing in the screenshots?

Fullscreen HUD's by NightFright, I think I'll bundle-in some essential mods into the base.

[Scuba Steve]

Why do the high resolution skyboxes look so janky and blurry ingame? The originals are really sharp, but these look poorly upscaled.

[BerserkerNoir]

Pretty nice compilation.
Just noticed that the BFG once being fired refills Plasma Ammo in this Smooth Doom Build.

[HDDOOM]

The bug must be on your end it works fine here. I have made hd black gloves which I could upload provided no one objects, Also any eta on the brightmaps I have been watching and waiting for updates. I've also started converting doom 8x sprite heads to esergan lookin sweet, so far1st zombie is finished took two days . Looking forward to any updates that are made by this project. Keep up the good work

[Kazudra]

Why do the high resolution skyboxes look so janky and blurry ingame? The originals are really sharp, but these look poorly upscaled.

Done.

Pretty nice compilation.
Just noticed that the BFG once being fired refills Plasma Ammo in this Smooth Doom Build.

Also Done.

The bug must be on your end it works fine here. I have made hd black gloves which I could upload provided no one objects, Also any eta on the brightmaps I have been watching and waiting for updates. I've also started converting doom 8x sprite heads to esergan lookin sweet, so far1st zombie is finished took two days . Looking forward to any updates that are made by this project. Keep up the good work

Basically half done.

New update is up; The Neural Upscale and Nash's Gore mod are unchanged, don't have to re-download those.


Also, This is for those who want JUST an upscaled Smooth Doom without all the crazy features

[pikio96]

Wow, excellent update! The Doom 64 weapons look pretty incredible. I really appreciate a lot of the other features you have included! This is turning into my gameplay mod of choice!

[Scuba Steve]

I wasn't impressed with the Skyboxes, so I worked with phredreek to convert the files... and I had to completely redraw the Doom2 Episode 3 sky. I'm still not particularly happy with it, but it's much clearer than any other attempt... so unless Ezepov wants to return and remake all the skyboxes using the higher quality source materials, this might be the best we can do. The rest are OK, and should be even sharper.

Cleaner Skyboxes

[Kazudra]

I wasn't impressed with the Skyboxes, so I worked with phredreek to convert the files... and I had to completely redraw the Doom2 Episode 3 sky. I'm still not particularly happy with it, but it's much clearer than any other attempt... so unless Ezepov wants to return and remake all the skyboxes using the higher quality source materials, this might be the best we can do. The rest are OK, and should be even sharper.

Cleaner Skyboxes

This is the Canon upscale.