The High Definition Texture Pack for Starfield is an AI Upscaled set of texture packs built using a combination of AI models, including models built specifically from previous Bethesda Games. All textures are currently being AI upscaled to 2X original with an unreleased 4x process being developed.
In most cases this upscales the standard 2K textures into 4K versions of them.

!!! THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS !!!

If you would like to download the mod to try it out, please feel free to do so. Keep in mind that this is NOT finished yet.
The primary purpose for releasing this already is to get feedback and allow users the chance to try higher resolution textures.

Please make sure to read the FAQ! No, really!
Looking for faster download speeds? We have more mirrors available on the Discord!


With ♥️ from Epiphany and team!



BEFORE YOU START: If this is your first time installing mods or modifying files in your %userprofile%\Documents\My
Games\Starfield directory you absolutely should make a backup! In fact, it's a good habit to always make a backup
before making changes!

Supported Installation Methods (Pick ONE only)
Steam and Gamepass/Xbox Users (Recommended)
Extract the contents of the zipfile to the %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\Starfield\ directory.
In the same folder, make sure your StarfieldCustom.ini contains the following:

[Archive]
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1
sResourceDataDirsFinal=
Steam Users Only
Extract the contents of the zipfile to the Steam Starfield directory. (Right click the game name in your library list or library browser, click Manage, click Browse local files)
In the %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\Starfield\ directory, make sure your StarfieldCustom.ini contains the following:
[General]
bEnableMessageOfTheDay=0

[Archive]
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1
sResourceDataDirsFinal=
Delete the Data directory in the %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\Starfield\ folder. This will delete your in-game photos unless you back them up and restore them. We are not able to help you restore these files if they are lost!

NOTE: You can not have mods using loose files in both the My Games location and the Steam Game Data directory. If you have mods using
the same paths in both locations they will not all load correctly.


Assets Currently Handled
✔️ Actors - Complete
➖ Architecture - Progress
✔️ Common - Complete
✔️ Decals - Complete
➖ Landscape - Cliffs and Caves - Progress

• Arches

• Bonescapes
• Caves
• Cliffs
• Crystalline Formations

➖ Landscape - Flora and More - Progress

• Flora
• Fungus
• Grass
• Ground
  • Grass
  • Ground Cover
  • Leaves
  • Moss
  • Vines

➖ Landscape - Ice and Volcanic - Progress

• Ground

• Ice
• Snow
• Sulfur
• Volcanic

➖ Landscape - Rocks and Soils - Progress

• Ground

• Dirt
• Gravel
• Man-made
• Rock
• Rock Wall
• Sand

✔️ Ships - Complete
✔️ Weapons - Complete





Q. What model are you using currently?
A. realesrgan-x4plus but could (and honestly likely will) change very soon for at least some textures it did change! and its not a simple answer, so join the discord and come chat with us!

Q. Will you be manually fixing certain files/issues?
A. Yes, the team will make manual adjustments when we need to!

Q. Why do you suggest using the Documents folder to install?
A. For now, until we get proper tools from Bethesda we are limited to how things work.Certain things cause problems potentially because we use loose files currently. Because the motd is autocreated in My Games\Starfield\Data\Textures\Motd_Media at launch, steam users can not make use of root data texture paths because the documents gets priority and blocks the use of root data textures.

Q. What's the difference between the original Landscape pack and the new ones?
A. To help with the pack size for landscape being so large, we have separated the different categories of Landscape into more manageable sizes. This will make updates easier to handle and give even more choice to use just the parts you want. We recommend removing the original Landscape pack in favor of the new updated packs, which will also fix the lighting issues some users have been experiencing.

Q. I get blurry textures, low FPS, or stuttering after installing this mod!
A. We've found that due to the way Starfield handles VRAM limits when trying to include more textures it may sometimes reduce the mip level of the texture sent to the GPU. This results in blurry textures for those objects. This may not explain every occurrence of blurry textures, but it is the most common we have seen so far.

From wessberg:
"If you see your VRAM usage hover around something like ~300-500mb below your total allocatable VRAM buffer and your game is stuttering and/or loading in lower quality mip maps (e.g. you're seeing blurry, low resolution textures), that is an indication that you need to remove a few of these texture packs. In practice you'll need an absolute ton of VRAM to run the game in busy locations with some of our heavier packs active. I'm on a 16GB VRAM GPU and have to be extremely picky with which packs I allow on my installation.

You might be inclined to look at your VRAM usage and think it looks like you're in the clear, but really what's going on is that the game has at one point exceeded that buffer and is now continuously swapping in/out textures of that buffer in system memory, which produces stuttering. Or, it might have settled on using LOD textures and prioritizing a stable frame rate, but that will cause your game to look very blurry.

That means, for 10GB GPUs such as the 3080 you might see your VRAM usage hover somewhere around 9.5GB and think you're in the clear. You're not. Or on a 6GB VRAM GPU, you might see it hovering around 5.7GB. Same thing."

Q. How do I uninstall the mod?
A. Well... since they are loose files at the moment, right now you need to delete them all. If you don't have other mods in the same directories (landscape for Landscapes and ships for Ships...) you can simply delete those from the My Games\Starfield\Data\Textures folder. It's much more tricky for the time being if you have other mods installed to the same folders. Yes, we are working on BA2 packs for when we are able to load them easily. 😁


Want to discuss the mod? Questions about future plans? Want the answer to all things, life, and the galaxy? Okay maybe not that last one.
Join the Discord and chat with the team!






Epiphany Absolute - Author/AI Dev/Asset Generation/Packaging
wessberg - AI Dev/Asset Generation

Special thanks to:
Geeknasty - for advising on texture compression and format
... and you, just for being you! ♥️



My other mods:
Kawaii Face Visor for Ground Crew Helmet
Weyland-Yutani Ground Crew Helmet
Ground Crew Spacesuit Helmet Skull Visor
Starfield High Definition Texture Pack (HDTP) - Ships