Myth: Twice Born Edition
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Myth: Twice Born Edition
Requires Myth II 1.8.5+
Project Magma proudly presents - Myth: Twice Born Edition, this is a full on remaster of Myth: The Fallen Lords (through its ports to Myth II: Soublighter), Myth II: Soulblighter, and Myth II: Chimera. Some of the HD assets will also cover third party plugins, but they will not be as uniform as the rest.
What does this mean as a player? Well, it means that every asset being displayed to you (Outside of the user interface, for now) has been either A. Remastered from the original assets. B. Upscaled from the original sprites. C. Recreated in the vein of the original sprites. Many years ago Project Magma and Jon God brought you the Magma - Detail Texture Megapack, which included detail textures for the environments for nearly 400 maps from the Myth series and mods. For a long time, it created a visual disconnect, where the units would be very low resolution against high resolution landscapes. With this update, the real dream of “The HD Project” has been fulfilled.
This project has been a labour of love, and would not be possible without the help from many individuals over the years. A big shout out to everyone that gave and advice, answered any questions, or put up with Jon God’s incessant push to make it happen.
This also contains updated detail textures from Project Magma’s - Detail Texture Megapack. It has been updated to match the updated model textures included in Myth: Twice Born Edition.
Make sure you read the Readme for installation instructions. Once in game, you can toggle between HD and original graphics with F9, Page Up and Page Down.
Given how huge of a release this is, it is very likely it contains bugs, and we’d like to fix any you find! So please, if you see something out of place, contact us on the forums or discord!
Trailer by Jeoku - Soundtrack by Owen Spence (Atlyx)
Screenshots
Click each screenshot to view it large and use the arrow keys/buttons for before/after views.
High Contrast Plugin
An optional extra plugin Magma - HD High Contrast is also included. This plugin is designed for competitive players, and makes some of the projectiles easier to see. Here are some examples:
Drag the sliders to compare. Left: Standard HD / Right: High Contrast
Arrows
Mortar Round
Mandrake Plants
Wight Pieces
Soulless Javelin
Box art by Mark R. Bernal
4k Wallpaper - Download
Credits
Christopher Lyles-Arthur (Jon God) - Project lead, problem solver, artist, animator, and archivist.
Graydon - Artist, responsible for nearly half the original unit’s first passes.
Melekor - Did the leg work to make the initial phase of this project possible
Myrd - Along with Melekor did legwork on the Mythside to make this work.
Zero Pipeline - For getting the code where it needed to be to get across the finish line. Also for additional art, and help touching things up in the final phase!
Gholsbane - For support, testing, website, and taking the wonderful screenshots for The Tain.
Mark R. Bernal - For doing new art for Twice Born Edition!
Owen Spence (Atlyx) - For doing the musical composition used in the trailer.
Jeoku - For directing and editing the trailer for this project. (Both of you two kept sane, thanks!)
…and many more. see the Readme for a complete list.