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MHForever 0.8.2: HD texture packs

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@Mango77x Mango77x released this 30 Oct 23:15
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New

  • HD texture packs. MHForever now loads texture packs made for PPSSPP, such as KHD, and replaces the game's textures with sharper ones. No pack is included: download one, unzip it, and in Game settings → Texture pack choose its folder. The launcher shows what the pack holds for your release (how many textures, any missing images, its size), then copies it into MHForever's folder or uses it where it is. Each copy of the game (Europe, North America, Japan) has its own pack, and packs like KHD that cover several releases are read correctly for each one.
  • No stutter while they load. Pack images are decoded in the background: the game's own texture shows for a moment until the HD one is ready, so the game never waits. Images are shared, kept within a memory budget, and come with mip levels so they stay smooth at a distance.
  • Turn it off and on while you play from the in-game menu (Escape → Video → Texture pack).

Notes

  • Supported: packs in PPSSPP's format (a folder with a textures.ini) with PNG or KTX2 images. Zipped packs must be unzipped first; DDS and ZIM images are not read (those textures keep the game's look).
  • Thanks to ibonplix, whose pull request this is built on, and to Mobilozor, who got the first HD pack running on MHForever.
  • Windows: MHForever-0.8.2-windows-x64.zip. Keep the .dll files next to mhfu.exe, mhfu-us.exe and mhfu-jp.exe. Your settings and saves live outside the program folder, so unzipping a new version never touches them.
  • Linux: MHForever-0.8.2-linux-x64.tar.gz. Built on Ubuntu 24.04 (glibc 2.38 or newer); the launcher needs WebKitGTK 4.1 and GTK 3, the game OpenGL 3.3.
  • Updating from 0.8.1: the launcher offers it ("Update now"), checks the download and restarts.
  • If a pack's textures don't show, or something looks wrong, please send your game.log (next to MHForever.exe) on Discord, https://discord.gg/6xrxY2buDf

Download

Windows: MHForever-0.8.2-windows-x64.zip. Unzip it anywhere you can write to and run MHForever.exe. The programs are not digitally signed, so Windows SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC": choose "More info" and then "Run anyway".

Linux: MHForever-0.8.2-linux-x64.tar.gz. Extract it and run ./MHForever (if your file manager removed the execute permission: chmod +x MHForever mhfu mhfu-us mhfu-jp).

You need your own copy of the game; the archives contain no game data and no texture pack. The code is on GitHub under GPL-3.0-or-later.

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