Asset by asset remaster of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. Fully remodeled, retextured, and re-lit using Nvidia's RTX Remix tools.

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Hey everyone, just wanted to officially make a page. I have been working on an RTX Remix/Remaster of Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, and I think it's time to put something out officially.

This project is meant to be an asset by asset remaster of VTM:B using the RTX Remix toolset. Meaning, I'm going to personally build asset replacements by hand, and inject them into VTM:B using Remix. This is going to be a LONG process, so I wanted to start small.

The plan is to start by remastering the entire Santa Monica apartment as a proof of concept. Once that is done, I'd like to put that up as an actual downloadable mod for people to try, then continue onward with the work.

Progress on the remaster proof of concept for the Haven in VTM:B

stairwell

tv comparison

This happens mainly in 3 phases:

  • Lighting changes
  • Prop Replacement
  • Environment Retexturing

Then there is a secret 4th and final phase...
Characters, weapons, and everything animated...

This is an area that needs de-risking. There are many potential pitfalls with that process.

In an ideal world, I could just remodel them from scratch and rig/skin them, then full sale replace the assets through remix (Which is my preference).
But right off the bat, just turning on RTX and adjusting some roughness values gives amazing results.

homeless man RTX off and ON

However, Source engine's facial animation system could prove to be a big hurdle there, especially since the SDK for Bloodlines has tools that don't necessarily work with some of the inherent features in VTM:B itself, since it's on a pre Half-Life 2 release version of the engine!

Outside the diner in Santa Monica, comparison of original and RTX ON.

I have a few projects running simultaneously, so there will be times that my velocity is fairly low on this, but it's definitely a high priority for me. VTM:B Is one of the reasons I got into the game industry in the first place after all.

Wish me luck, stay tuned, and catch me over at- Twitter.com
For smaller updates.

In the future I'd like to make the posts look a bit more official, but for now, this is me saying, "Hello world!"

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LieutenantGruber
LieutenantGruber - - 6 comments

Now that is what I'd call a true Bloodlines 2 <3

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not a bad time to be alive

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Safemilk Creator
Safemilk - - 14 comments

Or undead, right?

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GlowingOrangeOoze
GlowingOrangeOoze - - 1 comments

It just occurred to me today that this is probably the number 1 game I'd like a good RTX Remix mod for, so finding this blog post after some quick searching is great news. Best wishes on the project!

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Safemilk Creator
Safemilk - - 14 comments

Thank you so much! When I first saw the RTX Remix reveal a couple years back, my mind INSTANTLY went to VTM:B!

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Guest
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I would LOVE to try out the apartment!

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Safemilk Creator
Safemilk - - 14 comments

I have some more props to finish, then after that I'm doing all the textures! So hopefully in the near future I can put out the apartment replacements at least. Technically you could run through the rest of the game but it would so broken until I get to it!

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morrigan_aesland
morrigan_aesland - - 1 comments

I'm really excited to play with this mod, totally gorgeous! Good luck with your project

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Safemilk Creator
Safemilk - - 14 comments

Thanks! Trying to keep a good pace going, but I'm also doing assets for the HL2 Remix team on the side, so sometimes it's a bit hard to balance!

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