Placebo mod

I put the one distributed by gamebanana, but the subtitles aren't appearing

I found that when this mod is disabled for Ep2, only then I solve the issue of the rubble texture repeating in the sky by about 4x4 in front of the portal. It now looks normal without enabling.

I run on 2k (2560 * 1440) HDR monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio

Now the mod has an optional part. See the description.

OK. Thanks so much for taking a look and responding.

Ahh, so these textures are already upscaled. I thought you found textures that were left in the original resolution. And with these ones you showed, I can't make them even better, they need to be retextured from scratch.

Okay, here are screenshots. I've tried to include a description of where in the map they are, but let me know if you need the saves too. I think you have to zoom in in order to truly be able to tell whether it's been upscaled or not.

https://ibb.co/bPwscVk - the road in front of the radio tower in Riding Shotgun
https://ibb.co/rHFM9k8 - dirt around the grass patch at the radio tower in Riding Shotgun
https://ibb.co/2cPHTHJ - concrete steps in front of the radio equipment building in Riding Shotgun
https://ibb.co/gmyV8gQ - Wood boards right at the start area of Freeman Pontifex
https://ibb.co/xsgvppQ - Dirt/ground right at the start area of Freeman Pontifex
https://ibb.co/MhWb3sD - Stone texture/dirt right at the start of Freeman Pontifex.

Yes, if there are any suggestions, I can consider them. And preferably screenshots with saves, so that it would be easier to find and work with them

Do you think there are still textures in Ep 2 that need to be upscaled? Are you open suggestions and screenshots?

That's great! It's always easy to spot when there's an issue because your mods are so good!!

@Jerethi, Thanks for reporting the issue! Yes, I checked and it turned out that for some reason the workshop_dir.vpk file was zero size, apparently it was some kind of glitch in Steam Workshop. I re-uploaded the mod, now Episode 2 works fine again.

Hey deep - I'm not sure if this is just me, but it seems that this mod is no longer working properly. At least, I'm noticing lots of textures that aren't getting replaced that used to be changed. E.g., the rocks/pebbles on the ground during Freeman Pontifex. I tried disabling all other adds on and only enabling this one, but that didn't seem to fix it. Am I messing something up?

Great! Glad I was able to help. Absolutely love these mods.

@Jerethi
Thanks for finding the problem! The fix has already been made. You can check it out.

@Jerethi
Can you show a screenshot or video?

The radio tower at White Forest appears to be problematic when the mod is enabled. Is anyone else experiencing this?

@AM
It is better to download a mod for each game. Yes, you can download a mod for HL2 EP2 here, and it will work in other episodes. But then some textures will be displayed incorrectly in HL2 and EP1, because these games use some textures with the same name and paths to them, but the textures themselves are different. And it is precisely because of the peculiarities of the mod structure in Steam Workshop that it turns out that I cannot make mods work separately for each game, as it works with manual installation.

I need download the 3 mods for the 3 games? Or this contain all 3 games textures and work for example in HL2 and HL2 EP1?

@6opogaTbIu' (⌐■_■)
Hi. In that case you can download this mod from the workshop for episode 2, it basically contains textures for all three games. Or you can download for each episode separately, links are in my HL2 guides

Hello! If I'm going to use the textures in different maps in the workshop, which of the packs is preferable to install?