Unreal Gold 4K Textures + DX11 [03.11.2020]

Overview

This short and simple guide will show you how to modify Unreal Gold resulting best possible visual fidelity with 4K textures in DirectX 11 renderer.

Unreal Gold Patch 227i

Download Unreal Gold Patch 227i from [link].

You will see bunch of green links to proper files in .zip or .7z formats. Just remember to download installer for Unreal version with Return to Napali (Unreal Gold/Unreal Anthology).

Unpack it and install it to Unreal directory – default is:
C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonUnreal Gold.

High-Resolution Unreal Skins

Download High-Resolution Unreal Skins (UnrealHD v3.1 Full) from [link].

Unpack the contents of the zip file to your Unreal Gold folder.

Run the game, and add “Unreal/UT: HD Skins Full” to the mutator window (when you launch new game you should see popup window with abilty to add the the mutator – after adding, it should be on the right side of this window, like on this below screenshot).

If you want to read more about this pack and see some screenshots there is a link to project site:
[link].

Unreal DirectX11 Renderer for UT, UG, Rune and DX

Download Unreal DirectX11 Renderer for UT, UG, Rune and DX from
[link]

Unpack files.

Copy the following files from the Common folder: D3D11Drv.int , Effects11.dll and d3d11drv folder to your Unreal Gold ‘System’ folder.

Copy d3d11drv.dll file from Unreal Gold_227i to your Unreal Gold ‘System’ folder.

Open tessellation.cfg file from Unreal Gold_227i and add content from Comment section to this Mod (comment of darknovism from Oct 29 2020). I can’t list it directly because one of those file names Steam shows as a bunch of hearts 🙁

Update!

Fellow Unreal fan rowan_u provided us with darknovism comment on imgur:

“Thanks very much, here is the text from that darknovism comment if anybody needs it.

Open tessellation.cfg file from Unreal Gold_227i and add the following, thanks darknovism!

“

Save changes to tessellation.cfg.

Copy modified tessellation.cfg file from Unreal Gold_227i to your Unreal Gold ‘System’ folder.

If you are launching the game for the first time then select D3D11 Renderer. Alternatively go to preferences with tilde (~) button to open up the console and type preferences then change renderer to DirectX11.

Normal and height maps for Unreal Tournament 99 and Unreal Gold for Unreal DirectX 11 Renderer

Download Normal and height maps for Unreal Tournament 99 and Unreal Gold for Unreal DirectX 11 Renderer from
[link].

Unpack files.

Copy contents of ‘Textures’ folder to your Unreal Gold ‘Textures’ folder.

HD4K Extreme Resolution Edition v3 for Directx11 Renderer

Download HD4K Extreme Resolution Edition v3 for Directx11 Renderer files:

HD4K Textures Part 1 3.8GB
HD4K Textures Part 2 4.3GB

from [link]

Unpack files.

Copy contents of ‘Textures’ folders to your Unreal Gold ‘Textures’ folder.

That’s it. Play game.

Screenshots

It looks freaking amazing!