Making textures a higher resoultion without bad quality

[Stacks]

I was thinking of something.. i was making a new mod in halo CE and i wanted to up the weapon textures from their standard 128 x 64 to 512 x 512 (like h2 vista guns) is this possible? and if so could somebody tell me how? i tried using the search function but i couldn't find anything

[Sozo]

No, that isn't really possible. You can't enlarge something like that and have it still be respectably viewable.

[Stacks]

bloody potato.. how did hired gun do it then..

[Sozo]

Can you post an example of 'hired gun''s work?

[Stacks]

Umm hired gun made halo 2 vista.. they upped the weapon textures from 256 x 256 to 512 x 512

[Myrddin]

I depends whether hired gun used a different program or simply re-drew the textures. I've known a game to be re-released with completely re-drawn textures applied, granted, they looked similar to the originals but they had a more realistic appearance.

Maybe this is what this dude did instead of enlarging it, as CommanderSozo quite rightly said, you can't enlarge something by that much and keep its clarity.

[Sozo]

Umm hired gun made halo 2 vista.. they upped the weapon textures from 256 x 256 to 512 x 512

I know, I just wanted to see what they did.