Blade of Darkness Disable HD Textures

Intro: Use Cases

The first question some might have is why even bother disabling them in the first place?

Here are a couple scenarios when one might want to do it:

Custom texture packs

If you want to use custom texture packs, like Blade of Darkness Reforged, HD textures need to be disabled, otherwise the game will continue overwriting the modded data.

Incompatibility with mods

Some mods or custom maps may have never been intended to be run with HD textures and thus may look weird.

Personal preference or nostalgia

Some may simply not like the upscaled look. Maybe it's nostalgia. Either way, to each their own taste.

Step 1: Navigate To The Game Folder

First, we must open the game folder on your system.

Easiest way to do this is by opening Steam and pressing the right mouse button on Blade of Darkness in your Steam library.

Select the option "Browse local files" under the "Manage" section.

Your Blade of Darkness folder should look something like this.

Step 2: Rename The Textures Folder

The particular folder we are looking for is called "textures". It contains basically all the 2D image data in high definition format for the game.

If the game cannot locate any high definition textures, it will simply not load them and use originals as back-up (if found).

Right click on the folder and rename it to something else. For the sake of simplicity, I simply add a "#" mark before the folder name.

Step 3: Run The Game

We're basically all set at this point, so just run the game!

Restoring HD Textures

If you'd like to revert the changes and return back to HD textures, navigate to the game file location and just rename the folder back to its original "textures".

The folder name must be exact, as established earlier.

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2948367555

Disable HD Textures

Intro: Use Cases

Step 1: Navigate To The Game Folder

Step 2: Rename The Textures Folder

Step 3: Run The Game

Restoring HD Textures

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