Mario Kart 64 HD

This is a high-definition texture pack for the game Mario Kart 64, for emulators capable of loading High Resolution textures, including any emulator using GLideN64 as video plugin such as Project64, Mupen64Plus and RetroArch as well as Dolphin using a Mario Kart 64 (Wii VC) .wad file.

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Where is it?

The files will be hosted off of GitHub, with this README and other necessary files stored here for reference.

Install

Project64 using latest GLideN64 WIP build

1. Visit the mirror of the project, then "Download .ZIP".
2. Once downloaded, extract everything that's inside of the ZIP into your ~/Project64/Plugin/GFX/GlideN64/hires_texture/MARIOKART64 folder.¹
3. Make sure the game runs, then adjust the graphics configuration for your Mario Kart 64 rom by highlighting the game in your ROM Directory within P643.0, then:
4. Options > Configuration > Config: Mario Kart 64: Plugins > Video > GlideN64.
5. Options > Graphics Settings > Texture Enhancement > Check "Use Texture Pack" and "Use file storage instead of memory cache" and point file paths to the texture pack.

Mupen64Plus using latest GLideN64 WIP build

1. Visit the mirror of the project. If you are using Rosalie's Mupen GUI (RMG), instructions are similar to the ones of Project64.
2. Once downloaded, extract everything that's inside of the ZIP into your %APPDATA%/Mupen64Plus/hires_texture/MARIOKART64 folder.
   • On Linux, the path is: ~/.local/share/mupen64plus/hires_texture
   • On macOS, the path is: ~/Library/Application Support/Mupen64plus/hires_texture
3. Edit the config file found in %APPDATA%/Mupen64Plus
   • On Linux, the path is: ~/.config/mupen64plus
   • On macOS, the path is: ~/Library/Application Support/Mupen64plus
4. Set the parameter LoadHiResTextures and txHiresTextureFileStorage to True. ²

Retroarch

Use the Mupen64Plus-Next core.

1. Visit the mirror of the project.
2. Once downloaded, put everything that's inside of the ZIP into your ~/RetroArch-Win64/System/Mupen64plus/hires_texture/MARIOKART64 folder.
3. Ensure that the cache folder exists in the directory.
4. From the Retroarch main menu, go to Load Core > Download a Core > Nintendo - Nintendo 64 (Mupen64Plus-Next).
   • Android users need the Mupen64Plus-Next GLES3 core.
5. Load the target rom, then access the Quick Menu > Options > GlideN64 > Use High-Res textures
   • Also enable:
     • Cache Textures
     • Use High-Res Full Alpha Channel
     • Use Hi-Res Storage

Dolphin latest WIP build

1. DDS textures are highly recommended. These can be found here.
2. Extract the ZIP file into %username%/Documents/Dolphin Emulator/Load/Textures (~/.local/share/dolphin-emu/Load/Textures on Linux, ~/Library/Application Support/Dolphin/Load/Textures on macOS).
3. Graphics > Advanced > Load Custom Textures
4. Graphics > Advanced > Prefetch Custom Textures (requires high amounts of RAM)

Footnotes

1. The path to the textures may differ and can be changed using GLideN64 settings. ↩

2. The respective .htc or .hts file will need to be created during the first startup. This takes time and the created file will be stored in the cache directory. Note that Project64 is 32-bit, so using .htc is going to fail due to memory restrictions. ↩