Torchlight Texture Project v1.2

I suspect many of my gaming readers may already own Torchlight. Hell, they’ve practically been giving it away on Steam. It has been offered at $5 no less than twice and $10 countless times since its release a few months ago. Some of the draw for many players is in the form of the low system requirements. The game even employs a “Netbook mode” in its options although I still doubt it would run on most of the glorified calculators which carry that moniker. This advantage is something of a double-edged sword for many as this leaves the graphics looking slightly sub-par even in the higher detail levels. Behold! The Torchlight Texture Project!

This is a replacement for many of the textures in the game. I don’t know exactly every single texture which was replaced, and I believe even the author(s?) of the project seems to have lost count at this point. Suffice it to say that a large chunk of this game looks quite a lot better thanks to some nice high-resolution textures. It doesn’t at all break the style of the art in the game. Install away without fear!

About this whole “installation” business. The installation of the mod is pretty easy, but it isn’t quite as simple as the author makes it out to be if you haven’t installed any other mods for Torchlight. Yes, you should simply drop the extracted folder into Torchlight’s “mods” folders, but that folder isn’t conveniently located in the program’s installation folder. Instead, you’ll find it at “%appdata%\Runic Games\Torchlight\mods” which you are welcome to copy and paste into your “Run” dialog box at will. If you’re on Windows 7, you should try “%appdata%\Roaming\Runic Games\Torchlight\mods” instead. On the Mac, you need to hit “~/library/application support/runic games/torchlight/mods” to install the mod.

Enjoy your newfound graphical fidelity. If you own the game on Steam and have never installed a TL mod before, you’ll also get a small surprise when you boot the mod for the first time!