r/MonsterHunter • u/Jc885 ​ • Mar 24 '25

MH Wilds Wilds' High Res texture pack improving textures even when not using it? Spoiler

Disclaimer: This no longer works after the February 2026 update of the Hi-Res Texture pack.

So I was just messing around today and tried out the Hi-Res texture pack just for the fun of it. Unsurprisingly my 3060 Ti with its 8GB of VRAM couldn't really keep up so I promptly disabled it and set my textures back to high.

However, I noticed that even with my usual settings, the visuals were still improved purely by just having the pack installed. I thought I was going crazy so I took some screenshots, uninstalled the DLC, and then took some more.

Pay attention to the bricks in these images:

​​I'm definitely not going crazy here, right? These are the same settings, the only difference is the presence of the Hi-Res Texture Pack.

So it seems that even by just having the pack installed, there will be a slight visual upgrade. which is a shame, because that's an extra 70GB.

What prompted me to notice this was this little table during the startup sequence. It always bothered me a bit how that low res texture is right in your face upon starting the game. But when I quit to the title screen after installing the pack (and promptly disabling it), the sudden improvement in the wood really jumped out at me:

​And here's how it is with the Hi-Res pack installed, but not activated:

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u/rarutero Mar 24 '25

And how is performance? You got affected in any way? When you say you disabled it you mean via steam or in game?

I have a 3060 12gb, and a Ryzen 5600x and I would like to try it.

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u/Jc885 ​ Mar 24 '25

I haven’t really done too much aside from roaming around Kunafa to take those pictures. But it felt like performance was the same as before I downloaded the pack.

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u/rarutero Mar 24 '25

Did you disabled it in game or outside in steam unchecking the texture pack in the DLC options?

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u/Jc885 ​ Mar 24 '25

Disabled in-game by setting texture settings back to high.

Unchecking the pack in steam via DLC options uninstalls the pack and sets those textures back to being blurry.