Well, my computer is quite old, yet I don't have a performance drop or any issues whatsoever. And the size is actually lower than it was the original Cheburator900's mod. Even though I simply edited the color balance and contrast/brightness values of these two textures.

Wow! Thank You - for Xerxes especially. With my ReShade preset his image was quite omitted. But your texture solved this problem!
As for other textures - they are great. But I found alternate door and crate to be too bright for my taste. Plus I missed tne black line on the crate. So I edited them a bit (That crate line may look a bit rough on the edges - I'm no texture designer. But I don't think that's too critical). Maybe it will be useful for someone. :-)
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I was aware, but don't know the details. anyway, 15 people have downloaded the Xerxes quasi-mod since the warning has been added, so that would make it about one person that should seek help in the nearest mental institution vising the forum each week.

oh yes!

gonna try electronic old men? sound like something you'd want to avoid.

like the rest of the stuff available in this topic.

what job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxi7JRJrod4.

// the electronic old men video has been taken down, NOOOOOO!!

yes, that's why the first post says "epilepsy warning". mods available in this topic are basically for people who want a modded game, but also hate themselves very much.

shouldn't crash the game though. lets see.. ah yes, the gop bros have done it again, and made the textures not power of two sized, because why wouldn't they. I'll have to think about whether I want to fix this wreck or just kill it outright and live happily ever after.

//fixed and reuploaded. why am doing this to myself. added a low quality warning - lets consider this a psychology experiment, to see how many people will download it anyway (count currently sits at 70), because they just want to see the world burn.

and yes, the world loves Shank2, whatever that is.

Another System Shock reboot. This one's by Rockstar games and will supposedly have a 1970s porn vibe (without offending millennial morals most likely). I feel they are borrowing a bit much from Kill Bill, eg Shodan is a sword master, blah blah. But then Kill Bill stole it all before, so eh.

ah don't worry, I'm very sure everyone's country had a shitty leader/ruling party at some point, so no need to feel special or anything. also, everyone is always very polite here, unless people who repeatedly annoy everybody with nonsense come along, but I'm very sure that's not what's happening here.

and yes, the world loves Shank2, whatever that is.

Мы Русские и Украинцы о вождях и револиционных вещах в жизни знаем очень много, не смотря на то чем вам промывают мозги. Ни когда не забывайте сдесь все любят Сстем Шокк 2. Будьте всегда вежливы и все модели которые делаете Вы я сделаю за одну ночь, за исключением тех которые надо делать с ригингом.

whatever the case, all the topics have now been merged into this one, all the stuff can be downloaded from the first post, the spasm-inducing Xerxes not being an exception, and whoever thinks they need any of this in their lives, can go ahead and make my day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWO3C7n7apg

Reminds me of a certain military-grade rubbish bin...
I actually do see some improvement there, so maybe don't abandon all hope?

Well now I don't even know what to think.

or maybe I should finish the texture myself (note that the lights actually aren't lavender, they look so on his screenshot because he's using some crazy filter that is messing up the colors completely);

Geeze, I'd been assuming that the grills were modeled-in detail and that the texture itself was plain white. Even less impressed now.

I do not have the skills

I can then look, I'm not friends with the photoshop

let it remain as long as it is

advertising his site (three links to it in a post that has eight words)?

What?
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The last mode of the Cheburator900, 98% of it was done by Cheburator900, the criticism is inappropriate. Who wants to change the model and texture?

Последний мод Cheburator900, 98% его делал Cheburator900, критика неуместна.   Кто хочет может сам изменить модель и текстуру?

Ah well, it's good enough to be considered working. So I would go with the idea of just creating a thread where all of this mini creatings get shoved into. So anyone who considers it good enough can get it and System might get a spur of aknowledgement which eventually will go on a trail of him improving to a point where people are actually glad of his creations.

The only downside which could get spawned from this is the possibility of it ending up in some kind of megamod where someone just pulled everything and shoved it into some half broken abomination.

If it's not good enough yet (and I agree), this thread can serve as a sounding board for improvement, which is what it's doing now, in a less than perfect way.  System has only made one post so far, so what have we got to complain about?  That the thread has carried on too long?  You have only yourselves to blame if you're bored of the length of the thread.  The personal bias against System is very clear to even the casual observer and while the feedback is unambiguous and true, the way you hurl it so to speak, is up to you.  Whatever he may have done in the past to become unpopular, he hasn't done it here.  He just posted a screenshot of some work he did and was a good sport about it.  I suggest we all do the same.  Twisting words is nothing more than social psychology.  It's actually a necessary part of our daily lives.  You can deliver the same information with intent to help or to hurt.  The fact that the information is true or false is largely irrelevant when it comes to the impact it has on the recipient. 

Come on guys.  It's not crap.  It's just not finished - the design leaves more to be desired but that's often the case with new work.  It's not always a home run on the first attempt. 

As mentioned, I would add back a lot of the insets that gave the original some geometric depth.  Also add back the black seams and shadowing that suggests separations in the container.  The grille is a focal point and needs more contrasting colors.  Certain design features have been removed or simplified that perhaps should not have been.

The good news is that the geometry is more refined now.  This can be exploited to great effect with the right texturing.  I don't think the container needs to look blocky.  A high poly container with nicely rounded corners is less jarring to the eye.  And there are a ton of crates in the game so it's not the worst model to redo.  Just use the feedback here to make a rev2 and I'm sure people will download it.

I will be nice and give constructive criticism:

As blocky as the old model is, it definitely has a very powerful presence because of it. The new one looks too smooth and shiny. Maybe try remaking it to look more like the original, but with more minor detail and less changes to the overall appearance. Add back the grill and make the lights inset into the model rather than sticking out, and I think it will look a lot better. Less curvy and more hexagonal as well

Yeah that looks like crap.

I'm slightly leaning towards not putting this up as a public mod until the texture is changed into something that would actually qualify as a texture. also, I really think this particular object doesn't need any attention, but hey, what do I know, I've been in the business of fixing up SS2 for only about a decade or so.

but maybe styrofoam is the new thing, and I'm just not seeing the bigger picture. opinions?

I mean, it's not bad. But it's not as good as the original either. And that was made 19 years ago on a time limit in an earlier version of the engine.

Mainly the new model lacks depth and definition. The grill on the old model was a great idea to achieve that. You made it a relief. That is objectively worse.
The original lights were sunk into the model, yours are slapped on.
The original had a defined carrying depression, yours has a flat depression with no apparent use. And lavender lights.