How to set in game texture resolution to 8K?

ive found this documentation but i still dont understand it:

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Content/Types/Textures/SupportAndSettings/index.html#textureresolution

these source paths, i cant find them. even if i could, what. how to set it to 14? add _14? or =14? how can i know this?

can someone please help me?
thanks

Hi jazvec, those source files are from stale documentation; I’ll enter a ticket for clearing this out and another for getting 8k textures to work.
EDIT: Seems the code should be working with 8k & 16k textures.

thank you,

when can i expect them to work? roughly?

Should be working; if it’s not please enter an answerhub ticket.

but how to enable it? because it doesn’t work by default. my 8K texture is scaled down to 4K.

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That’s one flippin huge texture file isn’t it?

You need to change the MaxLODSize for each LOD Group in the DeviceProfiles.ini (Base or Default) under /Script/Engine.TextureLODSettings as it currently is set to 4096 across the board. Once set to 8192, the Max In-Game display in the texture will now display 8192x8192.

well, no luck again.

Ive found the DeviceProfiles.ini in my project settings but there was no deviceprofiles.ini in the main UE4 directory in program files.
so in my project files ive found it in here: D:\Work\Unreal\Projects\MyProject\Intermediate\Config\CoalescedSourceConfigs (my project folder)

the TextureLODSettings comand is only under Linux profiles.

[Linux DeviceProfile]
DeviceType=Linux
BaseProfileName=
MeshLODSettings=
TextureLODSettings=

[LinuxNoEditor DeviceProfile]
DeviceType=LinuxNoEditor
BaseProfileName=Linux
MeshLODSettings=
TextureLODSettings=

[LinuxServer DeviceProfile]
DeviceType=LinuxServer
BaseProfileName=Linux
MeshLODSettings=
TextureLODSettings=

Im using windows. so ive tried adding the line set to 8192 under windows profiles but that doesnt work.

is this the right deviceprofiles.ini file? i dont think so. so whats the correct path?

its very frustrating that this is not there by default and it seems like theres no easy way of doing it.

Under the Engine configs, you will see a BaseDeviceProfiles.ini. I copied this into my projects Config directory and renamed to DefaultDeviceProfiles.ini, made the changes required:



TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_World,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_WorldNormalMap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_WorldSpecular,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Character,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterNormalMap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterSpecular,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Weapon,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponNormalMap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponSpecular,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Vehicle,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleNormalMap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleSpecular,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Cinematic,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Effects,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=linear,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_EffectsNotFiltered,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Skybox,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_UI,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Lightmap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Shadowmap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,NumStreamedMips=3,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_RenderTarget,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_MobileFlattened,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Terrain_Heightmap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Terrain_Weightmap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Bokeh,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=256,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=linear,MipFilter=linear,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
+TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Pixels2D,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=point,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)


Saved and launched the editor and tested my 8192x8192 texture:

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and still nothing. i still have got only 4K. i have no clue whats wrong.

could you upload youre DefaultDeviceProfiles.ini file so i could try it out?

Its a carbon copy of the Base one with MaxLODSize changed, and thats it. So if that did not work for you I am not sure. I was using v4.8 of the engine, haven’t tried in anything earlier.

am using 4.7.6 and this is whats inside the default BaseDeviceProfiles.ini file:

whats inside of youres?

Okay after having a look through 4.7. You will find the section in BaseEngine.ini instead, search for [SystemSettings]. So as of 4.8 they moved it to DeviceProfiles.ini

it worked. after 3 day of frustration. thank you very much!

Thank you so much … had look in several pages with no answer, you just nailed it. You saved me a lot of time. The answer from the staff guys should be as clear as yours!

Sorry for the necro but this doesn’t seem to work on 4.10.1?

I tried yours as well as the instructions on Textures in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.3 Documentation but no matter what I do, it is still at 4096x2048 instead of 8192x4096 :confused:

I added the following 2 lines to my DefaultEngine.ini:

Thank you for a second time (now after getting everything set up on a new machine). This was the fix I needed a few months ago and it’s taken some finding again this time.

Have you tired 's post I reference above? this is what got 8k textures viewable in my project.

hi i’m in 4.10.4 version of the engine and its work whith this following code that you can copy in your DeviceProfiles.ini in /Documents/UnrealProject/nameofyourproject/Saved/Config/Windows/:

[/Script/Engine.TextureLODSettings]
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_World,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_WorldNormalMap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_WorldSpecular,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Character,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterNormalMap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterSpecular,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Weapon,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponNormalMap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponSpecular,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Vehicle,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleNormalMap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleSpecular,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Cinematic,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Effects,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=linear,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_EffectsNotFiltered,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Skybox,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_UI,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Lightmap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Shadowmap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,NumStreamedMips=3,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_RenderTarget,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_MobileFlattened,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Terrain_Heightmap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Terrain_Weightmap,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Bokeh,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=256,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=linear,MipFilter=linear,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)
TextureLODGroups=(Group=TEXTUREGROUP_Pixels2D,MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=16384,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=point,MipFilter=point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)

THIS! This worked perfectly, thanks <3

This worked perfectly for me in UE4 4.13.1

Thank you very much!!