PSX Retro Tools for Blender

Create low-res, low-poly, PS1-style graphics — effortlessly

Tools for texture baking, vertex wobble, dithering, and render setup — all in one panel

Features:

• Low-Poly Simplifier — Automatically decimate and triangulate meshes for authentic PSX aesthetics
• Low-Resolution Texture Baking — Bake all object materials into a single low-res texture, preserving UV layout and palette

  

• Texture Generator — Generate base textures (checkerboard, gradients for texture painting) with limited color palettes

  

• Color Dithering — Bayer, Floyd–Steinberg, Atkinson, and more, with adjustable scale

  

• Vertex Wobble (Classic) — Geometry Nodes–based vertex jitter effect in the style of PS1
• Vertex Wobble PRO — Advanced version, hold frames, axis selection, per-axis amplitude, presets, and instant modifier sync

  

• Vertex Screen Snapping —  True vertex snapping effect ​

  

• Shadow Controls — Low Resolution Shadows mode and full shadow disabling
• Render Presets — Quick PSX resolution presets, color depth options, AA toggle, and shadow toggle

  

Compatibility:

• Blender 4.3+
• Tested on Windows & macOS
• Requires: Pillow, NumPy

Install:

1. Download psx_addon.zip
2. In Blender: Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install
3. Enable 'PSX Retro Tools' from the list

In Blender:

1. Install Pillow (only needs to be done once):
   • Open Blender.
   • Go to Edit → Preferences → System → Open Console (or open a terminal/command prompt).
   • Run:

     pip install Pillow

     If that doesn’t work, try:

     python -m pip install Pillow

     (Use Blender’s bundled Python if needed:
     "<path-to-blender>/4.3/python/bin/python.exe" -m pip install Pillow)
2. Restart Blender after installation.

   NEW UPDATE!
   

   • Download psx_tools_dependency_installer.py.
   • In Blender: Edit → Preferences → Add-ons → Install…, select the file, click Install Add-on.
   • Search for PSX Tools — Dependency Installer and enable it.
   • In 3D View, press N → PSX Retro tab → Dependencies panel.
   • Check status:
     • ✅ OK — installed.
     • ❌ Not installed — missing.
   • Click Install NumPy, Install Pillow, or Install/Update All.
   • Wait until the log says finished and a popup asks to restart Blender.
   • Restart Blender.
   • Enable PSX Retro Tools in Add-ons.

Tips & Notes:

• After generating a texture, you can enhance it in Texture Paint and then apply dithering for a stylized look
• Baking works correctly only with a single texture atlas
• If the object uses multiple materials or images, the result may be incorrect
• The texture size selected in the generator also determines the baked texture size

Roadmap:

• Texture preview directly in the add-on panel
• Export baked textures to PNG in one click
  
  

1.0 — for free

​Credits: 
Vertex Screen Snapping nodes — Duality

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