An enhanced visual experience of Suikoden 2 by combining the xBR filtering and texture replacement capability of Beetle PSX HW on Retroarch. This is a just a small weekend project inspired the upscale project of chrono cross. The main goal is be able to play the game with less pixels to achieve that HDish/RemasteredISH look so if like your pixels you might to skip on this one.
view the demo here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCG7sUKUmW0
Features Upscaled images of:
Character portraits
Typeface/Font replacement
Rune/s Texture replacement
Battle backgrounds
Special Menus ( Castle Storage, Investigations , Etc)
xbr filtering on All sprites Via retroarch
Change Log / Version:
2.0 – added ending backgrounds and more battle bgs , fixed transparency of some runes
1.5 – added other portraits of Pilika, Neclord , Jowy and Julia
1.0 – Initial release
Modified Upscaled portraits, Konami logo, Initial text support
Alpha – Character portraits upscale (never released)
Instructions:
Install RetroArch and Beetle PSX HW
not my video but watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVOnX9l8OoM
Recommended Folder Structure .
Wherever you decide to place your main BIN / Iso file , it is recommended that it is contained on its own folder because you need two folders to be present in the same directory.
Make sure that the filename of your game MATCHES the Filename that is in the Cue file.
Create two folders and append -texture-dump and -texture-replacements on their names respectively
dump the contents texture mod on the texture-replacements folder
Configuration :
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Load the game and press f1
Select Options
Make sure the Renderer is VULKAN
software frame buffer: OFF
Internal GPU Resolution : 2x
Texture Filtering : xBR ( preffered is xBR, SABR is also good. Nearest if you want to keep the Pixels)
Track textures: ON
Replace Textures: ON
Optional : Reshade
install Reshade with vulkan renderer and make sure it runs globally.
preferred shader : HDR
The mod is compatible to files patched with https://github.com/pyriell/gs2-bugfixes . As for difficulty modded files you might need to run you bin/iso file
Credits :
@luizpedro (pinterest) , @DocOwer(twitter) and @faospark for rune replacements
Tools :
Waifu2x and Gigapixel
Download here https://www.dropbox.com/s/vwjoznzoasyyu ... s.zip?dl=0