This is a PCSX2 texture pack for Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (SLUS-20554). This pack ports most interface and menu-related assets from the Bluepoint remaster of Metal Gear Solid 2 to a format usable with PCSX2.
This pack does NOT touch the world, character, or FX textures, for a variety of reasons:
- Most 3D textures scale fine with internal resolution, and do not benefit from the HD Collection assets anywhere near as much as the interface assets.
- Replacing the interface assets is a few hundred textures. Replacing everything else is upwards of 30000+ textures.
- Other texture packs, most using AI upscaling, already tackle the 3D textures. While the interface assets have poor output from AI upscaling, the other textures get the job done fine.
It's difficult to account for every texture, as there is a lot of redundancy for some fonts, but extensive effort has been put in to replace as many situations as imaginable.
If you notice an error with the texture replacement, or a texture that you can dump that should be replaced, please post an issue with a screenshot demonstrating the problem, and the dumped texture if possible.
All textures converted from PNG using the BC7 DDS Format.
Simply extract the folder from the archive, and drop it in PCSX2/textures.
CTXR Converter Tool - 316austin316 (github.com/316austin316)
MGS2HD Texture Archive - Afevis (nexusmods.com/users/3918298)
Special Thanks to the PCSX2 Team and their efforts to develop and improve texture extraction/replacement.