This "Trailer" serves as a way to showcase the new textures vs the vanilla (side by side comparison at 1:19)
This is one of my favorite childhood games and since I couldn't find a Texture pack to play it with slightly better Graphics decided to try to make my own first texture pack, all textures are DDS file format as I've seen android devices and the steam deck run it better than standard PNGs
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do
I've created 3 versions:
6xUPSCALE with EXTRA DETAIL - this is the one I prefer and enjoy the most, almost makes it look modern, it has extra detail added with generative AI models, this is also the ones used in the "Trailer"
ONLY 6x UPSCALE - this is just a upscale with minor corrections but keeping fidelity with the original game textures
4x UPSCALE Anime Textures - this one actually looks quite nice changing a bit the original graphics but gives it a more cartoon look using a smaller upscaling model
Folder Link with three versions
This video shows a short video of each texture
I also uploaded the Texture Dump from PCSX2 if anyone wants to try to make their own textures.
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PCSX2 TEXTURE PACK INSTALLATION GUIDE
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This guide explains how to properly install a Texture Pack for
PCSX2 using the Texture Replacement system.
NOTE:
The folder "SLUS-21372" corresponds to:
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (PS2)
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1) Recommended Default PCSX2 User Folder
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PCSX2 stores its user files in one of two locations:
A) **Installer Version (Recommended)**
C:\Users\<YourUserName>\Documents\PCSX2
To open this automatically:
- Press WIN + R
- Paste this command:
%UserProfile%\Documents\PCSX2
- Press ENTER
B) **Portable ZIP Version**
The PCSX2 folder is inside the same directory where you extracted it:
PCSX2\portable\user\documents\PCSX2
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2) Installing the Texture Pack
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1. Download your preferred Texture Pack.
2. Move the downloaded .zip file into your PCSX2 user folder
(see the section above for the correct location).
3. Inside the PCSX2 folder, open or create a folder named:
textures
4. Place the .zip file inside the "textures" folder and extract it there.
5. After extraction, you MUST see a folder named:
SLUS-21372
This is the Game ID folder for "The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning".
If you instead see a folder named after the zip file (for example:
Spyro_Texture_Pack_V1
then open that folder and move the internal "SLUS-21372" folder
directly into the "textures" folder.
Correct final structure:
PCSX2\textures\SLUS-21372\
6. Once this folder is in the correct place, the texture pack is installed.
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3) Enabling Texture Loading in PCSX2
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1. Open PCSX2.
2. Right-click on your game.
3. Click "Properties".
4. In the left column, go to:
Graphics → Texture Replacement
5. Enable the checkbox:
[✔] Load Textures
Optional performance settings:
- Asynchronous Texture Loading (default, recommended for most users)
- Precache Textures (better if you have plenty of RAM and a small/medium texture pack)
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The texture pack should now load automatically when you start the game!
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