My PS2 Packs

[Bl4ckH4nd]

I've added The Getaway to the repo.

Thank you dalmation666 for dumping the textures. If you experience texture pop (especially with trees while driving), just disable mipmaps in the settings.

Also a small update: I've been. testing some of my packs with the newer builds and they seem to still be working. I'm not sure why the PCSX2 changes aren't affecting these packs, might be due to how I upscale.

If anyone experiences issues with my packs on the newer PCSX2 builds, please let me know and I'll see what I can do

 

[Bl4ckH4nd]

Quick update, I'm playing some games that I missed out on back in the day, of course I'm dumping the textures where possible so it's a nice double tap.

I finished Ape Escape and added it to the repo, I will be doing Ape Escape 2 and 3 as well, next on the list however, is Megaman Legends.

I also did a pack for Gran Turismo 2 ( be warned, due to how the game dumps multiple textures for cars and their various colours, the pack is huge). It's on the repo, only the simulation disc, if anyone wants a pack for the Arcade disc, let me know.

I also did a pack for Wave Racer: Blue Storm for Gamecube as requested (sorry, can't remember who it was) ^^

 

[GennadijK]

@Bl4ckH4nd
Hello. Please tell me, will it be difficult to make HD textures for Virtua Tennis 2 for Dreamcast?

 

[dalmatian666]

tbh i dont think it would be that hard, but i used redream paid anyway which auto upscales the internal resolution anyways. The Holy Grail would be the first Silent Hill (psone) to remaster. If you managed that id legit send you a paypal donation. So many have tried and failed to do that one over the years, i think because a lot of the textures were hand painted which makes it incredibly hard to upscale. One reasonable request would be Medievil 1 and 2 on the psone. Those two games i loved as a kid and would be amazing if they got the facelift they deserve

 

[Bl4ckH4nd]

tbh i dont think it would be that hard, but i used redream paid anyway which auto upscales the internal resolution anyways. The Holy Grail would be the first Silent Hill (psone) to remaster. If you managed that id legit send you a paypal donation. So many have tried and failed to do that one over the years, i think because a lot of the textures were hand painted which makes it incredibly hard to upscale. One reasonable request would be Medievil 1 and 2 on the psone. Those two games i loved as a kid and would be amazing if they got the facelift they deserve

MediEvil is definitely on my list

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@Bl4ckH4nd
Hello. Please tell me, will it be difficult to make HD textures for Virtua Tennis 2 for Dreamcast?

I did the first one, didn't even know there was a second to be honest. I'll do that one for you ^^

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All good if your busy or what not, but if you have some free time and are bored, could you possibly do a wave rave blue storm texture pack for the gamecube? To this day i dont think anyone has ever attempted let alone completed one for it, which is a shame since its an incredible gamecube legacy game, think its the only first party nintendo game on it that doesnt have a upscale pack done for it to this day (someone has done a ui pack but not the same thing as a full upscale). cheers, and have a good day

Oh, not sure if you saw, but I did Wave Racer a couple of days ago. It's on the repo now

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tbh i dont think it would be that hard, but i used redream paid anyway which auto upscales the internal resolution anyways. The Holy Grail would be the first Silent Hill (psone) to remaster. If you managed that id legit send you a paypal donation. So many have tried and failed to do that one over the years, i think because a lot of the textures were hand painted which makes it incredibly hard to upscale. One reasonable request would be Medievil 1 and 2 on the psone. Those two games i loved as a kid and would be amazing if they got the facelift they deserve

I did a quick sample, think it's worth it?

 

[dalmatian666]

I'd probably have to see a few more photos to judge. Only noticeable difference so far is the trees, the ground and wall textures arent really that noticeable (to me at least). Really depends how long it would take you to do it. If its gonna take you a month to get it working perfectly id say no

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btw i finally finished Red Faction II and have a full SP and MP dump for it if anyone wants to upscale it. People have been whinging for it for a month in the forums so i decided to finish it myself. Back is killing me from hurting it this week so im probably going to try and spend most of the weekend in bed away from the pc. Might have missed a few multiplayer textures since their were 30 maps and i only did 5 frag rounds to try and get them done as quick as i could. someone else is more than free to fill those out if i missed anything


Red Faction II Full Dump

 

[Bl4ckH4nd]

I'd probably have to see a few more photos to judge. Only noticeable difference so far is the trees, the ground and wall textures arent really that noticeable (to me at least). Really depends how long it would take you to do it. If its gonna take you a month to get it working perfectly id say no

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btw i finally finished Red Faction II and have a full SP and MP dump for it if anyone wants to upscale it. People have been whinging for it for a month in the forums so i decided to finish it myself. Back is killing me from hurting it this week so im probably going to try and spend most of the weekend in bed away from the pc. Might have missed a few multiplayer textures since their were 30 maps and i only did 5 frag rounds to try and get them done as quick as i could. someone else is more than free to fill those out if i missed anything


Red Faction II Full Dump

Yeah the Silent Hill textures are pretty rough, I'm going to play up to the school and see how it does, otherwise I'll try a few more things.

I'll upscale Red Faction for you.

 

[dorkasaurusrex]

Thanks for Demolition Girl. <3 never saw that you added it.

 

[Bl4ckH4nd]

Thanks for Demolition Girl. <3 never saw that you added it.

I'm sorry it took so long, last year was a bit rough and I barely got to anything xD

 

[FrankDrebinPCSX2]

Hello Bl4ckH4nd. Thank you for your HD textures for the Warriors and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Is there any chance that Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb will be updated as well? Its textures are so bad that it looks like a PS1 game.

 

[CloudLionHeart]

MegaMan legends would be great for ps1. Hope to get some RPG like xenogears or vagrand story

 

[dalmatian666]

Hello Bl4ckH4nd. Thank you for your HD textures for the Warriors and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Is there any chance that Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb will be updated as well? Its textures are so bad that it looks like a PS1 game.

Blackhand is fairly busy i think, unlike gamecube only way to get the dump to upscale is playing through the whole game. ive been doing as much as i can lately but if i was to do a indiana jones game in the future, it will probably be staff of kings rather than that. you tried the pc version, maybe that one would make a differance in quality, havent played them both myself so cant really compare

 

[Bl4ckH4nd]

Hey everyone, apologies for the silence. My fiancé had a seizure on Monday (first time) and she was in the hospital for scans and all that. She was discharged on Thursday.

I will be getting back into the packs asap

 

[Zyute]

I couldn't imagine going through that so I'm glad she is doing better. I'm all for seeing what you have coming next but take as much time as needed because video games may be great but family comes first .

 

[CloudLionHeart]

Family first mate. Even if you stopped now you have done great. Thank you for everything. Health first.

 

[Bl4ckH4nd]

Added:
Sly 3 (The trilogy is now finally complete)
Shadow of Destiny (minor issues with foliage textures but the rest are fine)
Splashdown 2

Very special shout-out to dalmation666 for sending me the texture dumps so I could work on them, saved me a lot of time, especially after this shitty week. Thank you very much.

I also added Hogs of War for PS1

 

[GennadijK]

@Bl4ckH4nd Thank you for your efforts!

 

[dalmatian666]

Here are a few comparison shots for sly 3, with and without bl4ckhand's upscale (before and after). very big improvement. bittersweet that i only just finished it so i really dont want to play it again anytime soon.

 

[GennadijK]

@dalmatian666 Thanks for the comparison, the difference is immediately noticeable.

 

[kupo-on-gbatem]

Obviously he changed the internal resolution between the comparison screenshots (recognizable by the aliasing of 3D objects). This alone will change the texture quality and has nothing to do with the texture pack.
If everyone starts making comparison shots like this, nobody will be able to see what the texture pack actually does, so dont do this please. It hides the true improvement and tricks unexperienced users.