How to Texture Mod PCSX2 - Any Game

[@worldogameplays]

3:07 In gimp you can go to the channels of the image and disable alpha, then after editing you can turn alpha back and save/export.

[@poptuts]

I was brand new to gimp before this video lol, I'm proficient with clip studio paint. But thanks for the advice, it took me a good hour to find the threshold alpha, glad theres an easier way!

[@TrueKjv]

FINALLY... An easy tutorial on how to mod in PCSX2. I can finally mod Here Comes The Pain!

[@cmoneytheman]

That would be amazing my fav wrestling game would look real good in 2k

[@nayyabmughal1123]

Let us know how it's goes man. It's our favorite wrestling game.

[@thecba]

Locked textures

[@vmhz1998]

For people in Photoshop, do this: 1. Open the image you want to edit; 2. Go to menu item Layer > Layer Mask > From Transparency; 3. Duplicate the layer (CTRL + J); 4. Hide the original one and delete the mask form the copy; 5. Make all edits you want; 6. Select all layer (except for the original with mask) and merge (CTRL + E); 7. Now click and drag the mask from the original to the merged layer and delete the original layer; And that's it :) *You can right click the mask and "Apply Layer Mask" to avoid problems with transparency

[@poptuts]

I think you can also just go into channels (which is next to the layers panel) and remove alpha.

[@Ajayttj]

Broo pls I want to talk with you can you give your insta id

[@gabrieloliveira96]

Thank you so much. Simple and direct to the point, yet so useful. Thanks to you I'm being able to mod my PS2 games! Awesomeee

[@poptuts]

Glad you enjoyed 👍

[@ulfrinn8783]

If only there way a way to rip ALL of the games without having to play through the entire game, and render every corner of every room in order to get everything.

[@poptuts]

I dont think so, preloading the entire games textures would be quite the task for an emulator im guessing.

[@ulfrinn8783]

@@poptuts not preloading, just extracting them, that way they can be AI upscaled prior to actually playing the game

[@poptuts]

@@ulfrinn8783 You would have to preload all the textures for that, i dont think there is a "texture" folder for these games, they are usually all bundled together in a big file that the ps2 has to take from.

[@The-Fewer]

It didn’t create a slus or dump folder I tried so many tutorials nothing works

[@Hoodied]

Can this be used for upscaling? If I increase the image dimensions will the texture replacement still work?

[@poptuts]

You can yes but PCSX2 has its own upscaler which is already pretty good. You just increase the resolution scale to 3x native for 1080p

[@MsShadowBlossom]

I have a problem with my textures popping in and out/not staying the same as they were modded after loading them in. Does the transparency affect how the models are displayed ingame??

[@iSUPER-]

How to stop the textures from flashing on the character please respond

[@poptuts]

Not sure, different games handel textures differently. Some games break from texture replacement, whether its the emulation or the game itself im not sure.

[@ABDULRAHMAN_ALJABRI]

I hope to improve the graphics and not change the colors of the clothes

[@Danielsonic87]

On actual PCSX2 version there is not a folder to select this. Is fine to insert texture pack into "texture" that the emulator creates into "documents"?

[@coreywallace8726]

Wonderful case of serendipity. Came to this video to see if there was any settings in the emulator I needed to have checked, other than "Dump Textures", came away learning that I can easily manipulate colors for a specific area within a texture image with Gimp. Been trying to find a tutorial for editing specific areas of a texture with color changes for some time now. Kinda gave up. Your video was a blessing. Thank you.

[@poptuts]

Thank you, I am glad my tutorial was helpful.

[@axlpuff5017]

Omg thank you for this. It's exactly what I've been looking for

[@iSUPER-]

How to get the textures to stay on the character in the game I’m playing fight night 2004. I put the tattoo over Mike Tyson‘s eye but it disappears overtime. How can I fix this?

[@poptuts]

I believe in that game, the texture changes based on the damage you take. So you would have to find every single texture for that character and add the tattoo on it.

[@iSUPER-]

It’s a face texture. The tattoo only goes on the face I’m so confused I wish somebody do a tutorial on fight night 2004. Try looking it up. No one has done it.

[@iSUPER-]

And now I customize the trunks and when I’m in a match the texture is flashing …. Man I wish I can show you what I mean 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Jack-Hammer98]

Yo bro I don't have the SLUS , Dump & replacement files should I download or something

[@poptuts]

did you download the latest PCSX2 Nightly build. It must be nightly. Only 1.7+ has textures. Once you do you just click on save textures. if you have already tried that the game you are trying may not support it either. Ive seen many games not support texture replacement sadly

[@Jack-Hammer98]

Now I understand it bro , thanks.

[@The-Fewer]

@@poptuts I have nightly and it still doesn’t work, the game supports texture replacement too as other people have done it

[@j233wfyw]

how to fix "Unsupported DXGI format (98)" ? im trying to edit MX Vs ATV Unleashed texture

[@ggames9423]

Obrigado amigo, estou fazendo um remaster e você me salvou❤

[@Anonymous-rd6wu]

I tried this tutorial for Dbz BT4, for some textures it's perfect, but for others, it deactivates automatically and systematically after a fight or two... There is no way to make them responsive I have to every time restarting my PC or my console when I emulate on Xbox... (The problem persists on PC and Xbox)

[@leonlegend]

I did this & my the textures are invisible. Am I missing something?

[@leonlegend]

I figured it out. You have to make them transparent again.

[@brandonperez8977]

In what Opacity should it needs to be?

[@leonlegend]

@@brandonperez8977 the same as it is at the start. Just follow the instructions here, then go back to base image & do it all again but without changing the opacity.

[@TheSteel101]

I need help, I have been using these texture edits for Garouden breakblow, changing hair colour, adding beards etc But then after 2-3 punches thrown the textures revert back to normal, how do I stop this happening?

[@TheSteel101]

This worked for me but then randomly after creating a few more character textures when going to render textures it just stopped working. Is there anyone to replace the games base files with the edited textures so I don’t have to try to load them? Going into graphics - loads textures now randomly stopped working

[@b.r5198]

How to replace the character?

[@poptuts]

Texture only

[@axlpuff5017]

Is it possible to edit these textures in Photoshop instead? I can't seem to find the PS equivalent of the threshold alpha setting to make the texture more visible

[@poptuts]

I tried Photoshop at first but I just couldn't find the setting either. Gimp is much better at texture editing.

[@axlpuff5017]

@@poptuts Ah thanks. Photoshop is what I'm used to but I'll try out Gimp instead. Thanks again for this video!

[@poptuts]

@@axlpuff5017 Np thanks for watching

[@Magnus11302]

I tried with kingdom hearts but it doesn't show the textures of the characters but only the title and more. how can I do?

[@poptuts]

So sorry, i dont have access to these games, ive discovered that some games use their textures very differently like Tekken 4 and pcsx2 cant dump them properly. Maybe in future updates the devs of pcsx2 will fix it

[@Magnus11302]

@@poptuts okay thanks

[@CoachDaGoat]

oh they finally have it to where u dont have to code shit in the text plus shit thank god

[@GameCare]

Is there a way to dump (or obtain) all the textures of a game without having to play through it? Like if you wish to make your own HD texture pack.

[@poptuts]

I don't think so.

[@Poritan]

for the option to search in directory (the textures) does not appear D:

[@noahlange935]

is there a way to do this with the physical models? For example im trying to resize 3d aspects of the player model to say, make them not visible anymore, is that possible?

[@poptuts]

Im not sure to be honest, VK managed to do it so you should get in contact with them. Try looking for Prince of Persia 3 Kindred Blades on vk.com to find them.

[@ClayzinhaGaming]

Very thank you my friend

[@Luckas9]

Your voice in this video looks like the Prince from Sands of Time talking lol

[@poptuts]

Thank you haha. Sounding like Yuri is a big compliment lol.

[@poptuts]

For all my Prince of Persia fans, I will be making another more simpler video on how to apply these mods. This is for anyone who also wants to create them. Thank you all for watching

[@Vale96.]

Thanks, you liar.

[@ayrtongenovese4566]

I was following the stuff that you're doing it for some reason doesn't work

[@poptuts]

@@ayrtongenovese4566 what game are you trying this on? Some games have weird textures and pcsx2 cant change them

[@ayrtongenovese4566]

@@poptuts I was trying to custom textures on SVR 2006 but here's the thing because when I put dump textures when I went to create a superstar it doesn't shown on created Superstar and then when I entered the game played there's another texture is the same thing like other texture but the texture is actually bit stretch so I customised two of them do you know how weird it is main menu doesn't show did you customise the texture but if you're in the game play it does I was so confused like what trust me I wish if I can show you if you have a discord because you will be confused as I am 😅

[@nonsensicalrants1703]

Have you tried doing this with ps1 games running on pcsxe2? It would help so much for ripping textures from ps1 games, my focus.

[@LuigiGaming839]

I am trying this for SplashDown, a jetski racing game, but its not working, what would i have to do to get it to work, or would it be model replacement?

[@poptuts]

Some games Handel textures differently. It may be the case that the game you are trying to change has textures built into the models and cant be changed with simple texture swap.

[@D.Ghost92]

Okay, is this legal ? I'm curious since Im dong a texture pack myself

[@Elite12Pivot]

As long as youre not selling anything it should be fine.

[@IndraSundanese]

How about photoshop? i can't find transparent layer from my photoshop?

[@poptuts]

Credit to: ba ao In Photoshop you can go to Layer > Layer Mask > From Transparency. Then use Shift + Left Click to disable the mask, edit your texture then Shift Left Click again to enable it again before exporting.

[@kechazileonel8141]

Thank you sir

[@SstrateG]

Didn't work for batman begins...any suggestions???

[@goliathfloxfur9755]

In this build of your video can you still use external shaders? I can't seem to find it here

[@poptuts]

Not sure what you mean. You place any altered textures in the replacements folder. It get’s automatically created when you dump textures.

[@Game-zp2eg]

hopefully next thing they add is modding and changing music

[@poptuts]

That would be cool, but from what i’ve seen games handle sound files very differently to each other. Most of them have music encoded in the same way as dialogue.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Interesting

[@criscros95]

Cool!!

[@nicholasweintraub8548]

If I wanted to play PlayStation 1 games on the PCSX2 Nightly, would this process still work?

[@BorisovStepanovKravchuk]

Help me

[@sandeepwilkhu6216]

Fire video bro im in love with ur voice 😘❤️ keep up the good videos

[@poptuts]

Thanks I love your name ❤️❤️

[@dangerx6979]

One question, is there any way to make a texture transparent because when I change it to transparent it reads it as black for some reason

[@fldsmdfr9107]

Thank you very much, it worked for me

[@poptuts]

Thanks for watching!

[@cracksoldier]

Hi, I tried this with GTA Vice City Stories but it doesn't dump the textures for it. I tried to set it globally and in the per Game Settings. Is there something else to consider for some games?

[@thinkabout_mei]

I hope it will work for racing games :) thank you bro! I will he trying to remake my favourite liveries ❤

[@ginko_.]

They already finished the pop ww texture pack for pcsx2 I wonder if that person worked in the pop sands of time.

[@guillembosch8771]

thanks buddy great video it helped me a lot

[@poptuts]

No problem, thanks for watching.

[@retroguy3139]

Hey man, what size do you keep your textures and why?

[@poptuts]

Original size for the most part. You can make the textures bigger but that may mess up the textures.

[@retroguy3139]

@@poptuts good call I appreciate it!

[@Bijuklich]

nice....thanks man :)

[@poptuts]

np thx for watching :)

[@BorisovStepanovKravchuk]

i found slus folder in shaolin monks but it is empty

[@MeGongaga1999]

Is this in anyway similar or connected to being able to model swap? I’m trying to access the models of Star Wars Revenge Of The Sith and your tutorial was great im able to change the colour of their robes and lightsabers, but if I wanted to replace say obi wan with mace windu, Is that a similar kinda process to this? Would appreciate the help

[@poptuts]

Oh i cant help you with that sorry, that requires editing the in game files, which I don’t know how to do.

[@bingobangobongo425]

Hey, will games like the Tekken series always be broken? It's the one series I've been wanting to texture edit. But It dumps garbage only, any settings that could be causing the issue? Same with Castlevania lament of innocence

[@poptuts]

Ok after some testing with tekken, it seems tekken 4 handels textures very strangely, whereas tekken 5 works perfectly. Ive tried changing the settings but tekken 4 doesnt want to fix itself. Im sorry but i dont have the answer to this one im afraid.

[@bingobangobongo425]

@@poptuts Thanks so much for the response man! That’s a shame. To my laymen’s eyeballs it seems like it splits textures up into separate color channels and duplicates them. Hopefully one day it will work, it’s my Moby Dick :( I’ll mess with tekken 5 then, seriously, thank you for checking it out for me

[@poptuts]

@@bingobangobongo425 we are on an unstable build. So hopefully once 1.8 comes out, the issue may be fixed.

[@poptuts]

@@bingobangobongo425 by the way tekken 4 is my favourite fighting game haha, once they fix the issues ill start modding it too at some point.

[@bingobangobongo425]

@@poptuts hell yes, I’m just gonna do small stuff; White and Black Hwoarang dobuk, classic Jin pants. Things like that, swap violet and lee’s textures. Lol I forgot my yt pfp was violet smh

[@BorisovStepanovKravchuk]

I need to install mk shaolin monks again?

[@fajri_apr]

Thanks for your tutorial, sir, i can finally mod textures for Need For Speed games

[@cmoneytheman]

Did u find a faster way I wish it was a way to like with pics where you just drop and click upscale that would save alot of time It would need to be a specific program made to upscale textures though

[@poptuts]

I tried with an upscale program but it kept renaming the textures with _output2x at the end. I was using topaz upscale. Some problems with this tho, stuff like hair textures can be bad because the hair starts to look like blocks when you upscale, at least for prince of Persia.

[@brandonperez8977]

I need help. I'm using a custom texture I made for the PSP version of WWE SVR 2008 for my CAS. when I tried to use it on the PS2 version it doesn't replaced the texture. What should I do to fix it?

[@poptuts]

textures on psp might not have the same name as on the PS2, i know that many psp ports had to remove and change texture to be able to run. So you might have to find the texture manually

[@liammech6694]

I'm having trouble modding textures for Mortal Kombat Armageddon. The textures are mostly transparent, but when I get rid of it with Threshold Alpha, the character appears very shiny and glossy in game. Strangely, if I open the transparent image, change nothing, and then save that unchanged texture. The character is almost completely black in game. I don't get it?

[@poptuts]

1. A better way has been discovered of turning off the transparency, and that is to go to the "channels" section which is next to "layers" and turning off Alpha, editing the image and then turning Alpha back on. 2. make sure you are saving the files in their original format which i think is DDS for most games. 3. Some games just wont allow texture chainging. Not sure if MKA allows it but I think I tried MKSM and that didn't work.

[@goromakisan263]

Does affect framerate?

[@poptuts]

It shouldnt if you preserve the resolution of the textures. Making 240p textures into 4k textures will probably cause lag

[@Game-zp2eg]

I want to say thank you and I really appreciate you for making this video because I have beeb editing lots of games because of this video Thank you 🙏🏼

[@poptuts]

No problem, thanks for watching 🙏

[@marcusassis1798]

In Photoshop I do it like this: 1 - Ctrl + A to select the entire layer. 2 - Ctrl + C to copy the entire layer. 3 - Ctrl + V seven times to create 7 new layers, totaling 8. With this, the file will look like the original. Then just put everything together in one layer. Notes: - It is possible that you will find the result satisfactory with more or less layers. - With 7 layers I still see transparency. - With 9 or more layers I didn't see a difference. And if there is transparency in the original file, then most likely it will be lost. Sorry for my english, I speak portuguese

[@poptuts]

An earlier comment showed that if you go to the channels tab in GIMP, you can turn off the alpha layer which gets rid of the transparency. Not sure if photoshop has something similar

[@speedyblacksheriff]

Does it need both the dump and replacement files? Because together they take up a massive amount of space

[@poptuts]

You can delete the dump files when you have done your mods

[@BorisovStepanovKravchuk]

What is version of your pcsx2?

[@poptuts]

Nightly 1.73 i mention it at the beginning

[@jangkrik96]

How to open the aplication of pcsx2 ?

[@ParaSMG]

Youre a hero for this 🙏

[@poptuts]

Thank You

[@ThatzVernon]

does it dissapead when i reopen the game or emulator?

[@ThatzVernon]

like when i open back the game it will be back to normal?

[@rcadenow7543]

Hi,i want to change/delete crosshairs in lightgun games in pcsx2...where do i start, there are ton of textures in the folder lol.

[@poptuts]

Sorry, I am not familiar with those games, you would have to look into each texture and see what changes

[@brandonperez8977]

Find a white one looks exactly the same from the in-game one

[@razvanbelu1702]

Can I do this with the swords in Warrior within? I allways wanted to fight with two eagle swords or to make the guards to look like the prince

[@poptuts]

Sadly thats not texture replacement but model replacement. Its a completely different thing

[@razvanbelu1702]

I understand. Thank you! Your channel is great

[@astaroth7276]

Thanks!!! I can now mod my favorite PS2 games. you gained a new subscriber

[@poptuts]

Thank you so much for the support🙏. Glad you can mod your favourite games👍

[@tf2scoutpunch175]

Thank you so much!

[@pepesito17]

very nice tutorial

[@poptuts]

thank you

[@pepesito17]

@@poptuts hey man i have a quick question before i start modifying a few textures of Monster Hunter G for the ps2, does this save them forever into the iso, making them something i could share with a patch?

[@poptuts]

@@pepesito17 No, It is the emulator replacing the texures, it is not doing anything to the ISO. You would need to modify the actual files of the ISO to do permanent changes.

[@pepesito17]

@@poptuts okay thats what i thought thanks a lot

[@ABDULRAHMAN_ALJABRI]

I hope to see a final remaster for this game

[@GamerPro-nw5lf]

is it possible to get the game with texture modified by pcsx2 and play it like this on ps2 with opl?

[@poptuts]

No, we arent changing the game files, we are just changing how pcsx2 shows us textures. I know there is a way to change in game files, people have done it with DBZ budokai tenkaichi 3 but im not sure how.

[@GamerPro-nw5lf]

@@poptuts but would it be possible to change the textures of a ps2 game without changing the files? Just change the textures and then play the game on ps2 with the textures that were modified by pcsx2?

[@poptuts]

@@GamerPro-nw5lf no. The textures are handled by the emulator not the game. So its PCSX2 thats changing the textures in game. Without altering the game files its not possible, sorry.

[@cmoneytheman]

Its really a silly question ps2 is a system no system would ever support modding like this since it's not a pc

[@poptuts]

@@cmoneytheman unless you mod the ps2 and run custom isos. You could alter in game files, repackage them into isos and play them on ps2. Ive seen it done with dragon ball games. But i dunno how its done lol

[@KelvinLopes-gq9pb]

Thank you so much!

[@ScotsmanGamer]

WTF I came to see you do textures not a tutorial on how to set pcsx2 up!

[@Elite12Pivot]

Good thing theres time stamps. Skip to gimp editing to see how to edit textures.

[@ScotsmanGamer]

@@Elite12Pivot still not the point and it was piss poor any fool can do what you showed

[@GladysWarren]

@@ScotsmanGamer Don't be so stuck up, I had to install a new version.. and without his guide on this part I couldn't have continued.

[@Ackk53]

Work for rust?