Monster Hunter (PS2) | NSF HD Texture Pack | PCSX2 Emulation

[@TooLateNate]

Hope you're all having a wonderful evening.🌃 Let me know what you think so far ! I'll probably post new updates more often on my Discord as making videos is more of a 'milestone' event and takes a bit of time. But it's nice just posting something that I'm working on.

[@de-stressify2196]

The first Monster Hunter game I ever played thanks to my uncle, he may have departed now but his spirit lives on and whenever I play this, it reminds me of him. That's why this series (this title specifically) is very close to my heart. That's why you have my eternal thanks sire... Hope to see more projects like this in the future.

[@marcocloutier4387]

been meaning to try mh1 for a while, and now youtube just made your video the top of my recommended, this must be a sign :') tried it and not gonna lie, it looks amazing!!

[@TooLateNate]

Appreciated! You should try joining the MH Oldschool guild on Discord. They have an amazing group. discord.gg/Z4qp6Smnxm

[@kevinpaulson2706]

Nice work dude

[@TooLateNate]

Appreciate it!

[@ll_spud]

Damn. Looks amazing. Great work so far

[@marcosluna7041]

Im not fan of Monster Hunter series,but this looks beatiful.

[@TheAnimator1808]

Did you access the 3d assets from the game in order to do this? I'm trying to look at the background environments assets like the distant mountains but I'm not sure where to start.

[@TooLateNate]

No, I simply dumped the textures using PCSX2's interface and redid them by hand outside in various programs.

[@ScotsmanGamer]

I have been waiting for this moment so i can stream this game can't wait for the final project, you got an ETA for a release? great work so far!

[@TooLateNate]

Currently I'm wrapping up the Forest & Hills section with what's essentially the first pass. I have others that are looking at the pack for me to see what issues they encounter and give me feedback before an Alpha 0.2 release.

[@ScotsmanGamer]

@@TooLateNate Well I shall be keeping a close eye on this and once you feel it is at the right stage i will be Using it and will give credit and link to channel

[@TooLateNate]

@@ScotsmanGamer I have released a new version of the pack. gbatemp.net/threads/tlnates-notsofaithful-texture-pack-monster-hunter-2004-ps2-pcsx2.610028/

[@ScotsmanGamer]

@@TooLateNate I look forward to your next video

[@charleston_]

Possible to patch these into an iso using xdelta or would the physical hardware struggle? Cool project!

[@TooLateNate]

Ha, that would be incredible if it could. There's absolutely no way this pack could fit into the VRAM for the PS2. Just one of these textures would completely fill the memory, let alone an entire scene.

[@charleston_]

@@TooLateNate 4MB on the ps2 right? What are the original texture resolutions? Assuming it's 480p and these textures are 2k-4k. I wonder how much memory is used with just the original resolution. Not sure if there's a tool to read the amount of video memory being used or if that's a function the emulator has but I do know that the PS2 can pull extra memory from RAM if required so you'd have a theoretical maximum of 36MB (Obviously this wouldn't be possible as the system would have no RAM to function). So seeing the give and take of how much RAM is being filled while playing the game would be very interesting. If the textures are even lower res than I thought maybe you could squeeze at least a little more life out of it lol but I'm sure Capcom would have done that on their own way back then.

[@blue4006]

Oh u think its worth of subscription . 👍😁 wish for hd texture of mh3p base on mhw texture

[@ayrkebraga2626]

I wonder what the possibility would be to make one for MH2, or at least a HUD UI.

[@TooLateNate]

It's not a very hard prospect honestly, you'd just need someone to actually take the time and rip the old textures and make new ones.

[@ayrkebraga2626]

@@TooLateNate ah, that gives me hope. I was thinking of tinkering around the mhdos hd ui mod for mhfu and maybe try to port em somehow.

[@TNTspaz]

It's being talked about now that the multiplayer is back up and running. There wasn't much of a community around it until recently.

[@ayrkebraga2626]

@@TNTspaz that is awesome to know!

[@Dal_9000]

The fact that someone is actually taking the time to create an HD texture pack for the original Monster Hunter in 2022 is nothing short of incredible. I think the texture work itself is looking solid so far, definitely alot of wonderful detail. One bit of criticism I would give to you going forward though is that some locations have lost alot of their vibrancy due to the lower saturation in these textures. I'd recommend bumping up the saturation or brightness of some of them, otherwise keep up the good work. It's going to be a long process but don't give up on it. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@TooLateNate]

I really appreciate the kind sentiments. As for the saturation, yeah, some stuff *will* be off for a bit. That is, until I get the entirety of the textures in and can make some additional passes. I was also experimenting with matching the tone of several areas, which works great for the actual forest areas, but not the cliffsides. Since the cliffsides are more of a overall neutral almost tan, while the forests are a cooler teal-ish color and are generally less saturated with darker textures.

[@GamerPro-nw5lf]

Hello friend. I was interested in modifying the textures of The Getaway: Black Monday, and being able to play with the modified textures on the ps2 itself, not on the pcsx2 emulator, but on the console itself, on the ps2. Well, is there any way I can do this?

[@TooLateNate]

I don't have really any clue tbh, everything I'm doing goes through the emulator and doesn't touch the disk data.

[@darkerm76]

where can find the latest version of this mod?

[@TooLateNate]

In the description.

[@White_Tiger93]

will this work on MHG version?

[@johnwayne9536]

Is this still in development?

[@TooLateNate]

Someone else asked to take it over, haven't heard anything about new developments.