[PS2] Ape Escape 2 HD (SLUS-20685)

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Notice...
- Reuploaded textures as PNG instead of DDS for the highest quality.
- Added a before and after shot to show how bad the mipmapping was.
- (More people should play this! It's easy, but charming and fun!)

All the mipmapping issues with this game are fixed with this pack! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Notes...
- Every low-res texture has been replaced with its highest-resolution version (!)
- Should be played with Basic Generated Mipmaps and Bilinear (read below.)
- Replaced the yellow font with blue, but it's still in the download to swap.

:!: Required/optional game settings (or download here)...
(Right click game > Properties)
- Required: Graphics > Rendering > Mipmapping > Basic Generated Mipmaps
- Optional: Graphics > Rendering > enable "Manual Hardware Renderer Fixes"
- Graphics > Upscaling Fixes > Half Pixel Offset > Align to Native
(Helps w/ LV17 blur)
- Graphics > Upscaling Fixes > enable "Wild Arms Hack"
(Removes underwater blur)
- If enabling Upscaling Fixes: Graphics > Rendering > Blending Accuracy > High
- Optional:Graphics > Rendering > Texture Filtering > Bilinear
(Don't use Nearest)
- Optional:Graphics > Display > Crop: 1px 1px 1px 1px
(Removes black lines)

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Download textures (PNG): https://www.mediafire.com/file/gzw8an2h11d519w/SLUS-20685.7z/file
Download settings (INI): https://www.mediafire.com/file/hckdyr5h23603hh/SLUS-20685_BDD9F5E1.ini/file

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Models and programs used...
- Real-ESRGAN (x4plus, x4plus-anime, Universal-Fast-W2xEX), High Fidelity v2, UltraMix-Balanced, Real-SR
- Upscayl, Gigapixel AI, waifu2x-extension-gui, GIMP
- PCSX2 v1.7.5605

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