Persona 3 Portable HD Texture Pack Community Expansion (WIP) [Updated 12/16/2021]

[TridentOfTheAbyss]

First and foremost, this is an expansion on the work done by DinJerr and hououin_kyouma, linked here:
DinJerr's Original Work
hououin_kyouma's Expansion

This expansion mainly includes a lot more character portraits and backgrounds (among other things). These upscales are all x3 or x6 the original resolution and are done by upscaling AIs, mainly waifu2x, Gigapixel AI, and ESRGAN (more details below), not by my own redrawing. A lot of textures ported from other Persona games are included. These were made using/for the US version of the game. Though not extensively tested, the pack should work for the European version of the game too if you rename the folder from ULUS10512 to ULES01523.

Here's some comparisons (using 6x) if you want to see the results for yourself: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11

--- DOWNLOADS ---
3x Version 3.0 (0.9 GB): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cBjGvwk...ClBMy/view
6x Version 3.0 (2.5 GB): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AMNFUFi...sp=sharing
Patches: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folde...qC3FCKsszc
Mirror Links: https://mega.nz/folder/JypCWLjY#purhpSGq93HCsI09Cg88fw
Older Versions (All 6x): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1...tHhqHlFa97

Note: Not all textures in 3x and 6x versions are 3x or 6x the original size. However, all textures are less than or equal to 3x or 6x the size.

Installation Instructions: https://pastebin.com/raw/hv1AWACg
This is what your file path should look like: https://i.ibb.co/QkKf2w9/File-Path-For-Textures.png
Updated Changelog: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z1cN...-VUBUdT8S8

Latest Update: Version 3.0
-Many textures were ported from Persona 3 FES, mostly from the 3D areas, enemies, and personas.
-Edits to portraits, especially for Yukari and Fuuka.
-Edits to the All-Out Attack portraits.
-Minor UI fixes.
-Minor backdrop edits.
-Added Theodore cut-in.
-Finished up font (hopefully).
-Fixed Theodore model render.

If you would like to work on this yourself, here are the textures I collected, named with their hashcode: -Link Dead, will update soon-
These are the methods I used when upscaling everything (outdated): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vNY6Bo3lxtyYLGCI3dDkyXX16ZHqZlcDll_gpkNgKJ8

Example Images:




Note: I would very much appreciate any collected textures, save files before textures, or save states of textures not part of the texture pack or collected textures. Thank you!

Models used for upscaling:
Most portraits: 4x_persona_mk3_486000_G_4x_NMKD-Yandere2_255000_G_interp_0.25
Most backdrops: 4x_FatalPixels_340000_G_4x_Fatality_MKII_90000_G_interp_0.5
Other models used throughout:
4x_FatalPixels_340000_G_4x_persona_mk3_125000_G_interp_0.5
4x_Fatality_MKII_90000_G
4x_NMKD-Yandere2_255000_G_4x_NMKD-UltraYandere_300k_interp_0.8
4x_PixelPerfectV3_103000_G.pth

* The model 4x_persona_mk3_486000_G was created using the Persona 4 Golden PC and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax portraits with 4x_Fatality_MKII_90000_G as a pretrained model.
Link for 4x_persona_mk3_486000_G: https://www24.zippyshare.com/v/pnPbZgjp/file.html

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This was a community effort. All of the people mentioned below helped create this expansion:
Fiend: Provided me with so many FEMC saves! It greatly sped up the process!
flamecrest920: Provided me with many dumped textures, replacements for textures, saves, insights into texture origins, and more. Most recently, helped with organizing and editing many of the textures ported from Persona 3 FES (basically did everything but QC, TBH).
BahnCahn: Provided a huge texture dump of the European version and helped develop many of the upscaling processes and methods.
ArcEnCiel: Provided most of the model texture replacements and credits font. Also provided many blinking animation crops.
ryuubu: Provided many portrait and blinking animation fixes among other miscellaneous textures.
Cooper941: Provided improved maps and dungeon HUD K.O. symbol.
efonte: Helped me understand ESRGAN.
Persona Modding Discord: General help with finding and creating textures.
My friend and me: The people who put this all together.