PSO ver.2 (pc) effects mods

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Some of you might not know but PSO uses some files or textures to present the most varied effects in pso, for example when you equip a rare armor or when you cast a tech, all those sparkles and lights are stored and controled by some files
By changing any of these, you will get different effects

I'm here to show you 2 that actually are great to see and try.

This particle entry file modified by Aurelli changes what particles/textures are used and how are they used, many armor effects, techs and some other things will be different with this file.
If you do not like how deband is but you like everything else, simply request and aurelli will post a modified file with that.


On the other hand we have the textures files, i ported over an old version that Gama did for PSO BB, when a more recent one is finished i'll update.
Credits go to Gama, afterall, he made the textures.
This file, changes the small textures to similar textures with a higher resolution, this is why the file is much bigger then the one pso uses by default
EDIT: updated some textures with some of my creations, they look exactly the same but were given a higher resolution and a filter to make them smoother.
I also updated the file to be a compressed zip to reduce download time

Download for both files: http://www.2shared.com/file/c0gPiK9b/Particles.html
2 folders, 1 with the effects texture and another one with 3 folders, each containing a different particle file.

So, you have 4 ways of using the effects, either you use the ones that come with the instalation, you install Aurelli's file, you install Gama's file or you use both and have at the same time crazy effects and good looking textures.

I can't take screenshots of every single thing that uses these effects.


Screenshots oudated




Movies:
Aurelli mod, it's amazing what a small file can do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHRTI5q_NRk

Instalation:
- Please backup the original files incase you don't like either of them.
- To install, simply drop these files into ...\SEGA\PhantasyStarOnline\Media\PSO

Info:
- weapons, monsters, techs do not become stronger or weaker with any of these files, this is merely a visual change.
- Other players will not be able to see these modifications unless they are using them too, you may say your foie looks great, but for everyone else, it will look the same.
- Both these files will demand more resources from your PC, so if you can barely run PSO then these files are not recomended, one uses higher resolution textures and the other places more textures on screen, it may not seem much, but 4 players with shifta and deband when you're using Aurelli pack may make the game slow down when all 8 effects (2 for char) hit the screen at the same time.
- not recomended to port into a pso ver.2 disk for dreamcast, sega already removed some effects from shifta and deband when they made v2, these are much more intensive then v1 effects.