Ace Combat X HD Texture Pack


Contents

  1. Download
  2. Overview
  3. Video Tutorial
  4. Installation
  5. Button Prompts
  6. Screenshots
  7. Credits


Download

Version 2.0.3
Updated Feb. 18, 2024
[changelog]

[Download - Mega]
[Download - Google Drive]

Add-on skins & effects can be downloaded here.


Overview

This pack for Ace Combat X contains HD textures (not AI upscaled!) for all 160 playable aircraft liveries, all-new high resolution HUD, fonts, menus, improved scenery objects, briefings, and more. Made to use with the excellent PPSSPP emulator.




Video Tutorial

Justin Els has made an excellent step-by-step emulation tutorial for Ace Combat X and Joint Assault. This comprehensive guide covers installation, configuration, and optimization of the PPSSPP emulator, as well as installation of this pack.

Check it out here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UQ5GpnnS4


Installation

Automatic Install (PPSSPP 1.9+)
  1. From the PPSSPP main menu;

     Click Load → Browse to the downloaded Zip file and open
         -or-
     Drag and Drop the downloaded Zip file onto the PPSSPP window

  2. In PPSSPP's settings menu, check 'Replace Textures' under Settings→Tools→Developer_Tools


  3. Turn off 'Texture Scaling' under Setting→Graphics→Texture_Scaling


  4. This pack includes a high resolution replacement for the English PSP system font. You can find the PSP system font, and instructions on installing it here

  5. For best results set render resolution to 4x PSP (or higher). If you have a powerful graphics card, enable postprocessing shader Supersampling AA (Gauss)

Manual Install
Extract the contents of the zip file to: ..\Documents\PPSSPP\PSP\TEXTURES\ULUS10176

Click for JP & EU Version

JP: ..\Documents\PPSSPP\PSP\TEXTURES\ULJS00086

EU: ..\Documents\PPSSPP\PSP\TEXTURES\UCES00423

Note: If you are using the portable version of PPSSPP, the install path is: ..\ppsspp\memstick\PSP\TEXTURES\ULUS10176


Changing Button Prompts

By default, this pack uses XBox Controller button prompts.

To use Playstation prompts, copy the files from ..\interface\fonts\playstation
into ..\interface\fonts\ and overwrite when prompted.


Screenshots


Credits

Created by Ostrich using GIMP and Blender

The HUD and Menus font (ACES5) by GamingRoach

F-14 SP2 Cherry Blossoms by Dantofu

Aquila Squadron Emblem by UrvogelGallus

Thanks to Abbanon for finding dozens of bugs; and the buddies on /aceg/ for providing a ton of feedback as this was being made.

This pack wouldn't be possible without the excellent work done by the PPSSPP team.

Support