What's Changed:
[Brackets denote what version the bug was introduced, ie Sons of Liberty, Substance, HD Collection, Master Collection]
✨ New Restoration
- Restored original title screen's color changing functionality. The title screen's 2 now correctly changes color upon game completion.
- The Alternative Titlescreens mod has been update to also utilize this restored feature. ♥
- As MGSHDFix now also restores the cut MSX2 colonel sprite easter egg, a new optional Subsistence colonel sprite has been added. It can be swapped out in MGSHDFix's config tool.
🔍 New Corrections
- Made Snake's holster fully function. Snake will no longer have a gun in his holster when completely unarmed / carrying his only pistol.
- Fixed a broken voiceline that was supposed to play during the Tanker Deck 2 pipe-falling easter egg cutscene. [2001 SoL]
- Fixed Solidus not being visible after killing a Ray unit ontop of Arsenal. [2011 HDC]
- Fixed a number of Shell 2's Struts incorrectly saying "Shell 1" when viewed from Shell 1 Connecting Bridges. [2001 SoL] | Contributed by Jacky720 / Space Core
- Fixed marine corpses being visible inside the tanker's bridge during Snake Tales. [2002 Substance] | Contributed by Jacky720 / Space Core
- Fixed some Shell 1 core hostages having incorrectly colored arms. [2001 SoL] | Contributed by Jacky720 / Space Core
- Fixed Raiden not wearing his disguise when being spied on by Ocelot during a shell 1 core cutscene. [2001 SoL] | Feature contributed by Jacky720 / Space Core, textures by Afevis.
- Fixed broken unique unit numbers on the Metal Gear Ray units in the Arsenal hangars. [2001 SoL] | Feature contributed by Jacky720 / Space Core, textures by Afevis.
⚙️ MGS2 Community Bugfix Pack - Improvements
- Reconverted all textures using my CTXR3 3.0 rewrite, fixing a number of mipmap issues & boosting the quality of all PS2 textures.
🧹 MGS2 Community Bugfix Pack - Removed Fixes
- Removed the Snake hair texture fix. This issue has been completely fixed at the engine level by MGSHDFix and no longer requires a texture mod.
- Removed wall fixes in W42A (Arsenal hangars). Again, fixed at engine level by MGSHDFix.
- Removed the Letterbox tanker MGS2 title card fix. Fixed by MGSHDFix.
- Removed all GCX typos fixes. These have all been fixed by MGSHDFix's new string replacement / retranslation feature and no longer require edited asset files to fix. ♥
Full Changelog: 2.2.0...3.0.0
Installation
MGS2-Community-Bugfix-Compilation.asi(included in the base download) provides update notifications, as well as file verification to ensure that the mod hasn't been corrupted or partially damaged by Steam's file integrity verification, and to verify that mods are being loaded in the correct order.- It is HIGHLY recommended to use a mod manager, such as Vortex Mod Manager or the MGS Mod Manager to handle installation for ease of updating and managing file load order (which IS important.)
Base Installation Steps:
- Download the file marked MGS2-Community-Bugfix-Compilation_Base_v3.0.0.zip from the "Assets" section below.
- Extract the contents of the release zip into your game folder.
- (e.g.,
steamapps\common\MGS2.)
- (e.g.,
2x / 4x Upscaled Texture Addons:
- After installing the "Base" version (from the steps above)
- Download the desired addon pack from the "Assets" section below.
- The 4x Upscaled Texture Addon is split into 3 seperate parts due to GitHub size limitations.
- For a mod manager compatible single file zip version of the 4x Addon, visit out NexusMods.com page.
- Extract the Addon zip into your game folder, overwriting any files when asked.
- 2x / 4x Addon packs MUST always be installed/loaded AFTER the base version.
Recommended Mod Load Order (from first loaded to last):
- MGSHDFix (REQUIRED)
- Knight_Killer's MGS2 Better Audio Mod
- MGS2 Community Bugfix Compilation - Base
- MGS2 Community Bugfix Compilation - AI Upscaled Texture Addon (if desired)
- MGS2 Demastered Texture Pack (if installed)
- All other mods
As this pack already replaces nearly all of the game's textures, our upscaled packs do FULLY REPLACE LiqMix's AI Slop texture packs.
The following mods have been integrated into the community bugfix and are no longer needed:
- Afevis's Sons of Liberty Restoration - Decensorship and Music Restoration
- IroquoisPliskin1972's Solid Snake and Pliskin fixes and overhaul
- GuyOnAChair's Snake Hair Fix
Configuration
- See MGS2-Community-Bugfix-Compilation.ini in the
/pluginsfolder to adjust settings for the fix.- A future update will be adding a configuration tool (similar to MGSHDFix) to toggle the Bugfix Compilation's individual fixes on/off.
Feedback & Support
If you encounter bugs, need help, or want to suggest additional fixes, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.