Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ESRGAN Upscale Pack mod

I will use "HP2" abbreviation for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game.

IMPORTANT NOTE

This mod is for use with DirectX11 renderer only!!! It will not work without it

Also, if anyone have time and skill - you could create normal and height maps for upscaled textures like in another games with this renderer

Installation procedure

1. You need to download and install Unreal Engine DirectX11 renderer for this upscale pack to work. Just be sure to follow installation properly.
2. Install Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ESRGAN Upscale Pack by unpacking the archive into the game folder.

(BONUS) Installation procedure for full HD experience, using another quality of life mods

1. [Optional, based on your monitor] Install HP2 Unofficial Widescreen Patch
2. [Optional, based on your taste] Install HP2 Sountrack Mod
3. install Unreal DirectX11 renderer for this upscale pack to work
4. Install Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ESRGAN Upscale Pack by unpacking the archive into the game folder
5. Install Reshade and tweak it a little for you taste

Compatibility

Mod is compatible with near anything HP2 related, its only upscales textures, nothing else is touched

Possible Bugs

I tried to recheck textures for transparency and also didn't upscale some HUD elements, fonts and decal textures. But some transparent textures could cause visual artifacts if I missed them and upscaled them as non-transparent textures. It's just a warning. I played through the whole game and didn't find any bugs.

In case you are experiencing them just create a screenshot and upload here, I will fix it. Or you can find these particular texture in mod and just delete them.

Jaggy polygons, dancing/moving on camera angle change
This is because of tesselation, which works somewhat funny in this game. You could try to leave it on, but I didn't noticed any huge improvements. Try it for yourself. In case you want stable picture, disable it in c:\Users\<you user profile>\Documents\Harry Potter\HP.ini file (game do not use System\HP.ini from game folder)

Tesselation=False

Paintings Reference List

Here are all the references I found for the ingame painting textures. I used them to enhance upscaled textures even more. Also, I used real-life photos to improve characters badges.

mural1; Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - September
mural3; Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - June

Credits

ESRGAN models used for textures (mostly from ESRGAN wiki or ESRGAN discord server):

Manga109Attempt by Kingdomakrillic
mymanga109_250000 by patrikspacek
ESRGAN_Skyrim_NonTiled_RGB_Catrom_128_32_110000
ESRGAN_Skyrim_NonTiled_RGB_Catrom_128_32_110000_interp_05
ESRGAN_Skyrim_NonTiled_RGB_Catrom_128_32_110000_interp_05(Manga109Attempt)
ESRGAN_Skyrim_WeaponsAndArmorNonTiled_RGB_Catrom_128_32_80000
rocks_100000 by I don't know who (It is not a nickname)
FSBox by Pandalism
cartoonpainted_400000 by Kingdomakrillic
DeviantPixelHD by Raulsangonzalo
DigiPaint by TheAtheistGod
FSDedither_Riven
NMKD-Siax_200k
NMKD-Superscale-SP_178000_G
NMKD-UltraYandere_300k
ThiefGold by me (based on EP2 textures)
ThiefGoldMod by me (based on EP2 textures)