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    "bucket": "nimbus-packs",
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    "note": "Uploaded with tools/publish-pack.sh (rclone). One object per pack, no splitting. r2.dev is rate-limited: move to a custom domain before launch."
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        "Make the .run executable, then launch it.",
        "Link your own NTSC-U discs in the shrine."
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      "games": [
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        "Install the APK.",
        "Link your own NTSC-U discs in the shrine."
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      "games": [
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      "description": "Launcher and bundled runtime components for Budokai, Budokai 2 and Sagas. Original disc images are not included; your own NTSC-U discs are required.",
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        "Use Vulkan. This Alpha package does not include Direct3D 12 compiler dependencies.",
        "Link your own NTSC-U discs in the shrine."
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            "Unzip the pack. You get a folder holding 2x, 3x and 4x subfolders.",
            "Point GC_TEX_PACK at that folder before starting, or put it at games/GD7E70/textures/upscaled in a dev checkout (nimbus run picks it up there by default).",
            "In game: F1 menu → Textures sets Original or Upscaled pack (texture_pack) and the resolution tier (texture_tier: Auto, 2x, 3x, 4x). F6 toggles the pack while you play."
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          "update_note": "Updated Nov 1: fixed colour loss on lower tiers",
          "status": "available",
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            "Unzip the pack. You get a folder holding 2x, 3x and 4x subfolders.",
            "Point GC_TEX_PACK at that folder before starting, or put it at games/GZ3E70/textures/upscaled in a dev checkout (nimbus run picks it up there by default).",
            "In game: F1 menu → Textures sets Original or Upscaled pack (texture_pack) and the resolution tier (texture_tier: Auto, 2x, 3x, 4x). F6 toggles the pack while you play."
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      "title": "Sagas",
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          "name": "SagasHD-BC7",
          "update_note": "Updated Nov 1: fixed colour loss on lower tiers",
          "status": "available",
          "version": null,
          "release_date": "2026-11-01",
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          "description": "All 4,167 Sagas textures, AI-upscaled with 4xHDCube4Compact and GPU-compressed (BC7). The one-file Linux build is set up to bundle this one. The plain PNG version and an ASTC version for GPUs without BC textures (Android handhelds) are below.",
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            "Point GC_TEX_PACK at that folder before starting. A dev checkout's nimbus run looks for games/GZEE70/textures/SagasHD (or textures/upscaled) by default.",
            "On a GPU without BC textures, the renderer uses a SagasHD-ASTC folder next to SagasHD-BC7 if one is there.",
            "In game: F1 menu → Textures sets Original or Upscaled pack (texture_pack) and the resolution tier (texture_tier: Auto, 2x, 3x, 4x). F6 toggles the pack while you play."
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              "url": "https://pub-c43e1e02f5fe49a39b0aae898e74e6ce.r2.dev/sagas/SagasHD-textures.zip",
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          "name": "SagasFMV-HD-AV1",
          "status": "available",
          "version": null,
          "release_date": "2026-11-01",
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          "description": "All 52 Sagas cutscenes (57,999 frames) upscaled 4× with 4xHDCube4Compact and encoded to AV1. No sharpening, no frame interpolation. The game still plays the original audio.",
          "install": [
            "Unzip the pack. You get a SagasFMV-HD-AV1 folder with manifest.json and a movies folder.",
            "Set NIMBUS_MOVIES to that folder (the one holding manifest.json) before starting.",
            "The smaller 720p version (SagasFMV-720p-AV1, 960×720, same 52 movies and frame counts, about 0.3 GB) installs the same way: set NIMBUS_MOVIES to its folder instead.",
            "In game: F1 menu → HD movies (setting hd_movies, on by default). The Classic look always shows the original movies."
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