Ninja Gaiden 2 Black PC Texture fix
EDIT:
Made a Steam guide that has before/after screenshots if you want to see the difference.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3724118678
ORIGINAL POST:
If you've played NG2 Black on PC, you've probably noticed that textures will sometimes load in, but then degrade to ultra low quality. Chapter 2's rocks by the river are notorious for this, so if you want to see the difference load up that level without this change and then try again with the change. It's night and day.
This is approximately a 90% solution. Some textures do still pop in as you run by, BUT they do not degrade. These surfaces simply do not load the best quality texture immediately until you're standing nearly on top of them. I haven't found how to fix that yet. Either way, still better than vanilla. All you have to do is the following:
Create or modify a Engine.ini file in %LocalAppData%\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\Saved\Config\Windows
Add these lines to the .ini
[SystemSettings]
r.MipMapLODBias=-4
Save. Make the file read only. That's it.