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= Contents====History===Final Fantasy VIII came after the mega hit [[FF7|Final Fantasy VII]], it in itself was a very successful game release for Square. For more on the [[FF8/HistoryOf|history of Final Fantasy VIII read here]]. == The Game Engine==*[[FF8/Engine|Final Fantasy VIII's Engine]]=== Engine constants ===*[[FF8/EngineEngine_const/WorldMapCameraBattleFiles|World map cameraArray of Battle files]] ===Details of the Game===*[[FF8/Kernel|Final Fantasy VIII's Kernel]]*[[FF8/Variables|Game variables used in scripting]] ==Media Formats==* [[FF8/PlaystationMedia|Final Fantasy VIII PS1]] media information.* [[FF8Engine/PC_MediaWorldMapCamera|Final Fantasy VIII PCWorld map camera]] media information.* [[FF8/GameSaveFormatEncounter_Codes|Final Fantasy VIII Save dataBattle encounters list]]  == File Formats == ===Sound Files===* [[FF8/FileFormat_FMTString_Encoding|[FMT]String Encoding]] Sound Archives

* [[FF8/FileFormat_X|[X]]] Battle Fields* [[FF8/BS_list|[X]]] Battle Field List.* [[FF8/FileFormat_DAT|[DAT]]] Battle Models* [[FF8/BattleStructure|Scene.out]] Battle structureencounter data * [[FF8/FileFormat_r0win|r0win.dat]] Winning sequence* [[FF8/FileFormat_b0wave|b0wave.dat]] ???Core battle data (Textures+Music+Font) * [[FF8/FileFormat_a9btlfntFileFormat_TDW|a9btlfnt.bft]] ???Battle Font (Redirect to TDW) * [[FF8/FileFormat_MAG_sFileFormat_magfiles|MAG/magNNN_N.NsN]] - [where N is various] - Magic/G.F. Geometry file * [[FF8/FileFormat_MAG_t|MAG/magNNN_N.NtN]] - [where N is various] - Magic/G.F. Texture TIM data* [[FF8/FileFormat_MAG_p|MAG/magNNN_N.NpNmag files]] - [where N is various] - Magic/G.F. ??? * [[FF8/FileFormat_MAG_r|MAG/magNNN_N.NrN]] - [where N is various] - Magic/G.F. ???* [[FF8/FileFormat_magfiles|[magNNN_N.N (00,01...); (a,b,c,d...)]] - Mixed above files (lack of proper naming) - Click to understand how to recognize files

* [[FF8/Field/Script/Opcodes|Opcodes]] Field script opcodes* [[FF8/FileFormat_MCH|[MCH]]] Field Character Models* [[FF8/FileFormat_ONE|[ONE]]] Field Character Models Container* [[FF8/FileFormat_MIM|[MIM]]] Field Background Image Data* [[FF8/FileFormat_MAP|[MAP]]] Field Background Tile Data* [[FF8/FileFormat_JSM|[JSM]]] Field Scripts* [[FF8/FileFormat_SYM|[SYM]]] Field Script names (unused)* [[FF8/FileFormat_MSD|[MSD]]] Field Dialogs* [[FF8/FileFormat_INF|[INF]]] Field Gateways* [[FF7/Field/Walkmesh|[ID]]] Field Walkmesh (same format as FF7)* [[FF8/FileFormat_CA|[CA]]] Field Camera* [[FF8/FileFormat_TDW|[TDW]]] Extra font* [[FF8/FileFormat_MSK|[MSK]]] Movie cam (?)* [[FF8/FileFormat_RAT_MRT|[RAT]] & [MRT]]] Battle related* [[FF8/FileFormat_PMD|[PMD]]] Particle Info* [[FF8/FileFormat_PMP|[PMP]]] Particle Image Data* [[FF8/FileFormat_PVP|[PVP]]] Unknown (often 0x0c000000, sometimes 0x0a000000 or 0x0b000000)* [[FF8/FileFormat_SFX|[SFX]]] Indexes to Sound Effects (?) === World map files ===* [[FF8/WorldMap_music|music0.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_music|music1.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_music|music2.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_music|music3.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_music|music4.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_music|music5.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_rail|rail.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_texl|texl.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_wmset|wmset.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_wmsetxx|wmsetXX.obj]] * [[FF8/WorldMap_wmx|wmx.obj]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_charaone|chara.one]]

===World map filesMain ===* [[FF8/WorldMap_musicMain_wm2|music0wm2field.objtbl]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_musicMain_kernel|music1kernel.objbin]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_musicMain_harata|music2harata.objcnf]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_musicMain_init|music3init.objout]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_musicMain_namedic|music4namedic.objbin]]=== Menu ===* [[FF8/WorldMap_musicMenu_sp2|music5*.sp1/*.objsp2]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_railMenu_mngrphd_bin|railmngrphd.objbin]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_texlMenu_mngrp_bin|texlmngrp.objbin]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_wmsetMenu_tkmnmes|wmsettkmnmes*.bin]]* [[Ff8/Menu_mag_textures|mag*.tex]]* [[FF8/Menu_mngrp_strings_locations|mngrp strings]]* [[FF8/Menu_mngrp_complex_strings|mngrp complex strings]]* [[FF8/Menu_m000_m004|m00*.bin and m00*.objmsg]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_wmsetxxMenu_areames_dc1|wmsetXXareames.objdc1]]* [[FF8/WorldMap_wmxMenu_price_bin|wmxprice.objbin]]

==Tools and Patches==* [[FF8/Tools|Tools and Patches]]