FF8/Tools

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Essentials

The entries in this section are to enable you to play Final Fantasy VIII should you encounter issues in running the game.

Name Description Author Version / Status Links
FF8 OpenGL Driver Renders the game with OpenGL, allowing increased compatibility with modern graphics cards and superior graphics. Aali 0.7.x beta Project & Forum v0.7.8b v0.7.3b
FF8 v1.2 Official Patch Updates the game to version 1.2. Square / Eidos 1.2 Patch (Final Fantasy Soundfont Project)

Modifications

The following section maintains a list of projects that can be used in conjunction with Final Fantasy VIII to enhance the game beyond starting and playing the game as normal; these range from patches used to enhance graphics, to viewers and editors for game data. Entries are listed by category, then alphabetically.

Viewers / Extractors

Project Name Description Author Version / Status Links
Biturn Texture viewer. Can open TIM and MIM formats. Textures have to be extracted from .FI archives first. Mirex 0.88 Website, Forum, FAQs
FF8ModelViewer View .DAT files KVaks ? Website, Binary
Omega FF7 & FF8 tool for converting BMP <--> TEX M4v3R 1.3 Forum, Binary
Unmass Archive unpacker, supports FF7 LGP archives and FF8 .FI archives Mirex 0.92 Website, Binary

Configurator/Soundfonts

Project Name Description Author Version / Status Links
FF8 Configurator GUI to configure ff8 and soundfonts Changeling 2.2 Forum
FF8 Launcher Allow custom resolution and fix for the texture transparency issues (black boxes) magixts 1.31 Forum

Editors

Project Name Description Author Version / Status Links
Cactuar Editor of ff8 .msd files (field texts) LeeHiOoO 0.3a Forum
Chole Save game editor for Chocobo World Ficedula 1.00 Website, Binary
Hyne Save game editor pc/psx myst6re 1.3 Forum, Binary
Ifrit Editor of ff8 .dat files (enemy data) gjoerulv 0.9.0.1 Forum, Binary