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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 v1.2 Official Patch Updates the game to version 1.2. Square / Eidos 1.2 Patch (Final Fantasy Soundfont Project)
FF7/FF8 OpenGL Driver Renders the games with OpenGL, allowing increased compatibility with modern graphics cards and superior graphics. Aali 0.7.11 beta Forum v0.7.11b v0.7.3b

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.

Patches

The following are patches that change the overall FFVIII experience.

Project Name Description Author Version / Status Links
Roses and Wine Roses and Wine is a full replacement for the FF8 midi music. It will update FF8 to use looping ogg music, created from the Original Soundtrack, using bass.dll. Roses and Wine does not touch the executable, and supports both the original 2000 release and the 2013 Steam release. DLPB W06 Final, 06.Jun.2016 Forum

Viewers / Extractors

Project Name Description Author Version / Status Links
Garden Decompiles/Extracts all files from the game. Qhimm ? Mirror
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 Forum, Website, Binary
Moomba Edits .msd files Colly ? Binary
FF8 Archive Commander Inserts modified files back into game (except dialogue) M4v3R ? Binary
FF8Audio View/Import/Export sound effects. Shard 1.1 Forum 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
FF8Msg Edits the menu M4V3R ? Binary
Carbuncle kernel.bin editor Colly 0.9 Forum
Chole Save game editor for Chocobo World Ficedula 1.00 Forum, Binary
Deling Field editor and archive extractor (.FI/.FL/.FS). Cross-Platform. myst6re 0.8b Forum, SourceForge, GitHub
Hyne Save game editor pc/psx myst6re 1.8.2 Forum, SourceForge
Ifrit Editor of ff8 .dat files (enemy data) gjoerulv 0.9.0.1 Forum, Binary
PuPu Field Importer/Exporter Omzy 1 Forum