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| 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. | | 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. | ||
| [http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?action=profile;u=6439 DLPB] | | [http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?action=profile;u=6439 DLPB] | ||
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Revision as of 05:21, 14 December 2013
Contents
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 | W03b |
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 | Website, Binary |
| Moomba | Edits .msd files | Colly | ? | Binary |
| FF8 Archive Commander | Inserts modified files back into game (except dialogue) | M4v3R | ? | 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 | 0.7b | Forum |
| Hyne | Save game editor pc/psx | myst6re | 1.7 | Forum SourceForge |
| Ifrit | Editor of ff8 .dat files (enemy data) | gjoerulv | 0.9.0.1 | Forum, Binary |
| PuPu | Field Importer/Exporter | Omzy | 1 | Forum |
