FF8

Contents

Contents

History

Final Fantasy VIII came after the mega hit Final Fantasy VII, it in itself was a very successful game release for Square. For more on the history of Final Fantasy VIII read here.

The Game Engine

Final Fantasy VIII's Engine Scene.out (Battle structure)

Details of the Game

• Final Fantasy VIII's Kernel
• Game variables used in scripting

Media Formats

• Final Fantasy VIII PS1 media information.
• Final Fantasy VIII PC media information.
• Final Fantasy VIII Save data

File Formats

Sound Files

• [FMT] Sound Archives

Battle files

• [X] Battle Fields
• [DAT] Battle Models

Field files

• [MCH] Field Character Models
• [ONE] Field Character Models Container
• [MIM] Field Background Image Data
• [MAP] Field Background Tile Data
• [JSM] Field Scripts
• [SYM] Field Script names (unused)
• [MSD] Field Dialogs
• [INF] Field Gateways
• [ID] Field Walkmesh (same format as FF7)
• [CA] Field Camera
• [TDW] Extra font
• [MSK] Movie cam (?)
• [RAT] & [MRT] Battle related
• [PMD] Particle Info
• [PMP] Particle Image Data
• [PVP] Unknown (often 0x0c000000, sometimes 0x0a000000 or 0x0b000000)
• [SFX] Indexes to Sound Effects (?)

Tools and Patches

• Tools and Patches