FF8

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

Details of the Game

Final Fantasy VIII's Kernel

Media Formats

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

File Formats

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 (same format as FF7)
• [TDW] Extra font
• [MSK] Movie cam (?)
• [RAT] & [MRT] Battle related
• [PMD] Unknown (PARTICLE opcode related, maybe particle info)
• [PMP] Unknown (PARTICLE opcode related, maybe particle data)
• [PVP] Unknown (often 0x0c000000, sometimes 0x0a000000 or 0x0b000000)
• [SFX] Indexes to Sound Effects (?)

Tools and Patches

• Tools and Patches