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Title: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-04-03 03:55:59
Project AngelWing v3.0
Field Upscale (Steam Only)

Project AngelWing is a field upscale that uses Waifu2x and now Gigapixel with my own specific settings. It's not perfect and not everything is going to look mind blowing... But I feel it is an improvement compared to what you get out of the box. And I'm sure any errors or whatnot can be improved over time. And, of course, Esthar still isn't great. ...I don't like Esthar. But hey! Enjoy!

Update #1

Not going to lie... This took longer than it should have. But as of 11/27/18 I've updated Project AngelWing to v2.0 with Project Eden's edges. And I've tried to fix any real errors that came with it. Well...outside of some residue that I can't completely get rid of. As of now, only three areas still use v1.0 alpha channel/edges. Along with that, I've also done my best to add all the languages available on Steam with this update. (Japanese might get added in the future.)

I can't guarantee there won't be a few errors or missing hashes in the other languages. If you happen to find any, please let me know in case I might be able to fix it.

Update #2

It's been almost a year since the last update... Better late than never. I've finally added Gigapixel fields for people to try out. Currently in the "testing" phase. Some lighting issues and fields will need to be fixed or improved upon. The "final" version will also have smoother edges, I hope. Time will tell. Japanese is also incomplete because I can't run that version to get the hashcodes. And I also have to thank Mcindus for helping me out with the current problem fields.

Downloads:

v3.0 English: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PUoPU_qh5Ou0bMgNgSkTEe0aeMTpHF1m/view?usp=sharing
v3.0 French: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JUUdhC1KKBhBu5R4bMvVMmMATNfeWXWM/view?usp=sharing
v3.0 Italian: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M-5UMerxgibxUsORRVfYKZQhzPHr2HzP/view?usp=sharing
v3.0 German: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18IS2uikboVjJucRMrh8yQWJjstEGrgX5/view?usp=sharing
v3.0 Spanish: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kZXtvGOdbHLugaDOUm2NEkA6SVo68uC0/view?usp=sharing
v3.0 Japanese: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16rB9wcgXH19pxp-7FhfmyrT98aHhPtl5/view?usp=sharing

Directions:

1.   Download Tonberry v1.61 or later http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.0
2.   Extract Tonberry and put all of it's components into your game's directory.
3.   Extract the file provided here.
4.   Drag the texture folder provided into your game's directory.
5.   Everything else (hashmap folder/collisions/hash2map) should be placed inside the Tonberry folder that resides in your game's directory.

If the game happens to crash after installing this mod, then I recommend lowering your texture cache in the preference document that resides in the Tonberry folder. Or you can find and download the 4GB patch and use it on your game's executable. This will allow the game to use more memory than it normally would.

Examples:

Original/New (Waifu2x and GeDoSaTo)
(http://i.imgur.com/0x1entK.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/QLPnCOG.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/gqdajdz.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/KfUgFSq.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Ao4RVmY.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/tdVbWa0.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/2EV2Sno.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/tWr2m2K.jpg)

Gigapixel w/Reshade
(https://i.imgur.com/HqwJYHG.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/12xtKSM.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dPJD3As.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/YkgkBis.jpg)

Optional: Mcindus was kind enough to completely rework the game's directory sign and I gotta say that I quite like it. And he did it for all languages! But in case you don't want to use it, I've left the original upscales in the textures folder. Just find "bg_hall7" and delete the folder. Then remove the "a" from the alternate one below it and you'll be good to go.

(https://i.imgur.com/5QbQLzw.jpg)

Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3WrE8Yj7r0E8DE8ZdITLmb2erpLs4jWZ

Special Thanks:

Omzy (Always)
Mcindus
Fraggoso
And everyone who has shown support in this.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Nedus on 2017-04-03 12:20:10
I made some screens, first with project eden and then with angelwing. Some areas really look better now (sharpened, "less pixelated").

The only "downside" i've noticed is here:
(http://i.imgur.com/b83Y3sj.jpg)

The light sources look...well,no longer light sources, compared to project eden
(http://i.imgur.com/Bzwgs0h.jpg)

(Don't mind the pixelation here. Apparently that's because i have the italian versione of the game and it has something to do with hashcodes. Not that i mind tho).

Exept for that, this looks awesome (to be clear: so far i've done very few screeshots-comparison, only inside Balamb's Garden).
Thank you for your work on this FatedCourage :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Maki on 2017-04-03 13:22:42
That's really good one!
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/08/84/77/088477a1d438ce7aa6bdfe4e3de05625.jpg)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2017-04-03 14:31:39
Can we get some Eden/AngelWing comparisons? :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Nedus on 2017-04-03 16:18:24
Some comparison. Eden first.
I'm not a "graphics maniac", so Eden is good enough alredy. But AngelWing DOES improve some areas imo.
They look less blurry. Maybe not the graphical improvement of the century, but it does a fine job in making FF8 look even better.

Spoiler: show
(http://i.imgur.com/KtmdcAf.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/3ydwkaP.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/c29xey9.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/4S6tybD.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/5Q9rG4d.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/KbnwAfV.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/8wJf9ke.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/r7NI2ck.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/XzIHyDE.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/pDpr5y7.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/JhVuu1C.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/9WK9GIH.jpg)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-04-03 19:18:57
I made some screens, first with project eden and then with angelwing. Some areas really look better now (sharpened, "less pixelated").

The only "downside" i've noticed is here:
(http://i.imgur.com/b83Y3sj.jpg)

The light sources look...well,no longer light sources, compared to project eden
(http://i.imgur.com/Bzwgs0h.jpg)

(Don't mind the pixelation here. Apparently that's because i have the italian versione of the game and it has something to do with hashcodes. Not that i mind tho).

Exept for that, this looks awesome (to be clear: so far i've done very few screeshots-comparison, only inside Balamb's Garden).
Thank you for your work on this FatedCourage :)

I'll look into why the lighting doesn't seem to work properly. It might only be limited to a few areas since the lighting does work in a majority of areas. Even areas in your comparison pictures for Eden/AngelWing. And yeah, AngelWing isn't an extremely vast improvement. Just a sharper image. And less glitches.

You're welcome. :)

That's really good one!
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/08/84/77/088477a1d438ce7aa6bdfe4e3de05625.jpg)

Haha. I'm glad. :)

Edit: Good news. I fixed the lighting for those areas. At least, they now work for me. I'll upload a separate patch soon for it. :)

Edit 2: Actually... On second thought, they appear to have been working correctly before, too. Does anyone else have lighting issues?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mirrorman95 on 2017-04-03 21:05:55
Real nice job here. I've been looking forward to these waifu2x backgrounds for a while now. Was maximum noise reduction used?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Covarr on 2017-04-03 21:07:31
This is one of the best looking upscales I've seen. I really appreciate that you've gone for a more natural look than some.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-04-04 02:00:42
Real nice job here. I've been looking forward to these waifu2x backgrounds for a while now. Was maximum noise reduction used?

Thank you. :) First pass was with no noise reduction. I only used the maximum on the second pass. Luckily, very little detail was lost from what I could tell.

This is one of the best looking upscales I've seen. I really appreciate that you've gone for a more natural look than some.

Thanks. Glad you think so. :) That was my goal from the start. If I would've went with UpRGB rather than UpPhoto, then I would've gotten what I like to call the "noodle effect". And on landscapes it's...horrible. Plus RGB mode somehow wipes away more detail when combined with noise reduction.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Faendra on 2017-04-05 10:33:10
Waouh, a better quality than eden and without loss of detail :O (Well for me). Actually it's more detailed and the pictures aren't distorted like some "upscale" we can see on others games. Really great job ! 
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Fendera on 2017-04-07 13:44:34
wow thank you! looks great. I really like the sharpness

(http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170407/jseil3jx.jpg)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-04-08 05:43:58
Waouh, a better quality than eden and without loss of detail :O (Well for me). Actually it's more detailed and the pictures aren't distorted like some "upscale" we can see on others games. Really great job ! 

Thank you. :) Glad you think so! I made it a priority to make sure the backgrounds kept as much detail as possible with my settings.

wow thank you! looks great. I really like the sharpness

(http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170407/jseil3jx.jpg)

You're welcome. :) If there is one thing I'll commend waifu2x for is how sharp the images remain when upscaling. (Granted you don't go overboard with filtering.)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2017-04-08 21:38:29
Nice FC! Well done mate.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Recc42 on 2017-04-17 09:47:47
Thanks for the great work :D, i've been downloading a few mods for my FFVIII replay and you seem to have participated in a lot of them, thanks for the effort :D. I wanted to ask if its was possible that you or someone else create a torrent, since my internet is not fast enough or  stable enough to download a 1.3gb file :D The battlefield pack which was only 400mb~ took a while to download after many connection errors, any help would be appreciated :D.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: olearyf2525 on 2017-04-18 05:16:12
If we already have Project Eden installed will angelwing overwrite everything? Or should I look into deleting all the project eden stuff? Looks great, been waiting awhile for this. Thank you for all your hard work FatedCourage.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-04-18 06:32:28
Thanks for the great work :D, i've been downloading a few mods for my FFVIII replay and you seem to have participated in a lot of them, thanks for the effort :D. I wanted to ask if its was possible that you or someone else create a torrent, since my internet is not fast enough or  stable enough to download a 1.3gb file :D The battlefield pack which was only 400mb~ took a while to download after many connection errors, any help would be appreciated :D.

Haha. Yeah... I kinda have my hand in a lot of things on here. :D And you're welcome. :) As for a torrent... I've never actually done any of that before. But I should probably look into it and learn. Especially for people with not so great internet. (My internet is questionable at times, too. :P) Because what's the point of going through all this work if not everyone can use it. So... I'll see what I can do.

If we already have Project Eden installed will angelwing overwrite everything? Or should I look into deleting all the project eden stuff? Looks great, been waiting awhile for this. Thank you for all your hard work FatedCourage.

You are correct. :) If you already have Eden, then AngelWing will overwrite it. I did tweak the hashmaps, though. So those matter as well. You're welcome. And thank you. I appreciate it. :)

I also need to go through the hashmaps and disable codes that cause glitches that can't be fixed and add more missing ones. So that'll be the next update.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Recc42 on 2017-04-18 08:58:31
Thanks for taking interest in my request! i actually, after a few more attempts managed to download it using jdownloader, the issue was that with my crappy connection sometimes just dying out of nowhere, google drive wouldn't keep the progress of the download but jdownloader would.

The mod is great! the game looks great thanks to all the enhancements i've applied with all the mods and i'm ready for a replay of one of my favorite game of all time, thanks a lot for the effort you put into modding the game, this game means a lot to me and with these graphics refresh it feels new and shiny :D
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-04-20 16:01:12
Nice FC! Well done mate.

Missed your post, but wanted to say thanks. :)

Thanks for taking interest in my request! i actually, after a few more attempts managed to download it using jdownloader, the issue was that with my crappy connection sometimes just dying out of nowhere, google drive wouldn't keep the progress of the download but jdownloader would.

The mod is great! the game looks great thanks to all the enhancements i've applied with all the mods and i'm ready for a replay of one of my favorite game of all time, thanks a lot for the effort you put into modding the game, this game means a lot to me and with these graphics refresh it feels new and shiny :D

No problem. I'll try and set one up once I know how. :) It'll be a good alternative for people. I'm glad you got it all sorted out, though. You're welcome. I'm sure all of us here who worked on these mods appreciate it. :D Enjoy the game!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: kaspar01 on 2017-05-25 22:27:47
Let's say I want to improve/customize a background..(bgsecr2 in particular)

Could anyone explain me how the bg is composed from an HD version of the image?
I see the png in this mod folder are splitted in many stripes/fragment but I can't get what's the logic behind it to try make my own HD BG :(
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-05-30 08:32:18
Let's say I want to improve/customize a background..(bgsecr2 in particular)

Could anyone explain me how the bg is composed from an HD version of the image?
I see the png in this mod folder are splitted in many stripes/fragment but I can't get what's the logic behind it to try make my own HD BG :(

Apologies for not responding sooner. Been away on a road trip.

You need PuPu and the proper files to get the fields/backgrounds. I just combine the layers that seams match (you do this for every file), upscale those images (or however you plan to do it), use upscaled alpha channels of the same files (before you combined them) to cut out the excess and run it back through PuPu (import). I suck at explaining things. But I hope this is what you wanted to know. :P
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: shinifamifx on 2017-07-17 17:29:03
hi
how i to patch backgrounds for spanish ver. ?
regards
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-07-20 04:48:23
hi
how i to patch backgrounds for spanish ver. ?
regards

Hello. I assume you mean to just install the mod? It should be the same for spanish as all the others. Not sure if the hashcodes will differ at all since I don't use that version.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Kuro Ichi on 2017-10-14 23:15:57
Hello Hello ^^

Thanks a lot for your mod it look amazing! I just have a question:

There is already 2 files 'collisions.csv' & 'has2map.csv' in the folder tonberry" .
Should I replace them by the same file in your rar? The original files are bigger in tonberry 2.04 that why idk if i should replace them or not :)

Arigato
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-10-15 02:25:15
Hello Hello ^^

Thanks a lot for your mod it look amazing! I just have a question:

There is already 2 files 'collisions.csv' & 'has2map.csv' in the folder tonberry" .
Should I replace them by the same file in your rar? The original files are bigger in tonberry 2.04 that why idk if i should replace them or not :)

Arigato

Thank you. :) All you really need to do is replace the "collisions" one with mine. I did go in and tweak that one. But for ease, I just tell people to replace both.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2017-10-15 04:30:09
Thank you. :) All you really need to do is replace the "collisions" one with mine. I did go in and tweak that one. But for ease, I just tell people to replace both.

Should people also be using your files with project eden? does it fix many of the same issues?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-10-15 04:36:20
Should people also be using your files with project eden? does it fix many of the same issues?

I'd say so. It should fix a lot of issues with Eden as well as make more textures work/upscale. Of course, when my next update comes along I'll also disable any hashes that causes problems that can't be fixed by me. Those will have to be dealt with if/when a new hashing method comes along for Tonberry.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Fraggoso on 2017-10-16 10:10:21
Will you update your upres algorithm like we discussed? :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-10-20 03:48:24
Will you update your upres algorithm like we discussed? :)

I'd like to try. Have to relearn it again, though. Had to reinstall Windows since my last time trying it. Want to experiment with both Project Eden as a template and yours.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: morfox on 2017-10-28 16:03:17
hello the link has been dead for some time. Is it possible to do something? I have been with you for a while and your work for ff8 is great. thanks you !

Morfox[FR]
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2017-10-30 16:46:36
hello the link has been dead for some time. Is it possible to do something? I have been with you for a while and your work for ff8 is great. thanks you !

Morfox[FR]

I've tested the links and it all checks out. Not sure why it isn't working for you... It's a big file and might say "whoops", but you should still be able to download it. And thank you. :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: averlus on 2018-02-01 04:15:31
Does anyone know how to put these together? I like to keep an album of the static backgrounds and these look great but they're not in a format that I can save to a photo album. I've got the ones ripped from FFDream but they're LQ, look like garbage and I've noticed from my most recent playthrough that they're even missing some of the backgrounds from the game
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2018-02-05 11:01:37
Does anyone know how to put these together? I like to keep an album of the static backgrounds and these look great but they're not in a format that I can save to a photo album. I've got the ones ripped from FFDream but they're LQ, look like garbage and I've noticed from my most recent playthrough that they're even missing some of the backgrounds from the game

The contents in this mod can't be pieced back together for viewing outside the game. At least, I don't think so. Could be wrong. You can extract the field files from your game and use PuPu to get the backgrounds in layers. Those can be put back together and upscaled the same way I did mine. Not to mention you can also get fields that aren't used in the game this way. Which is always neat to see.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: WhiteHawk on 2018-02-15 05:03:20
Quick question about the mod. First of all, great job on it, everything looks great and I can't wait to start my playthrough with it! I'm just having a little issue when it comes to the collisions file for it, am I supposed to just place this in the hashmap folder because when I do the SquareSoft text gets all glitched out and cut off when I open the game, as well as some text not even being there, such as the buttons screen when you first start up the game and when you goto quit the game, there's just no options. It's just a black empty box with two more empty boxes inside. I'm sure I'm screwing up with where I'm placing the collisions since I tested everything out and that's what causes the text to disappear in these situations.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-02-15 17:33:15
Quick question about the mod. First of all, great job on it, everything looks great and I can't wait to start my playthrough with it! I'm just having a little issue when it comes to the collisions file for it, am I supposed to just place this in the hashmap folder because when I do the SquareSoft text gets all glitched out and cut off when I open the game, as well as some text not even being there, such as the buttons screen when you first start up the game and when you goto quit the game, there's just no options. It's just a black empty box with two more empty boxes inside. I'm sure I'm screwing up with where I'm placing the collisions since I tested everything out and that's what causes the text to disappear in these situations.

This is actually how the game behaves if you don't disable the steam overlay.  Looks like you need to disable that, and then make sure hash2map and collisions are in FINAL FANTASY VIII/tonberry/  and NOT in tonberry/hashmap/
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: WhiteHawk on 2018-02-15 18:12:01
Worked like a charm, thanks a bunch!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: CYRU5 on 2018-04-23 03:03:04
Great mod, thanks a lot man!!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: gerpujadas on 2018-06-17 20:05:34
Hi, i want to report a critical bug in this mod. When i play the game aprox 5-6' and i cross some screens bettween zones and the displays turns black (or enter in a fight) the game it crashes (stop). The system shows me this message. I try to run this mod without the rest of other mods and continues happen. Help me please

(https://i.imgur.com/Wn3DGlZ.png)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2018-06-18 11:12:27
Hi, i want to report a critical bug in this mod. When i play the game aprox 5-6' and i cross some screens bettween zones and the displays turns black (or enter in a fight) the game it crashes (stop). The system shows me this message. I try to run this mod without the rest of other mods and continues happen. Help me please

(https://i.imgur.com/Wn3DGlZ.png)

Chances are that isn't caused by the mod itself. I would test the game without any mods first just to make sure it isn't the game. Because things like that can happen when something in the game files gets corrupted or missing and needs validation from Steam.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: qotsaninsoadkorn on 2018-07-01 07:06:42
love your mod, but i decided to increase color saturation... since you gave us .png files... it's easy enough...

before:
https://nofile.io/f/eJM8CaUfknt/2018-06-07+18_52_13-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg (https://nofile.io/f/eJM8CaUfknt/2018-06-07+18_52_13-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg)

after:
https://nofile.io/f/B33Hsd6sRN3/2018-06-11+14_04_06-.jpg (https://nofile.io/f/B33Hsd6sRN3/2018-06-11+14_04_06-.jpg)

Laguna area actually looks Green like plants should be :P
https://nofile.io/f/u681KPhfXfX/2018-06-28+01_04_59-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg (https://nofile.io/f/u681KPhfXfX/2018-06-28+01_04_59-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg)

Ultimecia Battle Stage + with my Recut + Color Boosted Textures...
https://nofile.io/f/6hjYswVuuhg/2018-06-28+01_22_29-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg (https://nofile.io/f/6hjYswVuuhg/2018-06-28+01_22_29-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg) 

Balamb
https://nofile.io/f/7uYJ42WuUFz/2018-06-16+21_51_12-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg (https://nofile.io/f/7uYJ42WuUFz/2018-06-16+21_51_12-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg)

Balamb Hotel + Ocean looking Sexy IMO
https://nofile.io/f/pMShu0S7doR/2018-06-16+21_45_56-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg (https://nofile.io/f/pMShu0S7doR/2018-06-16+21_45_56-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg)

Ultimecia - Field Background with color boost...
https://nofile.io/f/sjcoEhnu6nX/2018-06-15+07_21_01-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg (https://nofile.io/f/sjcoEhnu6nX/2018-06-15+07_21_01-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg)

Winhill Before ...
https://nofile.io/f/sjcoEhnu6nX/2018-06-15+07_21_01-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg

Winhill After
https://nofile.io/f/vOFrp0YKxep/2018-06-11+12_22_36-FINAL+FANTASY+VIII.jpg

using:
https://nofile.io/f/VjskqEA3P7u/2018-06-11+13_22_52-ImBatch+5.9.1+%5BFree+for+non-commercial+use%5D.jpg (https://nofile.io/f/VjskqEA3P7u/2018-06-11+13_22_52-ImBatch+5.9.1+%5BFree+for+non-commercial+use%5D.jpg)

as you can see only took me about 20-25 minutes to add color to 2688 .PNG files :)
i used HUE -3, SATURATION 22, AND GAVE IT THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF NOISE REDUCTION...

BUT TRY AROUND 15% COLOR SATURATION ... ENJOY :)

SINCE YOU ARE MODDING FILES YOU ALREADY HAVE NO NEED TO RE-DOWNLOAD 1.53 GB SO I HAVEN'T BOTHERED TO UPLOAD MY RESULT AS A MOD... it's all the OP's work + small tweak that goes a long way :)
PS: RECOMMEND BACKING UP YOUR TEXTURES FOLDER...
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Arson on 2018-10-06 13:57:26
I have a little problems with this mod, SquareSoft logo is cut and Exit font is disappear (Italian version)
PS: I installed the following mod for now: TonberryEnhanced2.04 + SeeDReborn v3.5 (and SeeDReborn v3.5_Italian), HorizonPack v3.0.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-10-07 01:46:47
I have a little problems with this mod, SquareSoft logo is cut and Exit font is disappear (Italian version)
PS: I installed the following mod for now: TonberryEnhanced2.04 + SeeDReborn v3.5 (and SeeDReborn v3.5_Italian), HorizonPack v3.0.

This sounds like an error with your hashmaps.  make sure you only have one seed reborn hashmap.  not both.  also, make sure you have hash2map.csv and collisions.csv in your main /tonberry folder, and not your /hashmaps folder
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Arson on 2018-10-08 11:18:10
(http://i64.tinypic.com/65tqaf.jpg)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/33xj609.jpg)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/10qmn81.png)
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2d8d3r.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2u7tvk2.jpg)
I installed the English SeedRebon 3.5 and then I deleted the hasmap file and installed the Italian hasmap with its textures. Until then, no problem, I installed the horizonpack and everything was still fine and then I installed the angelwing.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-10-08 22:55:53
I have the same problem but with the french version. but even in English it makes me the same thing.

but what I do not understand is that before I had an intel core 2 duo 4gb ram windows 7 pro with Intel Q45 / Q43 Express Chipset and all work well. now I have an intel core 2 quad 8gb ram windows 7 pro nvidia fx 1700 quadro and since then I have this probleme
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Arson on 2018-10-10 21:41:25
(http://i64.tinypic.com/65tqaf.jpg)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/33xj609.jpg)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/10qmn81.png)
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2d8d3r.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2u7tvk2.jpg)
I installed the English SeedRebon 3.5 and then I deleted the hasmap file and installed the Italian hasmap with its textures. Until then, no problem, I installed the horizonpack and everything was still fine and then I installed the angelwing.


In any case, apart from these errors and some pixelated areas the game works perfectly.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-10-11 21:50:21
I would tell you to take pictures of the pixelized areas and send it to the creator so he can correct the problem for other languages etc.   I also have a some places where the mod does not display properly and I planned to do the same thing to help
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-10-14 05:41:35
(http://i64.tinypic.com/65tqaf.jpg)
I installed the English SeedRebon 3.5 and then I deleted the hasmap file and installed the Italian hasmap with its textures. Until then, no problem, I installed the horizonpack and everything was still fine and then I installed the angelwing.

You have collisions.csv and hash2map.csv in the wrong location. they should NOT be in /tonberry/hashmap, and ONLY be in /tonberry/ -- this should fix your issues!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-10-14 05:59:01
me my files are placed in the right place and the problem is present
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-10-14 18:25:02
me my files are placed in the right place and the problem is present
Can I see a screenshot of your /tonberry folder and your /tonberry/hashmaps folder, ff7maniac?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-10-14 19:20:17
here ^^

http://www.mediafire.com/view/jru91gim2tu97qs/jrfg.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/fpf0ao5gm26vdg8/hdhf.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/i576ffrg0fg1w77/mbvmd.png
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-10-14 22:14:52
here ^^

http://www.mediafire.com/view/jru91gim2tu97qs/jrfg.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/fpf0ao5gm26vdg8/hdhf.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/i576ffrg0fg1w77/mbvmd.png

Remove hash1map and it will probably fix your problems!  Let me know :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-10-15 00:57:57
I had already tried it did not change anything
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-10-15 03:46:11
I had already tried it did not change anything

I know for a fact that having hash1map will cause many collisions and be a huge problem (causing many of the same issues in the screenshots above -- especially because it contains all of the old hashcodes that have either been replaced or are the same as existing ones (which will cause problems))... also, you only get hash1map by having an outdated version of tonberry.  are you sure you've updated to tonberry 2.04?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Arson on 2018-10-15 13:39:18
You have collisions.csv and hash2map.csv in the wrong location. they should NOT be in /tonberry/hashmap, and ONLY be in /tonberry/ -- this should fix your issues!
Now I'll try
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Arson on 2018-10-15 13:54:43
problem solved
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-10-15 21:06:01
yes i have version 2.04. hash1map was contained in the french pack of seed reborn
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-10-18 22:42:13
me the problem is always there and I tried everything -.-
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-10-19 06:40:48
me the problem is always there and I tried everything -.-

I think you're the only one right now... message me in a pm or an email and we'll try to get this sorted out
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: eXistenZe on 2018-11-21 17:07:05
Hey there.
Is this "square lights" an AngelWing issue?

(https://i.imgur.com/8aLmHkc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Zt3BjJJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZAyUFhR.jpg)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2018-11-27 11:13:15
Hey there.
Is this "square lights" an AngelWing issue?

(https://i.imgur.com/8aLmHkc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Zt3BjJJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZAyUFhR.jpg)

Yeah. That's one of those errors I'm referring to. I believe I've disabled the code for that in the newest version I've just released. Or rather, I hope I remembered to. :P
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2018-11-27 11:15:55
Oh. Right. Hey guys! Totally not dead or anything. The mod has been updated and it's for (almost) all languages! Check it out if ya like, yeah?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-11-27 15:07:56
Oh. Right. Hey guys! Totally not dead or anything. The mod has been updated and it's for (almost) all languages! Check it out if ya like, yeah?

AMAZING!

And yet again, FatedCourage comes through with a huge update to knock us all off of our feet!
BAM.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-11-27 18:32:55
"Optional: Mcindus was kind enough to completely rework the game's directory sign and I gotta say that I quite like it. And he did it for all languages! But in case you don't want to use it, I've left the original upscales in the textures folder. Just find "bg_hall7" and delete the folder. Then remove the "a" from the alternate one below it and you'll be good to go."

not in french. why I have the impression that French always passes last...
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2018-11-28 03:49:21
"Optional: Mcindus was kind enough to completely rework the game's directory sign and I gotta say that I quite like it. And he did it for all languages! But in case you don't want to use it, I've left the original upscales in the textures folder. Just find "bg_hall7" and delete the folder. Then remove the "a" from the alternate one below it and you'll be good to go."

not in french. why I have the impression that French always passes last...

Not sure what you mean. It's for all languages. I just used English as an example here. Am I missing or forgetting something here?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-11-28 05:16:03
there are no new textures in the french version. the bghall_7 folder is empty. there is that upscales original textures of bg_hall7a

http://www.mediafire.com/view/vh4zros47pt4fj4/bghall_7.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/o3ohwhscltjzv4p/bghall_7a.png

why the other languages is entitled to new texture more beautiful redone from a to z but not French? I have the impression that French always stays last in all... we do not have the right to the same quality as the other languages?

Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-11-28 07:33:06
there are no new textures in the french version. the bghall_7 folder is empty. there is that upscales original textures of bg_hall7a

http://www.mediafire.com/view/vh4zros47pt4fj4/bghall_7.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/o3ohwhscltjzv4p/bghall_7a.png

why the other languages is entitled to new texture more beautiful redone from a to z but not French? I have the impression that French always stays last in all... we do not have the right to the same quality as the other languages?



Hm.  Weird... I thought I sent everything over, but it could be my mistake?
This one won't work unless swizzled/cut up properly, but there's proof a version exists ;)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/391642361618235398/516742201821102101/bghall_7.png)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Fendera on 2018-11-28 07:44:59
AMAZING!

And yet again, FatedCourage comes through with a huge update to knock us all off of our feet!
BAM.

Dude I've been looking forward to this update! Thank you so much (again :P)!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-11-28 08:45:29
Hm.  Weird... I thought I sent everything over, but it could be my mistake?
This one won't work unless swizzled/cut up properly, but there's proof a version exists ;)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/391642361618235398/516742201821102101/bghall_7.png)

well, if it exists can you integrate it into the French version. please ^^

and sorry if my message seemed offensive it was not my goal i apologize :S but is often for a lot of things not here but in general. i have the impression that French does not count for much. example here in quebec, we did start having french subtitle games just with playstation 3. except of course with ubisoft seen ubisoft come from quebec ^^
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2018-11-28 09:33:59
there are no new textures in the french version. the bghall_7 folder is empty. there is that upscales original textures of bg_hall7a

http://www.mediafire.com/view/vh4zros47pt4fj4/bghall_7.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/o3ohwhscltjzv4p/bghall_7a.png

why the other languages is entitled to new texture more beautiful redone from a to z but not French? I have the impression that French always stays last in all... we do not have the right to the same quality as the other languages?



Strange. It shouldn't be empty. I thought for sure I dropped everything in there. I'll fix it.

But know that all languages matter to me. I wouldn't have gone through all the extra work if they didn't. But as stated, if you come across any other errors, let me know.

Edit: Fixed it.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2018-11-28 21:26:52
I do not have time to play the games from a to z but for the moment I saw the scenes in French is displayed. thank you ^^
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FanSH on 2018-12-26 14:53:56
Create fix for all textures -> remove so many sharpness and return small pixelization/noise effect.
Now game looks really cool.
Spoiler: show
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/938337218104630755/E5F6CE9AD0F59A8C985F52224FAB860C0DE3BCCE/)
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/938337218106561957/A7C2C4BF967742B219379D9A5D11CE7C7D94DE8E/)
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/938337218107968568/59DBE7C8813B1263E11D2CDF293F230CA8240743/)



Download
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b9-rTE95b4irOag3T6ezuD7QiMToUa09/view

p.s: my previous big work with textures :3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULoEJEXvChM
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: kennybones on 2019-01-05 17:39:37
Just gotta say, this latest version looks really good! Don't notice the waifu too much
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: olearyf2525 on 2019-01-06 09:19:14
Thanks FatedCourage, I'm about a month or more late, but can't wait to see this latest update.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: CaptRobau on 2019-01-06 09:23:10
Looks very nice!

FatedCourage, could you perhaps tell me your step-by-step process for extracting the field background images? The documentation is very sparse and most threads for the relevant tools are dead. You obviously managed it, so if you could help me I would be very grateful.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Devina on 2019-01-16 13:44:31
Hey Fated (and everyone else), have you heard of this new upscaling algorithm?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-neural-networks-being-used-to-generate-hq-textures-for-older-games-you-can-do-it-yourself.88272/

Here's an example of what it can do:

(https://i.imgur.com/6r3WtfU.gif)

And here's some FF8 ones:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/127194/picture:0

FF8 would look incredible with it. Someone's already released a beta patch for FF9.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Covarr on 2019-01-16 14:34:49
Devina, there is already a mod in progress for FF8 that uses this technology:

http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=18543.0
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Devina on 2019-01-17 00:02:44
Thanks, didn't see it. I'm still concerned since it seems the maker says they put it on hold, and Fated hasn't commented in that topic yet.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2019-01-17 00:24:07
Oh, I've seen it. And like Covarr said, there is already a thread for it. Been keeping an eye on that, too. I'm actually running my own tests with the one used in the FF7 thread (Gigapixel). Things look promising and it doesn't seem to create much false detail like the others.

Also I tend to talk/post about my tests on my Twitter these days. Kind of silly of me not to post about them here. :P
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Haarhuss on 2019-04-05 20:41:53
I'm having this kind of problem:

(https://i.ibb.co/d7TnrDz/fallo-1.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/48tThYy/fall-3.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/2nqN9L0/fallo-2.png)

And my folders look like this:

(https://i.ibb.co/DWF1mJP/carpeta-1.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/rpVcTr3/carpeta-2.png)

Any ideas on how to proceed?

PD: Steam overlay is disabled
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2019-04-06 09:00:17
I'm having this kind of problem:

(https://i.ibb.co/d7TnrDz/fallo-1.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/48tThYy/fall-3.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/2nqN9L0/fallo-2.png)

And my folders look like this:

(https://i.ibb.co/DWF1mJP/carpeta-1.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/rpVcTr3/carpeta-2.png)

Any ideas on how to proceed?

PD: Steam overlay is disabled

Haven't come across that issue in my testing... But, uh... I have to ask because of how your setup looks to me. Is this a cracked version of the game or an official one? If it's cracked then I can't guarantee there aren't compatibility issues and I can't help you. Not saying it is, but I feel like I need to point that out. As far as files go, everything looks right.

Edit: Actually, no. Your files aren't correct. AngelWing Spanish is just a necessary add-on. You're going to need the English AngelWing hashmap, too.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Haarhuss on 2019-04-06 12:15:15
I have the two, the official and a cracked version, I've modded the cracked version cause I'm a bit clumsy when messing with folders and didn't want to break nothing in the official one

(https://i.ibb.co/FmS60zK/2-versions.png) (https://ibb.co/CmkBMQz)

If you can assure me that I've put folders and files in the right place I'll start with the official  :-D

Edit: I've tried modding the official, and nothing works, no mods are working, and in the cracked they work, now I am confused  :(

Edit again...: Silly of me, I was missing some .dll, now the mods work, but the previous problem persists
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v1.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: M4k0 on 2019-04-29 18:50:09
First of all, hello everyone and thank you FatedCourage, for all your effort.

Now, I have to say I can't get spanish version working. English works though.

I'm having the same issue that Arson had.
All my files are placed properly.

Problem seems to be related to "ProjectAngelWing_hm - Spanish.csv" due to it is working perfectly if I'm not using this file.
Besides, I can't get the directory sign working wether using english or spanish versions of the mod.

(http://i64.tinypic.com/65tqaf.jpg)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/33xj609.jpg)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/10qmn81.png)
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2d8d3r.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2u7tvk2.jpg)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2019-04-30 01:41:03
Your files are not placed properly.  hash2map and collisions need to be in the MAIN tonberry folder, NOT in /hashmap -- that folder is only for specifically named hashmaps. the hash2map and collisions files are needed for main tonberry functionality and they belong in the parent FINAL FANTASY/tonberry folder.

ALSO - make sure you have ProjectAngelwing_hm.csv AND your spanish CSV for the file. it's not like the other mods where you only use the specific language hashmap.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: M4k0 on 2019-04-30 10:19:39
Hello, Mcindus. All my respects for you ^^.

Your files are not placed properly.  hash2map and collisions need to be in the MAIN tonberry folder, NOT in /hashmap -- that folder is only for specifically named hashmaps. the hash2map and collisions files are needed for main tonberry functionality and they belong in the parent FINAL FANTASY/tonberry folder.
I want to say thank you for that quick reply.
However, as I said, my files are placed correctly in the proper folder, as you are saying. "hash2map" and "collisions" in the MAIN tonberry folder. That's why I can run the mod using its english version, but I'm not able to do it using spanish version.

Above screenshots are Arson's. I just quoted it because my artifacts/broken textures problem is the same.
ALSO - make sure you have ProjectAngelwing_hm.csv AND your spanish CSV for the file. it's not like the other mods where you only use the specific language hashmap.
I have "ProjectAngelwing_hm.csv". Otherwise the mod won't work even using just english version.
As I said, if I keep the spanish file aswell, it won't work. As soon as I delete it, it works.
Just posting in case that there is an issue or something so you guys can fix it.

By the way, I'm using steam genuine version of FF8, of course.

Thank you again!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Dakuryon on 2019-05-02 07:55:09
Thank you so much for all the hard work you do to make one of my favorite games all the more stunning! Keep up the amazing work!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Toxsick on 2019-05-11 13:56:41
Hello and thank you for this work :)
I have a little issue :
https://imgshare.io/image/pn187

You can see on my screen that the result isn't has smooth as on your original post and in the reply to ff7maniac.
Do you have any idea on the problem ?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Guille on 2019-05-25 12:20:07
Hi!

I'm new, and first of all, thank you for the mod.

I have the same problem with Spanish version. The main problem are artifacts in the mirrors or other crystal objects (like lift doors, for example).

I put the mod files like this:

- Collisions.csv and has2map.csv in tonberry main folder.
- All textures folders in ...FinalFantasyVIII/texture folder
- ProjectAngelWing_hm - Spanish and ProjectAngelWing_hm in ...FinalFantasyVIII/tonberry/hasmap folder.

If I delete ProjectAngelWing_hm - Spanish, the mod works partially (the half background appears moded, and the other half appears unmoded?. And if I left only the spanish hasmap version, the problem persist and the mod doesn't work.

If you need more info, let me know.

Thanks again for the mod and i'll be waiting for update or fix!


Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ehs03y3ol on 2019-07-01 00:46:08
Thiere is an obvius error on ecmall1_22, but there are more obvius errors on rest of ecmall declarations on ProjectAngelWing_hm - Spanish.csv couse deleting them all fixes all the issues. I had generall issues with icons, status and others.

Can you please check what are wrong with those files?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Soliad on 2019-09-07 18:18:12
I'm having this kind of problem:

(https://i.ibb.co/d7TnrDz/fallo-1.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/48tThYy/fall-3.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/2nqN9L0/fallo-2.png)

And my folders look like this:

(https://i.ibb.co/DWF1mJP/carpeta-1.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/rpVcTr3/carpeta-2.png)

Any ideas on how to proceed?

PD: Steam overlay is disabled

I have excatly the same problem, but i think i have the files in the correct folders:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FlWjudI9IolNwWG5U_qM6VgCs-_-i5Ze/view?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FlWjudI9IolNwWG5U_qM6VgCs-_-i5Ze/view?usp=sharing)


I hope you can fix it soon  :roll: . I will play in english version for now!

Thanks for this great mod!!  ;D ;D

Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Samiiya on 2019-09-08 06:09:08
Thank you so much for the mod, its great!
I have a question since I have been using your mod for really a long time but in FF8 Steam PC, now they just have released the FF8 Remastered Steam PC just few days ago. Can I still use your mod in FF8 Remastered Steam PC? ^^
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: IFireflyl on 2019-09-08 20:58:11
Thank you so much for the mod, its great!
I have a question since I have been using your mod for really a long time but in FF8 Steam PC, now they just have released the FF8 Remastered Steam PC just few days ago. Can I still use your mod in FF8 Remastered Steam PC? ^^

Not currently. The games have different file structures, and work still needs to be done on the Remastered version before we have mod support for it beyond "simple" mods like Triple Triad that are found in a textures folder.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Samiiya on 2019-09-09 04:41:54
Not currently. The games have different file structures, and work still needs to be done on the Remastered version before we have mod support for it beyond "simple" mods like Triple Triad that are found in a textures folder.

I got it, thank you so much ^^
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: JvFox on 2019-09-10 23:49:18
Regarding the Spanish version, I wanted to put the funds of the mod gum and I have used the files of this mod to work in the Spanish version.
It worked but it gave me the mistakes you talked about here, I have removed the file "ProjectAngelWing_hm - Spanish" and now it works fine, although in some funds some strange lines are seen so I will mix the angelwin funds with those of gum.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: JvFox on 2019-09-11 15:50:35
I rectify what I said, if you remove the file it does not look good, there are areas that look pixelated, but I have found the solution.I only tried at the beginning of the game I can not ensure that errors do not arise later but the errors of the captures from previous messages it solves them.
You open the file "ProjectAngelWing_hm - Spanish" with the excel and delete cell number a-122 with the entry "ecmall1a_22,18446744073709551615"
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Vivifellow on 2019-09-11 22:35:36
I rectify what I said, if you remove the file it does not look good, there are areas that look pixelated, but I have found the solution.I only tried at the beginning of the game I can not ensure that errors do not arise later but the errors of the captures from previous messages it solves them.
You open the file "ProjectAngelWing_hm - Spanish" with the excel and delete cell number a-122 with the entry "ecmall1a_22,18446744073709551615"

I have the same problem with the Spanish version, I modify the file, there's no bug, but the mod doesn't work. I hope there's any solution with this version.  :(
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: JvFox on 2019-09-12 23:26:27
I have the same problem with the Spanish version, I modify the file, there's no bug, but the mod doesn't work. I hope there's any solution with this version.  :(

What version of the game are you using? I use the original steam. Before modifying the file, if it works for you?
In this forum you cannot send private messages?
que version del juego estas utilizando? yo utilizo la de steam original. Antes de modificar el archivo, ¿si te funciona?
En este foro no se pueden mandar mensajes privados?


Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2019-09-13 20:20:55
I used @JvFox recommendation and deleted the entry that is (18446744073709551615) -- THIS IS A BAD HASH CODE

Here is the 'fixed' file for you Spanish users.  REPLACE the current file in tonberry/hashmap/ with this one:
https://mega.nz/#!f9YTGIwQ!ZcTpxCQToWFWBYL0nIqdzpqYGrVOMj9I3mOgbUpxB-g
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Vivifellow on 2019-09-14 20:57:28
What version of the game are you using? I use the original steam. Before modifying the file, if it works for you?
In this forum you cannot send private messages?
que version del juego estas utilizando? yo utilizo la de steam original. Antes de modificar el archivo, ¿si te funciona?
En este foro no se pueden mandar mensajes privados?

También uso la versión de Steam (la antigua), con el nuevo archivo que ha pasado Mcindus funciona, quizás modifique mal el archivo. Aun asi, gracias a ti y a Mcindus!  :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v2.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: asaz989 on 2019-09-25 23:14:04
Not currently. The games have different file structures, and work still needs to be done on the Remastered version before we have mod support for it beyond "simple" mods like Triple Triad that are found in a textures folder.

Do you know where that work is going on?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2019-11-18 08:54:26
Updated. People can now use field textures upscaled with Gigapixel. Currently in the "testing" phase and hoping to have a finalized version in the future with smoother edges. Current version will have a few lighting issues and problems fields which will hopefully be sorted out soon. Will also be implemented into the remaster if and when possible. ...Think that's all.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2019-11-18 16:07:05
YES!

::DOWNLOADING::

I'll let you know how it goes :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: gunner_1207 on 2019-11-25 19:42:36
OMG OMG OMG OMG so excited , is this test for the whole game or up to a certain point?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2019-11-25 21:04:26
The whole game.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Fendera on 2019-12-02 03:54:11
You are the best. Since I've followed your process on Twitter for a long time now it's really exciting to see how far you've come with this project :) Thank you. 
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: gunner_1207 on 2019-12-19 22:15:58
this is very slick work to see this game in such beauty, the wife actually asked me if i was alright the other night . couldn't stop smiling at my screen lol , i was wondering  tho ,people that are running the giga pixel test, as it is a test do you want us to share with you some areas we find that stand out ? not meaning to step on toes i can only imagine the work you have put in already, just a thought  :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: principealex1 on 2019-12-22 08:03:19
Thank you for the italian version ;D
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2019-12-23 00:14:04
in general this French version 3 is much better than the 2 :) , but by the way I noticed that for the square and rectangular panels or some detail of the decor and for everything that is number or letter it is less beautiful even illegible compare to version 2 for the moment is the only major problem that I saw ^^
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: faospark on 2020-01-02 07:32:02
version 3 is really amazing . i wonder though if we can further enhance it the bgs by modifying the backgrounds that have text to further enhance it. 
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FatedCourage on 2020-01-04 03:39:48
You are the best. Since I've followed your process on Twitter for a long time now it's really exciting to see how far you've come with this project :) Thank you. 

Thank you. And you're welcome. :)

this is very slick work to see this game in such beauty, the wife actually asked me if i was alright the other night . couldn't stop smiling at my screen lol , i was wondering  tho ,people that are running the giga pixel test, as it is a test do you want us to share with you some areas we find that stand out ? not meaning to step on toes i can only imagine the work you have put in already, just a thought  :)

Haha. Well, I do appreciate it. :) Nah, you're fine. That's actually what I would prefer. So people can tell me if they run into anything they don't care for/can do better. "Test" also means jaggy edges.

Thank you for the italian version ;D

You're welcome. :)

in general this French version 3 is much better than the 2 :) , but by the way I noticed that for the square and rectangular panels or some detail of the decor and for everything that is number or letter it is less beautiful even illegible compare to version 2 for the moment is the only major problem that I saw ^^

For some reason Gigapixel hates text and numbers. I'm checking to see how I can improve that. Sadly that was one of the things waifu2x did better.

version 3 is really amazing . i wonder though if we can further enhance it the bgs by modifying the backgrounds that have text to further enhance it. 

Looking into it. If Gigapixel can't do it better then those fields might have to be upscaled by another program or manually touched up.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: magitek on 2020-01-04 16:31:45
Isn't simpler to mix some parts with text from the waifu2x and photoshop only the texts/signs/numbers to the gigapixel pictures?

I still haven't downloaded as I'm waiting for the remaster version. Are the files in .png or any image format? If so I could help manually editing.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2020-01-04 23:34:55
Looking into it. If Gigapixel can't do it better then those fields might have to be upscaled by another program or manually touched up.

If someone gets those files with text from the english and other languages together, I can try my hand at one of the 20+ ESRGAN models that I have in my arsenal.

Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: gunner_1207 on 2020-01-10 20:05:31
(https://i.imgur.com/XaeHfQR.jpg)
Top step , floor where the two students are standing its like there in a dip
(https://i.imgur.com/SjS1mYi.jpg)
All the lines, messy just uneven its like some crazy paving lol
Honestly so far i have not found much :)

Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Durendal on 2020-04-19 21:38:33
Hello there.
I'm sorry to barge in and take a crap in the soup, but before you tweak little details, shouldn't these very important backgrounds, which are the first you see and go to really often, be fixed ?
Because that makes the entire work seem really poorly done and doesnt encourage players, or at least me, to use it....
https://ibb.co/VgwLtGb
https://ibb.co/yFHBxRD

Other than that, the work seems great !
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: JvFox on 2020-05-14 09:07:02
But this version 3.0 is a copy of the gum mod, it was said here that it was not good enough because it gave many graphic errors, as they are showing in the last comments, in fact I was mixing it with the previous version of this, replacing the backgrounds that were more defective than those of version 2.0.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Yagami1211 on 2020-05-24 11:05:24
Now I only need this for the remaster and it will be finally a true remaster.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Yagami Light on 2020-08-14 15:28:53
Heres a link for the gigapixel version of the remastered edition, there will be errors but since nobody has posted a new version here it is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bVX2yYvJaGayrmLSkLYLYxoiNQIPnugr/view?usp=sharing
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: MartinThor on 2020-08-15 10:26:08
Heres a link for the gigapixel version of the remastered edition, there will be errors but since nobody has posted a new version here it is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bVX2yYvJaGayrmLSkLYLYxoiNQIPnugr/view?usp=sharing

Thank you so much!!! :D Really saved me the trouble of guessing the correct order haha!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: nowy00 on 2020-08-27 06:36:35
Hi, could someone upload Gigapixel v3.0 english to MEGA. I have a weak internet connnections and breaking my download form google drive. Pleeease:-)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: tbcam88 on 2020-09-04 06:52:48
Heres a link for the gigapixel version of the remastered edition, there will be errors but since nobody has posted a new version here it is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bVX2yYvJaGayrmLSkLYLYxoiNQIPnugr/view?usp=sharing

Why wasn't this link made available on the main page and how/why will there be errors exactly? (I'm waiting to play the remaster with Project Angelwing - if this upload isn't quite ready for play I'd be best to continue to wait :-))

Thanks!
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2020-09-24 21:01:29
We were going to finish making the alpha cutouts better and then release that for the Remastered, but we got sidetracked with overhauling the entire mod by combining it/comping it with many various ESRGAN AI models as well - and calling the mod "Project Angelwing: Ultima".  This mod is superior to GUM and the current GP AI project, so I'm really excited about bringing it to the 2013 AND Remastered versions of the game.

For a massive amount of image previews, etc., you can join my Discord through the link on my twitch homepage at twitch.tv/mcindusmods/

Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: tbcam88 on 2020-09-25 13:28:37
Thanks for the info McIndus. Is there a rough ETA on when it will be available?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: gunner_1207 on 2020-09-25 20:27:32
AMAZING mcindus simply stoked for this, thank you for continuing work for the 2013 release.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: AndyChrist on 2020-11-14 20:45:52
I used @JvFox recommendation and deleted the entry that is (18446744073709551615) -- THIS IS A BAD HASH CODE

Here is the 'fixed' file for you Spanish users.  REPLACE the current file in tonberry/hashmap/ with this one:
https://mega.nz/#!f9YTGIwQ!ZcTpxCQToWFWBYL0nIqdzpqYGrVOMj9I3mOgbUpxB-g

Heyy thanks a lot for this mod, I really appreciate it.  I was also getting the same problems and visual glitches of the Spanish version, but this new file fixed it completely for me.
I was pretty desperate trying to figure it out myself, but now I can really enjoy again the FF8 experience  :D
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: vashellsing on 2021-01-19 16:16:33
Hey, thank you very much I must say that it works 90% for me, since when I start the game and in some moments (like when I have to use Laguna) the image is distorted and it is impossible to read the text, I would like to know if I did something wrong, or It is a version error ... I downloaded:

Gigapixel w/Reshade
Project AngelWing v3.0 - ES

(https://i.imgur.com/qf913Wv.png)

another one

(https://i.imgur.com/2WAoPYc.png)



The first time with Laguna

(https://i.imgur.com/LXpuP1f.png)






NVM, i was reading some comments, and i could fix it.... Sorry  :( :(
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: faospark on 2021-01-29 17:23:27
some fixes if you have the alpha version for the remaster . im fixing some of them via trial and error  ;D
 just drop the files on your textures folder and overwrite
Alpha Fixes Here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ezzrSemFSNMaLkLwx3i3z9nX6AiugOhV/view?usp=sharing)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Mcindus on 2021-02-24 06:55:15
Some Before/After Previews of 'Angelwing: Ultima' and my current baked NPC replacements!
Thanks to Patfeerick and Kaspar for their help in extracting the NPCs so that I could re-pose and render them!
HUGE thanks to Manakaiser for their work on the main bghall_1 field background re-creation!
Other work seen is upscale comps and touch-ups by me.

Click the links for before/after sliders!!

https://imgsli.com/NDE4NjM
(https://i.imgur.com/KSo3u9a.png)


https://imgsli.com/NDE5NTc
(https://i.imgur.com/xErlbT0.png)


https://imgsli.com/NDE5NTk
(https://i.imgur.com/DqJ8YAD.png)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Gensoul on 2021-02-26 07:24:33
These are simply stunning!


Glad there is finally a (relatively) easy way to replace the baked-in NPCs.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: olearyf2525 on 2021-02-26 07:50:22
MCINDUS this is beautiful. Can't wait to try it out, thank you and fatedcourage and anyone else who helped with this project.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: gunner_1207 on 2021-02-28 19:05:49
jeeez I could cry these are beautiful, well done to all involved so so so excited to try this
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: BIGMOMMAPRODS on 2021-03-03 05:57:01
Some Before/After Previews of 'Angelwing: Ultima' and my current baked NPC replacements!
Thanks to Patfeerick and Kaspar for their help in extracting the NPCs so that I could re-pose and render them!
HUGE thanks to Manakaiser for their work on the main bghall_1 field background re-creation!
Other work seen is upscale comps and touch-ups by me.

Click the links for before/after sliders!!

https://imgsli.com/NDE4NjM
(https://i.imgur.com/KSo3u9a.png)


https://imgsli.com/NDE5NTc
(https://i.imgur.com/xErlbT0.png)


https://imgsli.com/NDE5NTk
(https://i.imgur.com/DqJ8YAD.png)


Where can we download these? Thanks
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Varo85 on 2021-04-25 13:58:35
Hi friends, does this mod still not work with the remastered version of Steam? Because I have copied it with the Tomberi and it doesn't work
Sorry my english level jeje
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Gensoul on 2021-04-26 13:30:01
Yagami Light posted a link to an older, buggy version on the last page that works with the Remaster.

Mcindus and crew seem to be wrapping up finishing touches on the new, shiny Ultima version though. I wouldn't be surprised if a public release comes out next month.
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: Varo85 on 2021-04-28 14:54:15
Yagami Light posted a link to an older, buggy version on the last page that works with the Remaster.

Mcindus and crew seem to be wrapping up finishing touches on the new, shiny Ultima version though. I wouldn't be surprised if a public release comes out next month.

Thank you very much mate, I'll wait then for the Ultima version  ;)
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: bobj42425 on 2021-07-03 22:43:25
Thank you folks for this great work.

I am a novice at FF8 modding. I have the Remastered version on Steam. What should I do to get this AI field pack to work?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: FabricioFernandes on 2021-11-01 15:38:24
Waifu2x version no longer exists?
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: ff7maniac on 2022-04-11 21:10:13
the angelwing mod for the remastered version comes out when? ^^
Title: Re: [FF8PC-Steam] Project AngelWing v3.0 - Field Upscale
Post by: heromic on 2023-12-03 22:34:52
where is the Ultima version? i'm waiting...