First, does anyone know if this could possibly help with the crashing in Dollet communication tower bug? After multiple attempts I finally made it up the elevator to see Biggs talk, however now as soon as I get up, I crash again. =/The launcher does not fix any bugs in the game. I have played past that part in 1920x1440 with 16xQ FSAA / 16x Anisotopic F. without crashing. Maybe there's something wrong with your CDs.
Second, When running this program in both Vista & XP (I dual boot), I receieve:Error Code 2 translates to ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND. At that point in the code the launcher has already successfully received the value of the FF8 AppPath key. I don't know what could be causing this unless the path in the key is indeed wrong.
CreateProcess(FF8.exe) returned an error...
ERROR CODE:2
I've found an easy work around by passing the location of my FF8.EXE to it in the command line. My registry of course has the correct location, so I'm not sure why this is needed.. but oh wells. No biggie
However, when I start FF8 in this manner, using your loader, the game goes full screen, but it stops there. It's the same problem as I was having prior to applying the 1.2 patch 'n all that good stuff. I ctlr+alt+del out, and if I then start FF8 directly, I receive the proper EIDOS logo, and seconds later the FF8 menu, so it's not that I'm not all properly patched. I've already devoted a few good hours of my life, once again, to the game.I wrote a note about this in the readme for version 1.21. I got the same error when testing the launcher on Vista and narrowed it down to an issue with the Creative Soundblaster drivers and EAX (OpenAL). When deinstalled the launcher would work once again. I'm not sure what could cause this behaviour and haven't had a chance to take a closer look at it.
Any ideas on why your loader would be causing an issue with the game? Should I try an old (1.0) FF8.EXE? I run a GFX 8600 GTS & the latest drivers.
Thanks for any info bro, it's much appreciated.No problem, sorry I can't be of more help at this time. Meanwhile I recommend running the launcher on XP; There are quite a few people who have successfully used without any issues that I'm aware of.
On the second Configuration i have little Problems with the background Grafics. I can see little Cuts on 2 or 3 Backgrounds in Balamb Garden.In the next release of the launcher (version 1.3) i will add an advanced option to be able to adjust the UV-mapping compensation on-the-fly through a set of direct input hotkeys. The value of the compensation giving the best looking result is very dependant on the game resolution and additional settings like forced FSAA.
Can support your Louncher any Widescreen Resolution like 1440 x 900 ?
Hey again! :)Yeah, I feel ya. :(
I tried your new versions now, but no effect for vista... The game does not start! Got a black screen all the time.
Tried
- Launcher in Main Folder, FF8.exe in main folder
- Launcher in Main Folder, FF8.exe in Game Subfolder
- Launcher in Game Subfolder, FF8.exe in main folder
- Launcher in Game Subfolder, FF8.exe in Game Subfolder
using The Command line parameter for the exe.
Just black screen.... :(
There are some corrupted graphics displayed on the black bands on the upper and lower part of the screen during movies and the backgrounds show some little cuts here and there, but nothing very noticiable.The black bands issue have been dealt with and will be fixed in version 1.3 (will release it once I have a look at the Vista problems and update the launcher with some new configurations).
By the way, I never noticed how unstable the 3D looks in this game. Doesn't it use perspective correction?
Nice christmas present!Do you mean the process really crash or just terminate itself? The latter it's the result of the FF8 excecutable failing to change the display mode to the requested one and hence not being able to continue.
I just have one snag though, the launcher crashes at once when I try any resolution above 1024x768 on XP, while it worked on Vista (though with the other bugs mentioned of course). Got a clue as to why?
And could it be possible to add 1280x768 (common HDTV rez) as a custom resolution?
Yeah, I feel ya. :(Kay, waiting for ya...
Yes, don't get me wrong magixts. It has nothing to do with your program, it already worked this way without the launcher. I just was curious if you knew something about it.No idea about the PSX version of FF8, haven't played it from what I can recall. It's probably a bug or optimization in the original engine. With the higher resolutions that the launcher enables it becomes quite apparent that there are more than a few graphical glitches in the game especially in the 3d models. Missing polygons in character models and normals that are turned the wrong way are both pretty common.
I meant that vertices show a strange movement, as if there was some kind of precision problem. Just like in the PSX version.
By the way, nice to hear about the black band. Sure you are fast :-P
3# The Vista audio architecture disables DirectSound 3D hardware acceleration; resulting in legacy DirectSound based EAX game titles not working as they did in XP.
Issues that may be encountered:
Could range from loss of EAX functionality in EAX enabled games to a complete game incompatibility, depending on how the game title was authored. This would only happen with games that render 3D audio using DirectSound, it should not affect games that render 3D audio using OpenAL.
Status:
These issues cannot be addressed by the Creative audio driver, because the functionality was purposely removed by the operating system. We look forward to game titles moving away from DirectSound and toward OpenAL for fully optimized Creative 3D audio hardware and technology support.
O_O OMG, thats true.I'm going to check to see if theres something I can do through DirectSound in the launcher, but it's not a safe bet. I'll report my findings.
I've deactivated my soundcard, and everything works!
But.. my soundcard is from "Microsoft" .. Dell Laptop. Hmhm.. what to do now...
When i deinstall eax alone, ff8 does not start because eax.dllis not there... maybe start it without eax support..? ^^
Do you mean the process really crash or just terminate itself? The latter it's the result of the FF8 excecutable failing to change the display mode to the requested one and hence not being able to continue.It just terminated itself. It certainly defies all logic that Vista is the one that would be more compatible in that regards (if what you say is correct). Maybe 1280x768 willl work, since that is what rez my screen is set at afterall, so I`ll wait for the next version.
There's a weird issue with it not being able to change the display mode even when it's supported by the system. I can't run the game at 2560x1600 which is the native resolution of my display and I've heard others that can't run it at 1280x960 while 1920x1440 works just fine. At first I was quite puzzled about this but I then discovered that this is the case with any Direct3D 6.1 SDK example i try to run aswell. Hence it's probable to be some kind of backwards-compability issue with DirectX itself.
1280x768 will be added in version 1.3.
I have quite bad experiences with Vista so I'm gonna spare you how I feel about it and compability. :PDo you mean the process really crash or just terminate itself? The latter it's the result of the FF8 excecutable failing to change the display mode to the requested one and hence not being able to continue.It just terminated itself. It certainly defies all logic that Vista is the one that would be more compatible in that regards (if what you say is correct). Maybe 1280x768 willl work, since that is what rez my screen is set at afterall, so I`ll wait for the next version.
There's a weird issue with it not being able to change the display mode even when it's supported by the system. I can't run the game at 2560x1600 which is the native resolution of my display and I've heard others that can't run it at 1280x960 while 1920x1440 works just fine. At first I was quite puzzled about this but I then discovered that this is the case with any Direct3D 6.1 SDK example i try to run aswell. Hence it's probable to be some kind of backwards-compability issue with DirectX itself.
1280x768 will be added in version 1.3.
I also tried Alchemy (before you mentioned actually), and it did nicely add the option for EAX on Vista, but I can only select the microsoft synthesizer (or general midi or whatever vista calls it), whereas on XP I can select SB X-fi audio. Is there a big quality difference between these? You mentioned a lesser audio quality in vista, is that what you meant?
I know you're only supporting vista to make us cry babies happy, and i know you hate the beast that it is. But we realllly are super grateful.Was just about to post a link. :) I switched to Visual Studio 2008 when installing Vista and apparently those runtimes are not already incuded in the system.
I just tried running your updated version, I get an error telling me to check eventlog, I do, and this is what I get.
Activation context generation failed for "E:\games\FF8\GAME\FF8_Launcher.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed
(Yes, i'm running 32bit)
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EDIT: fixed. If anyone else is having that issue, download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&DisplayLang=en
the VS 2008 Runtimes.
OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!11 It worxxxx... Did a stupid trick and it works!!!That's great! Works like a charm on my Creative X-Fi as well!
Now a tut how to do this:
Got FF8 to run on Vista x86 without any Graphic Glitches
You need:
- FF8 ^^
- 1.2 Patch (for me,i needed the NON GeForce Patch for my GeForce 6200!!!)
- The Loader from Magixts, v1.3 or higher (great tool.. GREAT!)
- The Visual C++ 2008 runtime from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&DisplayLang=en
- A new eax.dll .. i've downloaded from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?eax
Now installing:
- Install FF8 normally, EAX will install itself at the end of the installation
- Copy 1.2 patch files to installation directory (no Game subfoler at all!)
- Copy the loader files to the installation directory
- Install the Visual C++ 2008 runtime
- Got to the software deinstallation in the control center and UNINSTALL eax unified
- Extract the new downloaded eax.dll to {Windir}/system32
Now the fun:
- Run FF8_Loader.exe, Set Resolution to whatever, check the 8bit paletted texture fix checkbox, click PLAY and enjoy! :)
Wow, nice find on the eax.dll that fixes the launching of it.I really wish I could help you with this problem but I have no idea what might cause it. Ryg reported that the launcher worked on his AMD Athlon X2 6000+, NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS and there are others that have had it running on GeForce 8600GTS cards as well. And you were running 32-bit OS so it couldn't be that either...
I finally get to use it.. after trying everything under the sun! Now my game has huge graphical lag, and i barely get like 10 FPS. I give up, jesus hates me.
(for the record, Geforce 8600 GTS, Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2gb ram, no AA on, forceware 169.25 drivers)
Glad that vista people will finally get to enjoy it though.
found a bug here for ya for some reason it runs jumpy (puttering?) on my system i have a amd 3800+ running at 2.5 with 2gb platinum ocz xtc ram on a evga 7600 (forceware 169.06) and windows xp sp2
just wondering if anybody else is havening this problem?
its like stop and go motion could it be the drivers im useing? also on a 2nd note my anti aliasing is set to application controlled (sorry forgot to turn compatibility mode to win98.....) thank you for the patch no one would release^^ you are a hero!@Win 98 compability mode apparently fixed the issues he/she were having. I have no idea as to why; might be something with AMD processors that I'm unfamiliar with.
This is amazing :-) well done on creating it and thanks a bunch! Glad to see FF8 getting some tweaks for once! Just one problem. It doesn't stretch for me. I'm not sure why. I've tried lots of the resolutions but none seem to stretch. My resolution is 1680x1050. If you can help me that would be great!Make sure you use the 1.31 version of the launcher and have checked the "Stretch 4:3 Aspect Ratio" option. Otherwise it will pad the screen with black borders to maintain 4:3 aspect ratio (so that everything has the right proportions).
Thanks, Mattie. :-)
The new "Stretch 4:3 Aspect Ratio" option should do what you were asking for Kinseek. It won't remove the black bars put there by FF8 itself as to keep the entirety of the picture from the original but it will stretch the image in both directions to fit the current resolution and hence mess up the proportions (like on tv).Excellent, worked perfectly as well. I would have tested it on Vista 64 if I could, but its not been working and I don`t think I`ll mess with that until SP1.
Hi is there anyway to manipulate the music? Like FF7music lets you assign MP3s to replace midi tracks?
OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!11 It worxxxx... Did a stupid trick and it works!!!
Now a tut how to do this:
Got FF8 to run on Vista x86 without any Graphic Glitches
You need:
- FF8 ^^
- 1.2 Patch (for me,i needed the NON GeForce Patch for my GeForce 6200!!!)
- The Loader from Magixts, v1.3 or higher (great tool.. GREAT!)
- The Visual C++ 2008 runtime from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&DisplayLang=en
- A new eax.dll .. i've downloaded from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?eax
Now installing:
- Install FF8 normally, EAX will install itself at the end of the installation
- Copy 1.2 patch files to installation directory (no Game subfoler at all!)
- Copy the loader files to the installation directory
- Install the Visual C++ 2008 runtime
- Got to the software deinstallation in the control center and UNINSTALL eax unified
- Extract the new downloaded eax.dll to {Windir}/system32
Now the fun:
- Run FF8_Loader.exe, Set Resolution to whatever, check the 8bit paletted texture fix checkbox, click PLAY and enjoy! :)
Thanks, it looks the way it should now. Congrats on the tool. Did you consider enabling 32-bit support?Enabling 32-bit really messes up the graphics, I haven't looked into it any more than that yet.
Edit: The FSAA settings are greyed out for me. It won't accept anything other than global configuration, is it supposed to be like that?
Wow, nice find on the eax.dll that fixes the launching of it.I really wish I could help you with this problem but I have no idea what might cause it. Ryg reported that the launcher worked on his AMD Athlon X2 6000+, NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS and there are others that have had it running on GeForce 8600GTS cards as well. And you were running 32-bit OS so it couldn't be that either...
I finally get to use it.. after trying everything under the sun! Now my game has huge graphical lag, and i barely get like 10 FPS. I give up, jesus hates me.
(for the record, Geforce 8600 GTS, Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2gb ram, no AA on, forceware 169.25 drivers)
Glad that vista people will finally get to enjoy it though.
It would be really weird if this problem is limited to FF8 and the Launcher alone. You haven't had any similar problems in other games? That would probably be an easier way to finding a fix as the userbase is most certainly larger.
But... there's no way to play the movies if you use no CD. The movies are all stored within the CDs and, unlike FF7, you can't copy them to your Hard Drive. It's better to make an iso out of your CDs and mount it on DAEMON Tools.
i tried the launcher all versions and all i get is an error saying "The Application has failed to start because its side by side configuration is incorrect". I'm using windows Vista Ultimate, with 2gigs of ram, nvidia 8800gts 320Mb graphics card and realtek Highdef 7.1 sound and i have an xbox360 controller connected to usb. any ideas why I'm getting this error, tried running as administrator and stuff but it makes no difference.
This is not working for me!! Please help me i still get the CreateProcess(FF8.exe) returned an error Problem!!.CreateProcess usually fail when the path to the Final Fantasy VIII installation directory in the registry is incorrect or the ff8.exe is not located in the installation directory. Ossott explained how to fix this problem two posts up. I've quoted the post below:
Ive tried doing everything youve said, and it still isnt working!
Deerly appreciates an answer quickly!
/ Dani
The path in your registry to your FF8.exe isnt 100% accurate according to the program.
Try starting it from start->RUN
So, lets say the launcher is in C:\FF8\GAME\ and so is your FF8.exe
you'd put this in the run dialog
C:\FF8\GAME\ff8_launcher.exe C:\FF8\GAME\FF8.EXE
Then hit play and it should work okay. You can also create a shortcut to the launcher, then right click the shortcut, select properities. In the 'Target' just make a space at the end, then add yoru C:\path\to\ff8.exe
Yes, i read and did exactly what Ossott said, yet it didnt work.Error code 740 = ERROR_ELEVATION_REQUIRED. Basically this means that the launcher process does not have the privileges to create a new process (ff8.exe). If right-clicking and choosing “Run as administrator†does not work then you might try to turn off UAC temporarily or running the launcher from another account that has limited/full administrative privileges (could be needed if you're not on an administrative account which may be the case for example if the computer came preinstalled with Vista).
It was start->RUN then type in the directory for FF8.exe and the one for FF8 Launcher.exe right? if so i typed in both at the same time, and clicked ok. the same issue came up saying CreateProcess(FF8.exe) returned an error....
ERROR CODE: 740.
I tried downloading that eax.dll again placing it inside of the FINAL FANTASY VIII folder, but it still didnt work.
I tried running both the cracks that he posted aswell, didnt even work to patch with them, it said ''Patching FF8..............File access error!''
i even went into the adminstration for each file and made it so that it has full access, still didnt work.
I dont know what to do further more, and i hope this helps conclude ur decision.
/ Sincerely, Dani.
Oh and my computer details are: Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
2046 MB RAM Memory
My Systemtype is 32-Bits.
/ Dani
i cant get the launcher to start its just come up with an error msg that says "the application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling may fix the problem". i got one of the earlier version to work a while ago but i dont have a copy of it now.Install the Visual C++ 2008 Runtime Redistributable. There's a link in the first post of this thread.
Is it possible to put the loader on a different sever (such as Mediafire) for me?
Rapidshare is being a pain.
I don't mind at all with it being uploaded or hosted on different sites. :)Is it possible to put the loader on a different sever (such as Mediafire) for me?
Rapidshare is being a pain.
ff8_launcher_v1.31.rar (http://hostfile.org/ff8launcherv131.rar) Here's a temp mirror until magixts says otherwise. It's permanent since its only a US Quarter to keep it there almost forever. Donated 20 bucks so I have a lot of tokens at hostfile.org :-P .
EDIT: PS: This Launcher is the best.
S_BryaN_M: Update your FF8.exe to version 1.2.You're not the only one, it happens to me too.
Also, am I the ONLY ONE who is getting missing effects on Diablos' animation?
Tryed all of that im not worried about it anymore im just gonna put up with the sh*tty software renderer.I don't really understand from your posts what it is you are trying to do.
Well i cannot get the 8bit to pass and when i use the 8-bit fix on the custom launcher it still doesn't help with the black boxes.If you can't get the test to read pass then you need to download and install the official FF8 Nvidia GeForce patch from Eidos. It can be found here:
somehow after i installed the latest nvidia driver.......THE GAME BECOME DAMMED LAG!!!!!!!!! Why did it happen???????
Hey I have a problem that plagues my game. I can play for 20-30 minutes before the game stops, it dosent crash just stops. All movement would stop but games music will continue to play. I can ctrl alt delete out but I have to restart from last checkpoint. Does anyone else have this problem?
Use the 93.71 drivers:OK ill play until it does it again if it dosent I will let you know.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71_2.html (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71_2.html)
I use these with my GeForce 7600GS, and I have no problems whatsoever. Let me know if it works.
HMM It all sems to start fine, but the FMV, it's INCREDIBLY choppy and laggy, completely un watchable and takes about 3 times as long to go through. Sound is jsut as choppy, this affects the Eidos loading graphic as well.
IF I Set the Launcher to VIII's default resolution, it plays lag free.
Any fixes?
XP Pro, 933mhz, 1GB RAM.
I've tried lowering FF's FMV quality as well, tried software rendering, all the config files basically.
Had to do the C++ and EAX file installation as well.
Plays great without launcher. I have the 1.2 patch (non Nvida) installed, andd graphics get Pass, btw....
ahh, X002 seems magixts was active just the other day, but no answer to our respective problems :(There are a lot of different issues with FF8 that the launcher does not have a fix for. The launcher only acts as a wrapper for the DirectX calls being made by the game and does not alter alter the assembly code in any way except overwriting the IAT of the loaded DirectX modules. Hence all compability issues with new hardware will still be there, any crashes that are present without the launcher active will still happen.
Never mind, he's still done an incredible job, that I could never do, and at least my gameplay is full screen, :D cheers magixts.
Thanks alot for that =]
Spent all day trying to find a fix or a patch to fix the "black screen of death" that comes up when you run FFVIII with vista, and i couldn't find a single thing till my boyfriend linked me to this page :)
Just going to list my specs so everyone knows what its compatible with:
Dell Inspiron 1520
32bit Vista Home Basic
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8ghz
2gb memory
Sigmatel High Def Audio
nVidia GeForce 8600M GT (BTW, I didn't have to put the patch on)
This launcher is absolutely pimping :D :mrgreen:
At first the FMVs were upside down, but i just uninstalled ff8 and re installed, and re did the steps , and it went fine after that.
If anyone has any questions at all, feel free to ask
Thanks alot for the launcher
PS: To the person who made the launcher, is this a late Xmas present :lol:
And a happy new year to all :-P
what is the difference between Version 1.31 rev9 source and Version 1.31?1.31 rev9 source - C++ source code for the launcher (a few changes in the source from the 1.31 release - 16bit windowed mode code)
what is the difference between Version 1.31 rev9 source and Version 1.31?1.31 rev9 source - C++ source code for the launcher (a few changes in the source from the 1.31 release - 16bit windowed mode code)
1.31 - Release binary
Hey, I really need launcher for win98SE, I've tried v1.2 and it didn't work. :-D
There is a bug in the launcher that has 1280x768 output as 1280x720. To fix this open "FF8_Launcher.exe" with a HEX editor. Search for the following...
80 02 00 00 E0 01 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CC 46 40 00 20 03 00 00 58 02 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FC 46 40 00 00 04 00 00 00 03 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 47 40 00 80 04 00 00 60 03 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 64 47 40 00 00 05 00 00 D0 02 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 98 47 40 00 00 05 00 00 D0 02
Change the bolded "D0 02" to "00 03".
Then open "dx_hook.dll" with a HEX editor. Search for the following...
80 02 00 00 E0 01 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DC BA 00 10 20 03 00 00 58 02 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F4 BA 00 10 00 04 00 00 00 03 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 BB 00 10 80 04 00 00 60 03 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2C BB 00 10 00 05 00 00 D0 02 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 BB 00 10 00 05 00 00 D0 02
Change the bolded "D0 02" to "00 03".
I need help. I am running XP with a 7900gtx with the latest drivers.
Hi There,
I am following the procedure to install the loader, but when I finally go to run it, I get an error code 740. Any help would be great
daniel.
btw, I tried to disable my sound in the system screen, but I still got the same message.
tx
I've been reading this thread for a couple of hours now, downloading everything that had worked for other people, but now I'm stuck. I click the launcher and check the 8 bit box, but I still receive an Create Process(FF8.exe) returned an error...ERROR CODE 2.Error code 2 means file cannot be found. Make sure the FF8.exe is located in the same directory as the launcher exceutable.
I understand that Ossott had replied to a post that also had that problem, so I followed what Ossott had recommended with the launcher and putting it through the Run dialog and all, but it still gives me ERROR CODE 2.
Does anyone know what I should do?
Any tip would be GODLY at this point. :cry:
Thanks,
Sano
I've been reading this thread for a couple of hours now, downloading everything that had worked for other people, but now I'm stuck. I click the launcher and check the 8 bit box, but I still receive an Create Process(FF8.exe) returned an error...ERROR CODE 2.Error code 2 means file cannot be found. Make sure the FF8.exe is located in the same directory as the launcher exceutable.
I understand that Ossott had replied to a post that also had that problem, so I followed what Ossott had recommended with the launcher and putting it through the Run dialog and all, but it still gives me ERROR CODE 2.
Does anyone know what I should do?
Any tip would be GODLY at this point. :cry:
Thanks,
Sano
Error code 740 means the application requires elevation to run. From your post I understand that you are already running the launcher as administartor through "right-click -> Run as administrator" which should do the trick. You might try and disable UAC and see if it helps but other than that I don't know what could be causing the error.I've been reading this thread for a couple of hours now, downloading everything that had worked for other people, but now I'm stuck. I click the launcher and check the 8 bit box, but I still receive an Create Process(FF8.exe) returned an error...ERROR CODE 2.Error code 2 means file cannot be found. Make sure the FF8.exe is located in the same directory as the launcher exceutable.
I understand that Ossott had replied to a post that also had that problem, so I followed what Ossott had recommended with the launcher and putting it through the Run dialog and all, but it still gives me ERROR CODE 2.
Does anyone know what I should do?
Any tip would be GODLY at this point. :cry:
Thanks,
Sano
But it is...I'll try installing FF8 again and see what happens.
...
So I installed it again, and now I receive error code 740. So I run FF8 Launcher as an administrator, and now I receive: "FF8.exe Application Error-Application failed to initialize properly (0xc00000ba). Click OK to terminate the application."
When I click OK, FF8 stops working and now I'm stuck again. :cry:
Is there something wrong with the installation itself?
By the way, thank you for replying to my post. I really appreciate it. =D
jaa,
sano
Um...! I'm a computer retarded and I don't know what you mean by UAC. >_< ( I know! I'm horrible! Go on and laugh!) Anyway, putting that aside. Do you think you could explain to me how you go about disabling the UAC? I'm so sorry for being incompetent! *cries!*Control Panel -> User accounts -> Activate or inactivate UAC.
But thank you so much for helping me! =D It's been so frustrating trying to figure out how to work this whole thing out...>_<;
Thanks again!
jaa,
sano
So I managed to disable UAC, but now every time I click 'play ff8', it just gives me 'FF*.exe-Application Error: The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000ba). Click OK to terminate the application.' Afterwards, FF8 stops working.Does it work without the launcher?
I tried running it in windows 95 and 98 settings but it didn't work, and I tried working with the run program. Hmm...I be confuzzled. :?
Is there anything else I can do?
Thank you for all the help that you've been giving me, by the way! =D
jaa,
sano
i've downloaded the loader but it's in a zip file and requires a password to unzip!
i've been browsing the forum for the longest time to look for the password but cant seem to find it.
i've downloaded the loader but it's in a zip file and requires a password to unzip!
i've been browsing the forum for the longest time to look for the password but cant seem to find it.
Sure? Did you try this link?
http://rapidshare.com/files/80132624/ff8_launcher_v1.31.rar
It didn't ask for a password here.. Tried a different program?
Weird.. Try this archive (i created it), or download the 4 files one by one..]
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MENEJFSW < zipped archive
http://rapidshare.com/files/177548321/config.cfg.html < config.cfg
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CHIH1ZRI < dx_hook.dll
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VDN2NI2N < FF8_Launcher.exe
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0O6UCKZ8 < readme.txt
There you go. =P
hey everyone
i have FFVIII on my pc and it runs fine even though the 8-bit palleted texture failed
i don't get those black boxes but instead my backgrounds and towns on the world map are in very few colors
everything is just lacking in detail :-o
i applied the patch from back on pg. 1 and i selected the 8-bit fix but it does nothing to help
i just want to know if this is a fixable problem or will i just have to deal with the lack of detail?
im running in on windows vista with an ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 graphics card
hey everyone
i have FFVIII on my pc and it runs fine even though the 8-bit palleted texture failed
i don't get those black boxes but instead my backgrounds and towns on the world map are in very few colors
everything is just lacking in detail :-o
i applied the patch from back on pg. 1 and i selected the 8-bit fix but it does nothing to help
i just want to know if this is a fixable problem or will i just have to deal with the lack of detail?
im running in on windows vista with an ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 graphics card
i think i have that same problem too..is this mod only for nvidia cards? i have ATI Radeon X1650
Why It Looks Like This? lol[/b]
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First, I'm sorry that i can't English well. But please read.
my systems
CPU : Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Graphic card : Ge force 6600 GT 128Mb
Ram : 1GB
I play FF8 using FF8 launcher v 1.31
and I also check 8-bit fix.
But game is very slow down when I play the game for about 10minute(?).
When I summon the GF or Cast spell, The Game is very very Slow!!
I didn't solve the problem on other web site in my country, plz give me any solution.
thanks
I absolutely love this program.I don't think it can be done if it is a game engine issue.
Is there any way the same thing could be done for FF7? I'd like to be able to choose my resolution with that too, instead of being stuck with just the two from the high res patch.
It's on my todo-list as I'm a big fan of FF7 (much more so than FF8 to be entirely honest).I absolutely love this program.I don't think it can be done if it is a game engine issue.
Is there any way the same thing could be done for FF7? I'd like to be able to choose my resolution with that too, instead of being stuck with just the two from the high res patch.
It's on my todo-list as I'm a big fan of FF7 (much more so than FF8 to be entirely honest).I absolutely love this program.I don't think it can be done if it is a game engine issue.
Is there any way the same thing could be done for FF7? I'd like to be able to choose my resolution with that too, instead of being stuck with just the two from the high res patch.
ok guys can anyone tell me how to get the launcher to use my AA nvidia settings cuz i'm having no luck at all
It's on my todo-list as I'm a big fan of FF7 (much more so than FF8 to be entirely honest).I absolutely love this program.I don't think it can be done if it is a game engine issue.
Is there any way the same thing could be done for FF7? I'd like to be able to choose my resolution with that too, instead of being stuck with just the two from the high res patch.
Why It Looks Like This? lol[/b]
:-o :-o
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7707/ff8ef9.th.jpg) (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ff8ef9.jpg)
I just tried playing it again...the launcher didn't work, even with the non-nvidia patch. If no one has anymore suggestions, I'm uninstalling this for good. It's more trouble than it's worth right now.
By the way, is it possible to put compress the launcher into a .zip file instead of a .rar file? I don't want to spend the money to buy WinRAR.
EDIT: Wow, very weird. I tried reinstalling again for the heck of it and it's working. It seems to be temperamental with me...either way, it's working. The tool is great when it's not temperamental with you.
ok thanks for the suggestion but i tried Aali's driver and still not working for me, I dont understand why the launcher wont change ff 8 res to 1440x900, the resolution stays the same 640x480
I am hosting it : http://ffhuit.free.fr/ff8_launcher_v1.31.rar
If the author want me to remove it, just email me at : [email protected]
Hi, I pretty much just downloaded this and started using it and the problem I get is no matter what options I select I get the game in a box on the top left of my screen (smaller box the higher the resolution). I have a ATI Radeon HD 4600 series and my desktop resolution is 1600x900 (if that even matters) I have ran the launcher with every possible option and no fix. Any ideas?
Well, I fixed the issue with the picture being on top left of screen, I just changed it from software render to hardware render and it seems to work except for when I go to new game the game crashes, I think it has trouble running the video intro, not sure.
I am hosting it : http://ffhuit.free.fr/ff8_launcher_v1.31.rar
If the author want me to remove it, just email me at : [email protected]
Hey guys this is my first post on this Forum
so i got the launcher downloaded...i set it to be the same as my native desktop resolution...and now the game will play a nice properly formatted edios start up screen but after that when the squarsoft logo comes on its position weirdly to the top left...the rest of my screen is black...its making me go nuts i tried lowering the resolution to a non w/s and it does the same thing just in a more narrow field of the screen...Ive been playing with it for a bout 2 hours and have gone through this forum quite a bit...i am getting dizzy with scrolling through other peoples questions so i thought id post ...
PLEAAAAAAASE SOME ONE HELP ME!...this was my favorite game as a kid and i cant afford to get XIII so i wanted to relive some memories
e-mails are welcome
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(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6403/screensc.jpg)
Screen looks really good but I get this. It doensn't take the full screen neither goes to the top left
any help?
Thanks
Edit: Tried everything.
Tried every resolution. Change from Direct3D to software
Note: Software does change the resolution but screen is top left
Direct3D doesn't change the resolution but screen is centered with black sides.
Both ways suck.
Tried putting different Options.
Nothing works.
Please any help?