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Title: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-13 13:00:44
Tonberry: Enhanced v2.04 by JeMaCheHi (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?action=profile;u=13631) and mavirick (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?action=profile;u=4268)
External Texture Support for Final Fantasy VIII
*Beta version, please let me know if there is something preventing you from using it


(https://googledrive.com/host/0ByMkI_Nb8OmJQ3FEcTkxYkFaUDQ/tonberry.png)      (https://googledrive.com/host/0ByMkI_Nb8OmJQ3FEcTkxYkFaUDQ/greenarrow.png)             (https://googledrive.com/host/0ByMkI_Nb8OmJQ3FEcTkxYkFaUDQ/FF8_Tonberry.png)

Hello! (I'll borrow Omzy's header, hope you don't mind bro :D )

Broken cache fixed!
I've been working Mavirick and I have been working on an enhanced version of Tonberry, as many of you would know from its original thread. You should check Omzy's original post (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15291.msg213836#msg213836) to learn about its functioning.

What's new?:

2.042.03:
2.02:
2.01:
2.0:
1.61:
1.6:
For now there's no much done, actually I didn't want to release anything until I had something more, but Mcindus convinced me to do it :-[ . Due to recent mods have been more and more numerous, I thought this simple update will make our lifes easier when it comes to modify your hash1map.csv file.
Now we have redone the whole caching of textures, this is gonna run with no sweat. Most of you will be able to run animated textures smoothly. We've added the possibility to change the path where the "textures" folder is stored, so you can place it on an SSD drive for even more speed. You can also tweak the cache size to fit your needs. Just refer to the prefs.txt file on "tonberry" folder for more info.
Next step: new hashing algorithm, and potentially zero collisions.

Downloads:

Download v1.6 (http://goo.gl/hXn6Wp)
Download v1.61 (http://goo.gl/LMjPuy)
Download v2.01 (http://goo.gl/NiIKMp)
Download v2.02 (http://goo.gl/p400r3)
Download v2.03 (http://goo.gl/Asy2G2) Link Dead
Download v2.04 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/13KUrsV9c1sdCwihPSmTomTet9aQzN65l/view?usp=sharing)


This is how it works:

Which advantages provide us this new directory system?

Installation:
It's fairly similar to Tonberry's previous versions
Hashmap files collected by Mcindus:


Hashmaps:
Just put these in (/steamapps/common/FINAL FANTASY VIII/tonberry/hashmap)

HorizonPack (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNVFc5dnRYMXJ2WTQ/view?usp=sharing)
Project Eden (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNSUZDMHJsdjdUdzA/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (English) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNWmRtOFRsZkZvaFU/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (Spanish) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNUWl5RzlNWUxjZ2s/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (French) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNeWE3cFlmNnFsTDg/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (German) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNbXprdjR4Z3dYN1E/view?usp=sharing)
Tripod (English) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNaFlPWUowNUlPVDQ/view?usp=sharing)
Tripod (Spanish) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNSG5yeHhwbm9IeWc/view?usp=sharing)
Tripod (German) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNbzBFSUV3aWZzOFk/view?usp=sharing)

Other hashmaps:
Project Hellfire (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNRlNkaDBpOXo1aTQ/view?usp=sharing)  G.F. Summons hashmap

**EDIT 2/20/2015**
The hashmaps to SeeD Reborn and Tripod have been updated! These updates should fix any current missing textures issue!
Spanish and French SeeD Reborn versions added!
Spanish and German Tripod versions added!
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To-do list:
Known issues:
If someone is having trouble with it, please post it here and we will try to resolve it.

Thanks to Mcindus for helping me with the testing and...
Thanks Mavirick for your interest and helping with the new hashing algorithm joining the development!
Thank you Omzy for making original Tonberry, changing FF8 graphical modding forever

An important note from Omzy:
*For future modders who are hashing textures, please keep or upload a copy of the debug output textures themselves. If the hash algorithms change, this hashing will have to be re-done and it will be much easier if we have all of the original dumps.*
Title: [FF8PC] Tonberry: Enhanced Hashmaps Master List
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-02-13 19:26:47
I'm so glad you posted this!  I know that everyone really wants a new release with a better hashing system, but until that work is completed, we really need to get people using this!
Also - I can't imagine not using the new folder hierarchy.  It makes the hashing and modding process so much cleaner and stops us from having to keep re-writing over our old hash1map.csv file - especially if we are heavily modding the game and have custom hashmaps.

In honor of this release, I am going to post the hashmap files for all of the mods currently available. 
I will be updating this list as I go!

TURN OFF THE STEAM OVERLAY TO PREVENT CRASHES!!


Hashmaps:
Put these in (/steamapps/common/FINAL FANTASY VIII/tonberry/hashmap)

HorizonPack v3.0 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNVFc5dnRYMXJ2WTQ/view?usp=sharing)  World, Map, and Vehicles

Pick Eden or Angelwing, NOT BOTH (or there will be glitches)
Project Eden v1.0 (https://mega.nz/#!OsBSHJDZ!Xr78ZGMiufqemShOpQoTYSLGohzkC_4NAR9Gd_gVct8)  Background Fields
Project Angelwing v1.0 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxTDk8nuGukdVUJwMjFUOEtlVEk)  Waifu Background Fields

BattleFieldPack v2.0 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNelRPdGVUajg5ajQ/view?usp=sharing)  Battlefields

SeeD Reborn (English) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNWmRtOFRsZkZvaFU/view?usp=sharing)  Title Screen, Text, Icons, and Menu
SeeD Reborn (Spanish) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNUWl5RzlNWUxjZ2s/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (French) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNeWE3cFlmNnFsTDg/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (German) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNbXprdjR4Z3dYN1E/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (Italian) (https://mega.nz/#!SogWRbRC!BRmHq03mrZlf9R8YIqFdp-t4wckRUkXIwHYVU5-U2q0)

Tripod v2.0 (ALL LANGUAGES) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/14ykSu8j2_ku5XfmBFr53-hvuip72Fq76/view?usp=sharing)  Triple Triad Card Game

Rebirth Flame v1.2 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNMHY0Rzllam84ZkE/view?usp=sharing)  Characters

Project Hellfire v1.2 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNOVlJaFIxcTBwS1U/view?usp=sharing)  G.F. Summons

Apocalypse v1.1 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNOW0yVDVWS1VHV3M/view?usp=sharing)  Bosses

Lunar Cry v1.2 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNRXo3MWVLbHEzWDQ/view?usp=sharing)  Enemies


***SELECT ONLY YOUR MAIN LANGUAGE!***


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==**UPDATED WITH LATEST MODS!**==
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Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhaced(1.6)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-02-13 22:50:38
*For future modders who are hashing textures, please keep or upload a copy of the debug output textures themselves. If the hash algorithms change, this hashing will have to be re-done and it will be much easier if we have all of the original dumps.*
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-14 01:56:36
Thanks guys for your comments, I've updated the main post with the missing info.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-02-14 03:08:32
This definitely makes things more organized for me. Love it. Can't wait to see more improvements.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Erik on 2015-02-17 09:18:47
Nice to see things moving! For those of us who have Tonberry and other mods installed, should we just uninstall them and reinstall this?

And speaking of csv files, it should be relatively easy to add the correct codes and make a new file?
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-17 19:24:03
Nice to see things moving! For those of us who have Tonberry and other mods installed, should we just uninstall them and reinstall this?

And speaking of csv files, it should be relatively easy to add the correct codes and make a new file?

You doesn't have to uninstall any mod. Just overwrite the old Tonberry installation. Then split your current hash1map.csv into several, smaller ones and put them in the "hashmap" folder. Or you can also download Mcindus' .csv files:

Hashmaps:
Just put these in (/steamapps/common/FINAL FANTASY VIII/tonberry/hashmap)

HorizonPack (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNVFc5dnRYMXJ2WTQ/view?usp=sharing)
Project Eden (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNSUZDMHJsdjdUdzA/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNd1Bxenl3WW1ZUzA/view?usp=sharing)
Tripod (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNS1RDRG1hWlkxQjQ/view?usp=sharing)

It's the only change from the original Tonberry, everything else remains the same. You hasn't to change any texture file. You hasn't to uninstall any previous dlls, just overwrite everything :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-02-17 20:47:25
It's the only change from the original Tonberry, everything else remains the same. You hasn't to change any texture file. You hasn't to uninstall any previous dlls, just overwrite everything :)

Do you have to install Tonberry v1.5 first to get the collisions and hash2map and objmap to work properly?  I'm just wondering if this is stand-alone, or dependent on the last release.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-02-17 21:32:04
You'll need this new version of Tonberry. He edited the source code to support this directory structure.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-18 08:13:11
Do you have to install Tonberry v1.5 first to get the collisions and hash2map and objmap to work properly?  I'm just wondering if this is stand-alone, or dependent on the last release.

I didn't do anything with the hashing system. We still have all the same hashes. That means that you can use Omzy's ones (maybe I should post them in the first post, thanks Mcindus). But you don't have to install Tonberry 1.5 first. Just install Tonberry 1.6 and then copy the collisions, hash2map and objmap.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-02-19 06:00:34
I didn't do anything with the hashing system. We still have all the same hashes. That means that you can use Omzy's ones (maybe I should post them in the first post, thanks Mcindus). But you don't have to install Tonberry 1.5 first. Just install Tonberry 1.6 and then copy the collisions, hash2map and objmap.

For some reason, the hashcodes that have special exceptions seem to be messing with how Tonberry works with this new file structure.  I rearranged the hashes for SeeD Reborn and Tripod and I think these should work better and cause less glitches in missing textures.  Check my post with the links for updates!
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-19 11:48:27
For some reason, the hashcodes that have special exceptions seem to be messing with how Tonberry works with this new file structure.  I rearranged the hashes for SeeD Reborn and Tripod and I think these should work better and cause less glitches in missing textures.  Check my post with the links for updates!
Hahaha, today is 19th, not 13 bro. Tell me what hashcodes are giving you trouble and we'll se what can we do.

And about hashing system, for now I've tried three more algorithms, everyone of them being almost equally inefficient as Omzy's original one, despite of being clearly faster (I even applied loop unrolling techniques, redesigned the algorithm to fuse several looping functions...). I'm starting to think that the real bottleneck is the UnlockRect function. That function is the one that actually replaces the original game's texture with our modified one. I'm running out of time, I have to start a new work and won't have time for this for a while.

If anyone can take a peek to the function (look at Omzy's thread, there's the src) and think with me, just PM me or post it here and we'll talk about it more carefully.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Fed03 on 2015-02-19 12:16:46
For some reason, the hashcodes that have special exceptions seem to be messing with how Tonberry works with this new file structure.  I rearranged the hashes for SeeD Reborn and Tripod and I think these should work better and cause less glitches in missing textures.  Check my post with the links for updates!

thank you mcindus, card problem gone but after tonberry 1.6 now I've this sort of problem

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B80OIcIggJEdZkZzZTZ0OHlpVms/view?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B80OIcIggJEdZkZzZTZ0OHlpVms/view?usp=sharing)
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-19 15:37:10
thank you mcindus, card problem gone but after tonberry 1.6 now I've this sort of problem

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B80OIcIggJEdZkZzZTZ0OHlpVms/view?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B80OIcIggJEdZkZzZTZ0OHlpVms/view?usp=sharing)

That seems to be some kind of collision between textures... I need to work on that too.
Do me a favor please: put all your hashes in a single file ( into the hashmap folder, but paste them in a single file, call it as you wish ), and then move all the other files to the "disabled" folder. Test if the problem still remains and report it here.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Fed03 on 2015-02-19 16:04:20
That seems to be some kind of collision between textures... I need to work on that too.
Do me a favor please: put all your hashes in a single file ( into the hashmap folder, but paste them in a single file, call it as you wish ), and then move all the other files to the "disabled" folder. Test if the problem still remains and report it here.

in addition to collision.csv, objfile.csv and hash2map.csv coming from tonberry hashmap v1.3, I've
horizonPack
seedReborn
Tripod
ProjectEden

Do you want me to merge these 4 files in a single one? if so in what order?
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-19 16:27:37
in addition to collision.csv, objfile.csv and hash2map.csv coming from tonberry hashmap v1.3, I've
horizonPack
seedReborn
Tripod
ProjectEden

Do you want me to merge these 4 files in a single one? if so in what order?

Yes, I want you to merge these 4 files. Don't care about the order, the program will reorder them internally.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Fed03 on 2015-02-19 20:02:23
Yes, I want you to merge these 4 files. Don't care about the order, the program will reorder them internally.

done, nothing changed.
look at this video so you can understand all the problem I have http://youtu.be/72RLIKt27lw (http://youtu.be/72RLIKt27lw)
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-02-19 20:20:35
done, nothing changed.
look at this video so you can understand all the problem I have http://youtu.be/72RLIKt27lw (http://youtu.be/72RLIKt27lw)

Video is private. :)  I was hoping I might be able to help, too.

PS.  Updated my hashmap post with the French and Spanish hashmaps for SeeD Reborn!  German and Italian coming soon!
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Fed03 on 2015-02-19 20:23:44
Video is private. :)  I was hoping I might be able to help, too.

PS.  Updated my hashmap post with the French and Spanish hashmaps for SeeD Reborn!  German and Italian coming soon!

right...XD try now
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: messiahgov on 2015-02-20 20:38:14
German and Italian coming soon!

I can't wait for them. ^^ Will try the current stuff now and report back. didn't know about the new 1.6 version of Tonberry, so thanks for the info!
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-02-20 21:32:10
One MAJOR issue regarding hashcodes.

Anyone adding hashes to their own files should check if the hashcode has been used already (which would cause a collision).  The way I do this is compile all of the mods hashes into one "masterhashmap.csv" file that I only use as a test file.  I then search my code against the other codes in the master hash file before making them official. 

This might seem tedious, and it is.  This is just one of the reasons why we need a new hashing algorithm so badly.  I have to go back and do this to a few of my own files, as I had forgotten to do so about halfway through my summons and horizonpack mods.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: messiahgov on 2015-02-20 21:48:43
Tripod, SeeD Reborn etc. seem to work now with Tonberry Enhanced 1.6 and your new hashmaps! No more 2/3 backgounds or anything.

I put all of them into the "C:\Final Fantasy VIII\tonberry\hashmap" folder and the old "collisions.csv", "hash1map.csv", "hash2map.csv" and "objmap.csv" files from "Hashmap 1.3", but replaced the "objmap.csv" with the one needed for the Character models from FatedCourage: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15668.msg223218#msg223218 and your GF codes with the upscaled GF textures from rufoos: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15668.msg223269#msg223269

I pasted the GF hashcodes into the "objmap.csv", is that right? Because there are also the character codes.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-02-20 22:39:08
Tripod, SeeD Reborn etc. seem to work now with Tonberry Enhanced 1.6 and your new hashmaps! No more 2/3 backgounds or anything.

I put all of them into the "C:\Final Fantasy VIII\tonberry\hashmap" folder and the old "collisions.csv", "hash1map.csv", "hash2map.csv" and "objmap.csv" files from "Hashmap 1.3", but replaced the "objmap.csv" with the one needed for the Character models from FatedCourage: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15668.msg223218#msg223218 and your GF codes with the upscaled GF textures from rufoos: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15668.msg223269#msg223269

I pasted the GF hashcodes into the "objmap.csv", is that right? Because there are also the character codes.
I'm glad everything is working for you!

No the GF codes are their own thing - actually... let me release that hashmap right here.  It's for a future mod, but the codes are the same.  New update for summons hashmaps in my main hashmap post!
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: messiahgov on 2015-02-20 23:52:26
I can't find the new codes for the GF or do you mean the post where you have initially posted them? :D Thanks for your effort, I'm a bit confused how to even find them in any way or so.

BTW, the "Tripod_GR_hm.csv" should be named "Tripod_DE_hm.csv". DE should be the international abbreviation for German. Like "ES" is for Spanish (from Espaniol). DE comes from "Deutsch".

Oh and can it be, that Tripod doesn't effect the in-game menu cards? I mean by pressing Triangle (Y for Xbox) and go to "Cards"?
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-02-21 01:55:34
I can't find the new codes for the GF or do you mean the post where you have initially posted them? :D Thanks for your effort, I'm a bit confused how to even find them in any way or so.

BTW, the "Tripod_GR_hm.csv" should be named "Tripod_DE_hm.csv". DE should be the international abbreviation for German. Like "ES" is for Spanish (from Espaniol). DE comes from "Deutsch".

Oh and can it be, that Tripod doesn't effect the in-game menu cards? I mean by pressing Triangle (Y for Xbox) and go to "Cards"?

Thanks! I fixed it to DE in google drive.  The in-game cards are actually part of SeeD Reborn.  Could you send me the debug information for those menu pages when/if you get a chance?  Also - I got caught up in updating my other mod pages and forgot to post the GF's - they are there now!  Enjoy!
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-21 12:56:36
One MAJOR issue regarding hashcodes.

Anyone adding hashes to their own files should check if the hashcode has been used already (which would cause a collision).  The way I do this is compile all of the mods hashes into one "masterhashmap.csv" file that I only use as a test file.  I then search my code against the other codes in the master hash file before making them official. 

This might seem tedious, and it is.  This is just one of the reasons why we need a new hashing algorithm so badly.  I have to go back and do this to a few of my own files, as I had forgotten to do so about halfway through my summons and horizonpack mods.

I'm still working on the hashing algorithm, plus on the performance enhancement. Just need more time, it's being hard to combine this project with my duties.

BTW, glad you liked it, messiahgov!
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Shunsq on 2015-02-22 13:30:10
Hello JeMaHeChi,
Could you tell me what do you want to improve in the hashing algorithm?  The main problem is the memory consumption in worldmap exploration. I think the problem is that there are a lot of tiny textures that are loaded from the same big texture. So each time a new portion of the worldmap appears on screen , the big texture is loaded. So the hashing algorithm is run several times when the camera moves. This is not the case with field textures or character textures because they are always on camera.

About the collisions. It is only an assumption but i think sometimes 2 images have the same hashcodes because they are almost the same texture, only slightely blurred ( for depth of field animation). So it may happen that the comparison between pixels give the same results for a blurred texture:

Imagine a white texture with a black circle in the center. Even if i blur the texture the center of the black circle would still be darker than the borders. So if i run the hashing algorithm it would give the same result.
This error won't happen if the compared pixels are close enough.

You necessarily need to run a second algorithm that reads intermediate pixels . That's the reason of hash2map algorithm.


 
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: messiahgov on 2015-02-22 14:22:29
Could you send me the debug information for those menu pages when/if you get a chance?

Thanks Mcindus! If you tell how to do that, it won't be a problem for me. But if we still talking about the "in-menu" cards, it happens with the English version (I think also with any other, haven't tried). I mean they don't have the nice frames around the images. Seems to be the vanilla ones only. But playing a card game is okay, so all frames are new/nice etc. =)

For anyone who has problems, this should be the *.csv files package you need for tonberry 1.6 (if I'm not wrong): http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/YjKm3zpD/file.html
But replace them as soon as Mcindus or FatedCourage update anything.

tonberry folder
hashmap folder (some few a bit renamed)
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Fed03 on 2015-02-22 15:40:32
tnx messiahgov, but shouldn't be collision, hash1, hash2 and objmap be inside the hasmap folder? plus why we can't remove hash1map if w have all taht separate hashmaps from single mods?
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: oizirbaffo on 2015-02-22 17:40:05
i've moved all csv files of messiahgov in the hashmap directory of tonberry, did i do wrong? because i still have the glitch
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-02-22 18:28:43
Could you tell me what do you want to improve in the hashing algorithm?  The main problem is the memory consumption in worldmap exploration. I think the problem is that there are a lot of tiny textures that are loaded from the same big texture. So each time a new portion of the worldmap appears on screen , the big texture is loaded. So the hashing algorithm is run several times when the camera moves. This is not the case with field textures or character textures because they are always on camera.

About the collisions. It is only an assumption but i think sometimes 2 images have the same hashcodes because they are almost the same texture, only slightely blurred ( for depth of field animation). So it may happen that the comparison between pixels give the same results for a blurred texture:

Imagine a white texture with a black circle in the center. Even if i blur the texture the center of the black circle would still be darker than the borders. So if i run the hashing algorithm it would give the same result.
This error won't happen if the compared pixels are close enough.

You necessarily need to run a second algorithm that reads intermediate pixels . That's the reason of hash2map algorithm.
You hit the nail right on the head with this post. When I built Tonberry, I did not take any time to consider these inefficiencies regarding animations/world map. I also did not spend much time thinking about the best way to select pixels for the hashing algorithms and my lazy solution was to just create the hash2map algorithm by hand-selecting pixels I thought would help distinguish. The second algorithm is only run when the first one fails (has a collision), of course. There must be a better way to do this, or at least a better way to select pixels--I would be rather surprised if what I came up with so quickly was really the best possible solution.

Edit: A potentially 'smarter' solution would be to take every texture in memory dumps (as complete a collection of unique textures as one can amass through an entire complete playthrough speedrun) and run algorithms on them to build a histogram of all of the differences between pixels. This approach could yield the perfect minimal set of pixels to check that would guarantee a collision-free set of codes. The computation and knowledge required to do this would be moderate to advanced, I think, but not beyond the realm of these forums. The eventual technique could also be documented so that it could be extended to FF7 and FF9.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-22 18:58:44
Hello JeMaHeChi,
Could you tell me what do you want to improve in the hashing algorithm?  The main problem is the memory consumption in worldmap exploration. I think the problem is that there are a lot of tiny textures that are loaded from the same big texture. So each time a new portion of the worldmap appears on screen , the big texture is loaded. So the hashing algorithm is run several times when the camera moves. This is not the case with field textures or character textures because they are always on camera.

About the collisions. It is only an assumption but i think sometimes 2 images have the same hashcodes because they are almost the same texture, only slightely blurred ( for depth of field animation). So it may happen that the comparison between pixels give the same results for a blurred texture:

Imagine a white texture with a black circle in the center. Even if i blur the texture the center of the black circle would still be darker than the borders. So if i run the hashing algorithm it would give the same result.
This error won't happen if the compared pixels are close enough.

You necessarily need to run a second algorithm that reads intermediate pixels . That's the reason of hash2map algorithm.
 

The main problem about the hashing algorithm is that it doesn't provide enough "resolution" on the hashes. I mean: it parses some pixels, makes some operations with them, and then it produces the hashcode. The problem is that in some cases, the pixels it analyse are almost the same, but the textures are different ones. That's the case of the collisions, so Omzy made a new Hash_Algorithm which parsed a completely different set of pixels. A better solution would be to make a new one with a higher resolution, parsing more pixels, but this would mean to increase the computation charge on a system which is already inefficient.

On the other hand, we have a huge bottleneck somewhere and I can't identify it. I suspect the texture cache is a big one, and I'm currently working on this, but didn't achieve much on this.

Another solution (for the whole system) would be to take a multithreaded approach, but since FF8 can't use multithread, don't think that is a really good solution...
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-02-22 19:48:33
Currently the hash algorithm checks a pixel's color against the next pixel in the series and records a binary value for whether the next color is a higher RGB value or not. This eventual binary string of pixel comparisons is converted to a decimal number and is the final hash code. There is no rule anywhere that says this is how the hash code has to be built.

Some food for thought on the matter (from my gf who is into image processing):
Quote
Method: Find 100 or so pixel locations that generate a unique hashcode for ~10,000 images.

Perform transforms on images, then compare transforms to place images into subsets. Repeat until there are maybe no more than 100 images per subset...I don't know, might need more or less, have to find out when you do it. OpenCV is probably the best codebase to use for that.
References:
http://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/MathematicalMorphology.html
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~bensapp/opencvdocs/ref/opencvref_cv.htm

Extract from each subset the set of pixels that differentiate each image from another. Then compare those sets of pixels from each other subset and extract the ones that are consistent in  a large percentage of the subsets

boom, you have your essential pixels for the hash code

So you could separate images based on the overall average color, for example, and make sure you have equal sized subsets. Then you chart the pixels in each subset that are different amongst most images in the set and those become your pixels.

An alternative approach I thought of would be to take the entire database, for each pixel in each image, record the color of the pixel so you can build a frequency chart for each pixel (histogram). You could identify which pixels have the biggest spread (flattest bell curve) and then use those pixels. This would be easy to write an algorithm for and may yield good results. If there were still collisions, a second step could be used.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-02-22 19:56:00
One MAJOR issue regarding hashcodes.

Anyone adding hashes to their own files should check if the hashcode has been used already (which would cause a collision).  The way I do this is compile all of the mods hashes into one "masterhashmap.csv" file that I only use as a test file.  I then search my code against the other codes in the master hash file before making them official. 

This might seem tedious, and it is.  This is just one of the reasons why we need a new hashing algorithm so badly.  I have to go back and do this to a few of my own files, as I had forgotten to do so about halfway through my summons and horizonpack mods.

I threw together a python script to find hash collisions in the .csv hashmaps. It should be placed inside \FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\ and run from the cmd line.

check_collisions.py (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-e5WWZtyWgpRVZMZzRyQVY4X1U/view?usp=sharing)

Code: [Select]
$> python check_collisions.py -h
usage: check_collisions.py [-h] [--hash n [n ...]]

Find hash collisions in .csv files

optional arguments:
  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
  --hash n [n ...]  look for each hash n in the .csv files

If no hash is given then check_collisions.py will search only for collisions
in the .csv files

check_collisions.py will ignore the collisions.csv and any .csv's in \hashmap\disabled. If no argument is given it looks for existing collisions, otherwise it will look for whatever hashes you provide it (separated by spaces).

Here's what I get when I run it with the current version of Mcindus' mod .csv's (excluding the G.F. Summons hashmap) and FatedCourage's character hashmaps:
Code: [Select]
$...\FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry>python check_collisions.py
Collisions:
18002686233454153068:
        ricardinal_13 in hashmap\Rinoa_hm.csv (row 26)
        ririsingsun_13 in hashmap\Rinoa_hm.csv (row 29)
4298889016580490821:
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 53)
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 54)
17967494829324066154:
        zegauntlet_13 in hashmap\Zell_hm.csv (row 28)
        zegauntlet_13 in hashmap\Zell_hm.csv (row 29)
17967494829325114858:
        zemaverick_13 in hashmap\Zell_hm.csv (row 31)
        zemaverick_13 in hashmap\Zell_hm.csv (row 32)
16670992488181322982:
        wm_texpg_low3_13 in hashmap\HorizonPack_hm.csv (row 206)
        wm_texpg_low3_13 in hashmap\HorizonPack_hm.csv (row 208)
7381475426756314693:
        irlt_13 in hashmap\Irvine_hm.csv (row 34)
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 55)
7770506461894329933:
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 36)
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 42)
12427237620770590282:
        selt_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 186)
        selt_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 187)
9856729730939800021:
        wm_texpg6_13 in hashmap\HorizonPack_hm.csv (row 92)
        wm_texpg6_13 in hashmap\HorizonPack_hm.csv (row 95)
17966657402075467114:
        ricardinal_13 in hashmap\Rinoa_hm.csv (row 25)
        ririsingsun_13 in hashmap\Rinoa_hm.csv (row 28)
16670996886211056878:
        wm_texpg_low3_13 in hashmap\HorizonPack_hm.csv (row 222)
        wm_texpg_low3_13 in hashmap\HorizonPack_hm.csv (row 224)
8526675522373142085:
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 60)
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 73)
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 74)
12427237620809890393:
        selt_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 206)
        selt_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 207)

And here's an example of looking for two existing hashes:
Code: [Select]
$...\FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry>python check_collisions.py --hash 8526675522373142085 12427237620770590282
8526675522373142085 collides with:
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 60)
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 73)
        sel_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 74)
12427237620770590282 collides with:
        selt_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 186)
        selt_13 in hashmap\Selphie_hm.csv (row 187)

Let me know if you have problems or if this is even helpful.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Fed03 on 2015-02-22 20:08:06
Currently the hash algorithm checks a pixel's color against the next pixel in the series and records a binary value for whether the next color is a higher RGB value or not. This eventual binary string of pixel comparisons is converted to a decimal number and is the final hash code. There is no rule anywhere that says this is how the hash code has to be built.

Some food for thought on the matter (from my gf who is into image processing):
So you could separate images based on the overall average color, for example, and make sure you have equal sized subsets. Then you chart the pixels in each subset that are different amongst most images in the set and those become your pixels.

An alternative approach I thought of would be to take the entire database, for each pixel in each image, record the color of the pixel so you can build a frequency chart for each pixel (histogram). You could identify which pixels have the biggest spread (flattest bell curve) and then use those pixels. This would be easy to write an algorithm for and may yield good results. If there were still collisions, a second step could be used.

omzy could u pls point me where is located the hashing algorithm in tonberry src files?
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-02-22 20:16:57
From: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15291.msg223843#msg223843
Quote
I only wrote code in a handful of files. For the D3D9CallbackSC2 I wrote d3d9Callback.cpp/h and GlobalContext.cpp/h. ExtraCode was just unused code. For the D3D9Interceptor, I wrote d3d9Wrapper.cpp/h, Globals.cpp/h. Most all that should be needed to be modified would be in GlobalContext.cpp, I think. There you will find the hash algorithms and the logic for replacing images. It did take me a long time to understand how the directx code works, but if someone simply wants to change the way hashing works they shouldn't need to know that anyways. I think you have a good idea for bundling hash files with their mods--that would make things easier to work with and to update. The biggest thing that is needed, however, is to write new smarter hash algorithms that don't suffer from collisions. This may fix many problems and if more research is done, may decrease problems with animation lag. To compile the code you'll need Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010 Express (which is free). I believe you can just open the vcxproj file and then build the DLL. You might have to mess with some configuration, but hopefully it is already configured with the libraries and paths. I remember it being a pain in the ass to do the setup but you might not have to do all that since I sent out the vcxproj file.
You may need to modify some path variables in build config to match your local directories.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-02-22 20:55:38
Thanks Mcindus! If you tell how to do that, it won't be a problem for me. But if we still talking about the "in-menu" cards, it happens with the English version (I think also with any other, haven't tried). I mean they don't have the nice frames around the images. Seems to be the vanilla ones only. But playing a card game is okay, so all frames are new/nice etc. =)

For anyone who has problems, this should be the *.csv files package you need for tonberry 1.6 (if I'm not wrong): http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/YjKm3zpD/file.html
But replace them as soon as Mcindus or FatedCourage update anything.

tonberry folder
  • collisions.csv (Hashmap 1.3 from Tonberry 1.5)
  • hash1map.csv (from FatedCourage's package: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15668.msg224229#msg224229)
  • hash2map.csv (Hashmap 1.3 from Tonberry 1.5)
  • objmap.csv (FatedCourage's "objmap (in combination with hash1map).csv")
hashmap folder (some few a bit renamed)
  • Char_Fujin_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Irvine_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Laguna_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Quistis_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Rinoa_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Seifer_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Selphie_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Squall_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Ultimecia_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Zell_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • HorizonPack_hm.csv (from Mcindus, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.msg223951#msg223951)
  • ProjectEden_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • ProjectHellfire_hm.csv (from Mcindus, for GF's from rufoos: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15668.msg223269#msg223269)
  • SeeDReborn_DE_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • SeeDReborn_EN_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • SeeDReborn_ES_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • SeeDReborn_FR_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • Tripod_DE_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • Tripod_EN_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • Tripod_ES_hm.csv (from Mcindus)

Just a few corrections... you actually don't need the hash1map.csv file if you're using the character hashmaps.  This is probably causing some collisions.  I deleted my hash1map.csv file because all of the hashcodes are already in the hashmap folder if you use the codes we've provided in the .csv's
ProjectEden hashcodes are Omzy's - I just made a separate file for them. ;)
Also - DO NOT USE more than one language pack.. ONLY use the pack that is for your language - otherwise, there will be excess collisions.

I guess I should make a video....

I threw together a python script to find hash collisions in the .csv hashmaps. It should be placed inside \FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\ and run from the cmd line.

Omg this.  This is sweet.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: messiahgov on 2015-02-23 16:06:20
Thanks for the info, was a bit confused with all those files, so just used them all or as given in descriptions, like from FatedCourage's package.
I used the "from ..." to show from who to get the file, if you doesn't want to use the Zippyshare upload.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-02-23 22:23:25
Until the mythical hashing algorithm is found, why not just allow modders to add their own entries to hash2map.csv as well? It would be trivial to separate the csv's in \hashmap\ by suffix, let's say _hm and _hm2, and everyone has access to both hashing algorithms, right? So just include both hashes for every image you modify, build collisions.csv on the fly, and there won't even be problems with future collisions (unless of course both algorithms produce collisions on the same files).

Honestly, I'm not convinced that we will be able to find a perfect hashing algorithm without sacrificing efficiency, there's just too many super-similar textures in menus, loading screens, etc. Certainly we can find the set of pixels with the greatest variance throughout the entire dataset of images, but even then a second round of hashing will probably be necessary for at least a few images. As long as we can keep the quickly-reloaded images (like the worldmap textures, apparently) in their own bucket we shouldn't have too much of a problem. Or am I missing something?
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.61)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-02-27 23:12:09
I posted a little update guys, check it out.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.61)
Post by: Encore on 2015-03-01 14:17:26
after installing 1.61 tonberry affect the image quality on the world map =(((
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.61)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-03-01 18:56:31
after installing 1.61 tonberry affect the image quality on the world map =(((
What trouble are you exactly having?
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(2.0)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-09 01:55:11
The new caching system that we've just released with Tonberry 2.0 is an absolutely massive improvement. The old version of the cache... more often than not, it wasn't much of a cache at all.

This new setup should allow those of you with RAM to spare to load most (if not all) of the modded textures into memory, from which they can be accessed and loaded into the game seamlessly and without any noticeable lag. Make sure you check out the new options in prefs.txt to take full advantage of this feature!

I am getting really close to completing my new hashing algorithm, which will allow modders access to the full expanse of in-game textures and prevent all the collision-related glitches we've been seeing (especially with character/enemy textures). I am happy to share that my algorithm has reduced the number of possible collisions amongst all textures in the game from >50% to, at my last measure, an all-but-negligible 2.59%  ;D

We would love to get players using this new version as soon as possible so that we can hear your feedback--it's what keeps us going! Also, I am looking for players who are willing to help me collect a more robust texture set to speed up the upcoming transition from the original Tonberry hash algorithm to my new and improved version. If you're interested, PM me for details.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(2.0)
Post by: dheen on 2015-03-10 00:09:23
Hello All

Really great job ! i'm looking forward for future improvement :)

the 1.61 was very cool and the 2.0 looks like very promising, anyway it seems like there some issue i just replace dll from 1.61 to 2.0 and now world texture map is no more apply on HD, and some precalc scene is not here too.

;) hope i can help on anything

Edit : I have done some test
  - Change Cache Size, not better
  - force textures directory, not better

one strange things is that on 1.61 the hd menu does not work well on my installation, but with this one no problem
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(2.0)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-03-10 01:19:14
I've been using Tonberry 2.0. It seems that now my character textures seem to blink in and out(new to old). I've debuged and the codes are the same that I have and I've messed with the prefs.txt to see if it would help, but doesn't. Not exactly sure what is causing this. It also kind of messes with SeeD Reborn on my end as well. But things are considerably faster, though.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(2.0)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-10 06:28:22
Thanks for the feedback guys, it's very helpful. I'm glad the cache at least seems to be a speed improvement, but it seems there's some problems with the actual texture replacement.

We will be doing our best to fix these issues ASAP, but JeMa just got wrapped up with some other projects so it might be slow going over the next couple of days.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(2.0)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-03-10 10:58:22

the 1.61 was very cool and the 2.0 looks like very promising, anyway it seems like there some issue i just replace dll from 1.61 to 2.0 and now world texture map is no more apply on HD, and some precalc scene is not here too.

;) hope i can help on anything
I've been using Tonberry 2.0. It seems that now my character textures seem to blink in and out(new to old). I've debuged and the codes are the same that I have and I've messed with the prefs.txt to see if it would help, but doesn't. Not exactly sure what is causing this. It also kind of messes with SeeD Reborn on my end as well. But things are considerably faster, though.

Thank you guys for your feedback. As commented on the main post, there will be some issues with SeeD Reborn HD textures and some other ones. This is an inherent problem to Omzy's algorithm and we're working on a quick workaround until we fully get the new hashing. The main problem is that Omzy used the texturenames for caching and all, but we changed it and now we index our cache elements by their hashcode, which is way faster. This obviously gives us some problems (I fixed some of them, like most SeeD Reborn collisions, though not all of 'em)

This is why we don't deleted the previous versions: If you're having so much glitches that the game became unplayable, just switch to 1.61. But, if you're a modder and want to start working on animations, you'll appreciate this speedup.

 I'm thinking about designing a log system so yo guys can send me logs and we can figure out what exactly is crashing here... As Mav said, now I'm gettin busier and will have to work on this with less intensity :)

From here, when you have a crash with some texture (flashing, not appearing, being replaced with an incorrect one...) please try to post which texture is giving you the problem, and the cache_size you're using.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(2.0)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-11 04:57:01
I can confirm that the caching system for Tonberry 2.0 is broken and I am working on fixing it.

In the meantime, I encourage everyone to use 1.61.

Edit: I've fixed the problem, but I don't have the same version of the code as JeMa so it might take a little time before the changes can be uploaded. Stay tuned.
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(2.0)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-03-11 10:25:19
Sorry for any inconvenience people, we missed a little fact which had a big impact on the final software ^^
Mav will work on it and I'll join him probably on the weekend, you'd better use 1.61 in the meantime. Thanks for your feedback as always, we wouldn't have detected the bug without it ;)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: dheen on 2015-03-13 17:26:19
Thanks to you guy :)

If you need help, i can offer my small services, but i'm kind busy too :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Nightshade on 2015-03-14 09:57:46
I write screenshot support for tonberry mod.
If you press the print screen button in the game directory "sсreenshot" folder appears  with screenshot of the game.
Work only in window game mode. :(
DOWNLOAD (https://yadi.sk/d/pS4EDrprfFL5z)
Installation:
Owerwrite d3d9.dll with my files in game folder.(After installing tonberry)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Nightshade on 2015-03-14 13:56:36
And...
(http://i60.fastpic.ru/thumb/2015/0314/08/a49e55ff1d909f8b7d1173bf50199708.jpeg) (http://fastpic.ru/view/60/2015/0314/a49e55ff1d909f8b7d1173bf50199708.jpg.html)
(http://i60.fastpic.ru/thumb/2015/0314/59/9a604cef4e99a048ed1894e041935359.jpeg) (http://fastpic.ru/view/60/2015/0314/9a604cef4e99a048ed1894e041935359.png.html)
(http://i64.fastpic.ru/thumb/2015/0314/b4/a0b6a161ac48954b4d6519d88f3c78b4.jpeg) (http://fastpic.ru/view/64/2015/0314/a0b6a161ac48954b4d6519d88f3c78b4.jpg.html)
With tonberry can not pass episode in space. This is very big BUG.(No spacesuit in the picture)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Devina on 2015-03-14 20:34:52
With Tonberry 2.0, I keep getting "An unknown exception has occured" error messages. :(

Can't get past the title screen.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-03-14 21:10:10
With Tonberry 2.0, I keep getting "An unknown exception has occured" error messages. :(

Can't get past the title screen.

Tonberry 1.61 or even 1.5 is still recommended until the 2.0 fix is out.  Also, try disabling the Steam overlay or using my GeDoSaTo config to fix the overlay from crashing Tonberry
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Devina on 2015-03-16 16:39:27
Disabling the Steam Overlay seems to have fixed the crash.

So it seems Tonberry 2.0 is much less compatible with it... shucks.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-03-17 00:03:46
Tonberry 2.01 release. We fixed the broken cache (and we deleted the 2.0 link, we told you guys not to download it but you still did it ¬¬).

Now everything should work fine. Don't forget to take a look at prefs.txt :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Devina on 2015-03-17 01:30:53
2.0.1. is still glitchy and crashes with the Steam overlay. Works fine without it.

The Steam Overlay is kind of important to me since I need it in order to broadcast the game.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Aavock on 2015-03-17 03:34:14
Thanks for the latest release JeMaCheHi & mavirick, the game runs even more smoothly now! ;D
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-17 03:53:42
2.0.1. is still glitchy and crashes with the Steam overlay. Works fine without it.

The Steam Overlay is kind of important to me since I need it in order to broadcast the game.

The Steam Overlay has been a problem since the earliest versions of Tonberry. At this point our efforts are focused on making Tonberry run as efficiently as possible without the overlay enabled.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-03-17 04:14:11
The Steam Overlay has been a problem since the earliest versions of Tonberry. At this point our efforts are focused on making Tonberry run as efficiently as possible without the overlay enabled.
The Steam Overlay is itself a d3d injector and, to my knowledge, 'there can only be one'
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Kaldarasha on 2015-03-17 05:52:32
2.0.1. is still glitchy and crashes with the Steam overlay. Works fine without it.

The Steam Overlay is kind of important to me since I need it in order to broadcast the game.

or using my GeDoSaTo config to fix the overlay from crashing Tonberry
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-03-17 05:53:34
The Steam Overlay is itself a d3d injector and, to my knowledge, 'there can only be one'

http://youtu.be/_j6_H-PSml0?t=2m24s (http://youtu.be/_j6_H-PSml0?t=2m24s)

SweetFX created a Steam Overlay 'hack' that enables it to be used simultaneously with the Steam Overlay... maybe one day we can figure out how this can be done with Tonberry.  Until then, sorry you can't broadcast!



I don't think this will help him, because my 'fix' force-stops the overlay from loading.... but let me look into GeDoSaTo further... maybe something?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.0)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-03-17 10:32:30
2.0.1. is still glitchy and crashes with the Steam overlay. Works fine without it.

The Steam Overlay is kind of important to me since I need it in order to broadcast the game.

Sorry about that Devina, but for now Steam Overlay is not a priority. Tonberry has never worked with it, and won't do for now since we're focused on more critical features like smoothness, eliminating collisions and remake the hashing algorithm. However, thanks for pointing it out, I'll put it on the "known issues" section so everyone know it before downloading.

To everyone else, we still want your comments, opinions and questions! :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.01)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-17 17:21:08
@_@ it seems the debug folder structure was broken by this latest release. Everything is working fine, but when debug_mode=yes the replaced textures that are already on the cache will end up in the tonberry\debug\ directory instead of tonberry\debug\replaced\

It was a simple fix but, again, we'll have to wait until JeMa can get my code and upload a new version.

If you are playing with debug_mode=no then this does not apply to you.

This issue has been resolved. Please use version 2.02 for the best Tonberry experience yet.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.01)
Post by: dheen on 2015-03-17 17:50:12
Hello,

 Will wait more for a new version to test.

 Why don't you use a Github or svn to publish your code, maybe we could help ;) ?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.01)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-03-17 18:17:07
@_@ it seems the debug folder structure was broken by this latest release. Everything is working fine, but when debug_mode=yes the replaced textures that are already on the cache will end up in the tonberry\debug\ directory instead of tonberry\debug\replaced\

It was a simple fix but, again, we'll have to wait until JeMa can get my code and upload a new version.

If you are playing with debug_mode=no then this does not apply to you.

I think this was still happening with the 2.0 version when I tried it. Just didn't bring it up because I thought it might've been a normal thing. :P
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.01)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-17 19:24:15
Hello,

 Will wait more for a new version to test.

 Why don't you use a Github or svn to publish your code, maybe we could help ;) ?

We started using a Github but the trouble is a) it's only the files we've modified, the whole D3D9Callback project is large and complicated and the compiler settings are a huge pain and b) JeMa owns this thread so I can't modify the first post. I could compile and upload a new D3D9Callback.dll for you guys but that throws a wrench in our whole version scheme, and if people have problems or feedback we don't know which version they're using... I guess I could upload a temporary fix and then remove it whenever JeMa can modify the first post...

I think this was still happening with the 2.0 version when I tried it. Just didn't bring it up because I thought it might've been a normal thing. :P

My bad guys, I've been focused on my new hashing approach (which is a totally new version of the code) so I wasn't properly testing Tonberry in-game, just trying to fix the cache and get it released.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-03-17 22:51:14
2.02 is out people. We fixed the debug folders issue (it seems we remove a code line by accident hehe  ::) ) and we've enhanced the comparisons in some algorithms.

Peace :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-18 00:59:29
Good news folks - the new hash algorithm should may help fix the Steam Overlay issue.

The problem is that the current hashing algorithm detects matches in some of the overlay textures. If you have "debug_mode=yes" and try to open the overlay, you'll notice some Steam Overlay images end up in your \debug\replaced\ folder. I think this is what causes the ensuing crash.

My new algorithm will avoid these matches, so could help avoid the crash. This will be something I keep in mind as I work towards a release of the new hashing method.

Stay tuned.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-03-18 03:19:35
Good work. Glad to see things are progressing.

Now... As for 2.02. It seems I've ran into this problem. Surprisingly, this happened in the 2.0 version as well.
(http://i.imgur.com/o7gYdYZ.jpg)
It doesn't appear to happen in the 2.01 version, though.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-18 05:08:45
Good work. Glad to see things are progressing.

Now... As for 2.02. It seems I've ran into this problem. Surprisingly, this happened in the 2.0 version as well.
[img width=640 height=360]
It doesn't appear to happen in the 2.01 version, though.


Erm... all 2.02 changed was the way we saved images to the debug folder. It shouldn't have touched image caching or replacement.

This looks like a classic hash collision. Are you sure it wasn't happening in earlier versions, or in 2.01?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-03-18 05:28:56
Erm... all 2.02 changed was the way we saved images to the debug folder. It shouldn't have touched image caching or replacement.

This looks like a classic hash collision. Are you sure it wasn't happening in earlier versions, or in 2.01?

Never happened on earlier versions(1.61 and back). Those places were always more pixelated, though. I use this spot quite frequently to test textures while gathering codes. It could be something on my end. Never know, really. I only took a screenshot. But what's really happening near the fountain is that it's switching between multiple textures where there is suppose to be animation for the fountain.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-03-18 06:03:41
Never happened on earlier versions(1.61 and back). Those places were always more pixelated, though. I use this spot quite frequently to test textures while gathering codes. It could be something on my end. Never know, really. I only took a screenshot. But what's really happening near the fountain is that it's switching between multiple textures where there is suppose to be animation for the fountain.
If it used to be pixelated there, this might be a good omen
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-18 06:37:50
Never happened on earlier versions(1.61 and back). Those places were always more pixelated, though. I use this spot quite frequently to test textures while gathering codes. It could be something on my end. Never know, really. I only took a screenshot. But what's really happening near the fountain is that it's switching between multiple textures where there is suppose to be animation for the fountain.
If it used to be pixelated there, this might be a good omen

Yep. Looks to me like the background textures are working in an area where they weren't previously, but you're getting collisions on the fountain texture and the collisions map does not or cannot resolve it. Problems like these won't be fixed until the new hash algorithm is complete.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-03-18 10:25:54
Good work. Glad to see things are progressing.

Now... As for 2.02. It seems I've ran into this problem. Surprisingly, this happened in the 2.0 version as well.
(http://i.imgur.com/o7gYdYZ.jpg)
It doesn't appear to happen in the 2.01 version, though.


That's a classic collision FatedCourage. If you say it worked on 2.01 and it doesn't on 2.02, there's no other explanation. All I changed on 2.02 was the naming for the debug folder and made an enumerated type for the type of mached hash. Nothing to do with that. Also, I've found out that some collisions will happen 100% of the time, and some others are more probabilistic since they depends on where are they placed on memory. Anyway, you all will have to wait until we finish the new hashing to see most collisions solved :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-03-18 14:26:03
That's a classic collision FatedCourage. If you say it worked on 2.01 and it doesn't on 2.02, there's no other explanation. All I changed on 2.02 was the naming for the debug folder and made an enumerated type for the type of mached hash. Nothing to do with that. Also, I've found out that some collisions will happen 100% of the time, and some others are more probabilistic since they depends on where are they placed on memory. Anyway, you all will have to wait until we finish the new hashing to see most collisions solved :)

I have no problem with this. Didn't want to gloss over anything like I did last time. And if textures that didn't work before are starting to work now, then that's a good sign. It just motivates me more to continue collecting codes/bitmaps for this. :D
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-03-18 20:16:45
I have no problem with this. Didn't want to gloss over anything like I did last time. And if textures that didn't work before are starting to work now, then that's a good sign. It just motivates me more to continue collecting codes/bitmaps for this. :D

Yeah, it's a good sign indeed :D. Don't forget to keep all the debug textures and sending them to Mavirick or me!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-03-18 20:24:06
Actually, now that I remember, if I detected that there was no match or an unresolvable collision, I ignored it and let d3d keep the original texture there. So if there are now colliding textures in previously pixelated spots, it might mean that 'ignore' was turned off and it is just placing the last thing in memory there. Again, sorry if I overlook stuff, it has been a while since I looked at the code.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-03-18 22:22:22
Yeah, it's a good sign indeed :D. Don't forget to keep all the debug textures and sending them to Mavirick or me!
Right now, I'm trying to collect as much as possible to send off to you guys. It also helps me since I'm gathering codes for another release down the road.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: Kazter on 2015-03-25 10:18:55
Mavirick, as a continuation from what I have been PMing you and Mcindus, how do I use the Debug Mode in Tonberry so I can find what is randomly crashing my games?  I feel like a proper write up of the Debug Mode should be included in the original post.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-03-28 18:38:33
Actually, now that I remember, if I detected that there was no match or an unresolvable collision, I ignored it and let d3d keep the original texture there. So if there are now colliding textures in previously pixelated spots, it might mean that 'ignore' was turned off and it is just placing the last thing in memory there. Again, sorry if I overlook stuff, it has been a while since I looked at the code.

As far as I know this wasn't changed, but my work was really focused on the cache. I know the logic for replacing textures had to be changed to some degree but Jema is dealing with some personal business that is keeping him away; I will take a look when I get the chance.

Mavirick, as a continuation from what I have been PMing you and Mcindus, how do I use the Debug Mode in Tonberry so I can find what is randomly crashing my games?  I feel like a proper write up of the Debug Mode should be included in the original post.

I don't own the thread so I can't modify the first post, but to turn debug mode on, simply set debug_mode=yes in FFVIII\tonberry\prefs.txt. All debug folders then need to have the zero removed, so \tonberry\debug0 becomes \tonberry\debug, \tonberry\debug\replaced0 becomes \tonberry\debug\replaced, etc.

Edit: You guys were right--it looks like our new cache broke collision resolution.  I believe I've found the problem and I've made a quick fix but it will need more testing before I release it. If you are experiencing a crash or texture problem that you can easily replicate and would like to help, send me a PM and I can provide the new d3d9Callback.dll for you to try. Otherwise hold tight and I'll get it released as soon as I can.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: theelderscrolls on 2015-04-02 01:16:26



Edit: You guys were right--it looks like our new cache broke collision resolution.  I believe I've found the problem and I've made a quick fix but it will need more testing before I release it. If you are experiencing a crash or texture problem that you can easily replicate and would like to help, send me a PM and I can provide the new d3d9Callback.dll for you to try. Otherwise hold tight and I'll get it released as soon as I can.

Hi sorry total modding newbie here,

my game keeps crashing right as you reach the dollet solder and face the anacondor. Ive pretty much eliminated all my mods but tonberry. is this something that d3d9Callback.dll would fix once the details are worked out?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-02 22:45:29
Hi sorry total modding newbie here,

my game keeps crashing right as you reach the dollet solder and face the anacondor. Ive pretty much eliminated all my mods but tonberry. is this something that d3d9Callback.dll would fix once the details are worked out?

It's hard to say--I certainly hope so. I haven't heard of anyone else having this glitch and this next fix should restore Tonberry to 1.61 efficacy, so it's very possible that you're experiencing a collision issue that will be resolved by the new version. The other possibility is that you're getting an achievement or Steam notification--folks, the overlay is still not supported by Tonberry and should be either disabled or circumvented using Mcindus' GeDoSaTo configuration. (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15988.0;topicseen)

I have the new d3d9Callback.dll all packed up and ready to go, but am waiting on some feedback and a bit more testing before I release it, hopefully tomorrow. I hate the fact that we've released so many broken versions, but we're close!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: Kazter on 2015-04-03 03:23:02
TES, it's probably the Steam Overlay, it seems that a lot of people still miss this one, but it MUST be turned off unless you are using GeDoSaTo and Mcindus' FF8 loadout.  If that still doesn't fix the problem it may be the way Project Eden (if you have it installed) and Tonberry v2.02 interact w/ each other.  I am one of the people that Mav is referring to on feedback, I will try out his new Callback.dll and see if it fixes my random crashing w/ Project Eden and Tonberry v2.02.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: Umbran0x on 2015-04-03 11:53:17
Hey guys,

First off, I just want to say thank you for this excellent project.  I only recently got FF8 on PC and decided to try modding it.  It's so cool to be able to play this old game "remastered" by the community.

My only problem is crashing every so often when I hit a load screen (screen going black when entering a new area/screen).  All steam overlays are off.  The annoying thing is I can't reproduce the crash.  It will crash on a loading screen and then when I restart, that loading screen is fine, no crash.  It seems to be completely random.  In the error report it shows d3d9Callback.dll as the problem so maybe your next release will fix it.  I've just been pushing through and saving a million times to try to counter it :| I may try removing Project Eden and seeing if that's the problem.

Also, when I add those 2 collision files, Collision and Hash2Map, this happens: http://i.imgur.com/LXHo2QY.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/LXHo2QY.jpg).  :-o  Maybe I'm doing something wrong.  It's no big deal, I just removed them for now.

Thanks again for this excellent tool, looking forward to more in the future! :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: Kazter on 2015-04-03 14:46:55
Umbra, sounds like you are having the same issue I do w/ Project Eden.  I will have you know, Mavirick's new Callback file DOES fix all the conflicts w/ collisions.csv (including the one in your link, I had the exact same issue).  However, it does NOT cure the random crashing while running Project Eden.  I used to run a modified collisions.csv file, but am now able to run on the stock one that is linked in the original posting.

I currently have every one of the latest mods installed from this website, EXCEPT for Project Eden (which is a drag).

Tonberry
SeeD Reborn
Horizon
X360 Button Config
Lunar Cry
Tripod
Rebirth Flame
RAW4
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-03 23:18:26
Download Tonberry Enhanced v2.03 Here (http://goo.gl/Asy2G2)

Okay, I've decided to go ahead and release v2.03. I don't own the thread so I can't update the main post, but you can get it using the link above. This includes all necessary .dll's, an empty debug directory structure, and the minimum necessary hashmap .csv's. To find hashmaps for individual mods, see Mcindus' post on the first page (first comment).

What's new?:
2.03:
Known issues:
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: KJT on 2015-04-04 12:22:59
Hey pals,

I've installed tonberry and I'm using SeedReborn (german), Tripod (german), Horizon, project eden, lunar cry and the Controller Buttons Pack (X360)
Since i've installed the mods i get the "Unknown exceotion occured" message irregulary and my game crashes. And yes, I already have disabled the Steam overlay.

Do you have an idea, what could be wrong?

Thanks for your Help and keep up the good qork  :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-04 15:50:53
Hey pals,

I've installed tonberry and I'm using SeedReborn (german), Tripod (german), Horizon, project eden, lunar cry and the Controller Buttons Pack (X360)
Since i've installed the mods i get the "Unknown exceotion occured" message irregulary and my game crashes. And yes, I already have disabled the Steam overlay.

Do you have an idea, what could be wrong?

Thanks for your Help and keep up the good qork  :)

I have not experienced this crash myself, so it is proving difficult to debug. It sounds on the surface like a caching problem (trying to access NULL textures) but it seems others have isolated it to Project Eden which is full of colliding textures, so I'm not so sure. I will be targeting this issue and hopefully will have resolved it soon. In the meantime, disabling Project Eden may help reduce the frequency of crashes.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: KJT on 2015-04-04 22:02:02
I have not experienced this crash myself, so it is proving difficult to debug. It sounds on the surface like a caching problem (trying to access NULL textures) but it seems others have isolated it to Project Eden which is full of colliding textures, so I'm not so sure. I will be targeting this issue and hopefully will have resolved it soon. In the meantime, disabling Project Eden may help reduce the frequency of crashes.

At this point i can't tell if it has worked, but since I have disabled Project Eden i haven't had any new crashes. Seems like Eden was the Problem. Thank you very much
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.02)
Post by: theelderscrolls on 2015-04-06 02:08:31
It's hard to say--I certainly hope so. I haven't heard of anyone else having this glitch and this next fix should restore Tonberry to 1.61 efficacy, so it's very possible that you're experiencing a collision issue that will be resolved by the new version. The other possibility is that you're getting an achievement or Steam notification--folks, the overlay is still not supported by Tonberry and should be either disabled or circumvented using Mcindus' GeDoSaTo configuration. (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15988.0;topicseen)

I have the new d3d9Callback.dll all packed up and ready to go, but am waiting on some feedback and a bit more testing before I release it, hopefully tomorrow. I hate the fact that we've released so many broken versions, but we're close!

negative i had the overlay disabled and was still receiving that error. though i am going to try this new release and try it without project eden. will update with how well it works

Update: did not work, still crashed.... basically it let me play long enough to do all the chocobo forests, then on my way out the sanctuary it crashed with the "Unknown exception" error
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-06 14:40:53
Update: did not work, still crashed.... basically it let me play long enough to do all the chocobo forests, then on my way out the sanctuary it crashed with the "Unknown exception" error

It crashed even with Project Eden disabled? What is your cache_size set to in \tonberry\prefs.txt?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-07 04:22:50
To those who are having trouble with Tonberry 2.03:

I have been unsuccessful in replicating the crash you guys are experiencing so I am releasing this ALPHA version of 2.04 with verbose debug logging enabled. This is not an official, supported release of Tonberry and should only be used by those who are experiencing the crash and would like to help out with the debugging process. I found a few possible sources of unhandled exceptions that have now been cleared up and also made what I believe are some pretty substantial speed improvements, especially in the realm of area transitions and black loading screens. It's possible that these were causing the random crash but I have no way to be sure without your help.

Instructions:

If this is successful, I will start releasing unsupported alpha versions for those of you who are generous enough to help out. Hopefully that will speed up development as we approach the new hashing system and an even more beautiful FFVIII.

Again, this is not an official, supported release of Tonberry and should be ignored by anyone who is not experiencing the crash.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: Kazter on 2015-04-07 05:50:20
Looks good Mav, I will test it first thing when I get home from work.  At this point I have the Project Eden folders memorized so it's a pretty easy process for me to add/remove it from Tonberry.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-04-07 17:30:36
Looks good Mav, I will test it first thing when I get home from work.  At this point I have the Project Eden folders memorized so it's a pretty easy process for me to add/remove it from Tonberry.

In the future, in order to disable a mod, you just need to put its _hm.csv file and _obj.csv (if it has one) files into the 'disabled' folders
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: KJT on 2015-04-07 20:37:27
Hey pals,

I've installed tonberry and I'm using SeedReborn (german), Tripod (german), Horizon, project eden, lunar cry and the Controller Buttons Pack (X360)
Since i've installed the mods i get the "Unknown exceotion occured" message irregulary and my game crashes. And yes, I already have disabled the Steam overlay.

Do you have an idea, what could be wrong?

Thanks for your Help and keep up the good qork  :)
I have not experienced this crash myself, so it is proving difficult to debug. It sounds on the surface like a caching problem (trying to access NULL textures) but it seems others have isolated it to Project Eden which is full of colliding textures, so I'm not so sure. I will be targeting this issue and hopefully will have resolved it soon. In the meantime, disabling Project Eden may help reduce the frequency of crashes.
At this point i can't tell if it has worked, but since I have disabled Project Eden i haven't had any new crashes. Seems like Eden was the Problem. Thank you very much

Guess at which times i now get the "unknown exception"-Error  :'( nearly every time when i do the "fated circle"-Limit Break i crashes while doing the explosion animations. Any Idea what it could be?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-07 23:03:25
To those who are experiencing the crash:

Set your cache_size=250 or less in \tonberry\prefs.txt. I believe the problem is that the cache is growing too large.

I managed to reproduce the crash today, and the debugging I've been able to do is making it look like the FF8_EN.exe process is trying to use greater than the ~1.75GB of memory allowed to 32-bit processes. It seems the simulated PSX GPU is using more non-GPU memory than I realized... and I may have added a zero when I was doing my memory calculations to determine optimal cache size.  :o

But on the bright side, debugging this thing has led to all sorts of optimizations that should make things faster once we get the crash sorted out. I'll know more in the next few days, but our solution may be as simple as keeping the cache size between 100-250 (which seems to be about 20 gameplay minutes worth of textures).
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: Kazter on 2015-04-08 03:38:28
Thanks for the tip Mcindus.  I am going to revert back to the v2.03 Callback and drop my cache size down in Prefs tonight to see if that works.  To me it sounds like a logical problem why only Project Eden appears to crash the game w/ Tonberry.  The texture sizes of the pre-rendered backgrounds are probably the largest sized (memory-wise) textures in the game.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-08 05:03:15
To me it sounds like a logical problem why only Project Eden appears to crash the game w/ Tonberry.  The texture sizes of the pre-rendered backgrounds are probably the largest sized (memory-wise) textures in the game.

It's not so much that the backgrounds are larger as much as that there are so many of them. There are more than 6,500 replacement textures from Project Eden, and this means more textures in the cache at a faster rate. The game itself doesn't use that many unique texture objects--it recycles them frequently--so we're often removing items from the cache, but the more textures we replace, the faster it fills up. Disabling Project Eden has not worked for everyone and I suspect it ultimately only slows down the time it takes before the crash rather than fixing it.

I'm only sorry I didn't realize this sooner. JeMa's and my debug efforts were focused on small caches because we assumed the problems would arise when the cache filled up, so I was often debugging with a cache_size of 100. It wasn't until I opened up the cache_size and played for 20+ minutes in a transition and texture-intensive area that I experienced the crash myself.

If anyone has used a cache_size of 250 or less and experienced problems, please let me know.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: Kaldarasha on 2015-04-08 08:11:43
Do the backgrounds use the same cache as the rest of the textures? If so would be there any benefits if they have their own cache?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: Kazter on 2015-04-08 12:35:11
I am happy to announce, I am running all mods absolutely flawlessly w/ v2.03 w/ Cache Size=200.

I played the game for roughly 3-4 hours straight w/o a crash.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: KJT on 2015-04-08 12:36:42
To those who are experiencing the crash:

Set your cache_size=250 or less in \tonberry\prefs.txt. I believe the problem is that the cache is growing too large.

I managed to reproduce the crash today, and the debugging I've been able to do is making it look like the FF8_EN.exe process is trying to use greater than the ~1.75GB of memory allowed to 32-bit processes. It seems the simulated PSX GPU is using more non-GPU memory than I realized... and I may have added a zero when I was doing my memory calculations to determine optimal cache size.  :o

But on the bright side, debugging this thing has led to all sorts of optimizations that should make things faster once we get the crash sorted out. I'll know more in the next few days, but our solution may be as simple as keeping the cache size between 100-250 (which seems to be about 20 gameplay minutes worth of textures).

I set down the value and it worked at first. then i installed rebirth Flame and it started crashing again. Not just with the Fated circle but also with Blast zone. I will try again with disabled Rebirth Flame and the low cache value and report if something happens.

Edit: Nope, still crashes with Squall's limit breaks. Rebirth Flame is disabled and cache-size is 100. I also upgraded to tonberry 2.03
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-08 13:55:37
Do the backgrounds use the same cache as the rest of the textures? If so would be there any benefits if they have their own cache?

No. The problem is not a full cache--the data structure we've created could hold millions of textures if we had the RAM for it. The problem is that 32-bit processes are only allowed 2GB of memory, and after necessary OS components that ends up being less, something like 1.75GB. The FFVIII process (FF8_EN.exe) is necessarily 32-bit and the d3d9Callback.dll library we've created is attached to that process at startup, so we're limited to that 1.75GB minus whatever the game is already using. I haven't had an opportunity to properly profile FF8_EN.exe to see the most memory it uses without Tonberry and I'm not sure there's any way of determining that maximum for sure, but when I set my cache_size=300 it finally crashed after a long while and at =280 it seemed to reach a steady state, so I think <=250 should be safe, assuming we have at least 2GB of RAM to work with.

Eventually it's possible that I could add in some logic to dynamically determine the usage of the process and adjust the cache_size accordingly but that could prove pretty CPU-intensive. I will also be looking into the possibility of running d3d9Callback.dll in a separate process (which would give us a full 1.75GB of cache space on 32-bit systems and basically as much RAM as you can spare on a 64-bit system) but it doesn't seem likely since it has to hook into FF8_EN.exe.

I am happy to announce, I am running all mods absolutely flawlessly w/ v2.03 w/ Cache Size=200.

I played the game for roughly 3-4 hours straight w/o a crash.

Really happy to hear this. I will release 2.04 ASAP with the optimizations I stumbled upon while debugging the crash and everything should be even smoother.

I set down the value and it worked at first. then i installed rebirth Flame and it started crashing again. Not just with the Fated circle but also with Blast zone. I will try again with disabled Rebirth Flame and the low cache value and report if something happens.

I am not convinced that these crashes are related to the memory overflow exception we've been talking about. The fact that you're seeing the crash specifically during certain moves and animations is evidence that this is something texture or hash related. I vaguely remember some others discussing a problem with certain limit breaks in conjunction with the new character textures, I'll see if I can find it.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: Hellbringer616 on 2015-04-08 15:17:22
enabling Large Address Aware on FF8_en.exe would allow you to access up to 4GB of RAM for a 32bit process. It would be an extra step for the users, But it could greatly reduce the amount of crashes.

http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php link to the patch if you wanted to have a look
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-08 16:01:19
enabling Large Address Aware on FF8_en.exe would allow you to access up to 4GB of RAM for a 32bit process. It would be an extra step for the users, But it could greatly reduce the amount of crashes.

http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php link to the patch if you wanted to have a look

Neat, I didn't realize you could enable Large Address Aware without compiling the executable yourself. Still, this is not guaranteed to work; depending on what kind of pointer arithmetic FF8_EN.exe is doing--the fact that the port is emulating PSX processes worries me--this could break the game even without Tonberry running. Have you (or anyone else) tried patching FF8_EN.exe? I will try later when I get a chance.

Note that this is most helpful for people running a 64-bit version of Windows; 32-bit systems would be still be stuck with the hard limit of 2GB unless they modified Windows settings to allow a maximum of 3GB. Still, setting the cache_size to 100-250 should prevent the memory-related crashes and honestly the performance hit is pretty small. The cache is most essential for the 100 or so textures that the game is re-using extremely frequently, e.g. menus, text, characters, and worldmap textures.

Edit: I enabled the /LARGEADDRESSAWARE header for my FF8_EN.exe and it seemed to start up without issue. I'm accessing my PC remotely so I can't properly stress test this, but this could potentially allow 64-bit users to up their cache_size to as much as ~700 and 32-bit users to as much as ~450. Either way, everyone should be lowering their cache_size from the default 1000 to 250 or less until we're sure. I will be putting a hard limit on the cache_size and changing the prefs.txt default with the release of 2.04.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-09 00:41:12
All right, I've successfully filled up the cache to 4GB using a LargeAddressAware FF8_EN.exe. At cache_size=700 I had no trouble, so I upped it to 800 (manually in the VS debugger), still no trouble, then to 900 and it crashed when the memory overflowed. I think 700 will probably be a good size for 64-bit users to max out their RAM usage while avoiding a crash. Obviously, you have to have at least 4GB of RAM to do this. And if you're wondering why my initial guess for a proper cache_size was so far off (2000+ :o) your guess is as good as mine, but I'm thinking I must have dropped a zero when I first did the math. Replacement textures are generally 1024x1024 pixels and each pixel is 4 bytes for a total of 1024x1024x4 = 4MB per image, plus a little bit of overhead for the cache logic. For 2GB of RAM that comes out to 512 images, but of course we have to allow for FF8's memory usage which is why we drop to 250. For the additional 1-2GB enabled by LargeAddressAware, we can safely add 200 and 500 images to the maximum cache size since the additional RAM will not be used by FF8 itself.

Still, please be aware that I don't think this large of a cache is necessary. You should be able to enjoy Tonberry at smooth speeds with a cache_size less than 250--at a size of 700 we're replacing textures the game loaded 20 minutes earlier. Many of these old textures in the cache are going to be backgrounds and character textures from an area you've long since departed and the speed gains from keeping these textures in RAM are going to be minimal.

Last thing, this is a known issue I will be working on: if the cache has been full and you've been playing for some time without seeing any text (dialog, menus, etc), the cache will dispose of the high resolution font textures and you will start to see text with mixed high-res/low-res characters. This is because, unintuitively, the process that loads the textures is called very rarely for the most common textures, and if they're not actually seen in game they will fall to the back of the cache and eventually be removed. I will be working on a way to keep the most essential textures in the cache no matter what.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: Hellbringer616 on 2015-04-09 18:09:04
Would there be a way to keep the font and menu backgrounds in the cache based on file name?
I feel like, with as often as they are accessed. We'd want to ensure those files are always kept in RAM
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: halkun on 2015-04-10 04:19:26
Last thing, this is a known issue I will be working on: if the cache has been full and you've been playing for some time without seeing any text (dialog, menus, etc), the cache will dispose of the high resolution font textures and you will start to see text with mixed high-res/low-res characters. This is because, unintuitively, the process that loads the textures is called very rarely for the most common textures, and if they're not actually seen in game they will fall to the back of the cache and eventually be removed. I will be working on a way to keep the most essential textures in the cache no matter what.

That's because it's using the PSX's cache management system. The menu module's graphics that have the font/menu stuff are loaded into VRAM perminatly and never swapped out. Things like backgrounds and battle scenes are overwritten at a drop of a hat, (Most often during a module swap)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-10 04:48:17
Would there be a way to keep the font and menu backgrounds in the cache based on file name?
I feel like, with as often as they are accessed. We'd want to ensure those files are always kept in RAM
That's because it's using the PSX's cache management system. The menu module's graphics that have the font/menu stuff are loaded into VRAM perminatly and never swapped out. Things like backgrounds and battle scenes are overwritten at a drop of a hat, (Most often during a module swap)

Precisely. I want to expose this capability to modders and players such that hashmaps have an option for designating textures that should be kept in the cache at all times. This should be quite possible using the current cache setup, I've just got to add a persistent portion that will not be involved in a few cache operations.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: KJT on 2015-04-11 13:36:36
New crash details. As I already mentioned, my game crashes while using Squall's Limit Breaks. But as I now found out, it only crashes while using Squall's Limit Breaks against Tonberries in the Centara Ruins while trying to get the GF Tonberry. Anywhere else, his Limit Breaksare no problem.
I hope it's a good clue for you guys.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-04-11 15:20:45
New crash details. As I already mentioned, my game crashes while using Squall's Limit Breaks. But as I now found out, it only crashes while using Squall's Limit Breaks against Tonberries in the Centara Ruins while trying to get the GF Tonberry. Anywhere else, his Limit Breaksare no problem.
I hope it's a good clue for you guys.

Mcindus brought this up before. But it's probably the battler codes, Squall's most likely, from Rebirth Flame colliding with the Lunar Cry mod if you're using that. You can either disable one of the mods to see, or disable the Tonberry upscale code and or Squall's to see if that fixes the crashes.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-11 23:27:30
New crash details. As I already mentioned, my game crashes while using Squall's Limit Breaks. But as I now found out, it only crashes while using Squall's Limit Breaks against Tonberries in the Centara Ruins while trying to get the GF Tonberry. Anywhere else, his Limit Breaksare no problem.
I hope it's a good clue for you guys.

This is super helpful. As FatedCourage said, this is a known issue, but colliding textures should not be causing the game to crash--they should just look weird in game. I've recently been successful in attaching the Visual Studio debugger to the FF8 process (which is made unnecessarily difficult by that damned launcher...) so I will try to replicate this crash and figure out what's causing it.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: pogimax on 2015-04-13 18:59:20
This is super helpful. As FatedCourage said, this is a known issue, but colliding textures should not be causing the game to crash--they should just look weird in game. I've recently been successful in attaching the Visual Studio debugger to the FF8 process (which is made unnecessarily difficult by that damned launcher...) so I will try to replicate this crash and figure out what's causing it.

It was said before that because Tonberry had special animations, it would cause a bit of a problem. I personally turned Lunar Cry off for that side quest and turned it on again only after getting Tonberry King. This was before I limited the cache size to 350 (and before Tonberry 2.03), which, by the way, has eliminated my crash problems for the time being.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: Maki on 2015-04-13 20:02:23
attaching the Visual Studio debugger to the FF8 process (which is made unnecessarily difficult by that damned launcher...)

Use OllyDbg or Cheat Engine debugger to show debug window, as those two allow you to attach to running process instead of running with debugger.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-13 22:05:16
Use OllyDbg or Cheat Engine debugger to show debug window, as those two allow you to attach to running process instead of running with debugger.

You can attach the VS debugger to a process as well, it was just cumbersome because the options VS gives you make it seem like you have to start the actual process from within VS, which is impossible because FF8_EN.exe must be launched from FF8_Launcher.exe. What I ended up doing was creating a message dialog from within d3d9Callback.dll that halts the process before Tonberry is loaded, then attaching the VS debugger to FF8_EN.exe through the Windows task manager before closing the dialog and continuing.

In any case, I have been unsuccessful in replicating the Tonberry/Squall limit break collision crash. I've probably used Squall's limit breaks in the Centra Ruins against a Tonberry 20-30 times without issue. Is it possible that a) it only occurs before you've gotten the Tonberry GF or b) it only happens with the Lion Heart finishing move? Because the save I was playing on had already defeated Tonberry King and did not yet have Lion Heart, so the only finishing moves that were being used were Rough Divide and Blasting Zone (I'm assuming Fated Circle is not used when there's only one opponent because I never saw it in those 20+ Renzokukens vs. a lone Tonberry).
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-04-13 22:25:46
In any case, I have been unsuccessful in replicating the Tonberry/Squall limit break collision crash. I've probably used Squall's limit breaks in the Centra Ruins against a Tonberry 20-30 times without issue. Is it possible that a) it only occurs before you've gotten the Tonberry GF or b) it only happens with the Lion Heart finishing move? Because the save I was playing on had already defeated Tonberry King and did not yet have Lion Heart, so the only finishing moves that were being used were Rough Divide and Blasting Zone (I'm assuming Fated Circle is not used when there's only one opponent because I never saw it in those 20+ Renzokukens vs. a lone Tonberry).

I've went and fought against the Tonberry and every Limit Break I use(Lion Heart, Blasting Zone, Fated Circle) does indeed cause a crash. It's like when those Grendels use Breath and causes my game to crash.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-13 22:51:36
I've went and fought against the Tonberry and every Limit Break I use(Lion Heart, Blasting Zone, Fated Circle) does indeed cause a crash. It's like when those Grendels use Breath and causes my game to crash.

Okay well I've also been using this opportunity to test out the new persistent section of the cache and the optimizations I've made along the way, so maybe this means the other changes fixed this bug without my realizing it. 2.04 should be released by tonight or tomorrow :)

Edit: I did manage to replicate the crash using 2.03, so I believe 2.04 should fix this issue. Unfortunately I'm not quite ready to release 2.04 yet--still a few kinks to iron out--but it should be out soon. Stay tuned.

Edit2: It seems I accidentally included the objmap.csv from FatedCourage's early version of Rebirth Flame in the 2.03 release. I'm sorry I didn't catch this before, but this file will cause problems for character textures if used in conjunction with Rebirth Flame.

If you have a file called 'objmap.csv' in your \tonberry\objmap directory, it should be deleted!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.03)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-04-16 00:55:18
Download Tonberry Enhanced v2.04 Here (http://goo.gl/Xfsxt2)

I'm excited to release Tonberry Enhanced v2.04, which should hopefully clear up the issues people have been having with 2.03 and earlier versions. This includes all necessary .dll's, an empty debug directory structure, and the minimum necessary hashmap .csv's. To find hashmaps for individual mods, see Mcindus' post on the first page (first comment).

What's new?:
2.04:
Known issues:


While Mcindus and other modders should weigh in on exactly which textures should be persistent, in the meantime this is the SeeDReborn_hm.csv I've been using to test the persistent portion:

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start00_13,18407996689093672857
start01_0,17754410698961239961
magita_0,15996785876420001791
!sysfld00_13,8637763346649579509
!sysfld01_13,18410706480546952703
!sysfld01_13,18410706480580507135
!iconfl00_13,17292482743138735965
!iconfl00_13,17292623961730439001
!iconfl00_13,17292623961730700665
!iconfl00_13,17292482743138997597
!iconfl00_13,17292623961596221273
!iconfl01_13,6318371992938829623
!iconfl01_13,15546067051815065015
!iconfl01_13,15546067051817164215
!iconfl01_13,6318371992938829735
!iconfl01_13,15546067051816113975
!iconfl01_13,6318371992938829607
!iconfl02_13,9070099529679074665
!iconfl02_13,9070099529679066473
!iconfl02_13,9079106728933889869
!iconfl03_13,18121884401087167930
!iconfl03_13,18121884401086577978
!iconfl03_13,17257784389123030461
!iconfl03_13,18121884401086578106
!iconflmaster_13,15435299784218115583
!iconflmaster_13,15507357378256043519
!face_b00_13,12373840744287225834
!face_b01_13,11207991935878756332
!gf_big00_13,18129762662332643306
!gf_big01_13,10743326825426753480
mag00_13,18437446603385071613
mag01_13,18446734040665948111
mag02_13,18437446053629263869
mag03_13,18446734100795486141
mag04_13,18437446053629263851
mag05_13,18446576801913237501
mag06_13,18437446053629259769
mag07_13,16226826136128831453
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: satansof2 on 2015-04-21 04:24:24
i acutally dont know where to put this, maybe ask the general question here will help me out, but my game seems to go to 2 fps when blur animations are played (eden summon and wishing star for rinoa is the main thing for me) and ive been trying to find a fix but the only thing that people say is putting it to original graphical mode (which i think blocks all the mods?) and it works and is fine, anyone have anywhere i can start to try to fix this?

(notice someone was saying it might be specs on the computer, so ill list the main components)
AMD FX 8320
Nvidia GTX 670
16gb 1333mghz ram
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-04-22 07:30:42
i acutally dont know where to put this, maybe ask the general question here will help me out, but my game seems to go to 2 fps when blur animations are played (eden summon and wishing star for rinoa is the main thing for me) and ive been trying to find a fix but the only thing that people say is putting it to original graphical mode (which i think blocks all the mods?) and it works and is fine, anyone have anywhere i can start to try to fix this?

(notice someone was saying it might be specs on the computer, so ill list the main components)
AMD FX 8320
Nvidia GTX 670
16gb 1333mghz ram

Doubt it's the specs. Your computer shouldn't have any trouble playing the game. I have lag at those moments and I have an AMD FX 8370, GTX 970, and 32GB of ram. It's no Intel rig, but it's great for most everything. I've noticed it only lags depending on the resolution you set. For example, when I set it to 1600x900 there is no lag for summons like Eden or Gilgamesh. Or for Wishing Star. And no lag in the final battle. But once I set it to 1920x1080 it's obviously there. And if I use GeDoSaTo to go even higher...well let's just say that it's a slideshow. :P Not sure if others experience it much or not. I don't see it discussed often. Just seems like it has something to do with the game itself.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Kaldarasha on 2015-04-22 13:29:26
Doubt it's the specs. Your computer shouldn't have any trouble playing the game. I have lag at those moments and I have an AMD FX 8370, GTX 970, and 32GB of ram. It's no Intel rig, but it's great for most everything. I've noticed it only lags depending on the resolution you set. For example, when I set it to 1600x900 there is no lag for summons like Eden or Gilgamesh. Or for Wishing Star. And no lag in the final battle. But once I set it to 1920x1080 it's obviously there. And if I use GeDoSaTo to go even higher...well let's just say that it's a slideshow. :P Not sure if others experience it much or not. I don't see it discussed often. Just seems like it has something to do with the game itself.

The game's internal renderer is locked to 720p. You can set the output higher but the game doesn't benefit from the extra pixels. However I can't test if the game's internal is able to render 1080p too, if so then it might explain why there is a sudden performance decrease.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-04-22 21:07:27
I've noticed it only lags depending on the resolution you set..... But once I set it to 1920x1080 it's obviously there.
Now that's an interesting observation. I'm using a 1920x1080p and I noted animation lag early in Tonberry's development, but assumed it was something I wasn't understanding about FF8's DirectX. If it doesn't occur at all at resolutions below that, it is certainly a hint towards a solution.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-04-23 01:16:00
Now that's an interesting observation. I'm using a 1920x1080p and I noted animation lag early in Tonberry's development, but assumed it was something I wasn't understanding about FF8's DirectX. If it doesn't occur at all at resolutions below that, it is certainly a hint towards a solution.

Well, from what I've tested, the game seems to start lagging at those moments(for me) after setting the resolution on anything higher than 1600x900p. Anything at, or below, 1600x900p and the game runs fine. If this is of any use, then I'm glad.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: satansof2 on 2015-04-23 02:27:31
i did a search and found out that some think its just the blur effects (of course this was steam community that i seen it on) and also said that lower the resolution the less frame loss they have so i wonder if its something to do with the game not able to render those blur effects above a certain resolution? (overload on the program itself or something along those lines?)

the only thing i can give is what i experience i dont know how to do any debugging like you guys can do unfortunately XD is there a general debug tool i can run with FF8 to try to get more information for you guys about this?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Omzy on 2015-04-23 05:14:35
is there a general debug tool i can run with FF8 to try to get more information for you guys about this?
PIX for Windows. Sort of hard to get a copy these days but I'm sure they're out there.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: satansof2 on 2015-04-23 07:04:04
sweet ill take a look to find one, but dont know how much it would do since i think its more of a limitation on the program/game itself due to the coding back in those days....

how much of the actual game can the modder's mod on FF8? i know some games you can change alot in the game itself.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: The Skillster on 2015-05-08 22:28:17
Hi there, am I doing something wrong?
I extract Tonberry into the FF8 root folder on my steam path: E:\GAMES\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII
I put the hashmap for Tripod in to: E:\GAMES\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\hashmap
I try running the VC redist but it tells me there is a newer version installed, and when I launch from steam nothing happens...
Windos 7 Pro SP1 64bit, 16GB ram, nVidia Gfx.

I don't see any log files anywhere and nothing in the event viewer to tell me what went wrong :) - and the game does play fine normally - this is the first time I'm patching it on Steam.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-05-08 23:27:43
Hi there, am I doing something wrong?
I extract Tonberry into the FF8 root folder on my steam path: E:\GAMES\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII
I put the hashmap for Tripod in to: E:\GAMES\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\hashmap
I try running the VC redist but it tells me there is a newer version installed, and when I launch from steam nothing happens...
Windos 7 Pro SP1 64bit, 16GB ram, nVidia Gfx.

I don't see any log files anywhere and nothing in the event viewer to tell me what went wrong :) - and the game does play fine normally - this is the first time I'm patching it on Steam.


Hi Skillster, I'm sorry you're having trouble. Is FFVIII totally failing to launch, or is it just Tonberry that's not working?

Is your Windows installed on the E drive? If so (or if it's anything other than C) you need to set drive_letter to the appropriate value in \FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\prefs.txt.

Have you put the Tripod textures in \FINAL FANTASY VIII\textures\?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: TheOmegaFactor on 2015-05-09 03:32:57
ok i cannot for the life of me get ANY of the textures to show up in game
i downloaded Tonberry 2.04, extracted in to my FF8 folder (it's on a separate HDD than my OS it's D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\
that's where i have the texture folder yet i go to balamb and it's still vanilla
i have the hash map files all placed right
i edited my prefs to my ff8 folder
i did everything step by step and it just. won't. work.
NONE of the Textures i downloaded work it seems
i'm running windows 8.1 x64, AMD r9 290 w/4gb vram, 16 gb ram
i don't understand why the textures won't work.
help please
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: satansof2 on 2015-05-09 04:20:48
did you make sure that old graphics is UNchecked in options? that might be it, other then that what i can think of looking at the instructions is just make sure the pref.txt in your tonberry folder is pointed to the right drive letter.........
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: TheOmegaFactor on 2015-05-09 05:42:30
yep original GFX is unticked and my prefs is indeed pointed to my D drive
am i missing a program ? cause i don't see how tonberry by itself could affect the ff8 textures
i'm pretty sure i downloaded all the tools i need...

Edit: its just a drag & drop operation right?
Tonberry goes into my FF8 root folder along with the texture folder
then i modify prefs to mirror this D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII (that's where i have my FF8 installed)
then i add the new textures to the texture folder
then add hash maps to the hash folder and the objmaps in the obj folder
and that's it right? i should be good?
or am i missing a step or 5? -_-
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-05-09 05:47:47
yep original GFX is unticked and my prefs is indeed pointed to my D drive
am i missing a program ? cause i don't see how tonberry by itself could affect the ff8 textures
i'm pretty sure i downloaded all the tools i need...

You said your OS is on a different drive, right? I'm pretty sure your prefs need to be set to the drive the OS is on. Doesn't matter where you have FF8 installed.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: TheOmegaFactor on 2015-05-09 05:57:38
yes my os is on the C: drive
i have like 5 drives (don't ask) a 256gb ssd and 4 slaves (1TB AND 3 3TB)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: TheOmegaFactor on 2015-05-09 06:00:46
I'm pretty sure your prefs need to be set to the drive the OS is on. Doesn't matter where you have FF8 installed.
tried that. nothing changed

EDIT: when i mentioned D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\, that's where my textures are kept
the OS drive letter i never touched

EDIT2: ok i've officially lost my patience.
can someone PLEASE guide me step by step on HOW to get the textures to properly show in game?
i've already got all the mods
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-05-09 06:15:04
I saw your edit from before. It is pretty much drag and drop. I don't think you needed to edit anything in your prefs. Pretty sure it all should've worked without touching it. The only thing I myself have edited in the prefs is the cache size to suit my needs. It should be fine untouched.

Edit: What I'm saying is, just replace the prefs with a fresh one. You did indeed do all the steps right. Except for editing the prefs. I don't think you needed to do that.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: TheOmegaFactor on 2015-05-09 06:46:59
ok well i got the menu textures to work
i just can't get the world map ones to work
also with tonberry, do i have to download 1.5 THEN upgrade to 2.04 enhanced?

Edit: i guess so! cause it was the last thing i did before i got ALL the textures working....
jeez... god forbid something work right the first time around for me lol...

thanks for the help guys
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-05-09 06:58:39
Just glad to see you got it working. That's all that matters. :) Enjoy the mods.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: The Skillster on 2015-05-09 09:19:36
Hi Skillster, I'm sorry you're having trouble. Is FFVIII totally failing to launch, or is it just Tonberry that's not working?

Is your Windows installed on the E drive? If so (or if it's anything other than C) you need to set drive_letter to the appropriate value in \FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\prefs.txt.

Have you put the Tripod textures in \FINAL FANTASY VIII\textures\?

Hi there. Yes if you try launching from steam it doesn't even bring up a window/dialogbox/error sound :)
If you try launching from the FF8 folder itself (ff8en or ff8 launcher) you get the error that MSVCP120.dll is missing - however if I try to run the runtime you included it tells me there is a newer version installed anyway.
Tripod textures are in E:\GAMES\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\textures
Windows is on C:\
Any ideas? Roses and Wine worked fine on a vanilla install of FF8 Steam.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: The Skillster on 2015-05-09 09:37:12
Ah got it to work, copied MSVCP120.dll and MSVCR120.dll from another steam game which came with them in the folder.
Yes the TT game now looks a treat!
Thanks for your hard work guys!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Maki on 2015-05-12 06:51:37
Any chance for a difficulty mod?
the mods you have done are excellent, But this game is just too easy
// If they had done a training center like the FFX monster arena, where you could get all the additional monsters/boss's
That would've just been amazing
Hopefully if a hard mod comes along, it's so hard that it takes me 500 hours to complete the game

It's not a correct thread nor forum section for this. Please, use IFRIT, that you can find in tools section and read scenes.out specification at wiki and make one yourself. Today it's not that hard, you just follow instructions and read documentation.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Miazara on 2015-05-13 07:35:30
Heya all,

Got a problem with this mod that causes me unable to play the game in full screen. I have tonberry installed with mods and they work (seed reborn etc so easy to check). But when I start the game in full screen setting from the settings it will crash with a 'an unknown exception has occurred.' I have tried all setting combinations, steam cloud/overlay on and off and every resolution with and without mods but it keeps crashing on full screen. Related to that setting option only. Also noticed this did not happen with 1.5 but did crash from 1.6 and onwards. Any help on fixing this? Without tonberry it won't crash in full screen so it is related to this. I have no idea how to go with this.

Kind Regards
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-05-13 13:18:18
Heya all,

Got a problem with this mod that causes me unable to play the game in full screen. I have tonberry installed with mods and they work (seed reborn etc so easy to check). But when I start the game in full screen setting from the settings it will crash with a 'an unknown exception has occurred.' I have tried all setting combinations, steam cloud/overlay on and off and every resolution with and without mods but it keeps crashing on full screen. Related to that setting option only. Also noticed this did not happen with 1.5 but did crash from 1.6 and onwards. Any help on fixing this? Without tonberry it won't crash in full screen so it is related to this. I have no idea how to go with this.

Kind Regards

Fullscreen works fine for me, and I'm assuming there are lots of other fullscreen players. What do you mean when you say "with and without mods?" Is it crashing as soon as you start up or only after a while of playing? I'm not sure what fullscreen would change that would cause Tonberry to crash, but if you're getting "unknown exception" then that does sound like it's coming from d3d9Callback.dll.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Miazara on 2015-05-13 19:24:21
Fullscreen works fine for me, and I'm assuming there are lots of other fullscreen players. What do you mean when you say "with and without mods?" Is it crashing as soon as you start up or only after a while of playing? I'm not sure what fullscreen would change that would cause Tonberry to crash, but if you're getting "unknown exception" then that does sound like it's coming from d3d9Callback.dll.

I figured it would work fine for other players indeed. And yes I do mean crash right away at start. DId it with blank tonberry and tonberry with mods (e.g. seed reborn) and even with debug on in tonberry and renaming directories to match I get 0 output.

When I start the game in full screen and press play I get a black screen quarter of the screen and 0.1 second later in full screen  and it stays black, nothing happens, it has crashed instantly and the popup is hidden behind it to which you need to alt tab. When you press 'ok' on that popup with 'unknown exception' you can get the windows crash that asks to close it etc which also has 0 information. And this happens only in full screen regardless of anything else as long as tonberry is there. In windowed mode it runs just fine with everything working..
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-05-14 15:30:02
I figured it would work fine for other players indeed. And yes I do mean crash right away at start. DId it with blank tonberry and tonberry with mods (e.g. seed reborn) and even with debug on in tonberry and renaming directories to match I get 0 output.

When I start the game in full screen and press play I get a black screen quarter of the screen and 0.1 second later in full screen  and it stays black, nothing happens, it has crashed instantly and the popup is hidden behind it to which you need to alt tab. When you press 'ok' on that popup with 'unknown exception' you can get the windows crash that asks to close it etc which also has 0 information. And this happens only in full screen regardless of anything else as long as tonberry is there. In windowed mode it runs just fine with everything working..

I'm not really sure what to tell you besides to try completely removing Tonberry and starting over. Make sure you're using v2.04, that the Steam overlay is disabled, and that at the very least both collisions.csv and hash2map.csv are in FFVIII\tonberry\, even if you have no texture packs enabled. If you continue to have issues I will send you a modified version that will log startup events from within Tonberry so I can see where and why this is happening.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Miazara on 2015-05-15 11:42:38
Sorry for the late reply. No matter what I try it keeps crashing. Also I use the collisions and hash2map.cvs files in the 2.04 zip but no matter what I try it keeps crashing when on full screen. If you can sent me the adjusted dll file that would be great so I also can see what is going on.

Kind Regards
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: D-Day Josh on 2015-06-07 05:41:04
I feel like making a video, While i'm using these mods. What do you guys want a video about???  I'll upload it to youtube for everyone to watch :)   --- With no ads :D
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mirrorman95 on 2015-06-10 01:46:52
Well since you're asking, I'd like a video about getting Tonberry working in Wine, and showing the ballroom scene with Rinoa.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: fatboysteak on 2015-06-22 19:01:35
Hello everyone I am trying to install mods to play FF8 with, however I got several warnings of virus and medium threat after downloading Tonberry Enhanced 2.04. I was wondering if there should be any concerns? Also I don't understand if I should download this version 2.04 or the older versions such as 1.5 to run modded FF8.

I've modded skyrim plenty of times but this is my first time modding FF8 and I am very confused, any help is greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-06-22 19:27:44
Hello everyone I am trying to install mods to play FF8 with, however I got several warnings of virus and medium threat after downloading Tonberry Enhanced 2.04. I was wondering if there should be any concerns? Also I don't understand if I should download this version 2.04 or the older versions such as 1.5 to run modded FF8.

I've modded skyrim plenty of times but this is my first time modding FF8 and I am very confused, any help is greatly appreciated!

You should have no concern with viruses. If AV programs are flagging Tonberry files as dangerous, my guess would be it's because of the D3D9 injector, which simply intercepts calls to your graphics card and replaces textures with the modded files.

Don't worry about earlier versions--everything you need should be included in the Tonberry 2.04 download.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Aavock on 2015-06-23 03:11:46
Mavirick, would it possible to have a Tonberry texture support for FFVII steam version since the game works in a similar way ? How much work would it take ?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-06-23 17:26:54
Mavirick, would it possible to have a Tonberry texture support for FFVII steam version since the game works in a similar way ? How much work would it take ?

Yes, I believe so. The FFVII Steam release uses DirectX 9 so I think you could use the exact same D3D9Callback.dll. There is some question as to whether the textures are the same size and are handled the same way (they are written to the GPU upside down in Tonberry, don't ask me why), but assuming they are mostly similar to FFVIII then the same process could be used: use Tonberry debug mode to find in-game textures, upscale them or repaint them, use hash of in-game texture to replace with new texture. I don't own the Steam version of FFVII, but if someone wanted to try Tonberry 2.04 with it I'd be interested in their findings. You'd want to empty \textures, tonberry\hashmap, and tonberry\objmap, set debug_mode=yes in tonberry\prefs.txt, and create a proper tonberry\debug folder structure for saving images.

The biggest problem would be the hashing algorithm, which Omzy wrote and then reinforced by a set of handchosen pixels that seemed to reduce collisions to an acceptable level. This algorithm would probably not work very well with FFVII and its entirely separate set of textures, which would mean tons of collisions and general misery for modders. In a perfect world, you'd want to do what the eventual plan for FFVIII is:


There are several other improvements in development (if a somewhat delayed development) for Tonberry, including logic that can search for 1-4 objects in all four corners of a texture so that modders like FatedCourage don't have to trawl the game for every possible combination of character textures to include in the hashmap. The important thing, I think, is that the replacement strategy that Omzy came up with and the texture cache that JeMa and I developed are both iron tight. They can and should be used for other games.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Izuela on 2015-06-24 04:25:40
I am having trouble following the installation instructions. I think I got Tonberry in place but I don't understand how to add the mods. Feels like I missed the first half of a conversation, or something. Is there a more detailed tutorial somewhere?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: fatboysteak on 2015-06-24 05:49:19
Me too I am very confused
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-06-24 07:13:27
I am having trouble following the installation instructions. I think I got Tonberry in place but I don't understand how to add the mods. Feels like I missed the first half of a conversation, or something. Is there a more detailed tutorial somewhere?

Most of the mod threads usually tell you what you need to do to make them work. If you use the Rebirth Flame mod, I put instructions on the first page saying where you need to put everything to make it work. And I'll link that page here. http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16022.0 And Mcindus and others also put instructions on theirs as well.

I don't own the Steam version of FFVII, but if someone wanted to try Tonberry 2.04 with it I'd be interested in their findings.

I tried it for you. It does pull textures like the backgrounds, text, battle effects and icons, and also character portraits. Doesn't pull any textures from the character models in or outside of battle though. It does give me their creepy little eyes, though.

(http://i.imgur.com/Otm7VPJ.jpg)


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One diligent speedrunner could also collect most of them in a reasonable amount of time, assuming he had the harddrive space (likely 100+GB of images), and if I've learned anything from qhimm it's that you should never underestimate the patience of a determined modder (I'm looking at you, FatedCourage :P)

That actually sounds very plausible. Though, I'd be uploading for days. And I'd feel sorry for the person having to sift through all that. Er... I'm a very determined person when it comes to anything I take part in. Perhaps too much at times. ...I also lead a very boring life.  8-)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-06-24 13:58:43
I tried it for you. It does pull textures like the backgrounds, text, battle effects and icons, and also character portraits. Doesn't pull any textures from the character models in or outside of battle though. It does give me their creepy little eyes, though.

Hm, that's interesting that you don't get character models... Doesn't seem right to me. I don't know why they would work any other way. It's also kind of a deal-breaker if there's no way around it. Did you have all the debug directories working? They could be an unsupported size or something.

That actually sounds very plausible. Though, I'd be uploading for days. And I'd feel sorry for the person having to sift through all that. Er... I'm a very determined person when it comes to anything I take part in. Perhaps too much at times. ...I also lead a very boring life.  8-)

There wouldn't have to be any sifting, necessarily, just some code to remove any duplicates from the set and then pixel analysis on what's left over. And as far as your determination goes, I'm certain I'm not alone in saying that we're thankful for it around here ;)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Kaldarasha on 2015-06-24 14:33:09
For FF7 are only the backgrounds and the Menu textures interesting. The rest can be replaced directly.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-06-24 20:12:51
Hm, that's interesting that you don't get character models... Doesn't seem right to me. I don't know why they would work any other way. It's also kind of a deal-breaker if there's no way around it. Did you have all the debug directories working? They could be an unsupported size or something.

I tried a few times and got nothing. Hard to say... Yeah. I opened them all up. Unsupported got FMV shots, and nomatch2 had more eyes in it. But no character or enemy textures in any.

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There wouldn't have to be any sifting, necessarily, just some code to remove any duplicates from the set and then pixel analysis on what's left over. And as far as your determination goes, I'm certain I'm not alone in saying that we're thankful for it around here ;)

Doesn't sound too bad then. Ah, thanks. I'm glad you and others are. :D But compared to Omzy's Project Eden and the HorizonPack from Mcindus, Rebirth Flame seems pretty tame other than gathering the textures/codes.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-06-24 20:49:38
I tried a few times and got nothing. Hard to say... Yeah. I opened them all up. Unsupported got FMV shots, and nomatch2 had more eyes in it. But no character or enemy textures in any.

Hm... is it possible that there aren't any character textures? I haven't played in a long while, but just looking back at screenshots it appears almost as if the characters are just polygons filled with solid colors. Lighting and shaders gives it the gradient look, but I'm not seeing any actual textures:

(http://www.hellandheavennet.com/files/uploads/final-fantasy-7-pc-screenshot.jpg)
(https://watchusplaygames.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/spikey-yellow-cloud-hair-final-fantasy-vii-is-iconic.jpg)

I'm not entirely sure that using solid colors instead of wrapped textures would change the way Tonberry works, but it's a possible explanation.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-06-24 21:28:04
Hm... is it possible that there aren't any character textures? I haven't played in a long while, but just looking back at screenshots it appears almost as if the characters are just polygons filled with solid colors. Lighting and shaders gives it the gradient look, but I'm not seeing any actual textures:

(http://www.hellandheavennet.com/files/uploads/final-fantasy-7-pc-screenshot.jpg)
(https://watchusplaygames.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/spikey-yellow-cloud-hair-final-fantasy-vii-is-iconic.jpg)

I'm not entirely sure that using solid colors instead of wrapped textures would change the way Tonberry works, but it's a possible explanation.

That was my initial thought also. When I saw how people were making the models and such, I questioned whether or not it's just colored polygons as well. So you might be right. Still, Tonberry does/eventually can work to a certain degree on most other things. And I guess it's up to others whether they see potential in any of it or not. Also, since I don't have a save near the world map, I can't test anything there.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Aavock on 2015-06-25 02:38:48
It's all polygons yes, the only textures for field and battles models are eyes, mouth, Barret's tatoo, Cloud's belt and such. You can change/replace them using Kimera.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-06-26 00:27:53
For FF7 are only the backgrounds and the Menu textures interesting. The rest can be replaced directly.
It's all polygons yes, the only textures for field and battles models are eyes, mouth, Barret's tatoo, Cloud's belt and such. You can change/replace them using Kimera.

So am I correct in assuming Kimera cannot replace backgrounds and menu textures?

The only issue I foresee is using custom textures through previous mods in conjunction with Tonberry: if Tonberry is using a hashing algorithm based on FFVII vanilla textures but then gamers start throwing different combinations of modded textures at it, modders will not be able to predict and reproduce (and thereby try to circumvent) collisions. Someone's custom texture could very well hash to the same thing as a vanilla texture, which would cause Tonberry to try to replace it and things would start getting weird. Ideally, you'd use Tonberry for everything or not at all--additional textures won't slow it down significantly.

Obviously this is all further down the line, just something to think about. If Tonberry is to be used with FFVII, its addition to the game needs to be worth the slowdown (which admittedly should be very minor for modern computers) and the effort required to adapt existing texture mods to use it.

EDIT: As an additional and probably far-fetched thought, it's possible that the D3D9Callback interceptor could be modified to catch FFVII's calls to fill in polygons. If those could be replaced with calls to apply a texture to the same polygon... well, that would be very interesting indeed.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Kaldarasha on 2015-06-26 06:18:55
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As an additional and probably far-fetched thought, it's possible that the D3D9Callback interceptor could be modified to catch FFVII's calls to fill in polygons. If those could be replaced with calls to apply a texture to the same polygon... well, that would be very interesting indeed.

That won't work this way. Even if you replace a specific color with a specific texture you will run in tons of problems. As example battle models have gradients. How do you want to replace them?
Texturing models is quite easy: giving the mesh a UV map and a texture and then place everything in back into the lgp (obviously it is more complicated in detail). I should mention that the directx9 renderer has a black texture bug which happens for no reasons.
If Tonberry only looks for menu textures and backgrounds it would be enough.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Stiverton on 2015-06-28 01:12:23
Hey I am having some trouble with Carbuncle's texture.  There is a description of the problem and a picture in the Lunar Cry thread here: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15977.msg229570#msg229570

EDIT: Figured it out.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: OhNoJoeVo on 2015-07-01 03:14:18
Hey guys! I seem to have an issue running Tonberry with FF8.

I've downloaded Final Fantasy 8, and ran it vanilla no problem.  I installed Tonberry and some mods and my Steam doesn't get past "Preparing to Launch Final Fantasy 8."   I removed the mod and the game runs fine.  I've also put back just Tonberry, and this is causing the game not to launch.  When I say this, the launcher doesn't even come up.

I've installed the Visual C++ 2013 package.
Direct X is up to date.
I have a Nvidia 765m with fully updated drivers.
My Intel Graphics driver is also fully updated.
I have disabled steam overlay both for FF8 and globally just to make sure.

I have installed the mod properly to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII

in that folder is the tonberry folder, texture folder and all else that comes with the mod..

I've got collisions and hash2map in the tonberry folder.
hashmaps in the hashmap folder
obj files in objmap folder
prefs file is untouched, but I confirmed that it is good.

This is my favorite childhood game D;.  I appreciate the help guys

EDIT:  I have removed ONLY the d3d9.dll so I could see if FF8 then launches... which it does; so hopefully that information helps out D;.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: olearyf2525 on 2015-07-06 21:33:23
Ah got it to work, copied MSVCP120.dll and MSVCR120.dll from another steam game which came with them in the folder.
Yes the TT game now looks a treat!
Thanks for your hard work guys!

I had to copy these two files from my League of legends folder to get ff8 launching after installing tonberry 2.04.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: olearyf2525 on 2015-07-06 21:35:15
Hey guys! I seem to have an issue running Tonberry with FF8.

I've downloaded Final Fantasy 8, and ran it vanilla no problem.  I installed Tonberry and some mods and my Steam doesn't get past "Preparing to Launch Final Fantasy 8."   I removed the mod and the game runs fine.  I've also put back just Tonberry, and this is causing the game not to launch.  When I say this, the launcher doesn't even come up.

I've installed the Visual C++ 2013 package.
Direct X is up to date.
I have a Nvidia 765m with fully updated drivers.
My Intel Graphics driver is also fully updated.
I have disabled steam overlay both for FF8 and globally just to make sure.

I have installed the mod properly to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII

in that folder is the tonberry folder, texture folder and all else that comes with the mod..

I've got collisions and hash2map in the tonberry folder.
hashmaps in the hashmap folder
obj files in objmap folder
prefs file is untouched, but I confirmed that it is good.

This is my favorite childhood game D;.  I appreciate the help guys

EDIT:  I have removed ONLY the d3d9.dll so I could see if FF8 then launches... which it does; so hopefully that information helps out D;.

Just do what me and skillster did. If you try to launch ff8 from the game directory itself it should tell you that you are missing msvcp120.dll. So I did a C drive search for those 2 files, copied and pasted them in when i found them in my LOL directory and its working now.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Aavock on 2015-07-12 21:42:45
I just tried using Tonberry v2.04 and Berrymapper with FFVII steam version, the debug mode works great and I pulled off Cloud's avatar, the picture is now 4x the size (512x512px) *.png file and the texture path is "textures\cl\cloud\cloud_0.png".

hashmap.csv:
Code: [Select]
cloud_0,18446744073709551615
objmap.csv:
Code: [Select]
cloud_0,4294967295,4294967295
Unfortunately when loading my save file, Cloud's avatar remains unreplaced and several fields layers are red or missing:

(http://i.imgur.com/Go9jTPL.png)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-07-24 23:33:15
I just tried using Tonberry v2.04 and Berrymapper with FFVII steam version, the debug mode works great and I pulled off Cloud's avatar, the picture is now 4x the size (512x512px) *.png file and the texture path is "textures\cl\cloud\cloud_0.png".

hashmap.csv:
Code: [Select]
cloud_0,18446744073709551615
objmap.csv:
Code: [Select]
cloud_0,4294967295,4294967295

Are there by chance large areas of black in your 512x512 image you're hashing?  If so, it's not looking at enough pixels and is trying to replace anything that uses a transparency mask (so you get a bunch of black boxes everywhere)

From what I remember, the objmap codes that you're showing are exactly that - ones that are trying to replace every instance of a 'black' or transparency texture.  These I don't have a workaround for, but are what Omzy created the hash2map algorithm and collisions.csv exactly for these instances.   It's why I can't make the intro scenes HD in FF8 - every block of text including the squaresoft logo is using that same objmap code you provided.  Might even be the same hashcode too. 

Omzy would know more about how to isolate the pixels and then what algo to run to get the longer codes.

It's really a shame, because this is the graphic I made for the new Tonberry for whenever we get an actual release with the new hash algorithms.
(http://www.13tomidnight.com/FF8/intro_squarelogo_tonberry.png)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Aavock on 2015-07-25 03:49:53
Nice picture Mcindus ;D

The only texture I wanted to import is Cloud's avatar and there's no large black areas at all; I've only changed the brightness for testing purpose:

(http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/30/1437795951-cloud.png)

The avatar still unreplaced in-game no matter what.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-07-25 20:25:42
Nice picture Mcindus ;D

The only texture I wanted to import is Cloud's avatar and there's no large black areas at all; I've only changed the brightness for testing purpose:

The avatar still unreplaced in-game no matter what.

Can you send me the original bitmap that tonberry dumped for this?  If you're using FF7, try to remove hash2map.csv and collisions.csv and see if that helps?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-07-25 21:53:35
It's really a shame, because this is the graphic I made for the new Tonberry for whenever we get an actual release with the new hash algorithms.

I lost all my textures when I uninstalled/reinstalled the game :( They were in my tonberry directory and uninstalling the game wiped the whole directory instead of just deleting the game files. I tried to recover them but I guess the reinstall recycled the memory so they were all corrupt.

What I really need is the tonberry dump from an entire playthrough. It would be a ton of images and the playthrough would be frustrating cause debug mode slows things down, but the texture analysis algorithms are written and with a large enough texture set I could generate a near perfect hash. The only thing thing to solve would be hardcoding some pixels in for the animated textures like characters blinking. One solution might be a way to designate additional pixels to look at for certain textures, so that modders could fix collisions without having to generate a whole new hashing algorithm.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Racthoh on 2015-09-01 16:17:45
hello, i'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but i am having issue with 2 different mods sharing the same folder name in textures. the mods are project eden and seed reborn, both mods have a texture folder labeled gf and i am not sure how to proceed.

am i supposed to put extra folders in the texture folder to separate the textures of different mods? example [ \FF8\textures\Project_Eden\gf ] and [ \FF8\textures\SeeD_Reborn\gf ] instead of  [ \FF8\textures\gf ] ? or maybe can  merge all the folders inside both gf folders to the same gf folder?

edit: my question was answered in the tutorial video, should've watched the entire thing instead of pausing halfway.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-10-27 02:17:47
I just tried using Tonberry v2.04 and Berrymapper with FFVII steam version, the debug mode works great and I pulled off Cloud's avatar, the picture is now 4x the size (512x512px) *.png file and the texture path is "textures\cl\cloud\cloud_0.png".

hashmap.csv:
Code: [Select]
cloud_0,18446744073709551615
objmap.csv:
Code: [Select]
cloud_0,4294967295,4294967295
Unfortunately when loading my save file, Cloud's avatar remains unreplaced and several fields layers are red or missing:

[img...]

Sorry I never answered this 5way, I've been stretched thin on other projects for the past few months.

I'm pretty sure the problem you had with FF7 is the hashing function Tonberry uses (which is optimized for FF8) and especially the few hardcoded hashes used mostly for menu textures and the like. Many of the menu textures hash to the same thing and differ only by color (which Omzy's original hash function ignores) so there had to be special accommodations programmed directly into d3d9Callback.dll. It could also have to do with the texture size and resize code.

For the most part, if Tonberry can pull the texture into the debug folder then it can also replace it. If (and it's looking like the ball may get rolling again) we get a new hashing algorithm working in FF8 then we can look into applying the same process to FF7.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Aavock on 2015-10-27 03:16:17
Thanks for the answer mavirick; yes, Tonberry does debug all kinds of textures so it was looking promising at first. Besides of the d3d9Callback.dll, does berrymapper needs to be optimized too for FFVII?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-10-27 04:53:01
Thanks for the answer mavirick; yes, Tonberry does debug all kinds of textures so it was looking promising at first. Besides of the d3d9Callback.dll, does berrymapper needs to be optimized too for FFVII?

Basically, the method I've tested as a replacement for the hashing algorithm involves finding the set of the most "important" or "telling" pixels to differentiate between textures in the game, then packing their values into any good hashing algorithm. The one I've been using is Murmur2 because it's super fast and collision resistant, but really any hashing function will do.

You're basically trying to solve an optimization problem: maximize the speed of the hash (which is effectively the number of different pixels you use) while also minimizing the number of collisions (which show up as glitching textures in game). Obviously you could use every pixel and have zero collisions but it would be too slow, or use only one pixel and it would be very fast but have a ton of collisions. Theoretically, there is a perfect set of the minimum number of pixels needed to result in 0 collisions. This pixel set is based on the full texture set used by the game, and is--for all intents and purposes--impossible to find. But you can try to get close. Omzy hacked out a pretty good hashing process for FFVIII using some good ole' fashioned trial and error and that's the one we have today, but his process is virtually useless for other games (like FFVII).

TL;DR
All this is to say that yes, everything would have to change for FFVII--because the game uses a totally different texture set, Tonberry would need to hash a different pixel set. Berrymapper just uses the same hashing process as Tonberry to generate the hashes for the replaced and replacement textures. If the new hash function is completed it will come with a new Berrymapper as well. To make Tonberry game-independent, it would have to take the pixels used in the hash as an input (probably just a plaintext file), and the same goes for Berrymapper.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Shunsq on 2015-10-28 00:30:40
Hello Mavirick and JemaheChi,
I've been away for a long time due to my new job; but i keep an eye on Qhimm. If you have any hints about your new hashing algorithm i would be happy to create a "test version" of Berrymapper to test the algorithm.
Anyway, as we have a large number of hashed textures now ( characters, worldmap,GF,weapons, battlefields...) we can define already a close-to-perfect set of key pixels for your algorithm. We could even have different algorithm fit to each type of texture (one for characters, one for objects, one for worldmap).
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-10-28 02:25:57
Hello Mavirick and JemaheChi,
I've been away for a long time due to my new job; but i keep an eye on Qhimm. If you have any hints about your new hashing algorithm i would be happy to create a "test version" of Berrymapper to test the algorithm.
Anyway, as we have a large number of hashed textures now ( characters, worldmap,GF,weapons, battlefields...) we can define already a close-to-perfect set of key pixels for your algorithm. We could even have different algorithm fit to each type of texture (one for characters, one for objects, one for worldmap).

Thanks Shunsq, I appreciate the support :)

I had a preliminary version back in March and I used a thrown-together hashing tool to confirm that it would work. The issue was that the textures I had to work with (before I lost them all :oops:), even as many as there were, didn't come close to the full set.

Yeah, we have a large number of textures that have been used in different mods, but even if we had them all in one place it wouldn't be enough. The problem is that the textures we don't replace in any mods are as important--perhaps even more so--than the ones we do; without them we could unwittingly end up with tons of unforeseen collisions and then you'd start seeing the replacement textures all over the place, or they would end up behind the scenes in palette textures, masks, etc.

The reason the new hashing algorithm was never released was because I didn't want people to start using it before the pixel set was solid. Each time the hash algo changes in any way, all of the hashmap CSV's for every mod have to be changed. This means a lot of work for modders who have to keep up with each iteration and a lot of confusion for players who wonder why the hashmap for one mod works great while another causes problems. Maybe this decision was a mistake. Maybe, as I mentioned in my last comment, it would be possible to define the pixels used in the hash externally, such that modders and players could have more control over the set.

Fortunately, FatedCourage has done an incredible job collecting textures from a playthrough of the entire game, and as of today he's gotten all of them to me: a grand total of 293,848 textures collected through Tonberry's debug feature. Obviously a ton of these will be duplicates, but through the same analysis I did earlier this year we should be able to start making headway on a good pixel set. Stay tuned.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-10-28 04:02:09
Thanks Shunsq, I appreciate the support :)

I had a preliminary version back in March and I used a thrown-together hashing tool to confirm that it would work. The issue was that the textures I had to work with (before I lost them all :oops:), even as many as there were, didn't come close to the full set.

Yeah, we have a large number of textures that have been used in different mods, but even if we had them all in one place it wouldn't be enough. The problem is that the textures we don't replace in any mods are as important--perhaps even more so--than the ones we do; without them we could unwittingly end up with tons of unforeseen collisions and then you'd start seeing the replacement textures all over the place, or they would end up behind the scenes in palette textures, masks, etc.

The reason the new hashing algorithm was never released was because I didn't want people to start using it before the pixel set was solid. Each time the hash algo changes in any way, all of the hashmap CSV's for every mod have to be changed. This means a lot of work for modders who have to keep up with each iteration and a lot of confusion for players who wonder why the hashmap for one mod works great while another causes problems. Maybe this decision was a mistake. Maybe, as I mentioned in my last comment, it would be possible to define the pixels used in the hash externally, such that modders and players could have more control over the set.

Fortunately, FatedCourage has done an incredible job collecting textures from a playthrough of the entire game, and as of today he's gotten all of them to me: a grand total of 293,848 textures collected through Tonberry's debug feature. Obviously a ton of these will be duplicates, but through the same analysis I did earlier this year we should be able to start making headway on a good pixel set. Stay tuned.

This makes me want to dance!
::mrgreen::

Let me know if there's anything I can do to help!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2015-10-28 23:09:52
Thanks Shunsq, I appreciate the support :)

I had a preliminary version back in March and I used a thrown-together hashing tool to confirm that it would work. The issue was that the textures I had to work with (before I lost them all :oops:), even as many as there were, didn't come close to the full set.

Yeah, we have a large number of textures that have been used in different mods, but even if we had them all in one place it wouldn't be enough. The problem is that the textures we don't replace in any mods are as important--perhaps even more so--than the ones we do; without them we could unwittingly end up with tons of unforeseen collisions and then you'd start seeing the replacement textures all over the place, or they would end up behind the scenes in palette textures, masks, etc.

The reason the new hashing algorithm was never released was because I didn't want people to start using it before the pixel set was solid. Each time the hash algo changes in any way, all of the hashmap CSV's for every mod have to be changed. This means a lot of work for modders who have to keep up with each iteration and a lot of confusion for players who wonder why the hashmap for one mod works great while another causes problems. Maybe this decision was a mistake. Maybe, as I mentioned in my last comment, it would be possible to define the pixels used in the hash externally, such that modders and players could have more control over the set.

Fortunately, FatedCourage has done an incredible job collecting textures from a playthrough of the entire game, and as of today he's gotten all of them to me: a grand total of 293,848 textures collected through Tonberry's debug feature. Obviously a ton of these will be duplicates, but through the same analysis I did earlier this year we should be able to start making headway on a good pixel set. Stay tuned.

Glad to hear you're still working on this mav. I'm currently pretty busy on RL so I'd be a burden, more than a helpful hand on this. Actually, I was working on a full research about enemies AI that is at standby for now. But I still come here to read your progress guys(also take a peek at github so keep syncing your code :I)
Keep it up everyone! :D
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: DomM on 2015-11-01 21:38:47
Hey all,  I'm trying out this tool with a fresh new install of FF8 on my Mac. I'm running the game through Wine and it works just fine... for a while. After some time, usually traversing a few screens, definitely a few screens after playing Triple Triad, the next screen loads up with odd green textures. I'm able to replicate this fairly consistently from the first save in the game, at the Balamb Garden directory, then going to the Cafeteria, playing the lovestruck Trepie, then leaving the cafeteria back into the central ring. Upon entering all the water surfaces are overlaid with green textures.

Sometimes this effect can be negated by minimizing & maximizing the game. Half the time it freezes & crashes after a few seconds.

I'm attaching a report: http://www.chopapp.com/#sspmwbid (http://www.chopapp.com/#sspmwbid). I noticed it mention d3d9callback.dll, which was supplied by your tool. Any idea what could be going wrong?

In case you're unfamiliar with Wine, it has the ability to use its own inbuilt DLLs but also to commission native, external DLLs, provided that it's set up right. Am I maybe missing a crucial DLL, or is one of the DLLs maybe the wrong version?

Thanks for any help!

Edit: I forgot to mention the issue goes away after removing d3d9.dll. But then textures revert back to original.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-11-03 15:33:13
Hey all,  I'm trying out this tool with a fresh new install of FF8 on my Mac. I'm running the game through Wine and it works just fine... for a while. After some time, usually traversing a few screens, definitely a few screens after playing Triple Triad, the next screen loads up with odd green textures. I'm able to replicate this fairly consistently from the first save in the game, at the Balamb Garden directory, then going to the Cafeteria, playing the lovestruck Trepie, then leaving the cafeteria back into the central ring. Upon entering all the water surfaces are overlaid with green textures.

Sometimes this effect can be negated by minimizing & maximizing the game. Half the time it freezes & crashes after a few seconds.

I'm attaching a report: http://www.chopapp.com/#sspmwbid (http://www.chopapp.com/#sspmwbid). I noticed it mention d3d9callback.dll, which was supplied by your tool. Any idea what could be going wrong?

In case you're unfamiliar with Wine, it has the ability to use its own inbuilt DLLs but also to commission native, external DLLs, provided that it's set up right. Am I maybe missing a crucial DLL, or is one of the DLLs maybe the wrong version?

Thanks for any help!

Edit: I forgot to mention the issue goes away after removing d3d9.dll. But then textures revert back to original.

The green textures sound like a classic hash collision--Tonberry thinks the water textures should be replaced with those green textures. Freezing and crashing I'm not sure about, and the report you attached only confirms that it's Tonberry that's causing the problem. Does this only happen when you use Wine to load d3d9Callback.dll? I don't recall Wine causing issues but it's possible.

Has anyone else experienced this issue using Windows or is it isolated to OSX? Unfortunately, I don't have the time or the Macbook to properly support OSX. I can send you a debug build that will write some additional logs and may shed some light on the issue, but I cannot promise anything.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: DomM on 2015-11-03 21:11:52
It specifically happens when I force Wine to use the d3d9.dll provided with Tonberry. Using the in-built DLL fixes the crashes but also disables Tonberry. I haven't tried running Tonberry without d3d9Callback.dll.

To make the symptoms more precise, in approximately half the cases upon entering a new screen the water turns green, some other textures are also messed up and upon exiting the screen the application crashes. If I minimize the application and then maximize again the problem goes away. Sometimes a similar thing happens while playing Triple Triad, some of the cards are overlaid with weird green/turquoise textures but minimizing/maximizing fixes it. In the other 50% cases the new screen goes mostly black with dark green patterns and what's presumably graphical artifacts from either the previous or the intended current screen. The game then immediately crashes.

I can work with a debug version, sure. Thanks for your help!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ckj89 on 2015-11-18 00:17:20
Upon the advice from the pinned post to the steam community page for FF8, I just installed Tonberry 2.04 and added:
SeeD Reborn v3.2
Project Eden v1.0
Tripod v1.1
Rebirth Flame v1.1
HorizonPack v2.1
Lunar Cry v1.2

Although I followed the directions (as well as Mcindus's install video), I must have messed up somewhere. Since installing the mods, steam won't launch the game. Whenever I click "play", steam says the game is "running", followed by "syncing", and goes back to normal all within the span of <5 seconds. At no point does the launcher window open or even make an attempt to open, it just never shows any sign of anything going on other than the running/syncing message.

Has anyone else had this issue or has some suggestions on how to fix it? Thank you!

*UPDATE* I managed to figure it out. Somehow the MSVCP120.dll and MSVCR120.dll were deleted from the FF8 file.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2015-11-22 23:52:30
The reason the new hashing algorithm was never released was because I didn't want people to start using it before the pixel set was solid. Each time the hash algo changes in any way, all of the hashmap CSV's for every mod have to be changed. This means a lot of work for modders who have to keep up with each iteration and a lot of confusion for players who wonder why the hashmap for one mod works great while another causes problems. Maybe this decision was a mistake. Maybe, as I mentioned in my last comment, it would be possible to define the pixels used in the hash externally, such that modders and players could have more control over the set.

Also - you had mentioned in the past that we may be able to enable multiple resolutions via Tonberry...  For example - the enemy textures and worldmap textures don't need more than a 4x bump, but the character textures, battle backgrounds, and others would greatly benefit from being 8x!  Any way for that feature to work?  That way we don't have to have ALL 4x or ALL 8x...
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mavirick on 2015-12-07 14:39:39
Also - you had mentioned in the past that we may be able to enable multiple resolutions via Tonberry...  For example - the enemy textures and worldmap textures don't need more than a 4x bump, but the character textures, battle backgrounds, and others would greatly benefit from being 8x!  Any way for that feature to work?  That way we don't have to have ALL 4x or ALL 8x...

I think so. The difficulty is that each D3D texture can hold two FF8 textures at once, so you run into problems with textures of different size. For example, let's say a D3D surface has an enemy texture that Tonberry finds and replaces with a 1024x1024 texture, but then also holds a character texture that has a 2048x2048 replacement. Do we go back and scale the enemy texture? This takes precious time and will be going on constantly.

What we may be able to do is give a max texture size in the settings, then always scale every texture to that size when replacing. As long as we know ahead of time that a 1024x1024 needs to fill a 2048x2048 space, we should be fine.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2015-12-09 01:46:31
If it does become possible, perhaps certain bosses can benefit from this too? At least the bigger ones. Even Ulti has parts on her I'm sure it could improve.

Original:
(http://i.imgur.com/vVI1nml.png)

Original w/Linear Filtering:
(http://i.imgur.com/grhvTvV.jpg)

Waifu Upscale x4:
(http://i.imgur.com/oDybjdW.png)

Waifu Upscale x4 w/Linear Filtering:
(http://i.imgur.com/nOFdUyy.jpg)

While the upscale does a pretty good job, some parts still could use improvement. Unless there are better ways to cover it up? While Linear Filtering does a decent job of covering it up, I assume we're moving away from that. So that's why I'm curious.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: BaconCatBug on 2016-01-21 23:41:04
Dumb Question: Is there an easy way to tell if tonberry is working? The game is running for me but as I have never played FF8 before I don't have anything to compare it to.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-01-22 01:10:09
Dumb Question: Is there an easy way to tell if tonberry is working? The game is running for me but as I have never played FF8 before I don't have anything to compare it to.

You can always use SeeD Reborn to see. That way you'll know if it's working just by looking at the start screen.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: RichterB on 2016-01-23 22:27:46
Does this need to be installed over the old Tonberry 1.5, or in a totally clean installation? And we need old hasmap 1.3?

Because with this new Tonberry version, the xbox button mod, seems to not works.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-01-24 18:08:14
Does this need to be installed over the old Tonberry 1.5, or in a totally clean installation? And we need old hasmap 1.3?

Because with this new Tonberry version, the xbox button mod, seems to not works.

I've always just been updating by dragging all the files of the newest version into my directory and choosing to let it replace the old ones. The files you need to keep are hash2map and collisions. You don't need hash1map at this point because you can download all the separate hashmaps you want to use on the first page of this thread.

If you already have SeeD Reborn installed, you should only have to drag the folder with the textures into the "texture" folder and it should replace the necessary files. But without SeeD Reborn(or at least it's hashmap), this mod won't work.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: krizz02 on 2016-02-12 02:39:30
Not sure if this is the right spot for this one...

I'm running into an unknown exception error in the same spot, when Squall Selphie and Zell are boarding the ship to leave the Dollet mission.  I have RaW, Tonberry 2.04, Apocalypse, Horizon, LunarCry, Project Eden, SeeDReborn and Tripod installed.  From the Biggs/Wedge fight up to here I didn't run into any other errors.  Has anyone ran into this before?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-12 06:29:22
I recommend trying the "Verify Integrity Of Game Cache" option that Steam has. It has helped fix problems that other people have had that are also similar to yours. Sometimes games don't always download properly, so think of this as a way of repairing any files that might not be working correctly. Hopefully it'll work for you as well.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: krizz02 on 2016-02-12 13:04:12
Thanks Fated, I will give that a try.  With all the extra files from the mods in the game directory does Steam delete them all or anything when verifying the integrity?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: krizz02 on 2016-02-12 18:54:02
Well I'll be, looks like verifying took care of it.  I was banging my head against a wall all day yesterday trying to figure out what was going on.  Thanks!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-12 23:35:21
Well I'll be, looks like verifying took care of it.  I was banging my head against a wall all day yesterday trying to figure out what was going on.  Thanks!

Glad that fixed it for you and apologies for not getting back to you sooner. You're welcome. :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC]External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced(1.6)
Post by: willblanko on 2016-02-19 13:59:24
Thanks Mcindus! If you tell how to do that, it won't be a problem for me. But if we still talking about the "in-menu" cards, it happens with the English version (I think also with any other, haven't tried). I mean they don't have the nice frames around the images. Seems to be the vanilla ones only. But playing a card game is okay, so all frames are new/nice etc. =)

For anyone who has problems, this should be the *.csv files package you need for tonberry 1.6 (if I'm not wrong): http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/YjKm3zpD/file.html
But replace them as soon as Mcindus or FatedCourage update anything.

tonberry folder
  • collisions.csv (Hashmap 1.3 from Tonberry 1.5)
  • hash1map.csv (from FatedCourage's package: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15668.msg224229#msg224229)
  • hash2map.csv (Hashmap 1.3 from Tonberry 1.5)
  • objmap.csv (FatedCourage's "objmap (in combination with hash1map).csv")
hashmap folder (some few a bit renamed)
  • Char_Fujin_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Irvine_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Laguna_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Quistis_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Rinoa_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Seifer_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Selphie_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Squall_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Ultimecia_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • Char_Zell_hm.csv (from FatedCourage)
  • HorizonPack_hm.csv (from Mcindus, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.msg223951#msg223951)
  • ProjectEden_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • ProjectHellfire_hm.csv (from Mcindus, for GF's from rufoos: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15668.msg223269#msg223269)
  • SeeDReborn_DE_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • SeeDReborn_EN_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • SeeDReborn_ES_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • SeeDReborn_FR_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • Tripod_DE_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • Tripod_EN_hm.csv (from Mcindus)
  • Tripod_ES_hm.csv (from Mcindus)

the link is broken, can you upload again? :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-19 23:44:32
hello there i am a bit stuck with tonberry as soon as i copy it to the game directory, the game wont run does anyone have an idea why that might be, i did have tonberry working at one time but now i no longer can, any help would be appreciated, greatly.....
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Jotaro on 2016-02-20 16:58:54
Have you disabled the Steam overlay? (Assuming it's the Steam version, of course)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-20 18:11:52
Yes it is thank you for your reply and the linear filtering is unticked , what i'm getting is, an unknown exception has occurred and i have had this working before i just don't know why it isn't now, i've been working really hard on this i've been doing my best to prevent asking for help but i'm really unsure what else to do.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Jotaro on 2016-02-20 22:10:19
Try validating your games' files, and if you used the Texture Patcher restore your backups (if you made any).
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-20 22:16:17
OK ill refer back to this page if i have any luck, thanks again.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-21 01:12:23
Hello sorry to bother you again i'm just curious to what this error might mean and if you've seen it before it's,

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF8 1.2 US English
INFO: Intel Intel(R) HD Graphics 4.0.0 - Build 10.18.10.4276
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 16384x16384
INFO: Number of texture units: 8
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 640x480, output resolution 640x480, internal resolution 640x480
INFO: Shader limits: varying 64, vert uniform 4096, frag uniform 4096
ERROR: failed to stat file /shaders/nolight/main.vert
ERROR: failed to load shaders, reverting to fixed function
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZING SOUND...
  initializing direct sound
  EAXDirectSoundCreate
  creating primary buffer
  initializing audio data
  ERROR - could not find audio data
  initializing streaming
SOUND INITIALIZED
DIRECT MUSIC - Enumerating Ports...
PORT 0: Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated]
GUID={0x4a496294,0x2351,0x47d5,0x8e,0xc6,0xe9,0x14,0x5d,0x16,0x27,0xb2}
PORT 1: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth [Emulated]
GUID={0x813b055a,0xf034,0x4b48,0xbb,0xeb,0x8c,0xf1,0x44,0x8a,0x79,0x9d}
PORT 2: Microsoft Synthesizer
GUID={0x58c2b4d0,0x46e7,0x11d1,0x89,0xac,0x0,0xa0,0xc9,0x5,0x41,0x29}
Using Default Port...
Creating Port1...
    Microsoft Synthesizer
  Port1 supports XG data
Cannot open Movie File: ˆUÚF:\Program Files C\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\Publish.pak
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ERROR: COULD NOT OPEN FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld00.TEX
ERROR: COULD NOT LOAD TEXTURE DATA FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld00.TEX
ERROR: COULD NOT LOAD TEXTURE DATA FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld00.tim
ERROR: COULD NOT OPEN FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld01.TEX
ERROR: COULD NOT LOAD TEXTURE DATA FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld01.TEXQ5
ERROR: COULD NOT LOAD TEXTURE DATA FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld01.tim
ERROR: unhandled exception

Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-21 02:08:17
Are you using anything other than just Tonberry with your FF8? Also, where did you go to find the details for the errors?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-21 02:14:18
yes the patch beacuse it says missing eax from the driver, i thought that where i went from there because tonberry wasnt working
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-21 02:20:16
A patch...? I think I'm a little lost. What driver are we talking about? I know you said your game won't run when putting the Tonberry files in from another post you made.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-21 02:24:50
yes a custom driver, i was told that works with FF8 to make the mods work
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-21 02:28:44
yes a custom driver, i was told that works with FF8 to make the mods work

Ah... Okay, I see. Then you're trying to use Aali's driver. It's not needed to make the textures work in FF8 Steam and is probably causing you a lot of problems. All you need is Tonberry, the textures, and the hashmaps.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-21 02:34:28
Ok i thank you a great deal for clearing this up for me i've been working on this quite a while, ill try it now and see how i get on
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-21 02:49:42
No problem. I hope you can get it working now. :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-21 03:17:02
It still crashes just after i hit play game and if i press alt and tab there's a message box saying an unknown exception has occured, i wonder what it is i could be doing wrong, i've got the collisions.csv and the hash1map.csv and hash2map.csv in tonberry and objfile.csv, thats everything right?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-21 03:27:51
If you're using 2.04, then all you need is collisions and hash2map. Hash1map is Project Eden, but that has it's own hashmap now so you don't need that one. Not sure what that objfile you have is. Also, make sure you turn off the Steam Overlay or your game will crash.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-21 03:43:58
Brilliant thanks for the help, no extra csv would matter though if its there would it because i have the linear filtering unticked and it crashes straight away still, just keep hearing a sound and with that message box.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-21 03:54:40
And it only does this when you're trying to use Tonberry?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-21 03:56:20
Yes thats right
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-02-21 04:10:35
If turning off the Steam Overlay didn't fix it, then I'm not sure what's causing it. You can always try an older version and see if that makes a difference. I also see that you don't have a dedicated GPU so maybe your computer can't handle it?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mitroman on 2016-02-21 04:20:40
hmm if that was the case you wouldn't of thought it would of worked before but ill try a different tonberry and see how i get on with that, thank you for all you tried to do mate i appreciate it you've been great.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: bjayetnap on 2016-03-01 04:22:34
Good day guys!

This isn't my first time to use this FF8 MOD. I've done this before and it worked well. I just don't know what happen now and I tried to fix it before posting here. Well the problem is that, it's not working at all... there's no changes in graphics.

I'm using TonberryEnhanced2.04. Contents are changed except from the .dll files and the original contents of "tonberry" folder from TonberryEnhanced2.04

I added the hashmap files from http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.msg223951#msg223951 (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.msg223951#msg223951) to D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\TonberryEnhanced2.04\tonberry\hashmap I also replaced collisions.csv & hash2map.csv taken from the previous link.

PS: Of course I did not forget the main files which are the textures to be place on textures folder on TonberryEnhance2.04 Files are taken from http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=391096600

I last tried this mod working on Windows 7. I'm on Windows 10 now.
TIA, I hope you can help me. :3
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-03-01 04:44:08
Good day guys!

This isn't my first time to use this FF8 MOD. I've done this before and it worked well. I just don't know what happen now and I tried to fix it before posting here. Well the problem is that, it's not working at all... there's no changes in graphics.

I'm using TonberryEnhanced2.04. Contents are changed except from the .dll files and the original contents of "tonberry" folder from TonberryEnhanced2.04

I added the hashmap files from http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.msg223951#msg223951 (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.msg223951#msg223951) to D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\TonberryEnhanced2.04\tonberry\hashmap I also replaced collisions.csv & hash2map.csv taken from the previous link.

PS: off course I did not forget the main files which are the textures to be place on textures folder on TonberryEnhance2.04 Files are taken from http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=391096600

I last tried this mod working on Windows 7. I'm on Windows 10 now.
TIA, I hope you can help me. :3

The OS won't affect Tonberry since I'm using Windows 10 and all is well. Were you using an older version of Tonberry at some point? If so, you also have to replace the .dll files with the new versions.

Another thing I noticed is that you put the folder "TonberryEnhanced2.04" in the game directory. What you're supposed to do is take the content out of that folder and put it in the directory instead. Not use the folder itself.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: bjayetnap on 2016-03-01 05:30:20
Thanks for the reply and for the correction where to put the tonberry contents.
Unfortunately, game wont run with d3d9.dll in the directory. No crash thing, it just don't start at all.  :|
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-03-01 06:27:08
Thanks for the reply and for the correction where to put the tonberry contents.
Unfortunately, game wont run with d3d9.dll in the directory. No crash thing, it just don't start at all.  :|

No problem. Ah...that particular problem... Some people have that issue and most don't. Sadly, I don't know how to solve that. And I'm not sure if someone else has or not. You can always try an older version(go back about a version or two) and see if it gives you the same results.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: JeMaCheHi on 2016-03-01 20:14:27
Thanks for the reply and for the correction where to put the tonberry contents.
Unfortunately, game wont run with d3d9.dll in the directory. No crash thing, it just don't start at all.  :|

It seems to be an OS related problem, a lot of people is having this very same trouble too. It seems Windows 10 is having a lot of trouble with DirectX9, it seems Micro$oft is not giving much support for now... My best advice is to get back to W7...
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: bjayetnap on 2016-03-02 00:11:43
The OS won't affect Tonberry since I'm using Windows 10 and all is well. Were you using an older version of Tonberry at some point? If so, you also have to replace the .dll files with the new versions.

Another thing I noticed is that you put the folder "TonberryEnhanced2.04" in the game directory. What you're supposed to do is take the content out of that folder and put it in the directory instead. Not use the folder itself.

May I know what type (version) of Windows 10 you are using?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-03-02 01:59:33
Me? Home version. I upgraded from Windows 8.1. But people had these problems before Windows 10 as well... I also reinstalled the game after I upgraded. Maybe it is an OS problem like JeMa said. Maybe I'm just lucky.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Darkohaku on 2016-03-06 14:23:52
Hello, I'm new here. Thank you for all the work modding the game.

I have a question, I just installed the latest version, and various mods (here's the folders of tonberry and textures)  http://imgur.com/a/qKjvu

I have the correspondent files in textures and in objmap, and the game function properly. But the screen when I enter the game had some glitches. The Squaresoft logo only show the center part, and the black square which shows the controls before the "new game - continue" menu don't show anything. And in game the exit command (esc) only show the buttons, but no the words.

So, anyone know what could be? Overlay in steam is disabled. (here are the pictures of the problem) http://imgur.com/a/XFRGf

Thank to all for the hard work!

Cheers!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Outspoken on 2016-03-06 17:09:27
Having some issues.  First time modding FF8.  Using Steam version.  Using everything here:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=391096600

Except for the "Gameplay, Beta and Future" mods

Having two issues.  It seems like the backgrounds aren't smoothed out at all.  Hard to tell if the originals were just that much worse or if that mod isn't working.

The biggest issue, though, is that whenever I'm done with Quistis's tutorial and try to exit the screen to the World Map for the first time, the game hangs indefinitely.  The World Map music plays but there is no transition.  It hangs on the screen I was attempting to leave and just sits there with Squall stuck at the edge of the screen. 

Can anyone help me efficiently troubleshoot this?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-03-06 19:50:00
Hello, I'm new here. Thank you for all the work modding the game.

I have a question, I just installed the latest version, and various mods (here's the folders of tonberry and textures)  http://imgur.com/a/qKjvu

I have the correspondent files in textures and in objmap, and the game function properly. But the screen when I enter the game had some glitches. The Squaresoft logo only show the center part, and the black square which shows the controls before the "new game - continue" menu don't show anything. And in game the exit command (esc) only show the buttons, but no the words.

So, anyone know what could be? Overlay in steam is disabled. (here are the pictures of the problem) http://imgur.com/a/XFRGf

Thank to all for the hard work!

Cheers!

Thanks for posting screenshots. For starters, delete hash1map. You don't need it since you have the Project Eden hashmap. Secondly, moved collisions and hash2map out of the hashmap folder. They should reside just inside the Tonberry folder. Thirdly, I think you also installed an old version of Rebirth Flame? So you need to delete Char_Textures_hm since you already have RebirthFlame_hm. Lastly, I'm not sure what that objfile is for... But that goes in the objmap folder. Not the hashmap folder.

Having some issues.  First time modding FF8.  Using Steam version.  Using everything here:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=391096600

Except for the "Gameplay, Beta and Future" mods

Having two issues.  It seems like the backgrounds aren't smoothed out at all.  Hard to tell if the originals were just that much worse or if that mod isn't working.

The biggest issue, though, is that whenever I'm done with Quistis's tutorial and try to exit the screen to the World Map for the first time, the game hangs indefinitely.  The World Map music plays but there is no transition.  It hangs on the screen I was attempting to leave and just sits there with Squall stuck at the edge of the screen. 

Can anyone help me efficiently troubleshoot this?

A good way to see if the backgrounds are working is to put the ProjectEden_hm in the disabled folder, restart the game, and see if you can notice any differences. Plus, you can also use Linear Filtering if you want to get rid of more pixelation as well. I'm sure you also have the Steam Overlay disabled. You might be able to fix the hanging issue by using "Verify Integrity of Game Cache" that Steam has. You right click the game in your list and it'll be in the properties.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Outspoken on 2016-03-06 21:43:05
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A good way to see if the backgrounds are working is to put the ProjectEden_hm in the disabled folder, restart the game, and see if you can notice any differences. Plus, you can also use Linear Filtering if you want to get rid of more pixelation as well. I'm sure you also have the Steam Overlay disabled. You might be able to fix the hanging issue by using "Verify Integrity of Game Cache" that Steam has. You right click the game in your list and it'll be in the properties.

Indeed Overlay is disabled.  I verified the integrity of cache and it found 83 files missing but from looking at the date modified, it looks like it just replaced the music files that it had been using prior to installing RaW.  Couldn't find anything else added.  I have to go away for a week but next weekend I'll verify that it's still not working.  I appreciate your reply.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-03-06 22:35:07
Indeed Overlay is disabled.  I verified the integrity of cache and it found 83 files missing but from looking at the date modified, it looks like it just replaced the music files that it had been using prior to installing RaW.  Couldn't find anything else added.  I have to go away for a week but next weekend I'll verify that it's still not working.  I appreciate your reply.

Hm, I guess we'll see once you make it back. To my knowledge, there are more than 83 music tracks... I recommended this method because a few others had similar problems leaving to the world map and that seemed to resolve it for the most part. And no problem. :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: SuperDonkeyjack on 2016-03-07 08:04:21
Do we have to put the whole folder in the hashmap? Or the files? I'm having real trouble I am about to give up.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-03-08 03:53:24
Do we have to put the whole folder in the hashmap? Or the files? I'm having real trouble I am about to give up.

Just the hashmap file. Only the folder containing textures go in the folder called "textures".
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: karaulov on 2016-03-10 16:57:41
"Tonberry: Enhanced" source code avaiable ?   :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: karaulov on 2016-03-11 05:02:09
Tonberry 2.04 works as speed hack?!!
Game speed after install Tonberry 2.04 bigger than needed  !! How to fix it ?  (Game speed increased ~1.5x, how to remove speedhack from tonberry ?)

Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Outspoken on 2016-03-12 03:34:57
Hm, I guess we'll see once you make it back. To my knowledge, there are more than 83 music tracks... I recommended this method because a few others had similar problems leaving to the world map and that seemed to resolve it for the most part. And no problem. :)

Welp, fixed that bug it looks like BUT now RaW won't reinstall properly so I have no music and the world map textures look like they're also not applying.  Balamb, for example, has a lot of missing textures and nothing seems sharper or redone. It almost feels like the mods just aren't even registering.

I sort of feel like I've missed something big somewhere.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Erana on 2016-03-23 10:50:13
My computer does not like Tonberry Enhanced.  I've done every trouble-shooting step I can think of to get things to work, and a few I was sure would NOT work, and no matter what I do the game ends up crashing with "unknown exception" errors.  I made a post asking for help in the 'Graphical Mods' section, because at the time I wasn't ENTIRELY sure it was Tonberry, but now - well, I'm sure.  It's definitely Tonberry.  And I don't think it's a fixable issue, at least not by me with my current level of programming skills. 

HOWEVER...

Pre-Enhanced Tonberry and my computer got along GREAT.  I got up to disc two using it and the mods at that time, a little over a year ago, I believe.  I actually stopped playing because there were so many great mods in progress and, darn it, I wanted to be using them.  So I figured I'd wait awhile and go back to it when said mods were done.  There is some irony there, alas.  LOL.  SO - to circle around my long-winded way to the point - exactly how complicated would it be to take the current hashmaps, and convert them BACK into one file for old Tonberry to read?  Is it a matter of copy and pasting, i.e. something I can accomplish on my own?  Or are we talking major re-writing of said hashmaps and I'd be better off just waiting another year until I can actually afford a new computer? 
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Raionjin on 2016-03-23 16:17:15
I´m having the unknow error too Q.,Q i have installed the game on my old pc with all the mods, and everything was great, now I have a month with a new pc (a better one ) but yesterday I install the game and it runs whithout problem, but when I put the tomberry in the folder (i try with the old tomberries various version and the new one enhanced and nothing always the same issue) its crash the game first say>unknow problem> then FF8_EN stop working

So, since I don't have programmer skills, I start to take out file one by one just like I do in the Sims for seeing what file is crashing the game its the d3d9 when I take this one out the game keep running but obviously the mods doesn´t work i'll search in google but didn't find a solution so I'm here...


 6. (Optional) If your Windows installation is not on drive C, change your prefs.txt file 'drive_letter' from C to your drive letter. If you're using textures of different sizes, change 'resize_factor' in prefs.txt.

i´ll find something but Q.,Q isn´t working yet im running game on R drive not c so ill change as the tuto said the prefs.txt. soo the game now start but  mods dosent work
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-03-23 21:08:29
My computer does not like Tonberry Enhanced.  I've done every trouble-shooting step I can think of to get things to work, and a few I was sure would NOT work, and no matter what I do the game ends up crashing with "unknown exception" errors.  I made a post asking for help in the 'Graphical Mods' section, because at the time I wasn't ENTIRELY sure it was Tonberry, but now - well, I'm sure.  It's definitely Tonberry.  And I don't think it's a fixable issue, at least not by me with my current level of programming skills. 

HOWEVER...

Pre-Enhanced Tonberry and my computer got along GREAT.  I got up to disc two using it and the mods at that time, a little over a year ago, I believe.  I actually stopped playing because there were so many great mods in progress and, darn it, I wanted to be using them.  So I figured I'd wait awhile and go back to it when said mods were done.  There is some irony there, alas.  LOL.  SO - to circle around my long-winded way to the point - exactly how complicated would it be to take the current hashmaps, and convert them BACK into one file for old Tonberry to read?  Is it a matter of copy and pasting, i.e. something I can accomplish on my own?  Or are we talking major re-writing of said hashmaps and I'd be better off just waiting another year until I can actually afford a new computer? 

I'm not sure how this may effect compatibility, but you can copy/paste all of the separate hashmaps into one file, call it hash1map.csv and replace the old hash1map.csv with this 'new' compiled one in your old Tonberry 1.5 file structure.  You might not be able to use the objmaps but the hashmaps should work this way.

Also - I believe you're dealing with a directX9 incompatibility issue.  There isn't just one way to fix this... however, see if you can try updating your graphics drivers -- or, playing FF8 in compatibility mode, as administrator, and even possibly confining it to the first processor through your task manager processes tab.  Are you playing in windowed mode? Try fullscreen.  Also - using GeDoSaTo might fix the issue.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Erana on 2016-03-25 08:56:33
McMindus - you are my hero.  :)   

So - tried GeDoSaTO, but it and Vista did not seem to like each other, as I got bizarre kernel32 errors as soon as I installed it.  I was playing Full Screen the whole time, so I tried Windows just in case- that did not work, of course.  I'd already tried administrator, so I gave Windows XP compatibility a shot but no - no luck there either.  Graphics drivers were already up to date, and up to Directx11.  I actually started downloading Directx9 to see if I could downgrade when trying your processor idea, because to be honest I just didn't see how THAT would do anything... how would giving it LESS processing power make it better?  I'm honestly asking, because as you probably guessed from the happy START to this reply - that fixed it.  I don't get HOW that fixed it, but as soon as I loaded it with just the one CPU enabled it was running faster and even looked clearer.  Got up to the glitch point - and past the glitch point - and then an HOUR past the glitch point... well, I think it's safe to say that seems to have done it. 

Thank you SO much - it's very much appreciated.  And my computer appreciates not being thrown out of a window, as well.  But - seriously... how the heck did THAT fix it?  Inquiring minds would like to know.  :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-04-22 20:46:03
I found some interesting information regarding .dll injection on Windows 8 and up. This might help a lot of people with issues stemming from Tonberry, SweetFX, or GeDoSaTo.

"Second, if you are running Windows 8 or higher, check if your system is using UEFI secure boot. If so, disable the feature." - taken from the GeDoSaTo website.

Check the link here, it provides instructions on how to do so.
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?page_id=582
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: BlaZe420 on 2016-05-27 20:29:53
nevermind i got it working , well most of it , thanks for all your hard work!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: zerole on 2016-06-17 06:07:10
Hi Mcindus, I've followed your instructions but none of the mods seem to be working except for Rebirth Flame v1.1

I'm running Windows 7, and using Tonberry 2.04, do you know what might be wrong?  These are my main folders below:

http://imgur.com/oHcCRzk

http://imgur.com/71d9JKn

http://imgur.com/qAaCO3y

I've also updated the objmap folder, and hash2map and collisions files.

Edit: Found out the problem, apparently I needed to download the texture files as well, but that has created another issue.  Of the different mods, what do I do when two separate mods have the same texture folder name?  For example, both LunarCry_v1.2 and ProjectEden_v1.0 have a en texture folder so if I copy both of them to the FF8 texture folder, one of them is going to be overwritten.

Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: wqq0716 on 2016-07-02 21:12:37
Hi I'm new here, and thanks to all the people devoted to moding this game, it makes a whole lot change visually and acoustically. I suit up most of the mods and they are working great, but there is only a tiny little problem, which is characters do not Blink. Though I can see in texture files, the blink texture is right there, but neither in battle nor in 2D backgrouds, no blink at all. Actually this is not a big problem, cause there isn't so much close up shot in this game so that force you starring at their eyes and see the blink, but  when you are using a magic, calling a G.F, or finishing the battle they usually close their eyes. the most obvious issue is for Quistis, when she stretches herself, she will close her eye, and this not happening in HD mods. Is there a way to fix it?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Rail107 on 2016-07-18 10:49:18
Hi there, so, I just installed all the mods from: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=391096600

Downloaded all the hashmaps from the link provided, and from the mods themselves when the hashmaps were not in the link.

So anyway, I crash upon trying to leave the garden with Quistis: The RaW blue fields music begins to play but the game screen freezes.

"An unknown exception has occurred." in a small Error window.

CPU fix - Nothing
Steam Overlay Disabled - Nothing

I suspect, since it is the world map I'm loading, that it has something to do with either the Horizon Mod, the World UV mod, or that I have both hash1map and hash2map in my main tonberry folder.

But if this is common to a particular common mistake, or mod-mismanagement, please let me know.

I've devoted an entire week now just to understanding the modding process for this game and it's beginning to feel like modding FF8 doesn't actually pay off.

I'm on Windows 7 64 bit, btw. Please, anyone :c

EDIT: A full re-install EXCLUDING The World UV mod allowed me to play the game. Just saying this for a heads up, maybe World UV should get a look at.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Khronnus on 2016-07-28 12:50:16
I know there have been a lot of questions about this, but I'm really stuck, I cannot get this version to work. The previous versions of Tonberry work, but the as soon as enhanced is installed nothing happens. The game runs in vanilla. I started with this, then read in this forum someone installed the pervious 1.5 version and it working, which happened with me, but there are many more mods out there depending on the enhanced version.

I believe I have tried most things on here. Now if I copy over everything except the hash1map file, and keep that, the mods continue to work. But the new ones don't.

I'll be active and upload screen of anything you need. But could someone please help me? I've been struggling to get this to work on my own.

Thank you in advance :)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Maki on 2016-07-28 16:54:55
EDIT: A full re-install EXCLUDING The World UV mod allowed me to play the game. Just saying this for a heads up, maybe World UV should get a look at.

I'm aware of the bug. I deleted the faulty patcher some time ago. Need to think of a better way of solving this issue. Sorry for all the problems caused by my shitware.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: littlemad on 2016-08-12 16:56:30
Hi everyone fist time posting. Thank you very much for your hard work, I am having an installation problem...

I have "installed" (copy and pasted all the files in the right folder) for tonberry and other stuff (seed, eden and controller mapping), unfortunately nothing happen or changed, like it is not working at all.
I have windows 7 ultimate (not original), and the only thing that I couldn't do of the installation of Tonberry was the "VC++ 2010 Redistributable (x86)" because it recognise a newer version.

What I need to do to debug the problem?

Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-08-14 03:46:57
Hi everyone fist time posting. Thank you very much for your hard work, I am having an installation problem...

I have "installed" (copy and pasted all the files in the right folder) for tonberry and other stuff (seed, eden and controller mapping), unfortunately nothing happen or changed, like it is not working at all.
I have windows 7 ultimate (not original), and the only thing that I couldn't do of the installation of Tonberry was the "VC++ 2010 Redistributable (x86)" because it recognise a newer version.

What I need to do to debug the problem?



Taking a screenshot of how you have everything set up might be helpful. Make sure you aren't using any other injector like SweetFX. Or you could be one of the rare few where the newest version isn't working properly.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: littlemad on 2016-08-14 16:13:03
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8784/28693505790_44ced9c38d_b.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8841/28360209644_4984a27689_b.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8136/28947102966_451e097139_b.jpg)

any other folder do you need to see?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-08-14 20:16:43
As long as you have your hashmaps where they need to be, no. So far everything else looks correct. You're using both Project Eden and SeeD Reborn, like you said. So the Title Screen hasn't changed at all? Or the text and menus?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ryus on 2016-08-14 21:10:43
Hello. My game works fine using the d3d9.dll file that comes with SweetFX Enhancement but it doesnt load any of the new textures and if I replace the file with the one on Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04) the game crashes at launch with an unknown exception. Are they supose tu be incomplatible?  btw Im also using GeDoSaToTool.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-08-14 21:18:30
Hello. My game works fine using the d3d9.dll file that comes with SweetFX Enhancement but it doesnt load any of the new textures and if I replace the file with the one on Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04) the game crashes at launch with an unknown exception. Are they supose tu be incomplatible?  btw Im also using GeDoSaToTool.

The reason both cannot work together is because each use they're own d3d9.dll file. So really, you can only pick one or the other. But you can use GeDoSaTo to use SweetFX-like effects. Just be sure to set "interceptOnlySystemDlls" to "true" in the "Edit Settings" or FF8 will most likely crash.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: littlemad on 2016-08-14 23:03:49
As long as you have your hashmaps where they need to be, no. So far everything else looks correct. You're using both Project Eden and SeeD Reborn, like you said. So the Title Screen hasn't changed at all? Or the text and menus?

not at all, it is all as the vanilla pixellated. For this reason I checked and double checked the instructions. I would like to know how to debug the problem, I feel that the "newer" version of the installation file required is not working as it should by recognising the files but I have no idea how to check that.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-08-15 00:51:02
not at all, it is all as the vanilla pixellated. For this reason I checked and double checked the instructions. I would like to know how to debug the problem, I feel that the "newer" version of the installation file required is not working as it should by recognising the files but I have no idea how to check that.

You'd have to get in touch with the creator/contributors of Tonberry to find a solution, probably. But they are all usually busy. You could always try v1.61 and see if that works.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ryus on 2016-08-15 05:55:07
The reason both cannot work together is because each use they're own d3d9.dll file. So really, you can only pick one or the other. But you can use GeDoSaTo to use SweetFX-like effects. Just be sure to set "interceptOnlySystemDlls" to "true" in the "Edit Settings" or FF8 will most likely crash.

Thanks a lot for the help. gedosato its working now along the new textures.  ;D
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Omik on 2016-08-30 07:37:57
Hello, I'm new here. Thank you for all the work modding the game.

I have a question, I just installed the latest version, and various mods (here's the folders of tonberry and textures)  http://imgur.com/a/qKjvu

I have the correspondent files in textures and in objmap, and the game function properly. But the screen when I enter the game had some glitches. The Squaresoft logo only show the center part, and the black square which shows the controls before the "new game - continue" menu don't show anything. And in game the exit command (esc) only show the buttons, but no the words.

So, anyone know what could be? Overlay in steam is disabled. (here are the pictures of the problem) http://imgur.com/a/XFRGf

Thank to all for the hard work!

Cheers!

I have faced the same problem, also in fight on monsters the effect of a blindness isn't displayed. Removal of the collisions.csv file has helped
What this file is intended for?

E:\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\hashmap
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Grimmedor on 2016-09-08 15:54:50
Hi Guys

I am from South Africa

I cant seem to get this tonberry thing right, I used to play this game when I was really young and would like to do so again.
I bought it recently on Steam but the textures suck and it's ruining my trip down memory lane.
I tied doing everything posted and watching youtube videos but i cant get it to work.

Please HELP!!!!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Bendy on 2016-10-08 22:21:49
Hello, created an account so i could post and hopefully get some help.

I had Tonberry working before (think it was 1.5 or something, an early version anyway) and now i cant get it working at all after deciding to reinstall FF8.

I'm not quite sure what im doing wrong either as i think i have all the files in the right place.
(http://Desktop/Tonberry.png)
(http://Desktop/FF8.png)
(http://Desktop/hash.png)
(http://Desktop/obj.png)
(http://Desktop/textures.png)
(if none of these photos worked, you can try http://imgur.com/a/mTuNQ)

When i load the game, the start screen hasnt changed, character models lookk like theyve changed but unsure, backgrounds havent changed and neither have the text or cards. I'm bamboozled by this now.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-10-09 00:27:05
Hello, created an account so i could post and hopefully get some help.

I had Tonberry working before (think it was 1.5 or something, an early version anyway) and now i cant get it working at all after deciding to reinstall FF8.

I'm not quite sure what im doing wrong either as i think i have all the files in the right place.
(http://Desktop/Tonberry.png)
(http://Desktop/FF8.png)
(http://Desktop/hash.png)
(http://Desktop/obj.png)
(http://Desktop/textures.png)
(if none of these photos worked, you can try http://imgur.com/a/mTuNQ)

When i load the game, the start screen hasnt changed, character models lookk like theyve changed but unsure, backgrounds havent changed and neither have the text or cards. I'm bamboozled by this now.

Looking at the pictures, it looks like you're missing the SeeD Reborn hashmap. As for everything else outside of SeeD Reborn, it looks like you don't have the textures for those specific mods you're wanting to use in the texture folder. Only their hashmaps. You also are saying something about character models? Not sure if you mean Rebirth Flame since I see neither the textures or hashmap for it in your pictures. And I'm also not sure what that objfile.csv is that's inside your Tonberry folder.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Bendy on 2016-10-09 10:28:35
So i dont need the objfile.csv? Yeah i forgot to screenshot after i added in rebirth flame. So all im missing is textures and a hashmap? Im sure i downloaded everything from the links.
I'll go have another try and see how i get on.

EDIT: So after somehow missing all the texture files and such, this is my folder structure for the texture and hash folders (obj folder still only has lunerCry only in it)
http://imgur.com/a/mTuNQ

Loading the game now has updated GUI, start screen, cards, text and characters but i dont think the backgrounds are updated? am i missing anything else? (sorry for the constant questions :P
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-10-09 17:30:53
So i dont need the objfile.csv? Yeah i forgot to screenshot after i added in rebirth flame. So all im missing is textures and a hashmap? Im sure i downloaded everything from the links.
I'll go have another try and see how i get on.

EDIT: So after somehow missing all the texture files and such, this is my folder structure for the texture and hash folders (obj folder still only has lunerCry only in it)
http://imgur.com/a/mTuNQ

Loading the game now has updated GUI, start screen, cards, text and characters but i dont think the backgrounds are updated? am i missing anything else? (sorry for the constant questions :P

Everything looks to be in place now. I don't think you'll be needing the objfile.csv anymore. The backgrounds are upscaled, so it is working. Project Eden still needs some work, so you'll likely find a few issues like those black lines here and there.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Luceid on 2016-11-08 13:24:10
Somehow I tend to be too stupid to mod FF's...

I just downloaded this and Project Eden for testing purposes.
(Since this replaces the classic tonberry I'm a bit confused about stuff (hashmaps) going in the \tonberry or \tonberry\hashmaps.

I put the Project Eden hashmap in this folder: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\hashmap
All the textures are in: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\textures
(Steam Overlay is disabled and it's a clean install)
It doesn't matter if I choose a direct path in the prefs.ini either.

But I get an CTD as soon as I start :(
(unknown error)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-11-08 23:00:21
Somehow I tend to be too stupid to mod FF's...

I just downloaded this and Project Eden for testing purposes.
(Since this replaces the classic tonberry I'm a bit confused about stuff (hashmaps) going in the \tonberry or \tonberry\hashmaps.

I put the Project Eden hashmap in this folder: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\tonberry\hashmap
All the textures are in: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\textures
(Steam Overlay is disabled and it's a clean install)
It doesn't matter if I choose a direct path in the prefs.ini either.

But I get an CTD as soon as I start :(
(unknown error)


You got the file paths correct.  When you open /textures/, do you see a bunch of two letter named folders?

Also, do you have the new Tonbery .dlls?  They go in your FINAL FANTASY VIII folder.

Try updating microsoft VC also to see if that helps.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Luceid on 2016-11-09 14:20:52
I tried updating / downloading VC at the very start of the process but I got always the message, that there are newer version of it already on my system (Win 10). So there is no way to update either VC 2010 or VC 2015.
Folderwise it looks like this atm:

(http://www2.pic-upload.de/thumb/32085047/hashma-path.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-32085047/hashma-path.jpg.html)

(http://www2.pic-upload.de/thumb/32085048/textures-patch.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-32085048/textures-patch.jpg.html)

Regarding the Tonberry-DLLs: Which one do I need? From Tonberry enhanced or from the "classic" Tonberry project?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-11-09 17:04:30
Regarding the Tonberry-DLLs: Which one do I need? From Tonberry enhanced or from the "classic" Tonberry project?

You need only the .ddl's from the newest version of Tonberry.
Can you screenshot your FINAL FANTASY VIII/ parent folder and your FINAL FANTASY VIII/textures folder?
You don't need VC if you have a newer version, so you're good there.  Try running FF8 in 'compatibility' mode. 
If that doesn't work, go into your TaskManager and assign FF8 to only use the first core of your PC.  I've heard this works for Win10
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Luceid on 2016-11-10 14:39:15
Thanks for the tip - it worked with the DDLs of the original Tonberry :)

I know it's maybe not the correct topic but I don't want to open up some new one either.
So: The game runs fine now "vanilla" but if I want to use GeDoSaTo (even with native 1920x1080) the game crashes. It crashes as well if I disable all post processing effects.
Is there anything I can do? (Win 10)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-11-10 15:48:24
Thanks for the tip - it worked with the DDLs of the original Tonberry :)

I know it's maybe not the correct topic but I don't want to open up some new one either.
So: The game runs fine now "vanilla" but if I want to use GeDoSaTo (even with native 1920x1080) the game crashes. It crashes as well if I disable all post processing effects.
Is there anything I can do? (Win 10)

Go into "Edit Settings" and set "interceptOnlySystemDlls" to true and that should hopefully fix the crashing problem with using GeDoSaTo.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Luceid on 2016-11-10 16:00:44
This one worked as well and I can see the finish line already.
But the post processing doesn't seem to work (enabled split screen for testing-purposes).
Is there something else to consider?

Some texture.packs work very well like Project Eden or Horizon.
But Rebirth Flame doesn't work :(
(doesn't matter which version or if the hashmap is either in \tonberry or \tonberry\hashmaps.
This is strange.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: FatedCourage on 2016-11-10 16:21:33
This one worked as well and I can see the finish line already.
But the post processing doesn't seem to work (enabled split screen for testing-purposes).
Is there something else to consider?

Some texture.packs work very well like Project Eden or Horizon.
But Rebirth Flame doesn't work :(
(doesn't matter which version or if the hashmap is either in \tonberry or \tonberry\hashmaps.
This is strange.

That's good. :) The most I can say about the post processing is that you have a choice between two types. Each type has its own settings. And I assume you're going with the one Mcindus has set. So be sure to choose "Alt. Post Processing" settings to edit that one.

That is odd. It should work if the others do. You did take the "ch" folder out of whichever pack you chose and put that in the texture folder, yes?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Luceid on 2016-11-11 17:39:01
As you can see background is Project Eden but the characters still look vanilla :(
 (http://www2.pic-upload.de/thumb/32098142/garden_entrance.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-32098142/garden_entrance.jpg.html)
The Horizon pack worked as well:
(http://www2.pic-upload.de/thumb/32098145/worldmap.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-32098145/worldmap.jpg.html)
SeeD-Reborn aswell:
(http://www2.pic-upload.de/thumb/32098143/menu.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-32098143/menu.jpg.html)
So I have no clue why the h*** Rebirth Flame doesn't work - textures are alll in the folders like the other projects that work and the hashmap is even in both folders (\tonberry or \tonberry\hashmaps)

As you maybe realized already: There's some bar still visible. This happens if I don't choose Fullscreen in the launcher. If I do, something more strange happens: Instead of a fullscreen-image, the game is displayed in a small window:



(http://www2.pic-upload.de/thumb/32098144/when_fullscreen.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-32098144/when_fullscreen.jpg.html)

Did someone encounter this before?

PS: I got some post-processing-stuff to work but not the (in my eyes) most important one: CRT.
Did someone get this to work with GeDoSaTo?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-11-12 05:14:34
This is because you are using hash2map.csv and not the individual hashes with the new version of Tonberry.  The old version of Tonberry can only do the mods up to a certain point because it doesn't have the ability to see the hash files individually.  You should really replace those dlls with the new ones.  The new Tonberry also has texture caching, etc.  Much easier to manage.

There is a 'hackish' way to go about it, but it's not desirable and you would encounter a lot of errors.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Luceid on 2016-11-12 10:35:37
I know, I'm bugging you guys .__.

Well... this whole Tonberry vs. Tonberry enhanced is getting confusing  :o
I'm still not into it actually. Do I need both? Is the "classic" one obsolete? (why is it still linked under "essential mods" then?)
What folder structure is needed  (\tonberry or \tonberry\hashmaps)? Which DLL's I need? :(
I know this is a stupid question but this issue wasn't mentioned in your tutorial vid f.e.

So what do I need to do? Dump all DLL's from Tonberry enhanced and that's it?

My hashmap-folders look like this atm:
(http://www2.pic-upload.de/thumb/32102226/hashfolders.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-32102226/hashfolders.jpg.html)

PS: Did you manage to get CRT working with GeDoSaTo?
PPS: Is there anything I can do about this frame / mini-window (when using fullscreen) when going for 3840?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Luceid on 2016-11-12 10:37:46
edit: Double Post :(
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-11-12 15:24:45
I know, I'm bugging you guys .__.

Well... this whole Tonberry vs. Tonberry enhanced is getting confusing  :o
I'm still not into it actually. Do I need both? Is the "classic" one obsolete? (why is it still linked under "essential mods" then?)
What folder structure is needed  (\tonberry or \tonberry\hashmaps)? Which DLL's I need? :(
I know this is a stupid question but this issue wasn't mentioned in your tutorial vid f.e.

So what do I need to do? Dump all DLL's from Tonberry enhanced and that's it?

My hashmap-folders look like this atm:
(http://www2.pic-upload.de/thumb/32102226/hashfolders.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-32102226/hashfolders.jpg.html)

PS: Did you manage to get CRT working with GeDoSaTo?
PPS: Is there anything I can do about this frame / mini-window (when using fullscreen) when going for 3840?

Just go to the tonberry enhanced page and download the whole package.  Delete the old version of tonberry (except for your textures folder - you can still use this one with the new tonberry).  Then you must place the individual hash files (they normally end in "_hm.csv", like "SeeDReborn_hm.csv") and put those files (they come with the mods) into tonberry/hashmap.  The old Tonberry is obsolete - and the 'essential mods' page isn't really 'essential' it's more 'all the mods' lol.  Go with the MCINDUS mods guide via Steam for a more up to date mods package list.

CRT works just fine with GeDoSaTo.  Is your monitor's resolution 1920x1080?  That's the only way to use 3840 properly.  Just double your resolution and plug it into gedosato.  Also, make sure your monitors refresh rate is correct.  This should fix your windowing, I believe.  Make sure you select the new resolution in the FF8_Launcher settings before you launch the game.

I think I'm going to do a GeDoSaTo comparison via screenshots to show people what they can do with it.  It's pretty massive.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: k0s4m3 on 2016-11-13 05:37:14
Edit: I think I figured out my problem. It seems I missed out on some hashmaps.
Reinstalling everything again just to make sure I didn't miss anything else.
Thanks!!

Edit 2: Everything is working fine now!! Thanks for the guide and your hard work =D

Hi Mcindus,
Thank you for your contribution!
I have followed one of your guides but I don't think any changes have taken place on my FFVIII at all.
I don't have any previous versions of Tonberry installed and I installed everything onto a fresh installation of FFVIII.
Please take a look at my directories in the images below. Is there anything that I missed or doing wrong?
Thanks!!

(http://i.imgur.com/cJ1OWhr.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/NB8bHvp.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/xvRZ7Ib.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/B4WXpt7.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/VVxaC2V.png)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Luceid on 2016-11-13 14:29:16
Thanks for your many tips FatedCourage and Mcindus - I finally made it work texture-wise (even with Project Hellfire) - windowing, etc. --> gone! :)

I still can'r get some small CRT-things to work (would do some small wonders graphic-wise I guess)
I tried copying the settings from this https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/1033/ into GeDoSaTo but it does nothing o.O
Other stuff like small luma- and texture-sharpening works a tiny bit.

Could someone post a setting for the CRT-stuff?

PS: If I use the Addons and therefore a new Launcher, do I have to edit GeDoSaTo'S whitelist?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-11-15 03:58:29
Thanks for your many tips FatedCourage and Mcindus - I finally made it work texture-wise (even with Project Hellfire) - windowing, etc. --> gone! :)

I still can'r get some small CRT-things to work (would do some small wonders graphic-wise I guess)
I tried copying the settings from this https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/1033/ into GeDoSaTo but it does nothing o.O
Other stuff like small luma- and texture-sharpening works a tiny bit.

Could someone post a setting for the CRT-stuff?

PS: If I use the Addons and therefore a new Launcher, do I have to edit GeDoSaTo'S whitelist?

You have mostly everything correct -- delete 'collisions.csv' and 'hash2map.csv' because you don't need them anymore.

In order to use the CRT settings, you have to pick 'edit postprocessing' and enable it there, in gedosato.  Also make sure you don't use a different postprocessing plugin like asmodean if you're using sweetFX.

You should look through the gedosato forum post and direct any more questions there.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: samilisco on 2016-11-19 14:35:48
Hi friends. Thanks for all your work upscaling my childhood - it really is looking great.

I am trying to run FFVIII and Tonberry using Wine on mac. I have got all the mods working, apart from Tripod and Hellfire (out of choice) which was a challenge in itself (trial and error with .dlls etc using winetricks) but unfortunately get a lot of unknown exceptions. I wonder if it is to do with the cache, as the game can run for a short amount of time before crashing. Do you have any suggestions as to other .dlls or areas that I can look to tweak in order to sort these problems? I understand that Mac is not really supported.

Would a legacy version help, as it does not leave textures in the cache?

EDIT: I have attempted to increase the video memory available on Wine using direct 3D registry keys, which has helped - I now get longer before the error. It also seems to help if I disable Project Eden, as I get longer play time before it crashes out. Without ProjEden I could get from Squall's dorm dressed in pre-Dollet uniform to the world map, where it would crash. Without ProjEden I can get as far as the Dollet beach.

Thanks
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-11-21 01:10:32
Hi friends. Thanks for all your work upscaling my childhood - it really is looking great.

I am trying to run FFVIII and Tonberry using Wine on mac. I have got all the mods working, apart from Tripod and Hellfire (out of choice) which was a challenge in itself (trial and error with .dlls etc using winetricks) but unfortunately get a lot of unknown exceptions. I wonder if it is to do with the cache, as the game can run for a short amount of time before crashing. Do you have any suggestions as to other .dlls or areas that I can look to tweak in order to sort these problems? I understand that Mac is not really supported.

Would a legacy version help, as it does not leave textures in the cache?

EDIT: I have attempted to increase the video memory available on Wine using direct 3D registry keys, which has helped - I now get longer before the error. It also seems to help if I disable Project Eden, as I get longer play time before it crashes out. Without ProjEden I could get from Squall's dorm dressed in pre-Dollet uniform to the world map, where it would crash. Without ProjEden I can get as far as the Dollet beach.

Thanks

Try to make sure FF8 is only using the first processor core on your CPU -- also, try lowering the cache in Tonberry's prefs.txt file
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-12-24 20:18:01
I don't mean to necropost (or double post for that matter) but I wanted to let everyone know that there's an updated master hashmap list on the second post of the thread!!!  Thanks! Enjoy!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Covarr on 2016-12-25 13:38:55
I don't mean to necropost (or double post for that matter)
I think you will find legitimate content updates are a perfectly acceptable reason for both.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Quezacotl on 2016-12-28 18:55:32
Quick question - This (and other mods) state they are incompatable with the Steam overlay, but if I turn the Steam overlay off, my Steam Controller seems to stop working. I was wondering if anyone here knew of a way to fix this, or if it is simply a choice between using my Steam controller or nice updated textures...
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2016-12-28 20:19:37
Quick question - This (and other mods) state they are incompatable with the Steam overlay, but if I turn the Steam overlay off, my Steam Controller seems to stop working. I was wondering if anyone here knew of a way to fix this, or if it is simply a choice between using my Steam controller or nice updated textures...

If you use GeDoSaTo and customize your ini file to allow for the steam overlay to load in advance, then you might be able to use your controller with the mods.

Otherwise, you could try xpadder or something like pinnacle
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: gecko on 2017-01-03 13:31:04
Hello everyone,

Thanks to everyone who have worked on the various graphical mods. I've played FF8 Steam last year with various mods installed, and everything worked fine. But now I'm trying to reinstall the game with mods and I'm having some trouble getting it to work.

I've only installed the game and Tonberry only so far (v2.04). This is how my FF8Dir looks like:

(http://i.imgur.com/Xm2ZqP7.png)

Note that I've renamed "d3d9.dll" in the screenshot above.

Here is my tonberry dir:
(http://i.imgur.com/s3m34S9.png)

The ff8/textures and hashmap folders are empty, since I've only installed Tonberry and no actual mods yet.

Here is my in-game ff8 config screen (I could only get the launcher and game to work if I rename the d3d9.dll):
(http://i.imgur.com/BSOy761.png)

And finally, here is what happens if I try to run the game with "d3d9.dll" filename restored.

(http://i.imgur.com/j4LjMT9.png)

I've tried installing VC++ redist, .NET framework, DirectX, and they all seem to be up-to-date. I've also tried restarting windows and setting the exe to run as admin. My OS is Windows 10.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2017-01-03 14:21:10
I've seen this issue with Windows 10 before... Try running FF8 from your first processor core only.  Set that up by right clicking on the ff8 exe in your task manager and setting it to CPU 0.  Shouldn't have to do this, but it might be a quick fix.

Also - check to see if your DirectX drivers are up to date.  You might need to 'roll-back' your drivers.  This seems to be a directx9 issue, mainly.

Also, make sure your prefs.txt has the cache set to 250 or lower.

Were you using Windows 10 before?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: gecko on 2017-01-03 14:43:31
Thanks for the reply, Mcindus.

I've seen this issue with Windows 10 before... Try running FF8 from your first processor core only.
I've tried doing this, but the problem is, next time I run it, it goes back to "all processors", and I have no idea how to make it "stick". Since I have to rename the dll back, and then re-run the launcher, it will just go back to "all processors", and I get the same error (hence not being able to switch to single-core).

Also - check to see if your DirectX drivers are up to date.  You might need to 'roll-back' your drivers.  This seems to be a directx9 issue, mainly.
DirectX should be up-to-date already. I've run this installer:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35

and according to the installer, I have  the latest or newer version installed. I'm not sure how to roll-back to an older version, nor which version I should try using.


Also, make sure your prefs.txt has the cache set to 250 or lower.
It was set to 250, but after changing it to 100, I still got the same error.

Were you using Windows 10 before?
It was Jan 2016 according to my Steam achievement timestamp (I got the last achievement when I played most recently), so yes, I believe it was Windows 10.

It was a different system though (desktop). Right now I'm trying to run it on a laptop (don't have the desktop anymore).

Compatibility modes (win8 and win7) don't seem to solve it either.
Oh, and I forgot to mention this in my original post: I've turned off the steam overlay and cloud saves.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: DarkJustice85 on 2017-01-03 14:46:58
Hello, sorry for my bad English. Thx for your Works.
When I install Tonberry, the game does not start the Luncher
VC ++ 2010 Redistributable is up-to-date.
Steam Overlay is off
My OS is Win10
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2017-01-03 17:01:06
Thanks for the reply, Mcindus.
I've tried doing this, but the problem is, next time I run it, it goes back to "all processors", and I have no idea how to make it "stick". Since I have to rename the dll back, and then re-run the launcher, it will just go back to "all processors", and I get the same error (hence not being able to switch to single-core).
DirectX should be up-to-date already. I've run this installer:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35

and according to the installer, I have  the latest or newer version installed. I'm not sure how to roll-back to an older version, nor which version I should try using.

It was set to 250, but after changing it to 100, I still got the same error.
It was Jan 2016 according to my Steam achievement timestamp (I got the last achievement when I played most recently), so yes, I believe it was Windows 10.

It was a different system though (desktop). Right now I'm trying to run it on a laptop (don't have the desktop anymore).

Compatibility modes (win8 and win7) don't seem to solve it either.
Oh, and I forgot to mention this in my original post: I've turned off the steam overlay and cloud saves.
Hello, sorry for my bad English. Thx for your Works.
When I install Tonberry, the game does not start the Luncher
VC ++ 2010 Redistributable is up-to-date.
Steam Overlay is off
My OS is Win10

Renaming the d3d9.dll disables tonberry completely, which is why you shouldn't do that at all.  Leave that file alone.

Make sure that you're modifying ff8_en.exe and NOT ff8_launcher.exe in the task manager.

Most likely, this is an issue with a 32 bit application and a 64 bit application conflicting.

Everything I read up on is saying it's a software issue with the DirectX9 dll's required for the game.  The microsoft link you posted directly says it does NOT update key components of the directx9 -runtime- because it is a part of your Windows install.  This issue pops up on other games that require d3d9.dll.  To fix this, you need to make sure you have all of the Direct X runtimes (will not load with the web-based auto-launcher - download it from your windows updates). 

If I were you guys, I would open up my windows updater and see if there's anything that is related to DirectX9 that you can install.

This is a stupid error on Microsoft's part - they should have included -everything-, and instead make certain fundamental drivers 'optional installs' and force some weird backward incompatibility issues because of it.  Also - they placed a 'hard cap' on all 32-bit games so they can't use more than 4GB of VRAM in Win10 for some reason...

Also - update your graphics drivers for your GPU - even if it's the on-board one.

This could also be an issue with a poorly written 'monitoring' program that is conflicting with d3d9.dll
Here's some more information:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/games_windows_10/windows-10-directx-9-appsgames-all-fail-with/23ef2a8a-3cd4-4df3-af20-e87e10e334dc?auth=1
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: gecko on 2017-01-03 17:31:43
Renaming the d3d9.dll disables tonberry completely, which is why you shouldn't do that at all.  Leave that file alone.
Yes, I had to disable tonberry completely to be able to change the in-game settings; which is why I renamed the dll.

Thanks for your previous post! I didn't know that the web updater doesn't include everything. In case anyone else has a similar problem, I downloaded this:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

and that fixed the problem, and I can now run tonberry with the mods.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: rayano on 2017-01-23 12:23:06
i have this weird problem when i alt-tab out of the game, and when i go back i see this
it does work after a few tries though, and the mods seem to be working normally.

(http://i68.tinypic.com/r90d9l.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/hsorb9.jpg)
(http://i67.tinypic.com/vr38gg.jpg)
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Squarekiddo on 2017-02-03 01:33:48
Well this is awkward.
Normally I would try to back my posts up with crash dumps or whatever theyre called, but the problem im currently having is sort of unique for me, usually I can figure it out simply reading the crash popup, but thing is, the problem im having is that the moment im starting FF8_launcher I get the seizure warning, but then nothing, the launcher dosnt popup at all.

Things ive tried:
disable Tonberry. <works>

disable Tonberry by renaming D3D9 while starting the Launcher, but change the name back again before I start the game <works> first I thought this would do nothing, but it did change somethings, such as my font, its BOLD now, I cant remember which mod did that, but that specific part seems to work, but nothing else as far as im aware. (first time playing with mods, and steam, I cant tell what changed or not really)

changed all the hashmaps <Didnt work>

disabled all the mods, and simply only running Tonberry <Didnt work>

reinstalled essentials like VCR and DirectX <Didnt work>

Tried debug <Didnt work>

EDIT: Im running on OS windows 7. Ultimate if that matters.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2017-02-03 05:53:26
Well this is awkward.
Normally I would try to back my posts up with crash dumps or whatever theyre called, but the problem im currently having is sort of unique for me, usually I can figure it out simply reading the crash popup, but thing is, the problem im having is that the moment im starting FF8_launcher I get the seizure warning, but then nothing, the launcher dosnt popup at all.

Things ive tried:
disable Tonberry. <works>

disable Tonberry by renaming D3D9 while starting the Launcher, but change the name back again before I start the game <works> first I thought this would do nothing, but it did change somethings, such as my font, its BOLD now, I cant remember which mod did that, but that specific part seems to work, but nothing else as far as im aware. (first time playing with mods, and steam, I cant tell what changed or not really)

changed all the hashmaps <Didnt work>

disabled all the mods, and simply only running Tonberry <Didnt work>

reinstalled essentials like VCR and DirectX <Didnt work>

Tried debug <Didnt work>

EDIT: Im running on OS windows 7. Ultimate if that matters.

You might have a weird monitoring program getting in the way of the D3D9.dll... try shutting everything off but steam.

Sounds like an issue with driver conflicts.  Did you try all of the above instructions for the directx9 installs? the web installer doesn't install everything.  What mods are you using?
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Squarekiddo on 2017-02-03 14:58:10
You might have a weird monitoring program getting in the way of the D3D9.dll... try shutting everything off but steam.

Sounds like an issue with driver conflicts.  Did you try all of the above instructions for the directx9 installs? the web installer doesn't install everything.  What mods are you using?

Its not a problem with monitor programs, thats the first thing I check after something, anything really, fails to start, or load. My computer is completely up to date, so I should have the latest updates for Directx 9.
And as for mods:

Tonberry 2.04: Enhanced[forums.qhimm.com]
Tonberry Enhanced enables the replacement of texture files.


SeeD Reborn v3.5[forums.qhimm.com]
Text, Menu, and GUI Overhaul by MCINDUS

Project Eden v1.0[forums.qhimm.com]
Field Background 4x Upscale by Omzy

Tripod v1.1[forums.qhimm.com]
Triple Triad Texture Overhaul by MCINDUS

BattleFieldPack v2.0[forums.qhimm.com]
BattleField Upscale Project by MCINDUS and FatedCourage

Rebirth Flame v1.2[forums.qhimm.com]
Character Texture Project by FatedCourage

HorizonPack v3.0[forums.qhimm.com]
World Textures, Maps, and Vehicles Upscale by MCINDUS and FatedCourage

Project Hellfire v1.2[forums.qhimm.com]
GF Summon Replacement/Upscale Pack by MCINDUS and FatedCourage

Apocalypse v1.1[forums.qhimm.com]
Boss Upscale by FatedCourage

Lunar Cry v1.2[forums.qhimm.com]
Enemy Upscale (100% Complete) by MCINDUS


Basiclly all texture mods that was listed here
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=391096600
Except for World UV Texture Patch[forums.qhimm.com] by MaKiPL

EDIT: I do recall during installation of all the mods that some folders and files asked to be replaced/moved, I simply replaced them every time, cause I was told that all these mods should go together. Maybe Im wrong?

2nd EDIT: by running compatibility mode Windows XP service pack 2, I manage to load the launcher for 0.5 seconds before it disappears (completely serious here) if I time it correctly I can manage to press play game before the launcher disappears, and the game  starts fine, I also know some mods, or all mods, are working since the font has changed to the bold one at the new game/ load save menu.
I press load save, selects a save where I know im on the overworld(if that helps) the moment the load bar is finished after selecting the save I want, the game freezes.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2017-02-07 22:27:35
Its not a problem with monitor programs, thats the first thing I check after something, anything really, fails to start, or load. My computer is completely up to date, so I should have the latest updates for Directx 9

Still sounds like it's a DirectX9 issue.  Follow all of the links on this page regarding the issue... it's a common one.  D3D9.dll is a 'developer' dll - and isn't part of any 'normal' installs since DX11 came out.

Also - try to run FF8 on a single core through the task manager.  This might help.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Squarekiddo on 2017-02-08 01:27:24
Still sounds like it's a DirectX9 issue.  Follow all of the links on this page regarding the issue... it's a common one.  D3D9.dll is a 'developer' dll - and isn't part of any 'normal' installs since DX11 came out.

Also - try to run FF8 on a single core through the task manager.  This might help.

Ah, alright, Yeah, ive been doing Directx problem solving for days with nothing to show for it, and to be honest I thought for sure that after I manage to actually launch the game that Directx wasnt the problem.

2nd EDIT: by running compatibility mode Windows XP service pack 2, I manage to load the launcher for 0.5 seconds before it disappears (completely serious here) if I time it correctly I can manage to press play game before the launcher disappears, and the game  starts fine, I also know some mods, or all mods, are working since the font has changed to the bold one at the new game/ load save menu.
I press load save, selects a save where I know im on the overworld(if that helps) the moment the load bar is finished after selecting the save I want, the game freezes.

I even manage to load a save thats NOT in the overworld and it works fine, its only the overworld save that seems to freeze. Granted I only have 2 saves, 1 overworld, 1 in deling city.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Shunsq on 2017-02-09 06:25:32
I remember i had the same issue on another game,dragon quest viii. It was because in the launcher i configured the game to be  full screen.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Squarekiddo on 2017-02-09 10:20:42
I remember i had the same issue on another game,dragon quest viii. It was because in the launcher i configured the game to be  full screen.

Thanks mate, yeah Ive read that one aswell, even went so far as to make it a launch option in steam itself, didnt work im afraid, but I do know that others that had D3D9 problems have solved it that way.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: jeremyhall2727 on 2017-02-14 00:18:49
thank you for the mods
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: hikagewolf on 2017-05-31 20:06:27
Ok, I need help. For the life of me, I am unable to get anything to work. I have downloaded the texture packs of eden,seed,etc. placed them in the main game folder under textures. I have also downloaded and place tonberry in main game folder. I have put all the hashpack in the haskpack folder. I don't see any obj files. I am trying to introduce my wife into some of the older FF, but she is turned off by graphics. She got spoiled on the FFX remastered.

edit: I finally got it to work.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: cossackbueh on 2017-05-31 23:43:11
Hi,

Had been using tonberry for a while and now I'm getting the same issue squarekiddo responded with. it seems tobe an issue with the d3d9 and I can't figure out how to fix it. any help is appreciated.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2017-06-10 22:55:12
Hi,

Had been using tonberry for a while and now I'm getting the same issue squarekiddo responded with. it seems tobe an issue with the d3d9 and I can't figure out how to fix it. any help is appreciated.

You probably updated to windows 10?

you guys need to get the directx9 download from here if you're having d3d9 issues: 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

also - if you're still running into the same issues, try disabling RaW if you have it running.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Einherion on 2017-10-16 23:58:53
So I am also having the  issue where direcX is being a jerk. Ive been working with McIndus via email and am posting here as a last resort.
I have windows 10, my steam overlay is turned off. Geforece experience monitoring is turned off. I use windows defender.

I run the directX installer to no avail. I opened the june2010 file itself, and the infinst.exe wont run. right clicking on the various inf in that .cad result in at least one install trial that did "something" and the game still wont launch.

the Ultima launcher quickly brings up the seizure warning and the FF8_ULTRA_LAUNCHER.exe states: "FF8_Launcher.EXE opened successfully. Attempting to laod by Process Name (FF8_EN.EXE)...  Still Waiting....Click "PLAY!""

however, once i hit ok on the seizure warning....big fat nothing.

McIndus and I believe it is an issue with the d3d9.dll, d3dcallback.dll, and zlib.dll.

It may be as simple as i cant install the DX properly cause im dumb? idk.


Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Einherion on 2017-10-17 02:10:59
So, i think i will have to give up. I get the following error and tried the things on the next page. http://www.errorlive.com/exception-code-0xc0000005
I got the launcher to start up with Method 3. however, the game then crashed. Im just gonna rest on this. im posting this incase it helps someone else.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: SpoonyOrbit on 2017-12-01 06:03:01
Great collection of mods and I did purchase the Pandora mod pack. Playing through the game when I came across the part where squall is carrying Rinoa on the train tracks to Esthar their bodies disappear behind a block whenever they pass a light pole.  I did a fresh install leaving out Project Eden and Rebirth Flame

 I thought by chance that might fix what I saw plus some other odd glitches or blimps/misplaced lines in the background.  I think using Edens textures with Angelwings hashmaps has some hiccups.  Unfortunately, I didn't save anywhere around the train tracks so I'll have to track down a save at that point to see if this fixes it.  I also notice that the characters blink their eyes with the original textures.  I actually would like a character mod that upscales the current pixels much like Angelwings backgrounds.  The characters are a little too plastic in Rebirth Flame if you know what I mean.

Otherwise great set of mods!  I look forward to more and hopefully a Final Fantasy VIII remake before I die.  One can hope.

Spoony
Proud owner of Asus ROG gaming products
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Samiiya on 2018-02-27 03:41:09
For everyone who got the error (http://i.imgur.com/j4LjMT9.png) and with any exception code error (I guess).
Download this dll files and put them into your FF8 directory: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YU0k71W9xH7yWRhBR30VB097QDRhEoYb
This is an error for Windows 64 bit i guess, because i did run the game everything fine on Windows 32 bit, but then after I upgraded my OS to 64 bit, I got this error. And I noticed that when u installed the game, it directed to Program Files (x86) Folder, so after all i bet that x86 dlls might work. Windows 64 bit can run both software (x64 and x86) but the file itself still stayed as (x64 or x86) type file.

I fixed mine and now I can play everything fine with mods. I would be glad if this could help anyone who got the same error. :)

Sorry if my English is bad.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Covarr on 2018-02-27 15:03:03
What are these DLLs? I can't speak for everyone, but I would not be inclined to download DLLs without knowing what they are, where they came from, etc.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Samiiya on 2018-02-28 13:25:02
It came from here : https://support.microsoft.com/ja-jp/help/3179560/update-for-visual-c-2013-and-visual-c-redistributable-package
(Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86)
We can run FF8 with Tonberry on Windows 32 bit without any errors but, on Windows 64 bit, we have to put msvcp120.dll and msvcr120.dll (x86 ones) into your FF8 directory to run FF8 with Tonberry. If u dont play FF8 with Tonberry, then u dont have to put those dlls into your FF8, the game would run everything fine without any errors.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-02-28 18:12:43
It came from here : https://support.microsoft.com/ja-jp/help/3179560/update-for-visual-c-2013-and-visual-c-redistributable-package
(Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86)
We can run FF8 with Tonberry on Windows 32 bit without any errors but, on Windows 64 bit, we have to put msvcp120.dll and msvcr120.dll (x86 ones) into your FF8 directory to run FF8 with Tonberry. If u dont play FF8 with Tonberry, then u dont have to put those dlls into your FF8, the game would run everything fine without any errors.

These are microsoft VC+ redist files - in which i mention that you need to update if you run into that specific issue on my MCINDUS Mods Guide via Steam, and it also states this is the original Tonberry thread.  It is good to know however, that you need a newer version if you're using a 64 bit OS.
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: msquall185 on 2018-03-29 16:01:49
hello, i'm currently getting this problem at the main menu (after square enix's logo) . Can anyone help me fix it ?
https://imgur.com/a/ijeWC
Title: Re: [FF8PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2018-03-29 19:13:37
hello, i'm currently getting this problem at the main menu (after square enix's logo) . Can anyone help me fix it ?
https://imgur.com/a/ijeWC

I think this is a problem with the collisions.csv and hash2map.csv either not working properly, or providing the wrong codes.  To stop this from happening, try downloading the collisions.csv and hash2map.csv from the "Project Angelwing" thread and install it into your main Tonberry folder instead of the original ones.  If that is already what you've done and you're encountering this error, try to re-download the collisions and hash2map from the Tonberry 2.04 download and put those -back- into your folder.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Jonxx on 2018-08-14 20:09:48
Hello, I have same issue. I've tried replacing those files, both redownloaded Tonberry files, and tried Project Angelwing files, but the issue remains for me. The game seems to works fine, and mods seem to work though. (Although I can't say if everything works, because I've only just started the game.) Weird. Would appreciate any help, because it keeps bugging me, I keep wondering if it will break something down the line.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: DLPB_ on 2018-09-04 00:18:16
It's taken me 1 hour and I have given up trying to install this.

If I am having problems, what do you think the average user is going to do?

You need a clear set of instructions of how to install this.  Exactly where.  List the files.

At the moment, it's ridiculously unclear.  In fact, I'd say that someone needs to create a proper installer for it.

Quote
Installation:
It's fairly similar to Tonberry's previous versions
Install VC++ 2010 Redistributable (x86)
Extract TonberryEnhaced1.6.zip directly into your FF8 directory (I'll call it [FF8Folder] from here)
Copy all your hash files to [FF8Folder]/tonberry/hashmap folder
Copy all your obj hash files to [FF8Folder]/tonberry/objmap folder
Copy the rest of .csv files (collisions.csv and hash2map.csv) in "[FF8Folder]/tonberry" folder (Thanks Mcindus for pointing it out)
Download and copy the corresponding textures to [FF8Folder]/textures (on its propper directories, off course!)
Check the prefs.txt file for configuring your particular Tonberry instalation. You will find instructions on it!

Is just too much information and massively counter intuitive.  The end user should not be burdened having to understand the entire modding process. It's also out of date, because TonberryEnhaced1.6.zip is not the latest version.


Edit.

I got it working.  Basically, 1. copy files to Root folder (where ff8.exe / ff8_**.exe is)  -
Copy texture files to texture folder
Copy ".csv" from relevant mod to [Root]\tonberry\hashmap

The instructions need to be way simpler and an installer needs to be made imho.

Any case, it's not looking too hopeful for RaW to load dlls when Tonberry is loaded - looks to me like the hook file is changing something.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: draven81 on 2019-04-05 16:29:20
ok im a little behind on the mod scene what exactly do i need todo to install this
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Khaolyss on 2019-04-26 00:50:59
Tried installing, but for some reason the game won't launch as long as d3d9.dll and d3d9Callback.dll are in the root folder. If I remove these two files, the game DOES launch. Most of the mods I installed still seem to work, except for AngelWing, Battlefield and Horizon . (Other installed: Apocalypse, LunarCry, Hellfire, Tripod, RebirthFlame(upscaled)). I also installed Rose and Wine, but it doesn't seem to be what causes the problem with Tonberry as it STILL won't launch even without RaW.

Having the models upgraded is a massive improvement, but I'm stumped as to why it just won't work fully =/

EDIT: Okay, I'm officially a massive derp and none of the Tonberry mod works! The 'default' graphics on Steam are just better than I expected. =p (To my defence, the last I played FF8 was on PS2, so... a while ago.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2019-04-27 16:58:23
Tried installing, but for some reason the game won't launch as long as d3d9.dll and d3d9Callback.dll are in the root folder. If I remove these two files, the game DOES launch. Most of the mods I installed still seem to work, except for AngelWing, Battlefield and Horizon . (Other installed: Apocalypse, LunarCry, Hellfire, Tripod, RebirthFlame(upscaled)). I also installed Rose and Wine, but it doesn't seem to be what causes the problem with Tonberry as it STILL won't launch even without RaW.

Having the models upgraded is a massive improvement, but I'm stumped as to why it just won't work fully =/

EDIT: Okay, I'm officially a massive derp and none of the Tonberry mod works! The 'default' graphics on Steam are just better than I expected. =p (To my defence, the last I played FF8 was on PS2, so... a while ago.

d3d9.dll and d3d9Callback.dll ARE the Tonberry: Enhanced mod.  If you're on Windows 10, make sure you download the directx9c runtime installer from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
After you download it and unpack it, make sure you run DXSETUP.exe
If this doesn't solve your problem, download the microsoft vc++ redist sp1 package for 2010 and the other ones for 2013 (for 2013, download both the x86 and x64 like stated in the posts above).
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Khaolyss on 2019-04-27 23:26:23
d3d9.dll and d3d9Callback.dll ARE the Tonberry: Enhanced mod.  If you're on Windows 10, make sure you download the directx9c runtime installer from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
After you download it and unpack it, make sure you run DXSETUP.exe
If this doesn't solve your problem, download the microsoft vc++ redist sp1 package for 2010 and the other ones for 2013 (for 2013, download both the x86 and x64 like stated in the posts above).

I am on windows 7, so I don't seem to be able to install the first link. However I re-downloaded the redists and ran repairs for the 2013 ones(2010 was fine), and it seems to be working now! HURRAY! Might have been an error when I first installed it, not too sure. Anyway, thank you for the help, take care! =D
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Sebanisu on 2019-05-07 12:03:25
Maybe the hash could be in the filename for some textures. You could convert the hash number to HEX so it'd use less characters. This could work well for 1 to 1 texture replacements. Where there is only 1 pallet.
start00_13,18407996689093672857 would become textures\A76B75096BB8.png or you could have a prefix still textures\start00[A76B75096BB8].png
Then for some mods you wouldn't need a hashmap just scan the directory files for the correct hash in the filename.

Is there a GitHub for TBE?
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: dkdan on 2019-05-10 11:32:28
It's taken me 1 hour and I have given up trying to install this.

If I am having problems, what do you think the average user is going to do?

You need a clear set of instructions of how to install this.  Exactly where.  List the files.

At the moment, it's ridiculously unclear.  In fact, I'd say that someone needs to create a proper installer for it.

Is just too much information and massively counter intuitive.  The end user should not be burdened having to understand the entire modding process. It's also out of date, because TonberryEnhaced1.6.zip is not the latest version.


Edit.

I got it working.  Basically, 1. copy files to Root folder (where ff8.exe / ff8_**.exe is)  -
Copy texture files to texture folder
Copy ".csv" from relevant mod to [Root]\tonberry\hashmap

The instructions need to be way simpler and an installer needs to be made imho.

Any case, it's not looking too hopeful for RaW to load dlls when Tonberry is loaded - looks to me like the hook file is changing something.

Hello guys,

I am having exactly the same problems as that dude had.
It's the first time I'm using mods like that, so I don't understand so much. Can someone please help me? I don't know what EXACTLY to download, where to put what, what is texture or hashmap. Where do I download that texture files? Sorry, i'm too noob with all that.
I tried to follow that first "instructions" but nothing happened, no changes at all. Probably missed many files or something.

Can someone help me?  :-\

I uninstalled and deleted the remaining folder so I can start again from 0.

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Idubaren on 2019-05-22 08:27:38
I've decided to try and prepare my FF8 game for when the Spanish version of SeeD Reborn is released. So I downloaded this thing as the author said that mod is dependant on this and put it on in the ff8 folder where the .exe's are as the installation say, but then I run into this issues people is having like needing some 32 bit dll's if you playing on a 64 bit OS, there's a link and all to download them but... the link got me to no-where so now I don't know if I can use the mod or not just because I play with Windows 10, 64 bit... well now that's a kick to the balls ain't it?

---EDIT---

Also I tried to download DirectX9 runtime as another post said... it won't let me install it because I'm not using Windows server 2003, Windows 98, or others, basically my OS is messing this up...
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2019-05-22 18:30:22
I've decided to try and prepare my FF8 game for when the Spanish version of SeeD Reborn is released. So I downloaded this thing as the author said that mod is dependant on this and put it on in the ff8 folder where the .exe's are as the installation say, but then I run into this issues people is having like needing some 32 bit dll's if you playing on a 64 bit OS, there's a link and all to download them but... the link got me to no-where so now I don't know if I can use the mod or not just because I play with Windows 10, 64 bit... well now that's a kick to the balls ain't it?

---EDIT---

Also I tried to download DirectX9 runtime as another post said... it won't let me install it because I'm not using Windows server 2003, Windows 98, or others, basically my OS is messing this up...

For Windows 10, you just have to download and install both x86 and x84 versions of the 2013 VC++ redistributable package.  It comes with a lot of games, so you might have it already -- if not, just install both.  For the dx9c fix, check the MCINDUS Steam Guide and follow that link.  It should install easily for you.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Idubaren on 2019-05-22 19:47:19
Sorry I was a bit frustrated on my last post. I decided to try the game as I was adding tonberry and the mods to it and lo and behold, everything worked perfectly on its own. I'm sorry if I came out rude is just that touching folders in the actual game without a mod manager is new to me and it was a scare, but as soon as I got the hang of it I could relax and forgot completely about the post I made u.u still thanks for answering.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: rotschleim on 2019-05-31 18:09:33
Hey MCINDUS, a friend of mine was having trouble getting Tonberry working... He has it installed exactly how I have it, but it just won't work.

- We've tried disabling ReShade, it doesn't work
- We've tried turning off the Steam Overlay, doesn't work (I don't need to turn off the Steam Overlay on my end)
- We've ensured everything is in the correct place (No missing hashmaps or anything)
- We've tried the Directx9c runtime installer
- We've ensured he has the Visual C++ 2013 builds

He has Windows 10 and an NVIDIA card. He says NVIDIA recently started dropping support for x32 bit programs, and that may be why Tonberry isn't working. Could that be it? We tried for a solid hour yesterday with no results.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: LordUrQuan on 2019-05-31 19:47:02
He says NVIDIA recently started dropping support for x32 bit programs
Huh??  They dropped 32bit OS support a year or so ago, but I don't see why this would affect 32bit programs.  Indeed, dropping 32bit application support would be an incredibly dumb move on their part, assuming it's even possible.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: rotschleim on 2019-06-01 01:07:22
Huh??  They dropped 32bit OS support a year or so ago, but I don't see why this would affect 32bit programs.  Indeed, dropping 32bit application support would be an incredibly dumb move on their part, assuming it's even possible.
I'm just throwing out possible reasons as to why it wouldn't work. Otherwise, I have no idea as to what's going on. We just want to mod the font...
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Yagami Light on 2019-06-01 09:39:07
I have windows 10 64 bit with a 1070 and it works fine, you probably placed the folders/files incorrectly or didn't download the right packages
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2019-06-01 18:36:33
Do you have Tonberry Enhanced v2.04 installed to your parent ff8 directory properly?  make sure you don't have it in a weird duplicate location.  Also, maybe try vc 2010 both x86 and x64 versions.  Also, make sure the 2013 vc++ pack you get is for SP1 due to it being the 'last' one released for that version.  Make sure you install the dx9c from the steam link in the MCINDUS guide, and run DXSETUP once it's unpacked in your temp folder.
Let me know if any of this helped!
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Spooniest on 2019-06-04 02:26:15
Quote
in your temp folder

May I have the filepath please? There are lots of folders on my computer called 'temp.'

Thanks for reading.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Ldy_Death on 2019-09-04 00:17:22
It looks like Tonberry don't work with the Remaster. I'm the only one? I wanted to change the Battle Backgrounds and the worldmap, but nothing happens.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Sebanisu on 2019-09-04 17:08:05
Yeah tonberry was made for directx 9 and the new version doesn't use it. The community is working on a solution. For now we know we can replace the textures that the remaster has already replaced. Might be more we can do.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: guiguifun28 on 2019-09-12 09:04:17
Good Morning everyone,

I'd like to know if I can download these hashmaps without downloading tonberry enhanced. Do I need the new directory system the topic is talking about? Whats more I'm beginner as for modding is concerned, so I'm trying to do things short and simple.

Thanks for responding and thanks for your hard work.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: guiguifun28 on 2019-09-12 09:05:19
It looks like Tonberry don't work with the Remaster. I'm the only one? I wanted to change the Battle Backgrounds and the worldmap, but nothing happens.

Hope there will be mods soon available for remastered version
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Virus1988 on 2019-11-19 13:01:40
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/5131/YvBnAz.png)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/9536/VDDj2V.png)

Why do I have this problem? Any solution?
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: kotecome on 2020-04-13 04:18:39
Hi Sir,

I'm following the instructions on how to install the Tonberry mod and the hashmaps
But I just cannot find my ''textures'' folder in the FFVIII game folder. It doesn't have it. :(

I believe I'm using 2013 Steam version.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: mro78 on 2020-04-16 20:47:07
I'm having trouble downloading this. It keeps saying "doc-00-6o-docs.googleusercontent.com. "
Title: Text textures aren't appearing...
Post by: anti_ohme on 2020-05-12 16:39:36
Hey guys, I've tried to look for an answer to this but have been unsuccesful. I have placed the contents of the SeeDReborn folder into the ff8 folder and merged the files. I have the hasmap in the hasmap folder and the textures in the texture folder, with all the other hashmap and textures for the other mods (that do work). For some reason, the text is just the same as the original game. I'm at a loss!

Cheers, Ohme
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: faospark on 2020-06-24 05:44:45
Tonberry Mod Creation Guide (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=17263.0)
this link is critical and should be part of the top post. 
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ERAISERZEE on 2020-08-03 18:17:15
can anyone tell me if I have to uninstall version 10.0.40219 of VC ++ 2010 Redistributable (x86) because when I try to install the one provided here it tells me that I have the updated version installed, I ask it since I recently installed windows and I had a beckup of the mods tomberry steam ff8 but it does not work gives me error 0xc00007b but without mod installed from the beginning it fumnitions me without errors. so do I have to uninstall the updated visual C ++ to make it work with tomberry again?
thank you even if you don't answer I think I will wait a couple of days and then I un-install them and try with them here.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ERAISERZEE on 2020-08-06 08:49:52
no one i installed the dill above but it gives me an error
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ERAISERZEE on 2020-08-06 10:17:49
can you update Tonberry for window 10 please? since it doesn't work
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: faospark on 2020-08-06 23:33:41
im on windows 10 and works for me.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ERAISERZEE on 2020-08-07 01:27:43
[Delete] it works now.
if you can delete these messages.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ERAISERZEE on 2020-08-07 07:52:57
[Delete] it works now.
if you can delete these messages.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: ERAISERZEE on 2020-08-07 15:09:10
[Delete] it works now.
if you can delete these messages.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Arminius93 on 2020-11-08 22:24:43
Hey guys, sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place (I have literally never used a forum before) but I am just at my wits end here.
Its probably a really simple fix that I'm missing.
I grabbed Tonberry 1.5 and got the Eden Texture repack and SeeDReborn mods working great. But then I wanted the more advanced graphics mods so I grabbed the Tonberry Enhanced with the hashmaps folders, put the Eden textures in the textures folder like normal and now they wont work. Is there a different way you are supposed to use Tonberry enhanced?
Literally any help or just being pointed to the right info would be really appreciated
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Yagami Light on 2020-11-09 21:31:25
Use the latest version tonberry 2.04, the eden textures are out of date and buggy, use project angel wing textures and up to date hashes for the field textures.
https://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=17541.0
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Esp3n on 2021-01-26 17:36:28
Hey guys, new here.

After installing TonberryEnhanced 2.04 (copying textures and tonberry folder + d3d9, d3d9Callback and zlib1 .dlls to FFVIII folder), my game won't start up. If I start from steam, Steam says that the game is running but nothing happens. If I try to start the FF8_EN.exe from the FFVIII folder, I get two system errors: "The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP120.dll was not found.", same for MSVCR120.dll.

I have Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) and (x64) installed. I have the 2013 ones installed. I have DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010) installed. On Windows 10.

EDIT: I ran all the C++ Redistributable package installers again and that supposedly fixed it.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: gunner_1207 on 2021-04-02 23:45:38
Hi Sir,

I'm following the instructions on how to install the Tonberry mod and the hashmaps
But I just cannot find my ''textures'' folder in the FFVIII game folder. It doesn't have it. :(

I believe I'm using 2013 Steam version.
did you solve this? I've just put the 2013 release on a newer laptop an went to start modding and have the same issue, I have no textures folder
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: SpecterAndreZ23 on 2021-10-15 16:19:02
v2.04 Google drive link doesn't work anymore. Shows access denied.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Antonia on 2021-12-02 14:58:52
v2.04 Google drive link doesn't work anymore. Shows access denied.
I found an alternate site that, as best I can tell, is exactly what it claims to be and works fine.  Hope it helps someone until the G-drive links are fixed up.
https://www.gamepressure.com/download.asp?ID=70698

Also, on an unrelated note...  This is probably obvious to most, but when I first popped back in here to mod up for a new FF8 run, I was a little lost as to what was and was not needed.  Last time I did this, everything worked off Aali's driver, so this time around I started by setting up FFNx and trying to proceed from there.

Well needless to say, that didn't work so well since everything else I was trying to do was dependent on Tonberry, which doesn't play nice (at all) with FFNx.  Just tossing this note in case anyone else can't figure out why none of their Tonberry/texture stuff seems to want to work.

Installed clean, started with Tonberry and then dropped in all the packs, and everything looks amazing.  Kudos and thanks to everyone involved with all these lovely enhancements.  ^_^
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mcindus on 2022-06-08 17:37:14
Hey everyone! Sorry it took so long, but I had to find an untouched version of Tonberry Enhanced v2.04 on my old backup HDD.
Here's the gdrive link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13KUrsV9c1sdCwihPSmTomTet9aQzN65l/view?usp=sharing


-NOTE TO MODERATORS- You can add this link to the main post as a mirror, since JeMa and Mav have been MIA since 2017 or so. Enjoy!
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Bonez on 2022-06-12 11:00:08
Hey everyone! Sorry it took so long, but I had to find an untouched version of Tonberry Enhanced v2.04 on my old backup HDD.
Here's the gdrive link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13KUrsV9c1sdCwihPSmTomTet9aQzN65l/view?usp=sharing


-NOTE TO MODERATORS- You can add this link to the main post as a mirror, since JeMa and Mav have been MIA since 2017 or so. Enjoy!

Done.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: chrome99001 on 2022-09-07 12:21:22
(https://i.imgur.com/TceqQDz.jpg)

Any ideas? I've already installed the required DirectX 9.0C, VC++ 2010 Redistributable (x86), VC++ 2010 Redistributable (x64), VC++ 2013 Redistributable (x86), VC++ 2013 Redistributable (x64).

(https://i.imgur.com/QYou1OG.jpg)

This screen pops up for a second then disappears.

Game works perfectly fine if Tonberry is not installed.
Currently on Windows 11.
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Mirrorman95 on 2023-07-30 05:47:17
I'm so glad you posted this!  I know that everyone really wants a new release with a better hashing system, but until that work is completed, we really need to get people using this!
Also - I can't imagine not using the new folder hierarchy.  It makes the hashing and modding process so much cleaner and stops us from having to keep re-writing over our old hash1map.csv file - especially if we are heavily modding the game and have custom hashmaps.

In honor of this release, I am going to post the hashmap files for all of the mods currently available. 
I will be updating this list as I go!

TURN OFF THE STEAM OVERLAY TO PREVENT CRASHES!!


Hashmaps:
Put these in (/steamapps/common/FINAL FANTASY VIII/tonberry/hashmap)

HorizonPack v3.0 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNVFc5dnRYMXJ2WTQ/view?usp=sharing)  World, Map, and Vehicles

Pick Eden or Angelwing, NOT BOTH (or there will be glitches)
Project Eden v1.0 (https://mega.nz/#!OsBSHJDZ!Xr78ZGMiufqemShOpQoTYSLGohzkC_4NAR9Gd_gVct8)  Background Fields
Project Angelwing v1.0 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxTDk8nuGukdVUJwMjFUOEtlVEk)  Waifu Background Fields

BattleFieldPack v2.0 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNelRPdGVUajg5ajQ/view?usp=sharing)  Battlefields

SeeD Reborn (English) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNWmRtOFRsZkZvaFU/view?usp=sharing)  Title Screen, Text, Icons, and Menu
SeeD Reborn (Spanish) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNUWl5RzlNWUxjZ2s/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (French) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNeWE3cFlmNnFsTDg/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (German) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNbXprdjR4Z3dYN1E/view?usp=sharing)
SeeD Reborn (Italian) (https://mega.nz/#!SogWRbRC!BRmHq03mrZlf9R8YIqFdp-t4wckRUkXIwHYVU5-U2q0)

Tripod v2.0 (ALL LANGUAGES) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/14ykSu8j2_ku5XfmBFr53-hvuip72Fq76/view?usp=sharing)  Triple Triad Card Game

Rebirth Flame v1.2 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNMHY0Rzllam84ZkE/view?usp=sharing)  Characters

Project Hellfire v1.2 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNOVlJaFIxcTBwS1U/view?usp=sharing)  G.F. Summons

Apocalypse v1.1 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNOW0yVDVWS1VHV3M/view?usp=sharing)  Bosses

Lunar Cry v1.2 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65jMaDibBtNRXo3MWVLbHEzWDQ/view?usp=sharing)  Enemies


***SELECT ONLY YOUR MAIN LANGUAGE!***


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==**UPDATED WITH LATEST MODS!**==
==**********7/6/2020********==
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I'm sorry to necro a dead thread, but I had a problem with one of the hashmaps. I tried to download the "BattleFieldPack v2.0" Battlefields, but I couldn't because the link gave me the following message instead:

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Fortunately, I found a copy of the files I had previously downloaded on my hard drive. Should I repost the hashmap archive somewhere for others who need it?
Title: Re: [PC] External Texture Support - Tonberry: Enhanced (2.04)
Post by: Rikku on 2024-03-27 09:31:04
hello !

Is there a way to install Tonberry on a Steam Deck ?

Thanks