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Should Final Fantasy 8 have a mod for its sound effects?

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Seraphim87:
Now, I understand that FF8's Steam versionmod has music that.... kinda sound like steaming crap. ;)

A lot of mods exist SOLELY to correct that!  Even the FMVs are bad too!  It's like they hired an intern to port this thing!

Now, what I'd like to know is... how good (or bad) is the quality for the sound effects in this game?  Does the Steam FF8 have the same sound effects as the PS1, or are they of inferior quality?

If they are inferior-quality sound effects, would it be very difficult to mod in the better sound effects?  Doesn't sound like it'd be a big deal.

I want the game to be perfect so, I really gotta know how the sound effects are just to be certain. :)

Shard:
The sound effects are pretty terrible. I'm pretty sure all versions of FF8 use the same sfx library.

Some people have said they want to improve the sounds of the game. You should find them and start something.

The only problem is that the sounds have to be compressed into Microsoft 4-bit ADPCM, which has awful, awful compression artifacts on higher frequencies. However, the quality loss, despite those artifacts (if they show up) is surprisingly minimal.

Seraphim87:
Ah, some the SFX are the same as the PS1?  At least they didn't degrade between versions.

As for starting a mod with others- alas, I'm not really a modder or anything myself, no technical skills there.  I wouldn't even know where to begin.

I do know that some SFX are different- notably Squall's school computer turning on/off as well as Quetzacoatl's opening SFX.

However, if you ever encounter anyone who expresses interest in making such a mod, please direct them to post in this topic.  If enough of them post together in the same topic they may form a group and get something started. :)

dkma841:
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Seraphim87:
Thanks!  Again, if any of you see anyone talk about wanting to change the SFX (or you know how to get in touch with any of the guys who did the audio mods for FF8) please, PLEASE show them this topic and ask them to post here!  We got perfect and improved-upon music for this game, now all we need is improved-upon SFX! :)

(Thankfully it sounds like the SFX are at least about as good as on the PS1, though I'm no expert in that area to judge)

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