So I can't even get the game to run. I'm probably not doing something right, but EAXUnified doesn't install, and repeatedly gives me a "Unable to load custom driver" error. I can launch FF8, but it sits there with a black screen, and the only way to close it is to use task manager.
INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF8 1.2 US English (Nvidia)
INFO: ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series 3.3.11631 Compatibility Profile Context
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 8192x8192
INFO: Number of texture units: 8
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 640x480, output resolution 640x480, internal resolution 640x480
INFO: Shader limits: varying 128, vert uniform 16384, frag uniform 16384
INFO: vertex shader compile log:
Vertex shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.
INFO: fragment shader compile log:
Fragment shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.
INFO: main program link log:
Vertex shader(s) linked, fragment shader(s) linked.
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZING SOUND...
initializing direct sound
EAXDirectSoundCreate