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The Skillster

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« on: 2002-03-07 21:30:00 »
Guys u and I cant be bothered running threw countless topics to find a link to that patch u remember threesixtey talking about fixing geforces on ff8, or that 3dfx mode demo of Final Fantasy VII,
or even the Final Fantasy FAQ website ( I remember there being one... full of tips and patches etc)
so please post ur most usefull FF7/8 related links here :)

*EDIT* Changed Usefull to Useful :P
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« Reply #1 on: 2002-03-07 21:42:00 »
Message.
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The Skillster

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« Reply #2 on: 2002-03-07 21:51:00 »
ok  lets start with this
im just about to reinstall FF7, so can someone post the link to the ff7 v1.2 patch? and all the links to the ff7 xg patching soundfont thingy :)
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i got the ff7xg sf v1.6 but megota's site is down. i can upload sfpack to my webspace if anyone wants it,
and how to import those ea2 files into the Eax control panel? i have an audigy EX and it only takes aup files, any way of importing/converting them?

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The Skillster

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« Reply #3 on: 2002-03-07 23:10:00 »
uh can someone do me a BIG BIG BIG favour?
my ff7 install cd is CRACKED!!! if anyone is selling ff7PC cheap or knows where i can get it dirt cheap?
PS : can someone COPY there install CD>? (yes its legal to have a backup copy!) anyone?
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edit: samuel ur an angel,
look @ that formatting!! he is becoming the next srethron!!!
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« Reply #4 on: 2002-03-08 02:10:00 »
the bargian bin of your local compusa (or equivalent) should be able to ge tit for about 10USD
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« Reply #5 on: 2002-03-08 06:40:00 »
Final Fantasy VII PC[/i]


General :

- Official patches & FAQ's from Eidos Interactive

- FAQ's from GameFAQs


Music :

- FF7Music (emulates FF7 PSX music through FF7 PC!)
Thanks to Ficedula, Rubicant & Neill Corlett!

- Threesixty's Enhanced FF7 AWE Soundfont v2.06

- TiadaghtonDude's Improved FF7 AWE Soundfont v1.41

- Samuel's FF7 XG Soundfont
(Check that thread for more files & infos)

- Sephiroth1999AD's FF7 AWE Soundfont v1.00 (smallest version)
- Sephiroth1999AD's FF7 AWE Soundfont v1.04 (latest version) [NEW]
(Check that thread for more files & infos)


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Final Fantasy VIII PC[/i]  (visit FFSF for more details and previews)


General :

- Official patches & support from Electronic Arts
- Official patches from Avault
- Official patches from GameSpot

- FAQ's from GameFAQs

- Dag Sverre's FF8 Configurator v1.0
- Dag Sverre's FF8 Configurator v2.0
- Dag Sverre's FF8 Configurator v2.2 (updated by Ficedula)


Music :

- Samuel's FF8 DLS v1.39 and the patch from v1.36 to v1.39

- Joel's FF8 DLS Revision 2
- Joel's Improved tracks v2.1 (Original / Revision 2 DLS)
- Joel's FFIX mod v2.00 (original DLS)
- Joel's FFIX mod v2.00 (Samuel's DLS version)

- Gilbert's FF8 Orchestral DLS v1.5

- Jared's FF8 soundfont v1.31

- Jari's Timber soundfont v1.0 & 1.1


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Final Fantasy's websites with useful tools :

- Qhimm's homepage
- Ficedula's homepage
- Alhexx's homepage

- The Final Fantasy Soundfont Project (aka: FFSF)


(any other links missing? Should I add any other posted links into this post? Anyway, just ask for it and it'll be added.)
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The Skillster

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« Reply #6 on: 2002-03-09 00:15:00 »
seeing how FF7 compatibility with newer gfx cards/drivers sux big time, i was thinking of doing a driver/card/OS comparision list,
thinking how i got FF7 working today i might leave, depends on the demand, BTW, anyone know how to get rid of that annoying bent text u get (the background is fine, the cursor is incorrect, and transparent fonts (in battles)arent displayed properly, text/text boxes or kinda zig zaged)?
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« Reply #7 on: 2002-03-09 18:55:00 »
Patches for FF8 can be found at Electronic Art's website and ff7 at eidos' website.
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« Reply #8 on: 2002-04-05 19:42:00 »
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On 2002-03-08 20:15, The Skillster wrote:
BTW, anyone know how to get rid of that annoying bent text u get (the background is fine, the cursor is incorrect, and transparent fonts (in battles)arent displayed properly, text/text boxes or kinda zig zaged)?


Restarting (the game! Not computer.) sorted me out fine.

Best nVidia Detonator drivers to use with FF7:
6.50
12.41

FF8:
6.50
12.41
14.10

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« Reply #9 on: 2002-05-26 05:12:25 »
Best for both FF7 and FF8 are 28.32 (the latest)...
And they also work with OpenGL stuff (ONI for example..)...
The earlier versions ('cept 12.41 as far as I remember)
worked with fine D3D -OR- OGL...
And that kinda sucked...

So 28.32, gozaruyo :wink:
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« Reply #10 on: 2002-06-23 01:17:22 »
Nvidia finally fixed the 8 bit pallet in their drivers.

Use the Detonator 29.42 for best play on FF8 and FF7.

For FF8 all you need to do is use the new drivers. No special setups, necessary. (well, except for the Geforce patch....but that's a given)

For FF7 you need to use the original FF7.exe with the FF7config.exe from the TNT patch (The original FF7config.exe won't allow you to choose the Hardware Acceleration option). If you use the FF7.exe from the TNT patch, you'll get a Black screen lock up crash.

This was due to the fact that the TNT patch was meant to be used with drivers that have 8 bit pallet disabled. I used to tell people to use Rivatuner to turn off the 8 bit pallet, but now that Nvidia fix the problem, Rivatuner is no longer needed.
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« Reply #11 on: 2002-07-04 20:04:20 »
If you can find them, I notice the Beta 29.80 drivers work the best on both games, no problems for me as far as I can tell (naturally you need the patches...I have a texel problem with FF7, but that's because I've been screwing around my comp too much), not to mention everything is crisper and sharper. 4x FSAA...W00t.

Does anyone have any mirrors to the FF8 Soundfont stuff or any if Fice's? The whole server is down...
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The Skillster

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« Reply #12 on: 2002-07-07 07:03:18 »
hmm how about radeon? whats the best drivers for ff7? radeon 8500dv?
as for links someone had a mirror to fices site?
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« Reply #13 on: 2002-07-15 03:18:46 »
is there any alternate links to the Seraph Sephiroth soundfont? the links dont work. does anyone eles have it.
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« Reply #14 on: 2002-07-15 20:49:46 »
I know it's taken me too long :(  But I've modified my redirector (http://ficedula.cjb.net) so it once again points to a more-or-less complete mirror of my site.
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The Skillster

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« Reply #15 on: 2002-07-15 21:22:31 »
wow! fice where u been man?
whats the best ati drivers for ff7?
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« Reply #16 on: 2002-07-16 07:04:37 »
from what i've tried, i came up with this: the newer version of the driver, the better that is.
but i have not tried to apply so called "XP patch". so, couldn't tell you there  :o

ATi Radeon 8500 with 64Mb here
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« Reply #17 on: 2002-08-15 21:57:23 »
Simply update the latest ATi drivers and install the 1.02 patch and set the defaults in the ATi display settings. Then, inside ff7 setup set the Direct3d to normal TNT. do not bother selecting riva128. Test the game. If things aren't looking good (crooked text, squiggly pictures), then go into your ATi setup and change the settings.

In windows XP it is so lame because I still haven't found the ATi setup anywhere. you don't even need to change any setting with that. if you still get problems, try getting a 3rd-party display changer (powerstrip). That's all I can really suggest for radeon configs.
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« Reply #18 on: 2002-08-22 09:35:24 »
Well as you guys said i swiched to 28.32 detonators and found that some gfx bugs dissapeared.But still i cant enable the tnt fix from the configurator.With the 8-bit palletized textures on i can get d3d acceleration but cant enable tnt fix,and with 8-bit palletized textures disabled i get a fail at the test in the configurator...Using the ff7 patch and the tnt fix.Is the tnt fix going to improve the game?
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« Reply #19 on: 2002-08-22 16:16:10 »
These days, it's best just to play FF7 in Software mode.  You can put it up to the same resolution (640x480) with no slowdown these days, and all the timing even in a couple of the subgames are correct.

Best way to play FF7, in my opinion.
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« Reply #20 on: 2002-08-22 20:24:31 »
not true, at least for me. in software, ff7 textures look pixelated and crappy, and shading (like barrett's back or the gradiented windows) is not smooth. it visually looks much more impressive in D3D mode.
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« Reply #21 on: 2002-08-22 21:33:28 »
Correct.  Software mode uses no Anti-Aliasing or FSAA (if you have it enabled anyway) resulting in crappy looking textures and less-impressive looking shading.  Not to mention the battle swirl isn't as cool in software.

D3D is the way to go, even if you can get full speed in software.
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« Reply #22 on: 2002-08-23 07:55:29 »
Errr so can anyone answer my question?  :oops:
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« Reply #23 on: 2002-08-23 12:13:22 »
If the game looks fine without the TNT patch, then applying the TNT fix will not improve anything :P

But, I think the 1.02 EXE has some game bug fixes in it.
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« Reply #24 on: 2002-08-27 20:01:52 »
Quote from: Aaron
Correct.  Software mode uses no Anti-Aliasing or FSAA (if you have it enabled anyway) resulting in crappy looking textures and less-impressive looking shading.


Well, its not due to a lack of AA or FSAA, it's something far more simpler.  The software mode simply does not do Bilinear Filtering on primitives that it draws, resulting in a PSX-look, since the PSX itself can't do that filtering either.
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