[FF8PC-Steam] Ragnarok Rebalancing Mod (v1.2.3 & v1.1b)

[singaporygon]

Hey Callisto and forum. So I'm having a big issue with the EFIGS file on the remastered version of ffviii. I installed the Demaster folder fine about 3 weeks ago, and the changes were made to the game (spells in inventory in the beginning, double draw point, etc.) So I played through the game, not really thinking anything of why enemy magic attacks were hardly doing any damage to my characters. Lo and behold, later in the game I hit for 9999 capped damage and I finally realized I did something wrong, I forgot to install the EFIGS file. So I went back, patched the regular EFIGS.dll file with the EFIGS.ips file in the mod using the link, replaced the original file with the modded file and changed the name back to "EFIGS.dll". The game runs perfectly fine until I get into a battle. The characters ready their weapons, and then the game crashes with a message saying "an unknown exception has occurred." I can toss the backed up original EFIGS.dll file back in and the game runs normally, but without break damage limit, magic damage balanced and no draw cap. I'm wondering if anyone has a solution to this issue or can tell me what I did wrong, because I want the end part of the game to be as difficult as possible.

Callisto everytime i try patch my FFVIII_EFIGS.dll file with your patching file, it goes to the An unknown exception has occurred screen when i first boot up my final fantasy 8 remastered steam game using your mod

Callisto, I'm also getting an unknown exception when I try a newly patched EFIGS.dll.

It runs fine with the older EFIGS, and some new features are in there when its running, like Heal instead of Absorb, and Tents refining to Curas instead of Curagas.

But yeah, I can't break the 9999 limit and Library draw point is still Esuna (even though Squall starts with spells), when I use the older EFGIS.

Also would you please re-upload the zzz download and method? The link on the first page is dead. Thanks.

[singaporygon]

EDIT: ACTUALLY I WAS LOOKING AT DRAW POINTS IN HYNE THAT WAS CONFUSING ME, WHICH STILL SAYS ESUNA, EVEN THOUGH I GET DOUBLE WHEN I ACTUALLY DRAW.

So now I'm really wondering if I actually have everything working anyways, even though I still have to use the old 2019 EFIGS.dll .
In beginning of Disc 3, I've used a high-level Quistis with high-magic and a high-leveled Diablos vs Malboro and only got 9999 dmg, which makes me think the limit is still there.
And in my recollection when attacking with standard Magic and receiving damage from standard Magic from Bosses, the damage seemed relatively pitiful.

Is there anything else, other than what it says on the front page, that I can test to be 110% sure I have Ragnarok fully implemented on FF8-R?

[craigmiester]

Hey Callisto, not sure if this thread is still active or not. My friend and I have played through and finished the mod (on Lionheart/hard mode, no-exp) and we have a few suggestions/ changes that can be improved upon.

[Lambo_321]

I'm running into an "Unknown exception error" that occurs at the start of battle. The battle screen loads in, the camera pans around the battlefield and settles on to the characters, then when the ATB bars should start filling, the game crashes. I have completely uninstalled the game, installed a clean vanilla version, and the game runs normally. I installed Roses and Wine, game functions normally. When I add the "lang-en" folder from the Ragnarok standard mode, the game functions normally. But when I add the Ragnarok_mod.txt file, the game crashes at the start of battle. I have also installed a bunch of other Tonberry compatible mods and all seem to be functioning normally. It's only when I add the Ragnarok mod file that the game crashes.

I've rebooted my PC, reinstalled the game, reinstalled all mods, downloaded a fresh copy of the Ragnarok mod, run the game as administrator, run the game in compatibility mode with Win7 as administrator, reinstalled all Microsoft Visual C++ redistributables from 2008-2022, ensured I'm using the latest driver for my GPU (RTX 3070), uninstalled Microsoft One Drive, and removed the mod to make it to a later battle in the game, then added the mod back and it still crashed. I'm at a total loss as to what to even attempt next.

Description
Faulting Application Path:   C:\Games\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\FF8_EN.exe

Problem signature
Problem Event Name:   BEX
Application Name:   FF8_EN.exe
Application Version:   1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp:   38ee7395
Fault Module Name:   FF8_EN.exe
Fault Module Version:   1.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:   38ee7395
Exception Offset:   00776921
Exception Code:   c0000005
Exception Data:   00000008
OS Version:   10.0.19045.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID:   1033
Additional Information 1:   8e0c
Additional Information 2:   8e0cbb031b705f73124165af984eb9bc
Additional Information 3:   4546
Additional Information 4:   4546e4b6f9abfac94c7f988eabde7704

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID:   77b6dd514d7885a2e74e97f776a89e21 (1679446800159252001)

[gunner_1207]

for the 2013 version does this work with all the wonderful graphical mods?

[Final_Figue]

Hello.

This mod works with the Remastered version? It is compatible with other mods?

[rassellek]

I'm running into an "Unknown exception error" that occurs at the start of battle. The battle screen loads in, the camera pans around the battlefield and settles on to the characters, then when the ATB bars should start filling, the game crashes. I have completely uninstalled the game, installed a clean vanilla version, and the game runs normally. I installed Roses and Wine, game functions normally. When I add the "lang-en" folder from the Ragnarok standard mode, the game functions normally. But when I add the Ragnarok_mod.txt file, the game crashes at the start of battle. I have also installed a bunch of other Tonberry compatible mods and all seem to be functioning normally. It's only when I add the Ragnarok mod file that the game crashes.

I've rebooted my PC, reinstalled the game, reinstalled all mods, downloaded a fresh copy of the Ragnarok mod, run the game as administrator, run the game in compatibility mode with Win7 as administrator, reinstalled all Microsoft Visual C++ redistributables from 2008-2022, ensured I'm using the latest driver for my GPU (RTX 3070), uninstalled Microsoft One Drive, and removed the mod to make it to a later battle in the game, then added the mod back and it still crashed. I'm at a total loss as to what to even attempt next.

Description
Faulting Application Path:   C:\Games\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII\FF8_EN.exe

Problem signature
Problem Event Name:   BEX
Application Name:   FF8_EN.exe
Application Version:   1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp:   38ee7395
Fault Module Name:   FF8_EN.exe
Fault Module Version:   1.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:   38ee7395
Exception Offset:   00776921
Exception Code:   c0000005
Exception Data:   00000008
OS Version:   10.0.19045.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID:   1033
Additional Information 1:   8e0c
Additional Information 2:   8e0cbb031b705f73124165af984eb9bc
Additional Information 3:   4546
Additional Information 4:   4546e4b6f9abfac94c7f988eabde7704

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID:   77b6dd514d7885a2e74e97f776a89e21 (1679446800159252001)

Hello! I have the same problem. I deleted the line from Ragnarok_mod.txt:
#ATB Wait behavior rewritten (redirection to code cave)
A9450 = E9 CC D4 6C 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
This helped solve the problem. I'm not sure what it affects, but the game doesn't crash anymore. THY!