https://github.com/Sebanisu/FFVIII_LAUNCHER-AlternativeI was trying to use simpledllloader and it was interfering with the FFVIII_LAUNCHER. Who knows why? Maybe I was doing something wrong.
So I made this. Maybe you guys could find use for it. You replace the FFVIII_LAUNCHER.exe with this and then the game pretty much just starts instead of showing the launcher. This is a console app so you might see the box show up for a few seconds while it starts the game.