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Archive / Running ff8 in a window.

« on: 2003-09-23 12:12:37 »

I've had a quick look at FF8.exe in my disassembler and hey - it looks almost the same as FF7.exe.
So running it in windowed mode *should* be possible, however, you've got to give my some time to find that important section in FF8.exe, that I've found in FF7.exe before

 - Alhexx

Ok thanks a lot.

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Archive / Running ff8 in a window.

« on: 2003-09-22 15:17:13 »

I'll try to reinstall FF8 and I'll give it a try

 - Alhexx

 - edit -
That reminds me of that FF7-Higher-Resolution-Thread

Yeah I was looking for a way for getting higher reolutions for ff8, but I saw the thread and got scared, so I asked this as this was something else I was after.

Anyways if you do come up with a good result can you let me know and tell me how I can do it, like in propper morons terms. Thanks.

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Archive / FF8 worldmap lag??

« on: 2003-09-21 18:31:20 »

I think it's to do with how the map was modelled, I get a lot of lag when I move quickly around the map in the ragnarok, but only over land, and even more lag when I pass of Esthar.

My theory is that in FF7 if you got a chocobo you could walk on water across the whole map so the map was on solild object, a sphere which was then manipulated to form the terrain.

But in FF8 there wasn't anything (other then the SeeD ship at the start) that went out onto the deeper water so they created a sphere which they covered in water texture, then they added the terrain and close to shore coast as seperate 3d objects, and they did the same with the cities, this is why the map lags more as there are a lot of 3d based objects to load and more detailed and animated textures.

Don't quote me on this I am not a programer but I have done map modelling for Renegade and I know what does and doesn't cause lag on 3D maps because of it. Though the engines are different so I don't know if it is definatly the reason, and if it is the way they modelled the world map.

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Archive / Running ff8 in a window.

« on: 2003-09-21 18:16:09 »

I bought my PSX copy off eBay for $0.99

*restrains self*

Nah I tend not to buy second hand games, they usually break a few days later.

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Archive / Running ff8 in a window.

« on: 2003-09-21 16:50:37 »

Could do but that isn't the PC version.  

The only problem is my little brother has destoryed my PSX copy of the game and here in the UK production fo it was discontinued ages ago, so it cost 40-50 pounds on ebay or amazon to get one, or a similar price to have a copy shipped from the US, it just seemed to me an easier way to solve the resolution problem as it would smooth the grpahics a little rather then stretching them to fit higher resolutions.

Ahh well thanks anyway.

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Archive / Running ff8 in a window.

« on: 2003-09-21 15:57:01 »

First off I appologize if this has been asked before but....how can I get FF8 to run in a window instead of fullscreen, as:

1) I tend to switch between games and IE a lot and it's easier to just have a window.

2) It will look nice as the screen won't be stretched to fit a 19 inch monitor anymore.

I have tried using the -w command in the shortcut but that didn't work and did try a search of the forums but haven't found anything.