FF8 Black blocks

[ceramiclion]

Hello I am brand brand new in this forum! You guys are great keeping FF7 and FF8 alive by fixing what eidos and EA never bothered to. Anyways I have FF8 and I have the same damn problem since I have a 6800 GT. Anyone know if the latest ATi cards work better? If so I need to get me one like right now....  

[Threesixty]

^^^ you're thinking backwards...
You need to go to older cards and DirectX5.1, not newer ones.

Really, the easiest option would be to buy a PS2.

[Myonosken]

Or pick up a second hand PSX and game copy from Gamestation for £10 .

[Radiosity]

Why is everyone so concerned about playing in hardware mode? I got a 6600GT a while back and it did the black blocks thing, so I just play in software mode. There is no difference, apart from some of the blending in menu backgrounds looking a little nicer in hardware mode. On a modern pc there is really no performance hit running in software, so why all the moaning?

*Shrug*

Well, whatever. I'm happy with both 7 and 8 running in software, it's not as though it makes a real difference. Unless... it's an ego thing? "Oh noes! I have this uber expensive graphics card that I can't use because the drivers don't support the game properly! I must get this working to avoid my ego being bruised!" In which case, I pity you.

This isn't particularly aimed at any one person BTW, so don't take it as such. It's just kinda silly the lengths people will go to to get the precious hardware mode working on older, unsupported, games like this.

[ceramiclion]

Well Actually is not an ego thing... When you run it on software mode the game is as pixelated as it was on the PSOne with the different of higher resolution. I thought that if I bought an Nvidia card I would be able to run the game with shader and all that but sadly it didn't, but oh well.  So yeah its because of the shaders not an ego thing so much. Although if you made a decision on a card with a game in mind and then it doesn't work out you'd be pissed too.

Why is everyone so concerned about playing in hardware mode? I got a 6600GT a while back and it did the black blocks thing, so I just play in software mode. There is no difference, apart from some of the blending in menu backgrounds looking a little nicer in hardware mode. On a modern pc there is really no performance hit running in software, so why all the moaning?

*Shrug*

Well, whatever. I'm happy with both 7 and 8 running in software, it's not as though it makes a real difference. Unless... it's an ego thing? "Oh noes! I have this uber expensive graphics card that I can't use because the drivers don't support the game properly! I must get this working to avoid my ego being bruised!" In which case, I pity you.

This isn't particularly aimed at any one person BTW, so don't take it as such. It's just kinda silly the lengths people will go to to get the precious hardware mode working on older, unsupported, games like this.