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[http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15320.0;topicseen SeeD Reborn] - Updates many elements of the HUD such as the title screen, font, textboxes, character art and battle/menu icons. Requires Tonberry (above).
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{{ii}} Textbox color can be changed in the "ic" folder by editing both of the middle bars in "iconfl00_14" in the "iconfl00" folder, and "iconfl01_14" in the "iconf001" folder.
 
{{ii}} Textbox color can be changed in the "ic" folder by editing both of the middle bars in "iconfl00_14" in the "iconfl00" folder, and "iconfl01_14" in the "iconf001" folder.

Revision as of 10:21, 17 October 2014

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Final Fantasy VIII (2013)
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Developers
Square Enix
Publishers
Square Enix
Release dates
Windows December 5, 2013
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This page is for the 2013 re-release. For the original 2000 version, see Final Fantasy VIII.

Key points

This is a re-release of the 2000 PC port of the PlayStation version.
Updated with compatibility with modern operating systems along with additional new features that can be used by pressing the F1-F5 keys (more information in manual in the launcher):[1]
  • High Speed Mode, which increases the game speed by about 5x.
  • Battle Assistance, which always keeps the ATB bar full, makes Limit Breaks always available, prevents status ailment damage, keeps HP full, and prevents damage from enemies.
  • 9999, which makes all player dealt damage and healing do the maximum 9999 amount.
  • AP MAX, which sets all currently learned GF abilities to their max level.
  • Magic and Gil MAX, which sets all acquired magic spells to 100 and Gil to its maximum limit.
  • Magic Booster, which increases the inventory of various spells by 100.
  • Chocobo World, a mini-game previously found in the Pocket station port of the game.
  • Steam cloud and achievement functionality.
Slightly better models with more polygons.
Analog on controller works, however, Squall still only runs in 8 directions, whereas in the PlayStation version, Squall has complete circular movement.
Uses inferior MIDI music compared to the PlayStation version, though this can be easily fixed.[2]
Minor thin black bars on the top and bottom.
Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS (15 FPS during combat).

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Latest version is 1.0.11.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Publisher website
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
All versions require Steam and a Square Enix account.

Essential improvements

Modifications

File:FF8battle.png
The game with darker textboxes and HD font.

Better Music Mod - Replaces the default MIDI music with higher-quality tracks, similar to the PlayStation version.

Tonberry - Adds external texture support.

Project Eden - Filters and upscales the pixelated backgrounds. Requires Tonberry. Please note that some backgrounds are not perfect and have some graphic problems.

Tripod - Adds HD Triple Triad card game. Requires Tonberry.

SeeD Reborn - Updates many elements of the HUD such as the title screen, font, textboxes, character art and battle/menu icons. Requires Tonberry.

Textbox color can be changed in the "ic" folder by editing both of the middle bars in "iconfl00_14" in the "iconfl00" folder, and "iconfl01_14" in the "iconf001" folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39150/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39150/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Input settings

To run from battle, hold L3 and R3 (analog sticks).
Button prompts are B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, etc., rather than the standard A/B/X/Y.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

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System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39150/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (39150) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References