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Common

  • Audio: Fix bug that won't allow to configure vanilla SFX IDs using the sfx/config.toml file
  • Audio: Fix bug where overriding only fade flags in ambient/config.toml would not allow the ambient audio file to be loaded
  • Audio: Warn user in logs if the config.toml file was not parsed correctly, instead of failing silently
  • External textures: Reuse already loaded textures on fallback to palette 0 ( julianxhokaxhiu#692 julianxhokaxhiu#707 )
  • Modding: Allow replacing EXE text/data hardcoded in code ( julianxhokaxhiu#699 )
  • Rendering: Add bilinear filtering option enable_bilinear ( julianxhokaxhiu#692 )

FF7

  • Rendering: Fix wrong rendering for fonts in Field mode while scrolling.
  • Rendering: Fix wrong rendering for timer boxes when using normal window mode.
  • Widescreen: Added option to clip camera position during scripted events ( julianxhokaxhiu#706 )
  • Widescreen: Added feature to extend movies in true widescreen mode ( julianxhokaxhiu#700 )
  • 60FPS: Fix bug that displayed battle text too quickly when set at full SLOW speed

FF8

FF8 2000

FF8 Steam

1.19.1

Common

  • Core: Expose current Wine and Proton version as well in the log, if detected.
  • Core: Fix crash that happened on startup on certain machine configurations while fetching PC specs.

FF8

Important: If you have installed FFNx-v1.19.0.0, please remove the directories mods/Textures/battle and mods/Textures/magic and reinstall your battle mods if you had any. A lots of PNG textures has been wrongly dumped into those directories ( julianxhokaxhiu#685 )

1.19.0

Common

  • Core: Add a new capability that will expose the current PC config (CPU, GPU including Driver version, RAM and OS) used to run FFNx. This will help a lot during troubleshooting.
  • Music: Add new relative_speed option in the config layer ( julianxhokaxhiu#672 )

FF7

  • Modding: Do not replace eyes if no external texture has been found.
  • Rendering: Fix wrong rendering for battle limit boxes when using transparency. Usually notices while using ESUI or FFNx default hext files.
  • Rendering: Fix wrong rendering for overlapping message boxes. Usually noticed while using custom mods like SYW UI or Kactuar.
  • Rendering: Fix world FX effects in DE, FR and SP editions.

FF7 Steam

  • Input: Prevent input configuration corruption after starting a new game and entering the Config menu ( julianxhokaxhiu#683 )

FF8

FF8 2000

  • Misc: Update the FF8.reg file to disable the compatibility fix from Windows that disallow ALT+tab ( julianxhokaxhiu#670 )

FF8 Steam

  • Misc: Fix metadata save file preservation when a save file is created on Slot 2

1.18.1

Common

  • Metadata: Fixes randomly disappearing save files, by rewriting completely the engine and patching metadata.xml only for the save file where the player saves

FF7

FF8 Steam

1.18.0

FF7

  • Lighting: Fix Temple of the Ancients rolling stones color when game_lighting is set to 1 or 2 ( regression since 1.17.0 )
  • Renderer: Fixed fog being incorrectly applied to Emerald Weapon battle ( julianxhokaxhiu#648 )
  • Renderer: Preserve world camera state when changing game modes ( julianxhokaxhiu#651 )

FF8

FF8 Steam

  • Misc: Rewrite metadata file when a save file is created to prevent save file loss ( julianxhokaxhiu#655 )

1.17.1

Common

FF7

FF8

1.17.0

Common

  • Logo: Fix intro logo showing up when enable_lighting = true
  • Movie: Fix audio stream playing at the same time as the external audio
  • Movie: Add support for the AV1 codec

FF7

  • 60FPS: Refactor 60FPS battle menu fix and fix ESUI compatibility ( julianxhokaxhiu#597 )
  • 60FPS: Fix Submarine minigame ( julianxhokaxhiu#621 )
  • Ambient: Allow ambient effects to playback in fields that use movies as background
  • Core: Add additional main models eye-to-model mapping
  • Core: Add ability to replace eye textures with custom one ( julianxhokaxhiu#589 )
  • Core: Add ability to replace mouth textures with custom one
  • DevTools: Add Game Moment in Field Debug
  • Input: Added right analog stick camera scrolling controls in field mode
  • Lighting: Fix config.toml load/save logic
  • Lighting: Fix Bahamut Zero and Supernova not displaying correctly when lighting enabled
  • Lighting: Fix field shadows not displaying during FMV movies
  • Lighting: Implemented GPU-based original game lighting that better matches PSX version
  • Lighting: Fixed minor shadow visual glitches occurring in some fields
  • Music: Fix overlapping external music tracks when external_music_resume = false
  • Renderer: Fix black color in some field maps (spipe2 for example) ( julianxhokaxhiu#587 )
  • Renderer: Added functionality to replace worldmap rendering with an external 3d mesh
  • Sound: Fix loading music volume value from ff7sound.cfg
  • Voice: Enable tutorial voice acting
  • Widescreen: Added experimental support for 16:10 aspect ratio
  • Widescreen: Fix Pollensalta attack (only when also using 30/60FPS mode since it is a temporary fix) and Bahamut Zero summon background
  • Widescreen: Fix Pandora Box white background position
  • Voice: Fix auto-text sometimes not working on certain fields after long gameplay sessions

FF7 Steam

  • Common: Fix a softlock when trying to change in-game Controller setting to "Normal" (by disabling this option)
  • Input: Fix character naming screen not working correctly when Steam Input is enabled

FF8

1.16.0

Common

FF7

FF8

  • Common: Fix startup hang on launch
  • Common: Fix jp version crash
  • Common: Fix ger version crash on entering worldmap
  • Config: enable worldmap fixes by default
  • Graphics: Add Field texture replacement ( julianxhokaxhiu#542 julianxhokaxhiu#545 )
  • Graphics: Add Battle texture replacement ( julianxhokaxhiu#564 )
  • Graphics: Add Worldmap texture replacement for roads and some vehicles ( julianxhokaxhiu#584 )
  • Graphics: Fix wrong texture replacements in battle
  • Graphics: Fix bad texture UVs in worldmap ( julianxhokaxhiu#564 )
  • Graphics: Disable texture filtering for external textures, as sprites can overlap or look bad in FF8
  • Voice: Rework the layer to correctly support field voice acting, multiple dialogs, option dialogs, voice auto-text, music fade-out-in on voice playback, etc.

1.15.0

Common

FF7

  • 60FPS: Fix fading speed in FIELD mode screen transitions ( julianxhokaxhiu#503 )
  • 60FPS: Fix fading out speed in BATTLE mode exit screen transition
  • 60FPS: Fix Climhazzard random crash on enemies with status effects ( julianxhokaxhiu#516 )
  • Core: Fix Barret's eyebrow not loading ( julianxhokaxhiu#107 )
  • Modding: Added day-night time cycle system that can be controled from field scripts ( julianxhokaxhiu#511 )
  • Modding: Add support for chunked kernel.bin/kernel2.bin sections
  • Modding: Add support for chunked scene.bin sections
  • Renderer: Fixed graphical glitch happening in battle when 3d models rendered in front of UI ( julianxhokaxhiu#131 )
  • Renderer: Fix FIELD mode text box flickering rendering ( julianxhokaxhiu#525 )
  • Voice: Add play voice for enemy actions during BATTLE mode ( julianxhokaxhiu#502 )
  • Voice: Fix worldmap message opcode wrong dialog id
  • Voice: Fix wrong ASK opcode initialization
  • Voice: Fix auto-text behavior for Worldmap
  • Widescreen: Allow the buster sword image on new game screen to support 16:9 ratio ( julianxhokaxhiu#506 )

FF8

1.14.0

Common

  • Audio: Fix a minor glitch happening on long tracks that were looped ( julianxhokaxhiu#452 )
  • Audio: Fix a minor glitch happening on OGG tracks that were looped until the end of the track ( julianxhokaxhiu#497 )
  • Borderless: Fix debug info display when using this mode
  • Borderless: Fix game aspect ratio when using borderless or switching to it on the fly
  • Vulkan: Disable HDR support, brings more stability on top of AMD cards

FF7

  • 60FPS: Fix FIELD and WORLD mode text box animation speed (opening, closing, next paging)
  • Animated textues: Optimizations that lead to major speed improvements on old/weak CPUs ( julianxhokaxhiu#494 )
  • Fields: Move vertical centering to be a flag instead of a Hext file ( julianxhokaxhiu#486 )
  • Lighting: Fixed minor graphical glitches happening in fields ( julianxhokaxhiu#475 )
  • Lighting: Fixed visual glitches happening while using Antialiasing ( julianxhokaxhiu#476 )
  • Lighting: Fixed various missing graphical elements through the overall game ( Titan missing floor, etc. ) ( julianxhokaxhiu#478 )
  • Lighting: Minor code optimizations that lead to major speed improvements while using this mode
  • Modding: Added support for chunked field files
  • Modding: Added support for direct/*.lgp direct paths
  • SFX: Fix a loop bug happening when using MIDI + External SFX combination ( julianxhokaxhiu#495 )
  • Widescreen: Added config logic and zoom implementation
  • Widescreen: Added logic to offset camera scrolling and minor other fixes
  • Widescreen: Added logic for vertical offset in movies and other minor fixes
  • Widescreen: 16:9 native support!

FF8

1.13.0

Common

FF7

  • 60FPS: Implement smooth FIELD background scrolling (3D models, tiles, cursor, and arrows)
  • 60FPS: Fix model position glitch for some summons
  • 60FPS: Fix FIELD 3D model blinking time and wait time
  • FF7 Achievement: Fix bug about Cait Sith last limit break and Emerald Weapon achievements not achievable
  • Voice: Add Worldmap voice acting support
  • Fixed a crash happening while loading a save game on Steam Spanish language
  • Fixed minor issues happening while using the new lighting engine on OpenGL ( see julianxhokaxhiu#448 )
  • Fixed Summon SFX effects volume to respect the master sfx volume ( see julianxhokaxhiu#453 )
  • Fixed Worldmap missing FX effects ( see julianxhokaxhiu#465 )

1.12.0

Common

  • Fixed OpenGL rendering for Nvidia/Intel GPUs. AMD continues to have issues unfortunately.
  • Fixed a rare buffer-overflow while rendering movies that could lead to crashes on certain game scenes
  • SFX: Add a new skip option in the config layer

FF7

FF8

1.11.0

Common

  • Added the ability to disable a track by name in External Music ( julianxhokaxhiu#318 )
  • Improved the internal graphics autoscaling logic to enhance visual output as well as performance ( julianxhokaxhiu#364 )
  • Added support for HDR mode ( see https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/blob/master/misc/FFNx.toml#L96 )
    • PLEASE NOTE: HDR mode will be auto-enabled only when all these conditions apply:
      • Using DirectX 11/DirectX 12 as backend renderer
      • Windows has the HDR mode enabled
      • Your GPU and monitor supports HDR
  • Added support for 5.1/7.1 audio setup

FF7

  • 60 FPS mode! ( see julianxhokaxhiu#347 for left-over bugs )
  • New Auto-Attack GameHack ( julianxhokaxhiu#314 )
  • New External Music feature: sync to start a track in sync with the previous one ( julianxhokaxhiu#318 )
  • Various External Music improvements, including the ability to customize a boss battle music by battle scene ID, and to customize minigame music ( julianxhokaxhiu#318 + julianxhokaxhiu#334 )
  • New special feature to play the music from the introduction via External Music, and not via the movie ( julianxhokaxhiu#337 )
  • New audio layer to replace audio from movies ( julianxhokaxhiu#343 )
  • New voice acting in Battle:
  • New Battle camera control using the right analogue stick ( julianxhokaxhiu#340 )
  • Various graphical fixes and optimizations on the Lighting engine
  • Footsteps sound effect support in Worldmap ( julianxhokaxhiu#386 )
  • Highwind sound effect support in Worldmap ( julianxhokaxhiu#402 )
  • Fixed Ambient audio effect pause/resume logic in Battle
  • Footsteps run sound effect now works correctly indipendent of the button layout configuration from the user
  • Added support for voice acting when multiple dialogs are shown on screen
  • Various fixes on the voice acting layer:
    • Prevent Auto-OK when the game engine does not allow user interaction on a specific dialog window
    • The Auto-OK feature now works indipendent of the button layout configuration from the user
  • HUGE boost in performance when using animated textures even on weak CPUs
  • Removed the Save Anywhere feature as it was causing more issues than benefits
  • Movies will now continue to play while dragging the game window
  • Fix achievement unlock on End of Part 1

FF8

1.10.1

Common

  • Fixes Steam edition startup issue: game was crashing directly on startup.

FF7

  • Achievements are now more robust, as well as enabled by default on Steam releases. You might still need to enable the relative flag on 1998 release.

1.10.0

Common

FF7

New features

Fixes

  • When removing the vertical centered fields hext, movies were still playing centered. Now this is no more true and they'll work exactly like in vanilla ( julianxhokaxhiu#234 )
  • Field battle music can be again targeted via ID ( julianxhokaxhiu#236 )
  • Field centering will now affect message boxes in-game vertically offsetting them ( julianxhokaxhiu#235 )
  • Tiny Bronco sound stops after first play ( julianxhokaxhiu#238 )
  • Some fields were slown down by the FPS limiter when using movies in background ( julianxhokaxhiu#260 )
  • Ambient sounds will pause/resume when pausing the game in battles ( julianxhokaxhiu#270 )
  • Some SFX effects were looped forever, for example some used by the Ruby Weapon ( julianxhokaxhiu#275 )
  • SFX Volume set in-game was not affecting the external SFX layer, now it is ( julianxhokaxhiu#277 )
  • Sometimes the game was crashing when too many audio files were opened at the same time ( julianxhokaxhiu#281 )
  • Fix a crash that could happen when the external Music layer is not able to open a file ( julianxhokaxhiu#273 )
  • Fix a potential memory corruption issue that might happen when converting field model size values in memory. As a side effect the model would display huge when it happens ( julianxhokaxhiu#295 )

1.9.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.8.1...1.9.0

Common

  • Allow multiple fallback extensions logic for external_sfx/music/voice
  • Allow native D-Pad support for DInput pads. No external tools required.
  • Use DirectX APIs for Direct Input gamepads, instead of Windows Multimedia APIs. Now supporting even more gamepads than before!
  • Add support for SFX sequential mode: playback every effect sequentially from being to end, and repeat
  • Sound, Music and Voice layers now use VGMStream: this greatly improves codec support but also performance while playing
  • Allow aspect ratio to be toggled on the fly via shortcuts
  • Enhance FFMpeg codec support, adding OPUS, SPEEX, THEORA, VORBIS, WAVPACK and X265 to the current existing list
  • Improve GameHacks inputs on Gamepad, try to add a little delay between one input and the other.

FF7

  • Auto-advance message boxes when using voice acting mods.
  • Prevent movie skip in certain fields to avoid game crashes.
  • Allow custom Battle music replacement in Fields and Worldmap. Lookup order: Battle ID ( eg. bat_391 ) -> Field Name ( eg. bat_colne_b3) -> Default battle music file
  • Allow custom Field music replacement. Lookup order: Field ID ( eg. field_371 ) -> Default field music file
  • Various external music fixes to improve fading and volume transitions.
  • External SFX files that were supposed to loop, now do loop correctly ( elevator scene for eg. )
  • Voice acting volume is now always loud and clear compared to music volume even when on 100%
  • Add support for 30 FPS movies or higher framerates
  • Speedhack will be auto-disabled when a movie starts to prevent some bugs appearing at the end of it
  • Add support for 60FPS in the entire game ( separate mods are still required for a stable gameplay )
  • Add new Ambient layer effects in fields

FF7 Steam

  • Everything mentioned in FF7
  • Saves will now be signed immediately once you save the game, instead of when you close it. This will improve reliability in case the game crashes.

FF8

  • Introduce music cross fade when external music is being used.
  • Add support for movie skip gamehack
  • Add support for battle toggle gamehack
  • Add support to skip the credits screen using the movie skip shortcut
  • Various external music fixes to improve fading and volume transitions.
  • Fix CD-ROM drive detection when the CD has been inserted after the game has already been started.
  • Various graphical fixes for some weird glitches appearing in certain scenes
  • Fix crash immediately after launching the Italian or Spanish version of the game

FF8 Steam

  • Everything mentioned in FF8
  • ff8input.cfg will now be loaded from Documents\Square Enix\FINAL FANTASY VIII Steam inheriting the original Steam driver path

1.8.1

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.8.0...1.8.1

Improved stability

This release focuses on adding minor enhancements, as well as improving the stability of the driver.

Some of these changes are:

  • Removed texture_filtering option! You don't need to tinker with it anymore. The driver will automatically detect when enabling it, or not.
  • Fixed loading shuffle IDs that are not part of the core engine by default ( any ID > 750 ). You can now use up to 10000 IDs!
  • Fixed music fading on voice acting. Sometimes the volume of the music was raised higher than the currently set one in-game. Now your desire in-game volume will be considered, before fading.
  • Updated third_party libraries to their latest version.
  • Fixed texture dump ( save_textures ) on Final Fantasy 8.

If you appreciate what is being done, and what has been done so far, feel free to donate through the Sponsoring program here on Github.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. This release brings a whole new configuration file type that is NOT compatible with previous releases. Please make sure you install all the provided files before starting with the new FFNx.
  2. It is HIGHLY SUGGESTED to always use the default config file. Using old config files will probably end up with unexpected behaviors.

1.8.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.7.2...1.8.0

New Logo

Every project deserves a kick-ass logo, and we finally managed to have one created for FFNx. This was done thanks to a silent contributor to the project who worked tirelessly night and day, draft after draft, to bring to you this: the true spirit of FFNx in one image. Enjoy!

Rock-Stable Rendering Engine

In this release, the rendering engine has been completely polished, cleaned up, and improved to ensure every GPU clock is squeezed to the max to give you the best performance ever, even under pressure. Because of this, Vulkan and DirectX 12 are stable and fully functional, able to push as many FPS as your GPU can generate.

Additionally, you can now toggle full-screen on the fly (Alt+Enter), or resize/maximize the window on demand. The initial configuration is just there to ensure the game starts as you expect it to.

Enjoy a new butter-smooth experience under AMD, NVIDIA, and even Intel GPUs.

New Audio Engine

This release brings with it also a completely new Audio Engine powered by SoLoud. This allows FFNx to reach levels never before seen on FF7 and FF8.

Sound Effects Replacement

It is now possible to replace in-game sound effects, and configure new behaviors on top of them. For example, you can shuffle a given sound effect each time the engine calls for it. Your Omnislash limit break has never felt so real.

To learn more about this feature, please see Audio Configuration

Music Enhancement

The music layer has also been completely reworked to bring you the best audio experience yet. Not only are commonly used containers like ogg and mp3 supported, but FFNx now supports surround playback (up to 7.1), along with native PSX (and PS2) sound files! This is made possible through OpenPSF by myst6re who is also a direct contributor to FFNx. We all need to thank him, as he is working tirelessly in improving the audio engine in general.

Not only that, myst6re’s work allows you to finally hear the full OST from start to end, as he has implemented proper resuming on the world map and field modules of both FF7 and FF8. Music resumes where you left off, even between screen changes!

Not being happy with just these great features, myst6re also managed to implement a full music replacement for FF8, improving the quality over the entire game, including the Horizon Concert. For now, his own custom pack FFNx FF8Music is the first to make use of this layer, and more will come in the future.

Finally, this layer is fully configurable, allowing users to do things like shuffling music for a given field and much more. To learn more about this feature, please see Audio Configuration

Voice acting

We're not done yet! The new audio engine allows us also to bring one of the most anticipated features of all classical FF fans, dubbing every single line in game! Yes, you heard that right!

One of the first mods to make use of this will be Echo-S. But please, remember to not ask for an ETA :)

Finally you can configure some of the voice acting behavior layer in your FFNx.toml config file

XInput Gamepad support

You can now play on FF7 and FF8 using all of your gamepad buttons, including the dpad. It's time to enjoy the PSX experience on PC, finally!

New configuration file

This release comes with a new configuration file syntax which closely resembles the old, but enables us to accomplish many more cool things in code. The configuration syntax is named TOML.

Feel free to check out Learn TOML in Y minutes for a quick tutorial.

Fancy Transparency Yes or No? Why not both

Working closely with Satsuki and Chrysalis brought up new testing scenarios I was not aware of.

Thanks to their tireless efforts in checking every single bit of code written in Nx, on top of their astonishing mods, we found that it was possible to actually drop the fancy_transparency option and let the driver code decide whether to use it.

Consequently, the driver now has full knowledge of how to blend the current texture by detecting whether it's custom or default, and based on that, correctly blend it on screen to create the best visual output. Goodbye visual glitches!

Improved memory management

Compared to previous releases, v1.8.0 is MUCH faster in loading textures in memory while running the game, and at the same time, less demanding on that memory.


Kudos to Rumbah

It is now possible to use the full 32-bit, 4GB memory space for your mods ( remember to patch your game exe with 4GB Patch in order to make use of this ).

Gameplay enhancements

This release also brings a TON of gameplay enhancements which, even though they’re not really part of FFNx’s core mission, add a lot of fun. For instance, you can speedhack the engine to grind faster, skip movies completely, toggle random encounters, and even soft reset if you did something wrong and prefer to restart your progress where you left off. Just like the good old times on your Playstation 1 :)

To learn more about this feature, please see Shortcuts

DevTools

Wait, what? Did I read that correctly?...Yes, you did!

This release brings a completely new set of development tools you can use with FF7 and FF8 to accomplish tasks which previously had to be done through third-party tools like Cheat Engine, such as jumping between FF7 fields with a couple of clicks, or exploring FF8’s world geometry.

This is just the beginning! The layer has been designed to be opened further via external APIs and additional modules that you can code and FFNx will then load. Stay tuned for more information in future releases.

To learn more about this feature, please see DevTools

FF7: Animated Textures (EXPERIMENTAL!)

There's also a new, proof-of-concept implementation available to allow modders to replace in-game animated texture layers, like the light effect or water cascade behind Aerith’s house. Be aware that because of how they are implemented, it is not possible to predict their state, and in order to allow them to be replaced we have to hash their pixel content on every draw call.

This brings old hardware to its knees, so the functionality is OFF by default, but you can easily enable it in the FFNx.toml config file.

FF8: Background mode

By default, FF8 pauses the game if the window loses focus. No more! Starting this release, FF8 will continue running while window focus is on something else.

Tons of game bugs fixed!

If you ever played the game on PC, even the official Steam release has some weird graphical bugs here and there which might annoy you. This release tries to squash many of them, making for a pixel perfect game (mostly) everywhere.

In order to enjoy this, make sure to follow the Installation Instructions for the edition you're willing to play. It is very important to follow each step.

Additionally, a lot of sound, music, and miscellaneous other bugs were fixed in both FF7 and FF8.

Special thanks to

This release would have never been possible if this list of contributors would not have participated: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/graphs/contributors

In addition to that list, special thanks must also be given to:

Their testing efforts is what allowed FFNx to mark another stable release. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Additionally, some more special thanks goes to:

Their help behind the scenes was extremely helpful to accomplish some of this release goals. Thank you again as well from the bottom of my heart!

One more special thanks goes also to:

For reviewing this changelog release and squashing (almost) all the bugs out of it. Thank you as well from the bottom of my heart!

If you appreciate what is being done, and what has been done so far, feel free to donate through the Sponsoring program here on Github.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. This release brings a whole new configuration file type that is NOT compatible with previous releases. Please make sure you install all the provided files before starting with the new FFNx.
  2. It is HIGHLY SUGGESTED to always use the default config file. Using old config files will probably end up with unexpected behaviors.

1.7.2

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.7.1...1.7.2

FF7

  • FIX: Snowboard game now runs at 60 FPS.

FF7 Steam

  • FIX: Game will load fine again ( regression since 1.7.0 )

If you appreciate what is being done, and what has been done so far, feel free to donate through the Sponsoring program here on Github.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.
  2. It is HIGHLY SUGGESTED to always use the given default config file. Using the old config will most probably end up in unexpected behaviors.

1.7.1

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.7.0...1.7.1

Common

  • FIX: FFNx is now fully compatible starting from Windows 7 and newer releases
  • FIX: Override layer is now case-insensitive.
  • FIX: External music is now disabled by default, with an auto-enable functionality if known music paths are detected. If not, the driver will continue to use the default engine music layer. This fixes missing MIDI sound by default.

FF7

  • MINOR: FFNx.reg will now fix your sound device to inherit the default chosen one on Windows.
  • MINOR: FFNx will now log if your controller is detected as XInput or DInput.

If you appreciate what is being done, and what has been done so far, feel free to donate through the Sponsoring program here on Github.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.
  2. It is HIGHLY SUGGESTED to always use the given default config file. Using the old config will most probably end up in unexpected behaviors.

1.7.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.6.1...1.7.0

This release would have never been possible without the great help of myst6re and sithlord48 which has now become contributors to this project. Thank you from the deep of my heart!

Please note also the license has now been fixed to use GPLv3 as per Aali own will.

This means that the MIT license WAS WRONG AND WAS NEVER compatible with GPLv3. Please make sure you understand this before claiming this code under MIT License until this point. This was a mistake that has been fixed starting this release, but this whole code has always been GPLv3 anyway.

Common

  • NEW: Re-worked Music Engine with full support for Winamp plugins, allowing you to play even the most esoteric extensions and having way better experience in playback while playing. Additionally the music will not be stopped when the game window will lose focus. Kudos to myst6re for this great enhancement!
  • NEW: Antialiasing support up to 16x!
  • NEW: Hext by DLPB patching support now built-in! No external DLLs/EXEs required. Just put your hext files in hext/
  • NEW: Override logic support! You can now override any file in data/ by just copying it to override/ folder instead ( path can be changed in the config file )
  • NEW: The driver can now work if you forget to copy the config file. If not found, it will use its own default flags.
  • NEW: Savegames will now be preserved when playing with your Steam copy. No more lost save files between multiple game sessions!
  • NEW: Add support for 4GB LAA processes! Use up to 3.5GB of RAM space in your game for the ultimate modding experience.
  • NEW: Improved RAM detection for the game, with much better stats shown.
  • FIX: Improved a bit the rendering quality for external textures that do have mipmaps ( DDS only ).
  • FIX: The driver will now work correctly even in non-standard DPI settings!
  • FIX: The game will no more crash when closing, while a music is being reproduced.
  • FIX: The driver is more resilient to crashes, thanks for a reworked texture memory management. This will allow you to play even heavy mods with little to no crashes. No more 1GB hard cap in RAM for textures!
  • MINOR: You can now customize the direct/ path in your config.
  • MINOR: Show the driver version by default.

FF7

  • NEW: Fields are now vertically centered!
  • NEW: Battles are now full screen!
  • NEW: Menu hand cursor is now vertically aligned in the middle in menu!
  • NEW: XInput support OOB for Xbox 360 and compatible gamepads!
  • NEW: Movies will continue to reproduce even when the window will lose focus. No more black videos in the middle of a scene :)
  • NEW: Movies will now reproduce respecting the overall in-game music volume.
  • NEW: The driver now supports the Satsuki Speedhack mod!
  • NEW: The driver now by default, is able to autodetect the best music settings based on your game folder structure. This can still be overridden through the config.
  • NEW: The driver will now use correct FPS settings around the whole game: this improves minigames speed, battle swirls when vsync is off, etc.
  • NEW: Thanks to the new music engine, it is now possible to replace wav files too! Kudos to myst6re for this great enhancement!
  • NEW: Thanks to the new music engine, music now will pause and resume correctly after a battle! Kudos to myst6re for this great enhancement!
  • FIX: Savegame crashes will now be saved in the Steam user directory, when using your Steam copy. Will still be saved in the save/ directory on the 1998/eStore edition.
  • FIX: Sound and music volume configuration being done in your Steam copy, are now correctly saved ( and loaded ) in your Steam user directory.
  • FIX: Fixed a game bug which stopped the music sometimes, known as MULCK bug (for example: Reno first encounter). Kudos to myst6re for this great patch!

FF8

  • NEW: Thanks to the new music layer, it is now possible to override in-game Midi music files! Kudos to myst6re for this great enhancement!
  • NEW: Field Music is now correctly resumed after Triple Triad mini game. Kudos to myst6re for this great enhancement!

If you appreciate what is being done, and what has been done so far, feel free to donate through the Sponsoring program here on Github.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.
  2. It is MANDATORY to use the given default config file, as this release has A LOT of NEW flags. Using the old config will most probably end up in unexpected behaviors.

1.6.1

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.6.0...1.6.1

Common

  • FIX: Movie mods were not playing correctly on 7h. Now they are.

FF7 / eStore / Steam

  • FIX: Fields were having an offset of 8px when vertical centering is disabled. This has now been fixed.

And remember, if you like this project please consider Sponsoring me. This will greatly help in moving the project even further.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.
  2. It is HIGHLY suggested to use the given default config file, as this released moved A LOT of flags around and gave them new options.

1.6.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.5.5...1.6.0

Common

  • NEW: FFMpeg can now load any video file, depending on the extension you provide. See the relative flag for more information!
  • NEW: MUCH BETTER Stack traces in your logs, giving you exact offset of all the functions being called, even inside the FF7/FF8 process.
  • MINOR: Updated third party dependencies to their latest respective commits. May bring little to none performance improvements.
  • MINOR: Updated config file with more instructions on how to enable/disabled flags.
  • MINOR: Re-organized some flags in the config file. IT IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED to use the given default and update your settings again, at your wish.

FF7 / eStore / Steam

  • NEW: eStore support!
  • NEW: Add AnyCD support for FR/DE/SP languages.
  • NEW: Ficedula FF7Music support! You can now use it to playback your in-game music, like PSF files. Because of this, the relative existing flag was updated to support this new engine.
  • NEW: VGMStream can now load new music files, not only OGG. For a list of supported extensions see the relative entry in the config file!
  • NEW: Initial eStore Japanese support! Please check the relative note for more information.
  • NEW: Fullscreen Battle scenes! For more information feel free to check the relative entry in the config file. Kudos to satsuki and Chrysalis for the help.
  • NEW: Minor vertical alignment for the hand cursor in the Menu screen! For more information feel free to check the relative entry in the config file.
  • MINOR: You can now disable the Field vertical centering if you want, through the relative flag.
  • FIX: Steam SP was crashing on launch. This has now been fixed.
  • FIX: Field vertical centering in FR was having graphical glitches. This now has been fixed.
  • FIX: Fix potential crash happening while closing the game, meanwhile the audio was being reproduced using VGMStream.

And remember, if you like this project please consider Sponsoring me. This will greatly help in moving the project even further.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.
  2. It is HIGHLY suggested to use the given default config file, as this released moved A LOT of flags around and gave them new options.

1.5.5

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.5.4...1.5.5

FF7 + FF7 Steam

  • NEW: Movies and Field scenes are now vertically centered.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.5.4

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.5.3...1.5.4

FF7 Steam

  • FIX: The driver would crash upon a fresh install. This has now been fixed.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.5.3

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.5.2...1.5.3

FF7

  • MINOR: Removed framerate options as they were not having any real impact on the game.

FF8 Steam

  • FIX: Movies do now render with the correct aspect ratio.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.5.2

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.5.1...1.5.2

Common

  • FIX: Movies do now render with the correct aspect ratio.

FF7

  • FIX: Screen does now fade to black after the battle swirl correctly.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.5.1

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.5.0...1.5.1

Common

  • MINOR: Improve Video decoding stability.

FF7

  • FIX: Sometimes original 1998 movies would crash upon loading. This release aims to fix that and allow you to play original movies coming along your original installation discs.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.5.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.4.5...1.5.0

Common

  • NEW: DDS Texture support (up to BC7 format). Faster loading times, lower memory usage, same quality as PNG.
  • NEW: Improved overall visual rendering output: now MUCH clearer and sharper than before.
  • NEW: Added support for internal rendering multiplier! Scale your internal game resolution up to your pleasure, as long as your GPU can handle it :)
  • FIX: Depth testing in D3D11/D3D12/Vulkan now working the same as with OpenGL rendering.
  • FIX: save_textures flag now works as expected.
  • MINOR: Improve Video decoding stability.
  • MINOR: Improve texture copy operation from GPU memory.
  • MINOR: Improve performance while getting game status mode.
  • FLAG: Added flag to turn on/off the Anisotropic filtering.
  • FLAG: Added flag to show/hide the Backend renderer in the window title or in fullscreen mode.
  • FLAG: Added flag to tweak the internal renderer multiplier.
  • FLAG: Added flag to show current FFNx version being used.

FF7

  • FIX: A lot of missing effects in Summons ( for eg. Kujata earthquake, or Odin cut effects )
  • FIX: Escape materia wobbling effect.
  • FIX: Snowboard minimage background is now white as expected.
  • FIX: Fort Condor minigame was not clearing correctly the screen, while now it does.
  • FIX: Battle swirls now fade correctly like on PSX.

FF8

  • NEW: Unofficial bad UV texture patch by Maki for ALL LANGUAGES
  • FIX: FR GeForce version now works fine with FFNx.
  • FIX: SP Non-GeForce version now works fine with FFNx.
  • FIX: US Eidos GeForce/Non-GeForce versions now works fine with FFNx.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.4.5

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.4.4...1.4.5

Common

  • FIX: Debugging flags like uniform_log and trace_movies now work as expected.

FF8

  • FIX: Minor glitches happening during the final battle.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.4.4

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.4.3...1.4.4

FF8

  • FIX: Crash when flying in the worldmap at certain points, as well as in the final battle with Ultimecia.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.4.3

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.4.2...1.4.3

Common

  • NEW: This release now provides three different ZIPs based on which game version you are interested. Feel free to check installation instructions to know which one to download.
  • NEW: FFNx.cfg file has now documented all the available flags. With great power comes great responsibility
  • FIX: Framebuffer copy operation. Now the driver will correctly copy the last seen frame, fixing the "jumping" behavior between what was used in battle swirls and what was seen before the effect started.

FF7

  • FIX: Fix H.264 movie playback with NAL Bitstream filters. This finally fixes 7h compatibility with Satsuki Movie mod.

FF8

  • NEW: Added a new .reg file for FF8 2000 release. This one will set the best Graphics settings which are used as well on Steam release.
  • NEW: FF8 Battleswirls animations are now consistent with official releases. No more hacks on how they are drawn.
  • FIX: Alpha blending operation is now correctly handled as it should be. This also fixes black borders in FF8 horizon battlefields textures.
  • FIX: In FF8 sometimes some scenes were having some weird polygons drawn on screen. This case has now been fixed.
  • FIX: FF8 Boss battleswirls now do show and work properly.
  • FIX: Fix a potential crash that was happening during Squall vs Edea scene by the end of Disk 1.
  • FIX: Sometimes movies were having some gray bars on top and on bottom, on 2000 release. This now has been fixed and black bars are always shown.
  • FIX: FIx wrong alpha channels used in some places ( Dialog boxes background, elevator glasses and initial Squall dormitory scene ). Now it will inherit the right one. You will notice darker elevator glasses for example.

FF8 Steam

  • NEW: Use high resolution fonts by default.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.4.2

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.4.1...1.4.2

  • FIX: Wrong disk detection for movies on FF8 Steam edition, defaulting always on disk 1. Now it will use the right disk.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.4.1

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.4.0...1.4.1

FF7

  • FIX: Battle crashing on FF7 Steam edition. Now it works as expected.

FF8

  • FIX: Disk 2/3/4 requirement on FF8 Steam edition. Now you can load any game past Disk 1.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.4.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.3.1...1.4.0

  • NEW: Support for Steam user data directories for both FF7 and FF8! You can continue to play where you left off, using the official driver.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Smooth rendering on higher resolution. Enjoy beautiful upscaled gameplays.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Re-organized configuration file. Now it is MUCH clearer which options belong to each game.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Battle swirl in FF7 now behaves like in the official driver.
  • FIX: Fix mixed 3D rendering and movie playback in some scenes, where 3D models were completely black.
  • FIX: Fixed upscaled rendering where some green lines were appearing.
  • FIX: Fixed debug font rendering, printing weird characters instead of alphanumerical characters, once the game was started in fullscreen mode.
  • MISC: Removed DirectX 9 renderer. Basically broken and unreliable.
  • MISC: Disable fancy_transparency by default. The option is now Opt-In by default.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.

1.3.1

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.3.0...1.3.1

  • Fix an issue where external_music_path configuration was overridden for FF7 1998 edition. Now it will maintain the value set in the configuration

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.
  2. Steam edition only: Savegame files will still be read from the Game Installation directory and NOT from your Steam user profile directory.

1.3.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.2.1...1.3.0

  • Bypass CD requirement on FF8 Steam edition
  • Add support for Movies on FF8 Steam edition
  • Improve compatibility with FF7/FF8 Steam edition(s). No more required to move data/lang-* files around.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. If you did use this driver in the past and you had to move files around, the game will still work but if you prefer to have a clean installation feel free to do so.
  2. Steam edition only: Savegame files will still be read from the Game Installation directory and NOT from your Steam user profile directory.

1.2.1

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.2.0...1.2.1

  • Fixed FF8 In-Game menu rendering and also modal transitions during dialogs

1.2.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.1.0...1.2.0

1.1.0

Full commit list since last stable release: https://github.com/julianxhokaxhiu/FFNx/compare/1.0.0...1.1.0

1.0.0

  • Initial release