Can not progress in FF8

[lebowski]

I had just got done assigning all the instruments in the band, so I now am Squall alone, in the Dorm. I then go all the way to the quad, keep going left, until I get stuck at this point, and it won't let me progress to the stage.

Screen shot posted below.

[jonc2006]

might be, although once again, ive never come across it in any of my playthroughs. i dont know why the game would freeze if you dont have your party set up in a certain way, if it was ment to be something so specific like that why did they bother to give you the ability to choose in the first place?

[Squall-Leonhart]

SPOILER: Highlight text to view.

After the fight, Selphie's party crawls out of the wreck and joins you. Talk to Rinoa, then the Mayor. Go up the stairs on the left, and into the train station proper. Just past the ticket machines, on the left is a Haste Draw Point. Return to the previous screen and talk to the folks here. If you've previously spoken to the cafeteria lady, you find out that one of the guys here is her son. If you keep talking to him, you can convince him to return to Balamb Garden. On your way back to the mayor's house, or even before then, if you run into an enemy called SAM08G, you can Mug an item called Running Fire from it, with which you can teach Quistis some Blue Magic. Talk to the fisherman's apprentice again, and he'll ask you to talk to the old man. Do so. Irvine joins up with you on your way to the Master Fisherman's perch. Talk to him, and he'll ask you to meet him at the Inn later. Go to the Inn, and upstairs. Listen to his whole story. Follow him when he leaves and goes outside. If you stick around to hear the whole story, he'll give you a Megalixir. When you go back to the perch where he used to hang out, you'll find a Full-Life Draw Point. Go to the Grease Monkey's house. Talk to him and the Soldier. Go outside, then back in. The Grease Monkey will tell you the Soldier escaped, and give you a Mega Phoenix. Back to the right of the Mayor's house, you can find Martine, the Headmaster of Galbadia Garden. He's an excellent card player, and he holds all of the Level 7 Boss cards. You can also challenge the Mayor himself for the Quezacotl Card. The Ultima Draw Point in his house is now accessible. After speaking with the Mayor, return to Balamb Garden. Go to the Quad and talk to Selphie. Choose "Let Irvine handle it". Go to the bridge and talk to Cid. Go to the Mayor's house. At some point you'll have to choose instruments for people to play. To get the Irish Jig, choose Guitar, Violin, Flute, and Tap. For the Slow Dance (which makes more plot sense), choose the Sax, Electric Guitar, Piano, and Bass Guitar. When anyone except Irvine is trying out an instrument, you can control him and wander around. With Irvine, leave Balamb Garden and go to the Grease Monkey's house (the one with the blue-ish door above where you fought BGH251F2). You'll find that a rogue Galbadian Soldier is trying to get the Grease Monkey to fix his destroyed machine. Talk to both men, then exit, and go back in. Talk to the Grease Monkey to get a Phoenix Down, and search the Galbadian Soldier to find several types of Ammo. Go back to the quad. While controlling Squall, explore to the right of the stage to find the magazine Irvine was talking about earlier. Enjoy the show, and the dialog. In the morning, go to the library. Talk to the receptionist and the conceited SeeD. Then make your way to the bridge, and pilot the now mobile, and fully functional, Balamb Garden north to the town of Balamb.

[lebowski]

Cool, I didn't get to see the band play, oh well, but I progressed thanks to Squall-Leonhart

[Squall-Leonhart]

the band is supposed to play at Fishermans Horizon, since the crash damaged the stage in the quad.

[jonc2006]

yeah i dont think its possible to miss it, i know you can walk away from it once it starts but you will definently see it one way or another.

[Phil]

ill have my shiny, new ff8 next week....so i can play through this myself

[jonc2006]

i played through it a few months ago, its one of the better games in the series imo. its not perfect but it has certain factors that more than make up for its few shortcomings. at least it broke away from that whole medieval thing for the most part.

[Phil]

the only things im aprehensive about is the magic (drawing system)...but ill have to see for myself. it cant be bad as poeple say it is..

[jonc2006]

thats my only real gripe with it, the junction system is fine, but having to constantly draw magic from enemies makes battles that should take only a few minutes span out way too long, epsecially boss battles or fights that have powerful enemies but with rare spells that you can only get 1 or 2 stock each draw. it just got real tedious after a while to the point where i stopped drawing magic entirely and just relied on refining spells from items that i could get from the card game, which is extremely addicting once you get good at it.

[Phil]

the card game is triple triad right? so you can get spells from the card game?

[jonc2006]

yeah. you can turn cards into items that you can then refine magic and other stuff from.