FF8 NTSC graphics/text error

SeipherEX · February 7th, 2004

In the dialog and menu boxes instead of text i get to see black bars where the text should be and here and there purple pieces of the text. The picture should make clear what i mean

These are my plugin settings:
Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.5
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
GFX card: RADEON 9800 Pro x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE

Resolution/Color:
- 1024x768 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing
- Internal X resolution: 1
- Internal Y resolution: 1
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off
- No render-to-texture: off

- Filtering: 6
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- TexWin pixel shader: on
- VRam size: 128 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: Auto

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer effects: 2
- Framebuffer uploads: 2

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Mdec filter: on
- Screen filtering: on
- Shader effects: 0/1
- GF4/XP crash fix: off
- Game fixes: on [00000002]

**hushypushy** · February 7th, 2004

try turning off filtering...possibly bumping up the offscreen drawing a notch. im not on my main pc ATM but what special game fix do you have on?

SeipherEX · February 8th, 2004

It's the one with 0x0002:Ignore small framebuffer moves Nice in FF7/FF8. OD=1,FE=2,FU=2

ps. I tested various settings-variations, also did the things you said now, but it still displays the weird text

Titus03 · February 12th, 2004

This is strange problem. I've had same kind of problems with my FFVIII usually when I have loaded game from a save state. Do you have this problem if you load your saved game normally?

SeipherEX · February 14th, 2004

I started the game from the beginning again, and even in the headmenu (Start game, Load Game) it had the weird letters. And it turned out that it was also ingame. So i think it will also be like that when i load a normal savegame.

SeipherEX · February 21st, 2004

It seems it's a compatibility problem with my ati drivers (and not epsxe160 as i thought first.) I got the newest drivers and tried it again from the beginning. The graphics are normal again

**Raziel** · February 21st, 2004

Works fine on 1.6.0 here, make sure you don't use any special game fix, as FF8 doesn't need any.

BTW, could you try reducing the size of that sig please ?

February 7th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	try turning off filtering...possibly bumping up the offscreen drawing a notch. im not on my main pc ATM but what special game fix do you have on? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

February 8th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
SeipherEX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 25	It's the one with 0x0002:Ignore small framebuffer moves Nice in FF7/FF8. OD=1,FE=2,FU=2 ps. I tested various settings-variations, also did the things you said now, but it still displays the weird text __________________ Last edited by SeipherEX; February 8th, 2004 at 16:44.

February 12th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Titus03 Advent yourself Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ? (In PAL-area) Posts: 694	This is strange problem. I've had same kind of problems with my FFVIII usually when I have loaded game from a save state. Do you have this problem if you load your saved game normally? __________________ - SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS: ---------------------------------- Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @3.00GHz \|\| ASUS Commando 4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM \|\| EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 512Mb Corsair 620W 620HX \|\| 3x Seagate 160Gb SATAII HDD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Windows XP Professional SP3/Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron ------------------------------------------------------------------

February 14th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
SeipherEX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 25	I started the game from the beginning again, and even in the headmenu (Start game, Load Game) it had the weird letters. And it turned out that it was also ingame. So i think it will also be like that when i load a normal savegame. __________________

February 21st, 2004	#6 (permalink)
SeipherEX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 25	It seems it's a compatibility problem with my ati drivers (and not epsxe160 as i thought first.) I got the newest drivers and tried it again from the beginning. The graphics are normal again __________________ Last edited by SeipherEX; February 21st, 2004 at 18:43.

February 21st, 2004	#7 (permalink)
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,147	Works fine on 1.6.0 here, make sure you don't use any special game fix, as FF8 doesn't need any. BTW, could you try reducing the size of that sig please ? __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

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