What is a good config in FF8

[TheRoots]

Hi Im wondering whats a good config with ff8. I've searched through and i only found 2.... i think it was Kane-Sama made it look ok and one i got from the screenshot forums made my game look worse(even though it made his look awesome)it was from this thread http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...&highlight=ff8.

Now could anybody give any advice on how my config should be and if i should put AA or AF on.

here are my comp specs and current config.

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.75
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce4 Ti 4600/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
[32 Bit]- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 6
- Hi-Res textures: 1
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 0
- Framebuffer access: 4
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: on

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: on
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00001602]

Comp specs:
OS:Windows XP /w SP1
Mobo:Gigabyte GA-7VAX
AMD Athlon(tm) XP+2000 @ 1.7 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 128mb driver ver. 4.4.6.7
512 Kingston ram pc2700

Thanks in advance.

[Takmadeus]

well... try to set it to fullscreen and use a 1024*768*32 resolution, try 2-standard filtering

hope that helps

and post some screenshots

[TheRoots]

Alright here are the setting changed i made that you adviced me.

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.75
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce4 Ti 4600/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!

Resolution/Color:
- 1024x768 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing [32 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 6 - edge clamping supported
- Hi-Res textures: 1
- Palettized tex windows: on
- VRam size: 0 MBytes - 113 textures usable

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 0
- Framebuffer access: 4
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: on (hardware)
- Subtractive blending: NOT supported!

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: on - supported
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00001400]

Notice some of them have little black marks in textures..they don't in show in windows but im sure it's because i don't have psx aspect ratio on..

it's the exact same as in windowed mode except like i said the black marks don't show in textures.

is there anyway i could improve the look is that the best i can get.

thanks

[Kane]

The black marks in textures is due to Hi-res textures, not PSX aspect ratio.

[Takmadeus]

Frankly enough I see nothing wrong with that IQ

[TheRoots]

Alright..Im just wondering that whenever i see npcs or my characters from a distance there faces become a blur..is it the game or is it my settings that i posted. also do all psx games have black marks when Hi-Res textures are on?

Thanks for the help

[Kane]

Im just wondering that whenever i see npcs or my characters from a distance there faces become a blur..is it the game or is it my settings that i posted

Probably a bit of both. Try disabling 'Screen Smoothing'. I really don't think it's worth it. Best of useing FSAA IMO

also do all psx games have black marks when Hi-Res textures are on?

All games with 2d backdrops like FF, Tales of Destiny and Chrono Cross will, but full 3d games like Tekken or games like Xenogears will have few if any issues with it.

[Wag_Boy]

Whats AA or AF or FSAA mean and which options are they in the config menu?

[Kane]

>Whats AA or AF or FSAA mean

AA or FSAA is Full Screen Anti-Aliasing. This is a technique to get rid of the jagged edges of polygons. It also reduces texture crawling.

>which options are they in the config menu

They aren't. FSAA is enabled in the graphics card driver control panel, but if you have an onboard graphics card you are out of luck.