Qhimm Archive
This is a read-only archive of the Qhimm.com community forums — the birthplace of Final Fantasy VII, VIII, and IX PC modding since 1999. When they briefly came back on February 27, we captured a full snapshot of 248,000+ posts across 15,000+ threads. When online, this archive is kept in sync with the live forums as new posts are made.
Qhimm Forum Status:
- Feb 25, 2026 — Forums went offline unexpectedly
- Feb 27, 2026 — Briefly came back; full archive snapshot captured
- Mar 3, 2026 — Went offline again
- Mar 11, 2026 — Came back online; live sync enabled
- Mar 15, 2026 — Offline again
- Mar 23, 2026 — Back online
This archive preserves over two decades of modding knowledge, tutorials, tool documentation, reverse engineering discoveries, and community discussion. All threads are locked — no new posts or replies can be made. For active discussion, you're welcome to join our forums, the Tsunamods Discord, or the Qhimm Discord.
Qhimm Forum Status:
- Feb 25, 2026 — Forums went offline unexpectedly
- Feb 27, 2026 — Briefly came back; full archive snapshot captured
- Mar 3, 2026 — Went offline again
- Mar 11, 2026 — Came back online; live sync enabled
- Mar 15, 2026 — Offline again
- Mar 23, 2026 — Back online
This archive preserves over two decades of modding knowledge, tutorials, tool documentation, reverse engineering discoveries, and community discussion. All threads are locked — no new posts or replies can be made. For active discussion, you're welcome to join our forums, the Tsunamods Discord, or the Qhimm Discord.
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Announcements and site development
Announcements and feedback regarding qhimm.com and the forums.
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- 592
- Kuraudo
FAQs and Tutorials
When a question is asked more than once, the thread is moved here. Tutorials on anything from getting mods to work, to walkthroughs also go here.
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- 42
- Messages
- 973
- Final_Figue
Qhimm Wiki
Direct link to all of the known technical aspects of Final Fantasy games. Any updates are welcomed. (Now linking to mirror until we get the original wiki fixed)
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Discord
The semi-official Qhimm.com Discord server. Well more populous than our IRC channel these days.
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Basically Mandatory
FFNx Custom FF7/FF8 Driver
If you plan on playing FF7 or FF8, you need to download this first.
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- 139
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- 1.3K
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- 8.1K
- JonJon412
Junction VIII
Mod Manager for Final Fantasy VIII 2000 & 2013 Steam Versions
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- 3
- Messages
- 21
Final Fantasy 7
General Discussion
General Discussion about FF7. This may include stuff about the storyline or the remake or even technical questions. If it doesn't relate to troubleshooting or a specific mod then post here.
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- 178
- Messages
- 7.5K
- Nemoral
Troubleshooting
Having a problem with getting your game to run? Post here
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- 195
- Messages
- 687
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- 270
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- 16.2K
- Final_Figue
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- 85
- Messages
- 2.1K
- EaglerCraftgame
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- 95
- Messages
- 17.5K
Final Fantasy 8
General Discussion
General discussion about the storyline or anything that doesn't fall into the other forums should be posted here.
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- 40
- Messages
- 135
Troubleshooting
Having a problem with getting your game to run? Post here
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- Messages
- 38
- PT5678
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- 102
- Messages
- 3.3K
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- 24
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- fireYtail
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- 34
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- 18
- Messages
- 963
Final Fantasy 9
Speedrunning
Miscellaneous Forums
General Discussion
General FF/Square topics belong here, along with stuff that doesn't quite fit in elsewhere.
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- 3K
- Messages
- 40.2K
Misc Audio
For audio topics outside of FF7/FF8/FF9
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- 31K
Graphical
Working on a mod that changes the graphics? Start it here. Questions regarding graphical problems? Also here.
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- Messages
- 5.9K
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- 380
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- 4K
Tools
Collection of finished programs that allow the end user to customize their game. Please DO NOT create new threads here unless you actually have a release.
Sub-forums:
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- 19
- Messages
- 410
Troubleshooting
Questions or problems with any mods/programs go in their respective thread/board. If you are unsure where to post your question, put it in here.
Sub-forums:
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- 2.8K
- Messages
- 22.9K
Scripting and Reverse Engineering
Discussions and questions about programming or the inner workings of things should go here.
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- 1.7K
- Messages
- 18.9K
- LegacyHero
Off-topic forums
Completely Unrelated
Help keep the forums clean and easy to read! If you have unrelated stuff you need to post, do it here.
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- 1.9K
- Messages
- 26.5K
- Skillster/RedSarg99
Project forums
Team Avalanche
A WIP graphical overhaul for FF7.
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- 163
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- 11.4K
Q-Gears
Project discussions for Q-Gears, the alternative FF7 engine attempt.
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- 182
- Messages
- 2.2K
- Kaiseran
Aali's Custom FF7/FF8 Driver
OpenGL driver for the PC versions of FF7/FF8. ALWAYS make sure you have the latest version installed.
- Threads
- 5
- Messages
- 1.5K
- Samueltrova
There are no threads in this forum.