I tried that and managed to run FF8 few times without problem with FF8 Launcher yesterday. However now there's another problem that persists; Right after Eidos Interactive logo disappears, I get this error message:Hi
So in FF7 I seen this before, but with FF8?
Use the FF8 Config with admin rights.
Then test the game, once without and once with FF8 Launcher.
I would second try a registry cleaner (eg ccleaner).
Often times let passed, some of the entries are hidden behind others.
If that does not work, you can try the non Geforce patch..
greeting Kompass63
INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11bINFO: Auto-detected version: FF8 1.2 US English (Nvidia)INFO: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GT 420/PCIe/SSE2 4.2.0INFO: Found swap_control extensionINFO: Max texture size: 16384x16384INFO: Number of texture units: 4INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1280x960, output resolution 1280x960, internal resolution 1280x960MATRIX INITIALIZE INITIALIZING SOUND... initializing direct sound EAXDirectSoundCreate creating primary buffer initializing audio data OK initializing streamingSOUND INITIALIZEDDIRECT MUSIC - Enumerating Ports...PORT 0: Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated]GUID={0x324e2bb4,0x996d,0x4dd9,0xac,0xdd,0xb2,0x14,0x0,0x72,0x1f,0xe7}PORT 1: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth [Emulated]GUID={0x647f013b,0x5f78,0x4d73,0xb2,0x59,0x42,0x9d,0xb8,0x7d,0xba,0x3d}PORT 2: Microsoft SynthesizerGUID={0x58c2b4d0,0x46e7,0x11d1,0x89,0xac,0x0,0xa0,0xc9,0x5,0x41,0x29}Creating Port1... Microsoft Synthesizer Port1 supports XG dataBinkCloseERROR: COULD NOT OPEN FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld00.TEXERROR: COULD NOT LOAD TEXTURE DATA FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld00.TEXERROR: COULD NOT LOAD TEXTURE DATA FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld00.timERROR: COULD NOT OPEN FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld01.TEXERROR: COULD NOT LOAD TEXTURE DATA FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld01.TEXERROR: COULD NOT LOAD TEXTURE DATA FILE \ff8\data\eng\menu\hires\sysfld01.timERROR: unhandled exception# ff7_opengl-0.7.10b config file## USER OPTIONS #### If you just want to play the game, these are the only options you'll want to change.# set the window size (or fullscreen resolution) of FF8# 0 means use original resolution (whatever ff7.exe provides)# preserve_aspect adds black borders as needed to preserve a 4:3 aspect ratiowindow_size_x = 1280window_size_y = 960preserve_aspect = yesfullscreen = yes# mod directory# subdirectroy of mods/ where textures will be loaded from# does not affect the old external textures feature, those should still go in textures/mod_path = .\mods\avalanche# check your driver settings if this option doesn't seem to workenable_vsync = yes# allow FF8 to use linear filtering for its textures# some things look slightly better with this option on, but alot of textures just lose their detaillinear_filter = off## ENHANCEMENTS #### All the little extras that weren't part of the original game, default options include only trivial bug fixes.# post-processing shader, used to apply fullscreen effectspost_source = shaders/bloom2.postenable_postprocessing = no## ADVANCED OPTIONS #### Don't fiddle with these unless you know what you're doing.# use shaders, if available and supported# turn shaders off to use the OpenGL 1.1 backenduse_shaders = no# prevent glitches due to rounding errors by rendering in the nearest (larger, if supported)# multiple of the original resolution and up/down-scalingprevent_rounding_errors = yes# enable alpha blending for textures without an existing blending effectfancy_transparency = off# display frames per second counter in upper right cornershow_fps = no# display some real-time debug informationshow_stats = no# store external textures in a compressed cache for increased performance# compression is not lossless, some artifacts may appear when this option is in use# texture cache does NOT update automatically if the source image changes, however, deleting anything from the cache# will cause that file to be recreated from the sourcecompress_textures = no# use pixel buffer objects to speed up texture loading# will probably crash horribly on ATI cards but should work for NVIDIA usersuse_pbo = no## MODDER OPTIONS #### These options are mostly useful to modders and should not be enabled during normal play.# show every failed attempt at loading a .png textureshow_missing_textures = no# Disable Error Notificationsdisable_popup = on
The different versions are in reality different programs that have (almost) nothing to do with each other.
I've tried everything, including that avalance path, but for some reason the game just either cannot understand the mods on my side or it crashes.