[FF9 PC] Moguri Mod update 8.2 (LIVE ON OFFICIAL SITE)

D O W N L O A D

THE UPDATE HAS NOW GONE LIVE OFFICIALLY

Spoiler: outdated •

NEW 2020-05-23 - MOGURI 8 BETA V5 changelog -> Make a shortcut of the file to your drive then go into your drive, find the shortcut there and click "make a copy"
(outdated) 2020-05-11 - MOGURI 8 BETA V4 changelog
(outdated) 2020-05-04 - MOGURI 8 BETA V3 changelog
(outdated) 2020-04-28 - MOGURI 8 BETA V2 changelog
(outdated) 2020-04-23 - MOGURI 8 BETA V1

I N S T A L L _ G U I D E

[size=10pt]IF YOU DON'T HAVE MOGURI INSTALLED
1) Extract and replace the files in the .zip to SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY IX\

IF YOU HAVE MOGURI INSTALLED (not required!)
1) If you installed it before 2020-04-2, uninstall and re-install Moguri again (SquareEnix pushed a Steam update that temporarily broke the game and Moguri)
2) Extract the content of StreamingAssets in \Program Files (x86)\Moguri Mod\StreamingAssets\
3) Extract \x64\FF9_Data\resources.assets & \x64\FF9_Data\sharedassets2.assets to SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY IX\x64\FF9_Data\
   but DON'T replace Assembly-CSharp.dll

To check you have the right version, here's how the first frame should look

Spoiler: UNINSTALLING •

1) In steam, right click the game, go to "properties...", go to the LOCAL FILES tab, click VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES. This will re-download the original files, but your saves are still intact.

Spoiler: CONTENT OF FILES •

p0data2.bin - Battle backgrounds
p0data3.bin - Worldmap textures
p0data4.bin - NPC, monsters and background items
p0data11.bin to p0data19.bin - Main backgrounds
resources.assets & sharedassets2.assets - UI stuff (maps, title screen...)
Assembly-CSharp.dll - The patched file that allows for the augmented resolution of backgrounds. (The one here and the one in moguri are different)

Note: If you have uninstalled Moguri and/or Memoria and you have names like ZidaneZidane, ViviVivi, you can salvage your save with this tool: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/7672/
Note: Alternate Fantasy is not currently supported.
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F E A T U R E S

• Backgrounds
• Fixed : almost all visual glitches
• Redrawing of all layer edges (all 11000+)
• Cleaner / sharper graphics (all 6000+)
• Better & cleaner lighting (all 1400+)
• Countless manual image doctoring
• Manually redrawn some parts (some partially based on portfolio images by Wesley Cann & Behrooz Roozbeh)
• Background animations better integrated
• Several bugs from the Steam & PSX versions fixed
• Recreated all places names with original fonts (for English and French, rest to follow)
• Seamless scrolling skies & backgrounds, removed 'staircase' edges
• Recreated baked in textures NPCs
• Background objects
• HD background 3D objects
• HD NPC (with exceptions)
• Worldmap
• HD worldmap textures (upscaled and manually redone, mostly seamless and faithful)
• Subtly moving seas
• HD worlmap items (ships...) textures
• Battles
• HD monsters (with exceptions)
• HD battlefields with redrawn edges (exceptions for animated textures)
• Seamless skies (not 100% on point)
• Fixed missing monster death sounds (credit: Tirlititi)
• UI
• Recreated faithful HD maps
• Recreated Start menu and game over screens
• Character portraits edges

OLD POST

Spoiler

2020-04-23 - Finally, here's a beta file of the backgrounds!
For those who chose to install it, please screenshot any problem or potential improvement, as major or minor it is.

If you can't post in this thread, you can contact me on reddit


Other parts of the mod available to download:
[size=14pt]NPC & Monsters HD V2 DOWNLOAD
Battle Backgrounds HD V1 DOWNLOAD
Worldmap HD V2 DOWNLOAD
UI Stuff V1 DOWNLOAD

Spoiler

Maybe save the original files beforehand

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Hi everyone,

I'm making a thread to track my progress with my reworking of Moguri since June 2019

◈ Finishing touches, corrections & testing ◈

◈ Backgrounds masks (redrawing by hand) ◈
| 100% | 678/678

◈ Blended/light layers upscaling ◈
| 100% | 1479/1479

◈ Re-drawing of transparency for fight scenes textures ◈
| 100% | 186/186

◈ Monster texture upscaling ◈
| 100% | 124/124

◈ NPC texture upscaling ◈
| 100% | 150/150

◈ Item on field texure upscaling ◈
| 100% | 101/101

◈ Worldmap re-texture ◈
https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/13434/
| 100%

◈ Place names upscaling (when introduced to a new place) ◈
| 100% | 44/44


◈ (background) Videos improvement ◈
( | 0/18) -> might try this in a next update

◈ Extra ◈
-Backgrounds were improved with various ESRGAN models
-Numerous visual corrections
-Upstairs of Dali's Windmill debugged / recreated
-Removed seams in scrolling sky/smoke/sand textures.
-re-created a lot of sky textures for fight scenes, making them seamless and beautiful: 64
-regenerated the battle textures to remove white outlines
-corrected a bug with animated textures in battle scenes
-Multiple other bugs ironed out

◈ Ideas for later ◈
-drawing shadows for some chests/items
-look if I can improve fluidity of the videos with AI video interpolation: https://github.com/sniklaus/pytorch-sepconv (can't make it work yet)
-upscale contextual FMVs?

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OFFICIAL: I'm at the 3rd CD for masks! YAY! Just finished the Ifa tree.

That looks really good, this mod is gonna be amazing once it's done! I know zepilot mentioned at one point he wanted to get the PSX hud back into the steam version, you know anything about that? That would be the perfect version if possible! Thanks!

Last thing he mentioned I think is that the last version is not open source. I've heard say people say it's still buggy. If someone does it well, I'd love it.

It's great! Can I also increase the frequency of FPS? It is a pity no one remakes FMV's for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, they are there in very terrible quality.

There are techniques for interpolation, but I have yet to make it work and still have to test if the game would even accept a double speed video (if it's tied or not to the framerate of the game).
So not a priority right now. First, I finish the initial project.

Can you fix it? This error continues with PS One. Black Waltz No. 3 uses "Fira", but the animation "Fire" is played.

It's not in my scope, and not really the subject of this thread (and pretty minor?)
It's also a Russian version in your video apparently? I have a US-UK-IT-ES-FR-GE-JA version.

 

There are techniques for interpolation, but I have yet to make it work and still have to test if the game would even accept a double speed video (if it's tied or not to the framerate of the game).
So not a priority right now. First, I finish the initial project.

It seems that in Memoria.ini you can set the video speed.

[Graphics]
Enabled=1
BattleFPS=15
MovieFPS=15
BattleSwirlFrames=115

 

It seems that in Memoria.ini you can set the video speed.

[Graphics]
Enabled=1
BattleFPS=15
MovieFPS=15
BattleSwirlFrames=115

Ah! Great find! I'll test that!
Now I just need to make the AI based interpolation work: https://github.com/sniklaus/sepconv-slomo

 

I did a few comparison sliders between Moguri and the update:
https://imgsli.com/OTI2OA
https://imgsli.com/OTI2Nw
https://imgsli.com/OTI2OQ
https://imgsli.com/OTI3MA
https://imgsli.com/OTI3Mg
https://imgsli.com/OTI3Mw
https://imgsli.com/OTI3NA
https://imgsli.com/OTI3NQ
https://imgsli.com/OTI3OA

 

The result is awesome!

Just one question, will your mod need the moguri mod to be installed first, or will it include everything, including the upscaled world map textures?

Thanks and keep up the good work!

 

Definitely sharper and more detailed both backgrounds and world map, great job!

 

Just one question, will your mod need the moguri mod to be installed first, or will it include everything, including the upscaled world map textures?

Hi, I would like all of this to be part of Moguri. It's an evolution of Moguri.

Little update: I reached the open world part with the boat, so I will now work on all those bonus scenes, and maybe correct a few textures on the world map, and probably try to improve on the grass texture. But since I'm playing the game legit in parallel, Chocobo quest's got me for a while.
Anyway, I'm 75% done on the masks work.

 

Hi, I would like all of this to be part of Moguri. It's an evolution of Moguri.

Little update: I reached the open world part with the boat, so I will now work on all those bonus scenes, and maybe correct a few textures on the world map, and probably try to improve on the grass texture. But since I'm playing the game legit in parallel, Chocobo quest's got me for a while.
Anyway, I'm 75% done on the masks work.

You're awesome dude!
FF9 is on sale on Steam now for those of you who don't have it!

Will surely wait until this mod is complete before I start another playthrough!

 

Amazing work man!!!
I've downloaded your world map retexture and went around during different moments in game, I couldn't find anything wrong for the first 3 CDs, the only two little things were one waterfall hole in Daguerrero entrance in low res (CD4 only) and the black mages village wood still in low res (CD4 only) also the 4 sand whirls where you enter desert palace have decentered sand animation (Only before Kuja Palace plot CD3).

P.S.: I dunno if I should have posted this here or in your other thread and if you already fixed them or they can't be fixed but still I love your work keep it on  ;D

 

Amazing work man!!!
I've downloaded your world map retexture and went around during different moments in game, I couldn't find anything wrong for the first 3 CDs, the only two little things were one waterfall hole in Daguerrero entrance in low res (CD4 only) and the black mages village wood still in low res (CD4 only) also the 4 sand whirls where you enter desert palace have decentered sand animation (Only before Kuja Palace plot CD3).

P.S.: I dunno if I should have posted this here or in your other thread and if you already fixed them or they can't be fixed but still I love your work keep it on  ;D

Thanks for the report, yes I still need to fix some things, like rocky beaches animations, and I only now see those as I just arrived at the 3rd disk in my parallel playthrough, just got the boat and the blue chocobo.

 

I'm running around the Gizamaluk Grotto so far, installed an updated world map Download Link (0.1), it is very beautiful.

 

I was looking at video interpolation stuff
and besides sepconv there is DAIN.

What looks better all depends on the video content I suppose. But there are some video comparisons on youtube 1, 2, 3.

I realize this step could be far off.
If I can figure out how to test these scripts I'll make a comparison video using ffix footage (pretty unlikely however).

The Moguri mod maker appears to have dabbled in this sort of thing before: youtube

 

This looks great! Actually holding off on my first ff9 playthrough just for this mod, and i think it will be well worth the wait. Keep up the good work

 

Just wanted to tell you how awesome this looks!

 

Any updates snouz? I'll settle for some more screenshots of your impeccable work!  :mrgreen:

Cheers!

 

Any updates snouz? I'll settle for some more screenshots of your impeccable work!  :mrgreen:

Cheers!

Ah yeah sorry, had a lot to do recently, but still working steadily!
Thanks everyone for the support : )
Recently I worked a bit on the lights, like the stairs in the Desert Palace and the holograms in Oeilvert, and I found the best upscaler possible for these IMO: waifu2x
I fixed a bunch of bugs, I re-upscaled a lot of images to fit better. I understood how some transparencies work, so I'm not doing nothing : )
Quick example, here's a quick particle re-interpretation I had to do to fix that bug: https://imgsli.com/MTE3MTg. Tell me what you think!
Also, I became a mod of FF9's subreddit

An example of what the hologram look like when polished:

 

That looks awesome! The hologram is so clean! Any progress on the fmv's, the interpolation? You think it's possible?

Thanks!

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That looks awesome! The hologram is so clean! Any progress on the fmv's, the interpolation? You think it's possible?

Thanks!

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Yes, but I think that can be released afterwards, I need to focus on the important stuff first. Also, the programs and techniques continue to evolve for videos, so I'll do that last.

 

honestly truely some incredible work, makes me happy to see so much time and care put into this game, keeping it fresh and alive. definetly gonna have to play through FF9 again soon
great work!

 

Absolutely in love with your work, to the point that I scrapped a playthrough just so I can start over with your improved version of the mod. Thank you for the amazing contribution, it makes such a difference and I can't wait to get my hands on it!