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

Zaeri · Aug 22, 2020

Does anyone know any workaround for the d-pad/shoulders not working on a DS4?

So far, from scattered internet references I've tried:

1. Disabling every potential overlay (Steam, GeForce, Discord, etc) -- Result: No effect
2. Disabling Analog Support in the .ini file -- Result: Depends (see below), but typically no effect
3. Unplugging controller and plugging it in after the game has started -- Result: Game never detects controller unless it was plugged in before launch (so the controller doesn't work at all)
4. Enable DS4 support in Steam/use "forced on" in the per-game settings -- Result: If (and only if) I disable analog support in the .ini, this enables d-pad provided I rebind the d-pad to stick directions via steam controller configuration BUT the game double reads inputs from other buttons. If analog support is enabled this has no effect except the face buttons are scrambled to incorrect locations (e.g. X becomes Square, Circle becomes X etc). Technically the face button scramble happens if analog support is disabled too, but the double button read means it will read one version of the button immediately followed by the incorrect version.

Interestingly, even if I disable analog support in the .ini, the analog stick still works fine and absolutely nothing changes about the controller behavior.

E: It seems like the buttons are still slightly scrambled with steam controller stuff off. It swaps Square and Circle (X and B), enabling Steam support on will scramble them further. Interestingly, enabling vibration in the in-game config will also scramble the buttons to the steam support variant as opposed to the regular scramble for... some reason?

E: Further testing -- without Moguri installed I get the "walk left" issue, and the buttons are scrambled as if I had steam controller support on. Weirdly, the shoulder buttons don't work with vanilla, but the D-pad partially works. Left/Right are registered as up/down, and up/down seem functionless.

orichalcon · Aug 23, 2020

Does anyone know any workaround for the d-pad/shoulders not working on a DS4?

So far, from scattered internet references I've tried:

1. Disabling every potential overlay (Steam, GeForce, Discord, etc) -- Result: No effect
2. Disabling Analog Support in the .ini file -- Result: Depends (see below), but typically no effect
3. Unplugging controller and plugging it in after the game has started -- Result: Game never detects controller unless it was plugged in before launch (so the controller doesn't work at all)
4. Enable DS4 support in Steam/use "forced on" in the per-game settings -- Result: If (and only if) I disable analog support in the .ini, this enables d-pad provided I rebind the d-pad to stick directions via steam controller configuration BUT the game double reads inputs from other buttons. If analog support is enabled this has no effect except the face buttons are scrambled to incorrect locations (e.g. X becomes Square, Circle becomes X etc). Technically the face button scramble happens if analog support is disabled too, but the double button read means it will read one version of the button immediately followed by the incorrect version.

Interestingly, even if I disable analog support in the .ini, the analog stick still works fine and absolutely nothing changes about the controller behavior.

E: It seems like the buttons are still slightly scrambled with steam controller stuff off. It swaps Square and Circle (X and B), enabling Steam support on will scramble them further. Interestingly, enabling vibration in the in-game config will also scramble the buttons to the steam support variant as opposed to the regular scramble for... some reason?

E: Further testing -- without Moguri installed I get the "walk left" issue, and the buttons are scrambled as if I had steam controller support on. Weirdly, the shoulder buttons don't work with vanilla, but the D-pad partially works. Left/Right are registered as up/down, and up/down seem functionless.

https://www.ff7catalog.com/posts/237778/

give that a try for the dpad, if it works (and it should) you can set the shoulder buttons to the keyboard equivalent yourself pretty easily

Rade · Aug 23, 2020

Can anyone tell me the default battle swirl fps from the original game? Is it what the default is set to in the Moguri Mod launcher?

Xenogears · Aug 23, 2020

Can anyone tell me the default battle swirl fps from the original game? Is it what the default is set to in the Moguri Mod launcher?

[Graphics]
Enabled = 1
BattleFPS =15
MovieFPS = 15
BattleSwirlFrames =115
WidescreenSupport =1
SkipIntros =3
GarnetHair =0 ; 0 - Default, 1 - Long, 2 - Short
TileSize=64
UseGarnetFont= 0

ValentDs · Aug 23, 2020

23.08.2020 01:29:02 |M| [SteamSdkWrapper] Initialized: True
23.08.2020 01:29:03 |M| Loading configuration Memoria.ini
23.08.2020 01:29:03 |M| [FontInterceptor] Dynamic font initialization.
23.08.2020 01:29:03 |M| [FontInterceptor] Pass through {Configuration.Font.Enabled = 0}.
23.08.2020 01:29:03 |M| [FontInterceptor] Loading font [Original: TBUDGoStd-Bold (UnityEngine.Font)]
23.08.2020 01:29:04 |M| [UIRoot] Changing a clip region of the UI root.
23.08.2020 01:29:04 |M| [GameLoopManager] RaiseStartEvent
23.08.2020 01:29:04 |M| InitializeItemText
23.08.2020 01:29:04 |M| [ResourceExporter] Pass through {Configuration.Export.Enabled = 0}.
23.08.2020 01:29:04 |M| [ResourceImporter] Pass through {Configuration.Import.Enabled = 0}.

i deleted all ff9 files, verify the integrity for re-download all ffix files, installed the moguri mod. when the game starts, only final fantasi ix black screen and never progress, why?

ValentDs · Aug 23, 2020

edit: ok now works

Rade · Aug 23, 2020

[Graphics]
Enabled = 1
BattleFPS =15
MovieFPS = 15
BattleSwirlFrames =115
WidescreenSupport =1
SkipIntros =3
GarnetHair =0 ; 0 - Default, 1 - Long, 2 - Short
TileSize=64
UseGarnetFont= 0

Thank you!

orichalcon · Aug 24, 2020

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/285894248988016640/747280138412097612/unknown.png

got a dialogue box that seems to be a tad misaligned and is cut-off on the right side

faospark · Aug 24, 2020

I have setteled with x360ce with the 3x version of it and not the version4.
the only downside is i need to unplug and replug my controller after the game loads.... but that is small price to pay.

Does anyone know any workaround for the d-pad/shoulders not working on a DS4?

So far, from scattered internet references I've tried:

1. Disabling every potential overlay (Steam, GeForce, Discord, etc) -- Result: No effect
2. Disabling Analog Support in the .ini file -- Result: Depends (see below), but typically no effect
3. Unplugging controller and plugging it in after the game has started -- Result: Game never detects controller unless it was plugged in before launch (so the controller doesn't work at all)
4. Enable DS4 support in Steam/use "forced on" in the per-game settings -- Result: If (and only if) I disable analog support in the .ini, this enables d-pad provided I rebind the d-pad to stick directions via steam controller configuration BUT the game double reads inputs from other buttons. If analog support is enabled this has no effect except the face buttons are scrambled to incorrect locations (e.g. X becomes Square, Circle becomes X etc). Technically the face button scramble happens if analog support is disabled too, but the double button read means it will read one version of the button immediately followed by the incorrect version.

Interestingly, even if I disable analog support in the .ini, the analog stick still works fine and absolutely nothing changes about the controller behavior.

E: It seems like the buttons are still slightly scrambled with steam controller stuff off. It swaps Square and Circle (X and B), enabling Steam support on will scramble them further. Interestingly, enabling vibration in the in-game config will also scramble the buttons to the steam support variant as opposed to the regular scramble for... some reason?

E: Further testing -- without Moguri installed I get the "walk left" issue, and the buttons are scrambled as if I had steam controller support on. Weirdly, the shoulder buttons don't work with vanilla, but the D-pad partially works. Left/Right are registered as up/down, and up/down seem functionless.

Olmus · Aug 25, 2020

Outstanding work!
You should be immensely proud of yourself.

biscuithammer · Aug 26, 2020

I use DS4 to play this game but after dowloading the mod it does't work wireless. Any ideas? Thanks

makinator · Aug 26, 2020

Thank you

ZeroShift · Aug 26, 2020

Amazing mod that just keeps getting better! I am constantly floored by the quality work that gets put into this project.

That said, I do have one question: after the latest hotfix update, I'm unable to access the Garnet font anymore. I tried messing around with the Memoria.ini and tweaking various settings to see if I could get it back but no luck so far. Any ideas?

faospark · Aug 27, 2020

i think it is not supposed to be the garnet font rather the alexandria font now.

Amazing mod that just keeps getting better! I am constantly floored by the quality work that gets put into this project.

That said, I do have one question: after the latest hotfix update, I'm unable to access the Garnet font anymore. I tried messing around with the Memoria.ini and tweaking various settings to see if I could get it back but no luck so far. Any ideas?

ZeroShift · Aug 27, 2020

i think it is not supposed to be the garnet font rather the alexandria font now.

Yeah, I figured, I was just wondering if it was still possible to use it in any way at all. I'm thinking of looking it up myself but I'm not sure where to find it...it might be the Chrono Trigger font?

Rippa · Aug 27, 2020

At the beginning of the last cinematic, the game automatically closes. The memoria file has the following message:
Obs.: I use Win10 64bits.

27.08.2020 07:27:53 |M| [SteamSdkWrapper] Initialized: True
27.08.2020 07:27:54 |M| Loading configuration Memoria.ini
27.08.2020 07:27:54 |M| [FontInterceptor] Dynamic font initialization.
27.08.2020 07:27:54 |M| [FontInterceptor] Pass through {Configuration.Font.Enabled = 0}.
27.08.2020 07:27:54 |M| [FontInterceptor] Loading font [Original: TBUDGoStd-Bold (UnityEngine.Font)]
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| [GameLoopManager] RaiseStartEvent
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeItemText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeImportantItemText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeAbilityText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeCommandText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeBattleText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeLocationText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeEtcText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeEtcText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| [ResourceExporter] Pass through {Configuration.Export.Enabled = 0}.
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| [ResourceImporter] Pass through {Configuration.Import.Enabled = 0}.
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeItemText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeImportantItemText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeAbilityText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeCommandText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeBattleText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeLocationText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeEtcText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| InitializeEtcText
27.08.2020 07:27:56 |M| [AudioResourceExporter] Pass through {Configuration.Export.Audio = 0}.
27.08.2020 07:28:12 |M| [SteamSdkWrapper] Request stats: True
27.08.2020 07:28:13 |M| [AssetManager] Asset not found: FieldMaps/FBG_N45_CYSW_MAPX29_CW_MBG_1/spt.tcb

How fix it?

snouz · Aug 27, 2020

Hi people!

I need some testers!

for the last few days, I've been working on p0data2, the archive that contains battle textures. I need some people to test it to see if they see some bugs in there. Here's the file:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tUeokDxaGaE5ZusANjFWuq2cr5uxDRMr/view?usp=sharing

You can first download latest moguri 8.2.1.2 and put this file in /MoguriFiles/StreamingAssets instead of the existing p0data2

What I improved since 8.0 and why the file is smaller than previous versions: (/!\ the following is technical and only for documentation purpose)

First line is the old texture structure, second is the final. I relalized the textures take way too much space, they are repeated and only a fraction is used on each. So I redirected some material files. An example: in this image, I took the door part, which is the only part relevant in image5, and put it in image0. Then I changed the .mat file so that it looks for image0 instead of 5. Then I can transform image5 to a 1x1 image to save space.
Took me several days, but it's done.
Animation textures need to stay the same size, that can be jarring, but I can't do anything.
This process allows me to see easily what texture is actually used or not, and make them more seemless.
Importing from different folders in different formats allowed me to remove the black artifacts around transparency (textures with transparency -> tiff DXT5 after passing through a photoshop script that diffused the border color and transforms to tiff). So 300 textures are compressed with DXT5, which is 2x heavier than DXT1.
I transformed 40 skies to be half the size, but uncompressed by DXT1 (so I have a smaller resolution, but no compression. Size of the image is divided by 4 but no compression makes it 8 times heavier, so in the end, I hit a good compromise). I realized that some textures have a border of unused texture (4 or 8 pixels usually), so I did a script to account for that on these skies.
Now also made a screenshot of all the fight scenes in the game to check if I had some mistakes, and I improved some textures to be more seamless using some photoshop tools.

In summary, I:
-removed the black artifacts around transparencies
-optimized the size of the archive
-made it easier for future modders
-made some textures seamless (most skies...)
-improved some black gradients
-corrected some animated textures
-removed compression on some textures

Now I need your help to point out where things could be improved, or if there are bugs I didn't catch!

daedrixx2 · Aug 27, 2020

Hi everyone, and thanks for giving us these wonderful upscaled backgrounds and patch fixes, snouz.

Sorry if this has already been answered. I wanted to ask if there's gonna be multilanguage versions of the backgrounds where the text has been translated (I don't remember if FFIX has any, FFVIII sure does), specifically the text that appears on the screen when you enter a new area (i.e. "Evil Forest" in italian is "Foresta del Male"). Or if it's at least possible to retain the vanilla text just for the area's names while everything else is upscaled.

snouz · Aug 28, 2020

Hi everyone, and thanks for giving us these wonderful upscaled backgrounds and patch fixes, snouz.

Sorry if this has already been answered. I wanted to ask if there's gonna be multilanguage versions of the backgrounds where the text has been translated (I don't remember if FFIX has any, FFVIII sure does), specifically the text that appears on the screen when you enter a new area (i.e. "Evil Forest" in italian is "Foresta del Male"). Or if it's at least possible to retain the vanilla text just for the area's names while everything else is upscaled.

Steam version has 6 languages for area names. They're all upscaled in Moguri 8.2.

daedrixx2 · Aug 28, 2020

Ah! Sorry, I haven't even downloaded the mod yet. I was basing my assumption on the fact that I've watched some playthroughs with Moguri on Youtube, and they were in full italian (checked some french streams too) except the area names, BUT they were using an outdated version of the mod, so maybe that's why.

Another question: I've found an Audio fix in the Audio section of the FFIX releases, that brings the original PSX sound fx to the PC version, but a lot of what it used to fix has already been patched by the last 8 August Steam update.
Since it has the reflex sound fx fix, is it compatible with the game's last version and Moguri's last version without breaking anything?