ff8_demaster

FF8_Demaster is unofficial patch for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered game by SquareEnix. It works as DLL-dependency and has custom launcher with brand new functions. Patch makes it possible to load new textures, use non-fixed-resolution textures and will aim in tweaking issues

Usage:

1. Just drop to your folder of Final Fantasy VIII Remastered installation. Usually:
   D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered
   
2. If it's your first run- please open FFVIII_Demaster_Manager.exe to unpacking files

SteamDeck / Proton:

https://www.protondb.com/app/1026680#nyIcYa992E

Basically run this with: export WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b"; %command%

Troubleshooting

Compiling:

Error MSB8020 The build tools for v142 (Platform Toolset = 'v142') cannot be found.

• Open properties (right click ff8_demaster and click properties) and change Platform Toolset to something you have installed.

Error MSB8036 The Windows SDK version 10.0 was not found.

• Open properties (right click ff8_demaster and click properties) and change Windows SDK Version to something you have installed.

Error MSB3191 Unable to create directory "D:\FINAL FANTASY VIII REMASTERED\".

• Open properties (right click ff8_demaster and click properties) and change Output Directory to your FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered folder.
  Default steam install: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

Third Party Libraries

Library	License
BX	BSD 2-Clause
BIMG	BSD 2-Clause
GLEW	Khronos License (MIT)
inih	New BSD
StackWalker	BSD-2-Clause

Third party

HEXT based on HEXT format from HEXT Tools by Daniel L. P. Burke

Compilation

1. Install vcpkg
2. Do a vcpkg integrate install
3. That's all. VS/Rider should automatically utilize the vcpkg.json file to add ports