FFVIII Crystal is a gameplay mod for the 2013 Steam release of FFVIII designed to give a new way to play Final Fantasy VIII by making each playable character more distinct, strengthening and redesigning enemies, and adding new content.
Installation:
1. Install Roses and Wine (R07), available here: Mega.nz
2. Copy the FFVIII Crystal.txt file in the Hext folder into Roses and Wine's RaW/GLOBAL/Hext folder.
3. Back up the files in your FFVIII/Data/lang-en folder before continuing.
4. Copy the files in FFVIII Crystal/lang-en into the FFVIII/Data/lang-en folder.
5. (Optional) If using Tonberry, merge the included textures folder with Tonberry's textures folder if you'd like to use the custom title screen.
Be sure to start a new save file.
Methods of verifying installation:
1)init.out - Upon starting a new game, your inventory should be:
Potion x3
Phoenix Down x3
Antidote x3
Eye Drops x2
Tent x1
2)kernel.bin - Potions should heal for 400 HP instead of 300.
3)shop.bin - Balamb Shop won't sell Hi-Potions.
4)price.bin - Phoenix Downs will cost 2000 gil.
5) Field.fs - After naming Squall at the start of the game, you should be prompted to name Bahamut.
6) Battle.fs - Bombs will cast Berserk; Ifrit will be accompanied by a Buel.
6) .exe changes - You should be able to Draw a maximum of 15 of a spell.
Credits:
Programs Used:
Doomtrain by alexfilth, Maki, and JWP
Deling by myst6re
Ifrit by Gjoerulv
Ifrit AI beta by JWP
Cactilio by JeMaCheHi
Quezacotl by JWP
Rinoa's Toolset by Maki
MnGrpEditor by Nightshade
JunkShop by alexfilth
Roses and Wine/Hext Tools by DLPB
Many thanks to everyone involved in creating these tools.
Thanks to Sega Chief for showing me how to fix enemy data files; to JWP for many of the exe edits used in this mod and for sharing them publically; to Callisto for locating and sharing the SeeD salary values; to Colly for the mngrp.bin Thingy tables; and a huge thanks to UpRisen, goodmorninpluto, Nikkolas, and Dorklord for feedback and bug-finding.
Lastly, a huge thanks to everyone in the FFVIII modding community. I couldn't have made this without you and your efforts.
