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Final Fantasy VIII

appid 39150 1 threads, 1 open 14 comments last activity 2024-06-08
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Latest maintainer comment · kisak-valve · 2023-12-01 · #696
Any old game that uses DirectInput that features a launcher cannot be controlled with joystick Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/7303. @hfc2x posted on 2023-12-01T20:10:50: # Compatibility Report - Name of the game with compatibility issues: Any older game that features a launcher that doesn't close upon launch. This particularly affects Final Fantasy games, lik...
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#696 · 14 comments · opened 2018-08-26 · last comment 2023-12-01 by kisak-valve
comment by cdr255 · 2018-09-30 · view · github
... WINEPREFIX="<Steam library path>/steamapps/compatdata/39150/pfx" winetricks directmusic` but then set dsound to builtin using `WINEPREFIX ...
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  • kisak-valvemaintainer · 2023-12-01 · Final Fantasy VIII
    Any old game that uses DirectInput that features a launcher cannot be controlled with joystick Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/7303. @hfc2x posted on 2023-12-01T20:10:50: # Compatibi...
  • cybik · 2021-08-30 · Final Fantasy VIII
    It's possible that during the Opening Movie (remastered graphics mode active, fwiw), audio might hit a buffer underrun and start playing back music from a second before, resulting in an audio desync that may bother playe...
  • adrianlshaw · 2020-06-12 · Final Fantasy VIII
    I've had data loss on FF7 but I'm not sure whether it relates to Wine or to Square Enix's software.
  • landwill · 2020-06-12 · Final Fantasy VIII
    There have been a couple of reports about having save files lost / deleted; one person guessed that it may have been related to the Winetricks customization. Has anything else been discovered since? For example, if very ...
  • shoober420 · 2020-02-09 · Final Fantasy VIII
    # Compatibility Report - Name of the game with compatibility issues: FINAL FANTASY VIII - Steam AppID of the game: https://steamdb.info/app/39150/ ## System Information - GPU: GTX 760 - Driver/LLVM version: NVIDIA 440.59...
  • Pantar2205 · 2019-02-16 · Final Fantasy VIII
    can confirm installing directmusic via winetricks makes game perfect. 37 hours played and can't find anything wrong. 1 error left is that when you quit the game the launcher for it crashes. if music and that error is fix...
  • ryad-lindner · 2018-11-11 · Final Fantasy VIII
    I can confirm the workaround from @cdr255 works like a charm. Thank you very much!
  • andreacorinti · 2018-11-05 · Final Fantasy VIII
    same here (Ubuntu 18.04) I've also used this -> https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=594277140 because the original music from the PC version was really bad midi

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