FFVIII Crystal
A downloadable mod
FFVIII Crystal is a gameplay mod 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.
Junctioning has been de-emphasized in favor of more meaningful stat gains from leveling. New enemies have been added and existing ones have been reworked with new abilities and gimmicks. New sidequests have been added and existing ones are more meaningful, sometimes rewarding items that teach abilities that can't be found anywhere else. The mod's difficulty level is intended to make fights challenging and engaging without being too harsh. You can read about the kinds of changes made in version 2.0 here.
The 2013-Steam and Remastered versions are 99% the same, though the Remastered versions have some differences in the strength and function of some abilities.
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Development log
- FF8 Crystal 2.0 Patch Notes63 days ago
- FF8 Crystal 2.0 Update Released63 days ago
- Update 1.5.9 / 1.1.9 ReleasedDec 21, 2024
- Update 1.5.8 / 1.1.8 ReleasedMar 10, 2024
- Update 1.5.7 / 1.1.7 ReleasedJul 22, 2023
- Update 1.5.6 / 1.1.6 ReleasedMay 11, 2022
- Update 1.5.5 / 1.1.5 ReleasedMar 27, 2022
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@Hasardore Is is possible please to make your mod into an IRO file to be used in Junction VIII, FFVIII mod manager. Would be much appreciated.
The Junction VIII people actually approached me about this a while back, but I forgot all about it... 😅
I figured out how to put the mod into an IRO and got most of it working after seeing your message, but I realized that I have to extract the field files I changed from each individual field's archive in order to include the mod's field changes. That's a lot of extra tedium that I don't feel like dealing with right now, but I'll try to have an IRO out on or before 2.1's release.
hi can i request for you to built me a mod? with a price of course, is it possible ff8
I just tried it on the Switch version and at first it wouldn't work at all, but after setting the game language to English it seemed to work, until I got to the fmv where Quistis is introduced, which crashed the game.
Is there a way to fix this?
I tried some things to reproduce this, but couldn't. Do you have the game updated to 1.0.1_5?
The only other thing I can think of is to use a save file to get past the crash and hopefully continue with the game. I uploaded one here: https://mega.nz/file/8ToAnRSC#2cHXhNpu9OkPQefr1qD5idKGClUJ_flY8gJF6EJOR-Y You'll have to use JKSV or another save manager (use at your own risk etc.) to make use of the save, though.
I tried it again just now and it got past this sequence (up until the first save point). I assume I won't be able to switch back to german to play this mod, right?
That's strange; I wonder if the game just happened to crash there. I've had it crash a time or two even when playing vanilla, though never that early. Here's hoping you don't have any other problems.
Correct, the mod only works with the English version.