Originally posted by Dangus ))<>(( Taargus:

Originally posted by GuyInDogSuit:

384? That's an odd number...

No actually it isn't, it's the result of 32 (pixels) by 12 (tiles). 640 of course is the result of 32x20.

The game is 20x12 map tiles (aka 5:3 aspect ratio). The black space when choosing 640x480 is added because no one can run anything at 640x384, being that it's not a standard resolution.

Well, that's what I mean. It's not a common resolution any game, or screen, uses.

384? That's an odd number...

Originally posted by Monterossa:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=588210422

I'll try to uncensor all those sprites that have been censored in this version.

Great idea! I remember playing the Japanese version of the SNES game, translated by Skyrender. I wish Square localized their games more like he did.

Originally posted by Dangus ))<>(( Taargus:

So it's clear that only world map and background tiles are affected by an odd scaling decsion.

Character sprites scale normally and retain their shape at multiples of the natve 640x384. Any move beyond that resolution, including even multiples, sets the world and background texture tiles to crush the border pixel and inconsistently stretch the 30 inner pixels. This is defintely part of why there were bad tile seams.

It would seem the only thing that needs changing is whatever code is calling in background textures? Any way to mod this?

So basically the only way to avoid it is to play in windowed mode?

Originally posted by Jadentheman:

Is there a way to modify the shadows to get them like the console version? That is basically the last thing missing in this game. That and force feedback/vibration, but I sure that only needs like a hex edit to enable it right?

Force feedback would be nice. It's one of the reasons I prefer to use an Xbox 360 controller for PC gaming. I don't know if it's as easy as a hex edit, though.

What's wrong with the shadows? They go up to 2K resolution, don't they?

Terra has perky ones, not flat, but not watermelons, either. Celes is a bit more on the bigger side.

Originally posted by Scarlet Crusade:

The black bars are because there's literally nothing to put there, no assets to show. The alternative is to crop the image and you lose something that could be being seen otherwise. It's like letterboxing in film. If you've played Final Fantasy VII on PC or the recent rerelease on PS4, they have black space too for the same reason.

The smartphone releases of V and VI originally didn't have the black bars on the sides. They later added in a clock and battery indicator, but since that doesn't apply here.... I'm just confused as to why they didn't use the original graphical assets.

Originally posted by Dangus ))<>(( Taargus:

What bothers me the most is the way the game scales at resolutions higher than native. My biggest gripe was the filter, but now that that is gone, it's revealed to me just how weird the game is about stretching it's assets to larger screens. Character sprites scale correctly if multiplied evenly, but world tiles don't... the game can be forced via it's INI to run at any resolution you want by making changes and setting the file to read only. But then you get inconsistent black space filler... the game has an odd aspect ratio 5:3... I'm a little confused by it.

Yeah, I've noticed that. Full screen just looks odd, and there's no reason why those black bars should even be there.

That puts it in an entirely different perspective. This is a MASSIVE undertaking, and to expect one person to attempt this is hilarious. Maybe if we did as someone suggested, selecting a project lead, and having a team of people work on this, would it be more feasible. I would think it's more likely that IcePenguin would do a menu conversion mod a la FFIII for this game first. And I hope he does.

I REALLY want a UI mod. FFVI's isn't so bad, but I still prefer the old style. It just looks huge as is.