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Revision as of 03:07, 21 December 2019

Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy IX cover
Developers
Square Enix
Silicon Studio (Thailand)
Publishers
Square Enix
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows April 14, 2016
Final Fantasy IX guide on StrategyWiki
Final Fantasy IX on Wikipedia
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Key points

Port of the Android/iOS version.
Prerendered backgrounds are extremely low-resolution; fan-patches are available which replaces them with upscaled versions.
UI is unchanged from Android/iOS version, but can be modified.
16 direction analogue movement is not supported, but can be fixed.
Features higher-definition (1280x960) CG cutscenes, and improved character models.
Includes achievements, auto-save, and various boosters such as high-speed mode for battles.

General information

Official site
Steam Community Discussions
Qhimm Final Fantasy Mod Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Publisher website
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North American store
Windows
Publisher website
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European store
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Scaled Battle UI

Modifies UI during battle to make it closer to the original PSX format.
Fixes analog movement with control sticks.
Includes additional tweaking, such as changing font, battle speed, and encounter rates.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Settings.ini[Note 2]
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/377840/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY IX\Steam\EncryptedSavedData\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/377840/pfx/[Note 3]
150 save slots available (10 save folders x 15 save files per folder)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Must sync manually through by going to Main Menu > Cloud Data
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

Launcher and video options.
Launcher and video options.

Template:Video settings

Pillarboxes are a textured gray instead of pure black.

Input settings

Keyboard bindings.
Keyboard bindings.
Controller bindings.
Controller bindings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Russian
Fan translation by «FFRTT.ru»

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Final Fantasy IX.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Background image improvement

FFIX Field Patch

Improves the resolution of the game's prerendered backgrounds through upscaling the original PSX backgrounds and manually tweaking the results.

Moguri Mod

Improves the resolution using a specifically-trained AI for upscaling.
Gallery
Download
Mod Discussion
Mod Discussion on Steam

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS
ATI Radeon HD 4650
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectSound compatible

Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.2.3p2[1]
  2. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-02-26