Final Fantasy IX

Final Fantasy IX

Developers
	Square Enix
Windows	Silicon Studio (Thailand)
Microsoft Store	Guild Studio
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	April 14, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	84
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Continuous turn-based
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control, Menu-based
Genres	JRPG, RPG
Vehicles	Flight
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Fantasy, Medieval
Series	Final Fantasy

Key points

Port of the Android/iOS version.

Prerendered backgrounds are extremely low-resolution; fan-patches are available which replace them with upscaled versions.

The UI was originally unchanged from Android/iOS version, but could be modified. An update in August 2020 made the UI smaller so it now resembles the patched console versions.

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.

Music looping issue still present in Microsoft Store version.^{[citation needed]}

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Qhimm Final Fantasy Mod Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website		North American store
Publisher website		European store
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere
Steam		DRM-Free when Steam is not installed or when steam_appid.txt is in directory containing any number.

Essential improvements

Memoria - The FFIX Game Engine / Mod

• Built-in Mod manager
• 60 FPS on field, world map and battles
• Battle HUD customizations (allows you to make the battle look like the PSX version)
• Change Tetra Master to Triple Triad
• Widescreen support (just select any 16:9 resolution)
• Restore Analog Support
• Changes Confirm button to × ᴄʀᴏss and Cancel to ○ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇ
• Change Audio sampling frequency
• Change the game font to any True Type system font (Must be installed for All Users) also includes PSX and Default font
• Disable/Enable built-in cheats
• Additional cheats such as Easy rope jumping, frog catching, hippaul racing
• Fast battles (Change FPS, a Swirl duration, skip waiting or turn-based)
• Disable Garnet's cant concentrate status
• Change Vivi's attack to a basic elemental magic attack
• Allow Break Damage Limit in battle
• Save/Load anywhere (Alt+F5, Alt+F9)
• Edit game data (look at the "StreamingAssets\Data" folder)
• Change ability mechanics (look at the "StreamingAssets\Scripts" folder)
• All of the characters available (Alt+F2 to show a party window) be careful!
• Auto discard cards
• Change audio volume (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M to show configuration menu)
• Export/import text resources
• Export/import audio resources (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to debug)
• Bypass the Launcher
• And many more...

Moguri Mod

Improves pre-rendered backgrounds using a specifically-trained upscaling AI. Resolution is 4x the PSX version.

All layer edges are manually redrawn.

Most textures upscaled (NPC, battles, monsters, worldmap...)

Includes non-stretched widescreen support (not all backgrounds allow widescreen).

Restores proper analog control support.

Includes the original PSX font (UseGarnetFont in Memoria.ini)

Includes a way to patch the game to increase the audio sampling rate.

Includes the Memoria mod, an engine overhaul. The engine uses files from "Moguri Mod" folder in Program Files instead of entirely from the game's root folder. Further options and hacks can be edited in the Memoria config file in the game's root folder.

Includes an option to install 15 fanmade orchestrated music by Pontus Hultgren.

Scaled Battle UI

Modifies battle UI to make it closer to the original PSX format.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY IX\Steam\EncryptedSavedData\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\\39EA002F.FINALFANTASYIX_n746a19ndrrjg\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/377840/pfx/

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

Launcher and video options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Pillarboxed. A Widescreen Mod exists but the output is stretched. Moguri Mod allows for non-stretching.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Can be set via Driver.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 30FPS (20 while on the World-Map and 15 during FMVs and battles). FMVs are an interpolated 30fps with the Moguri-mod.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Pillarboxes are a textured gray instead of pure black. However the borders are black with the Moguri mod.

Input

Keyboard bindings.

Controller bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Doesn't have much touchscreen-ability. Cannot go into menu and exit, unless you have right click mapped somewhere on touchscreen.
Controller
Controller support		8-Directional movement only. 16-Directional movement restored with the Moguri mod.
Full controller support		Mouse is required for the launcher. All other menus can be navigated with a controller.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Use DS4Windows or Steam's controller configuration tool as a workaround.
DualShock button prompts		For DualShock- or DualSense-buttons use faospark's mod (needs Memoria/Meguri to be installed).
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

General settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound and sound effects can be toggled on/off independently.
Surround sound		Steam version is stereo only. Microsoft Store version has surround sound.
Subtitles		Dialogue is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				Fan translation by "FFRTT", [1].
Russian				Fan translation by "Children of Terra", [2].
Spanish

VR support

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

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. Already included in the Moguri mod.

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	7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz	Intel Core i5-2520 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 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