FF8 demo problem

[godzilla]

I downloaded the FF8 demo and ran the FF8 Config program. According to the program, my system failed the 8-bit Paletted Textures test for Direct3D. I'm running DX7 and PD 5.30.007 with my G400 Max card. Any ideas what could be causing the problem?

Thanks!

Al

[vanguardian1]

It doesn't affect anything as far as I can tell during the demo, but if you insist, download and use the registry hacks for Powerdesk 5.x and one of them enables that paletted textures feature.

[godzilla]

Hmm... you actually got the game to work? After the intro credits, nothing happens for me... After the Final Fantasy logo at the end, I have to basically Ctrl-Alt-Delete to manually shut down FF8. I had thought that it required the Paletted Feature to run the game, but apparently something else is amiss. Oh well.

[vanguardian1]

It ran fine for me first time, with no patetted textures (or whatever ya call'em, I'm tired!)

Using Powerdesk 5.41.....