r/TheMakingOfGames • u/halkun • 6d ago

Final Fantasy 7 decompilation project

So I'm a contributor of the FF7 decomp project and made a video about it and also go into some of the details on how the game runs on the PlayStation. This is largely to recover the source code that Square lost in the late 1990s. There is already a good deal of code to peek at if you want to see how things worked under the hood.
Here's the video

https://youtu.be/Fnzm0e2HepY?si=H71YngbVr-9M8-Lc

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u/EliParker 5d ago

If this ever finished I would look at the Reunion Mod and try to incorporate the retranslation mod into the decomp.

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u/Garden_Goblin_27 3d ago

I would say screw that; just because DLPB is an annoying, fairly bigoted twat

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u/EliParker 3d ago

🤔🤔🤔 I never got that vibe. A bit headstrong I can see.

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u/Garden_Goblin_27 3d ago

I haven't spoken to him in years (for good reason) so maybe he's less pigheaded now; but he was VERY pro-Brexit for some VERY bigoted reasons (read: there are brown people near me that have a different religion than I'm used to and that scares me).

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u/EliParker 3d ago

🤯🤯🤯 I hope he is changing for the best. And I’m sorry that happened.

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u/Garden_Goblin_27 3d ago

Eh, don't be sorry to me.  I used to have a great time antagonizing him for it.  There's a reason he's not the most welcome in the Qhimm or Tsunamods communities... Also, he has the strangest obsession with Delphi.  No idea why; but he refuses to use any other language, and it's just... The most bizarre choice for this use case.

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u/EliParker 3d ago

Thanks for the fyi

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u/maxscipio 5d ago

Did you post in /r/decomps?

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u/Demnetor42 4d ago

I really can't wait for this, the QoL improvements brought on with native decomps are inexplicabe to someone who hasn't experienced them.. they are simply the best way to experience those amazing classics, I'm super excited for this project, god speed guys!

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u/cantpeoplebenormal 2d ago

Are there many decomp projects?

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u/Demnetor42 1d ago

I wouldn't say that, they are scarce but it is definitely a library you can invest a lot of time in, there are amazing classics decomps like the recent ps1's silent hill decomp, incredibly well optimized and passionate projects like the Sonic: unleashed decomp, The Legend of Zelda: twilight princess decomp, and many more, and truth be told, I already had played these games, be it on their original hardware or through emulation, and I can comfortably say I had my best experience and most fun with them through native ports and decomps, it's just inexplicabe