How to install FF9 Moguri Mod on Steam Deck (Final Fantasy IX HD mod)

[@Trowelhands]

I ordered an OLED model last night and very excited to play this on it. Easily my favourite Final Fantasy. And the fact the mod works and is easy-enough to install is a testament to how open and easy the Steam Deck is to use. Great guide, I'll be looking forward to reviewing it when installing it!

[@JopaSpelunker]

Thank you so much for this guide! I'd been wondering if Moguri mod would work, and now FF9 runs beautifully on the Steam Deck! Very clear and easy to follow guide

[@rossgraham4073]

I just used your guide right this minute to get moguri working on my deck and it works like a charm thank you soo much dude I hope you keep doing this kind of stuff in the future you get a sub from me

[@joonamo]

No problem, I'm glad people find these videos useful!

[@starwarstimeline]

Another fantastic guide. Thank you! I used both your videos for FFVII and this. Very easy to follow.

[@noke1989]

FFIX is one of the best Final Fantasy games! Glad to see a great mod for it! 😍

[@joonamo]

Yes! It's one of my favourite games of all time ☺️

[@Nikketsinne]

For people who are wondering, the 9.0 released in August 2024 just requires you to add a non steam game with Memoria Patcher. Add the patcher in the game folder before adding to non steam game otherwise it won't work. Eventually change the Proton Version and enjoy !

[@kirakunplays4162]

What's the difference between this version and 9.0? I want to try this mod, it seems pretty straight forward, but if there's a better version I should probably go for that! Any tutorials for the 9.0 version?

[@ps3alexpr]

Is not working for me 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rigoutz6870]

Yay!! Never played 9. Very much look forward to playing with the mod on my deck. But FF7 SYW comes first. That's my childhood

[@joonamo]

FF7 was also my first RPG and very dear to me. But when FF9 came out, I was able to read enough English to actually comprehend what was going on, so it's the most important one for me 😊 I was surprised how well both of them have stood the test of time

[@rigoutz6870]

@@joonamo thats awesome man! Video gaming and learning haha. Love the accent and appreciate the English. I have never played FF8 either. Would you recommend that one and is there any mods like this one or ff7 for it?

[@joonamo]

I'm not that familiar with FF8, but I've heard there's a similar HD mod for it as well. I think FF8 is generally regarded as the weakest of the PlayStation 1 Final Fantasies, but it has very cool card minigame. Also, if you're into customizing your characters up to totally breaking the game, FF8 should give you plenty of fun!

[@MikaTarkela]

@@rigoutz6870 I can recommend FF8. It's my favorite!

[@rigoutz6870]

@@MikaTarkela I have finished 7 on the deck and started 9. Once I get around to finishing 9 and my backlog of games I will attempt 8. These games are perfect on the deck.

[@TechSupportSparky]

Worked great for me! Appreciate it! I did need to give the deck a restart after the final install, but everything was smooth sailing after that!

[@leonkfox3606]

Thank you for making this guide, made setting up the Moguri Mod on my 512GB Steam Deck super easy.

[@DragonDreamVNY]

Fantastic guide. Super clear and easy to follow. Worked for me :)

[@ellie-oaks]

i had to restart the steam deck to moguri mod to run, but everything worked fine after that. Thanks!

[@nem3sis777]

Thank you very much for your guide ! I just tested it (with save transfer) and it seems to work perfectly ! :)

[@joonamo]

Great to hear! It's such a fun game to play on the Deck 😊

[@haugl1992]

Your guide was so well put together and was easy to follow. Very nice editing! Earned a like and a sub from me.

[@ericchoisnet1253]

I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for this and all you're videos, they are amazing! Let us know if you have some sort of donation system that we can help donate to you for your time with our steam deck help!

[@joonamo]

A nice comment like this is quite enough 😊 I don't do this for money, just for fun

[@m4rco490]

heseThank you very much for this guide! It would be great if you make another one for the final fantasy 8

[@JustJebei]

Thank you for your quick and easy guide! I got it to work wonderfully!

[@joonamo]

Great to hear! It's pretty easy once you learn the trick to add the installer in steam 😊

[@Will-oj9yx]

Thank you man, you have a new subscriptor.

[@Squallyboo]

Very simple and easy guide, thank you sir.

[@Mr.Kratoast]

Thank you so much my dude. You should make more steam deck related videos 😁

[@lioneld1061]

Perfect guide. Thanks a lot for your work !

[@MexiChrist]

i've followed all the steps and installed moguri but it refuses to launch moguri launcher. only the default one. It wont even let me uninstall moguri because the setup locks up.

[@OweEyeSea]

Great tutorial - thanks so much!

[@Fee9999]

Perfect Guide. Thank you so much 😊

[@50tyson]

thank you so much!

[@Ejohns1004]

Sweet stache bro.

[@BigBelly69]

I have an issue that I've seen a lot of people have; The moguri launcher loads up and I press play and the game loads up to just a black screen. I can confirm the game is fully installed on my deck and not the SD card. If anyone finds a fix please share!

[@joonamo]

Someone else was having the same issue and it ended up being caused by running out of storage. So make sure you have more than 20gb free space before running the installer

[@BigBelly69]

@@joonamo this was exactly my solution, I realised the finalise screen actual said instal didn't complete in really small writing so I uninstalled a game to free up about 25gb in my internal storage and it worked on the next reinstall! So glad it's sorted now!

[@__lim494]

I'm now watching a video of a guy with a nice Kaiser beard to modding a 20-year-old game. It's a strange feeling, but I think I like it.😂

[@joonamo]

Just imagine the beard when the game is 30 or 40 years old! 😎

[@drsealman]

Thank you for the video

[@joonamo]

I hope it was useful 😊

[@powersm1980]

You saved my life on this 1 thanks a lot. Can you do 1 for FF7 voice mod on the steam deck please.

[@michaelwebb7589]

Great video, got it working fine after following this, thank you 😊 is there a mod like this that works on deck for ffviii or ffviii remastered?

[@archb3116]

In regards to save data. It seems that while the steam cloud saving does not work between steam deck and desktop, the "cloud data" option in the title screen (which I assume uses squenix's servers) does seem to function and allows you to play on different platforms without needing to manually transfer saves ^-^

[@vin.valentine]

Thank you for the detailed easy to follow guide! One question, is it possible to install other Nexus mods for FF9 on Steam Deck?

[@Moriored]

Thanks for the tutorial! Very well made. I had installed the mod in the default folder by mystake, where can i actually find it to delete it?

[@dannypham6060]

Just did this after beating FF7 using your other guide lol thank you Anything similar to FF7 and FF9 for FF8? I heard the Steam version plus mods is better than the remaster so that's why I got the Steam over the remaster

[@TheApexRocks]

I've been waiting, hoping you would make a video about modding FF8 on Steam Deck - at least the background images - but I continue to wait 😔

[@MikaTarkela]

Loistava video! Oisko mahdollista saada samantyyppistä videota jollekin FF8 modille?

[@joonamo]

Mä ostin Steamin joulu-alesta ff8, mutta en oo vielä saanut aikaiseksi asentaa siihen modeja. FF8 modit asennetaan aika eri lailla, näyttäisi että ei ole vain yhtä pakettia mikä asennetaan vaan pitää valita useampi pienempi modi. Ehkäpä tässä jonain päivänä kerään energiaa testata modeja ja toteuttaa video 😊

[@MikaTarkela]

@@joonamo Joo totta, muutamia eri modeja löytyy, sellainen discord servu on hyvä kuin mcindus mods ja sieltä oon pöytäkoneelle asennellut jotain mutta tuntuu olevan vähän kikkailua steam deckin kanssa jos noita lähtee asentelemaan 😁

[@archb3116]

Thank you for the incredibly clear guide! Is the super sampling also possible on desktop? I am only able to select up to the native resolution of my monitor.

[@joonamo]

I think you might need some tool to do supersampling on desktop. I haven't tried it, but nvidia control panel might even have an option for supersampling if I remember correctly

[@archb3116]

@@joonamo Thank you for the response! Enabling DSR in the Nvidia control panel did the trick!

[@marcusnordlund]

Great video, I followed you FF7 guide and then ran this one. Two questions, I cant choose the resolution you do within the launcher. Any ideal? Also there are newer Proton-versions now, should I still chose the version you picked

[@joonamo]

What's the problem with the resolution selection? Does the list go off the screen? Feel free to experiment with Proton versions, it shouldn't break anything and is easy to switch back

[@marcusnordlund]

@@joonamo Found something on the web about the installer not adding the videos folder, gonna see if I can manually install it.

[@marcusnordlund]

@@joonamo Regarding the resolution options in the launcher, the list didnt expand with resolution options as much as yours.

[@joonamo]

I think that has happened to me once. IIRC, I was able to use the arrow keys on keyboard to scroll down. You need to set the resolution only once and it will remember what you set

[@halezmarie]

@@joonamo This comment helped me out in my situation, thanks!!! Awesome vid

[@FormulaSumo]

Hey, I followed your guide but after installing Moguri mod and launching ff9 it goes straight in game. I restarted my steam deck as well and the Moguri launcher still doesn't show up, any ideas? Thanks!

[@FormulaSumo]

Just incase anyone runs into the same problem, after installing moguri mod and before opening ff9, change the compatibility of ff9 to the latest release of proton or experimental. This made the launcher show up when opening ff9.

[@alexray6084]

Thanks for the guide! Any way you can make a guide for installing Lunatic Pandaro Mod on steamdeck for FFVIII Remastered?? Thanks so much!!

[@okllo]

Your guide is very detailed and simple to follow. Unfortunately my game hangs on a black screen after the moguri mod launcher started. I have tried doing it two times, but the same problem persists :(

[@joonamo]

Did you restart after installation was complete? Does the moguri launcher appear as expected on desktop mode? Also, you could double check your internal disk is not full and that Steam didn't sneakily install Final Fantasy on the SD-card

[@okllo]

@Joonamo Thank you for replying! It turned out to be a space issue. There needs to be around 20gb free and I only had 18gb. The 64gb model fills quickly, so an upgrade for internal storage is recommended.

[@joonamo]

Thanks for following up with a solution! Always appreciated ☺️

[@MikaTarkela]

I have a black screen with cursor when I start the game. Nothing happens.

[@Shorkshire]

any advice on installing Memoria mod manager so we can get the Alternate Fantasy mod working on steamdeck? Ive seen no coverage on this at all and I cant figure it out :(

[@zq42black]

I just get a black screen as I launch the game :

[@joonamo]

Some others have had that issue if they have ran out out space while installing. Make sure you have at least 20 Gb free before starting the install.

[@final909]

I did this but no sound came when lauching the game. Can you help me what I need to do?

[@itylermartin]

Any Plans on Doing a Guide For FF8 as Well?? Can't Seem to Figure That One Out On the Deck

[@joonamo]

I've been looking into FF8 mods as well, but it seems a bit more complicated area than FF7 and 9. There doesn't seem to exist just one supermod to install, instead you'll have to install multiple smaller ones. But I've just bought FF8 from the Steam sale, so we'll see if can make that happen :)

[@Eskoxo]

Ended up just streaming from my pc so dont have to deal with save files.

[@BearGurz]

For soem reason ff9 isnt opening and I have already restarted the deck

[@kg888]

Got this and alternate fantasy mod to work. The annoying thing is, when in battle the A (Accept) button is too sensitive so I may pressing it twice when I don't want to. I trying to figure what to stop it. All of the other buttons are fine.

[@alatrahatril5999]

Nice Guide but i dont have in Game sound

[@furypesto]

Thanks for this. I had one issue. When I was done with everything, and ready to launch the game from the Moguri Launcher, I could not scroll down to the highest resolution as you did. I could only see up to 3200x1800 and I did not know how to scroll down further from there.

[@joonamo]

Sounds like something might have changed how Steam OS handles scaling. I think 1800 px high resolution should be plenty enough. 1440 is already 2x of the Deck screen in 16:9 game and 4k is really only "needed" when you play the game in an external 1080p screen. But if you want the best you can get, you could try if you can see the full list in desktop mode and/or when connected to external screen 🤔

[@lgolem09l]

Or just do it all on your pc, then copy the game folder to your steam deck and replace all files there, that should be identical to this tutorial, right?

[@joonamo]

Try it and let us know!

[@itsRiske11]

Can't even get the launcher to pop up. Get an error that there isn't enough space on the disk to install, even though there is plenty. Not sure what's happening.

[@MikaTarkela]

I get a black screen and a cursor when launching the game. Have 20gb free storage after installations.

[@joonamo]

In game mode or desktop? Do you get the launcher? Have you tried different versions of Proton?

[@AntAskew]

Does anyone know if the cloud saves now sync over to the steam deck?

[@Akihito_Kanbara]

Followed the instructions, but when I click Launch on the mod settings screen it just goes to a black screen. Game was working fine before that. Not sure where to go from here.

[@joonamo]

Did it work in the desktop mode? Have you tried different Proton versions?

[@robgamble1083]

thanks for this. Can you also run alternate fantasy along side this on the steam deck

[@joonamo]

If it has an installer, it can probably be installed similarly. Can't say how different mods work together without trying

[@robgamble1083]

I figured it out in a weird way using my pc having the alternate fantasy mod

[@kimjanek646]

Ah so much work 😫

[@3ranoPL]

Is it possible to install game/mods on SD card not internal drive?

[@thiagolapetina4591]

Is it possible to run in 16:10? I would like to fill the entire screen.

[@PallidWhite]

Moguri launcher never comes up for me. I can’t adjust anything, I know the mod is working but I can’t adjust any settings

[@PallidWhite]

Found the issue, I changed from ProtonGE to Proton

[@Theoloop]

Does the 4k rendering effect battery like at all compared to native?

[@joonamo]

Probably a little, but I was able to get up to 4-5 hour battery life with that

[@Theoloop]

@@joonamo ah that's plenty. Thanks for the response!

[@sdcrackin]

anyone else having a problem with the install link on website?? tried on 3 different browsers to no avail 😢

[@joonamo]

Not on my Deck, but seems to work fine on my laptop 🤔

[@sdcrackin]

@@joonamo so weird, tried again today and it was working fine! Hooray! Anyone else having this problem give it some time and try again

[@superbubut492]

Hey, I'm only trying this now. Any idea why I'm getting an error? "the moguri mod setup ended prematurely" 😢

[@joonamo]

I haven't seen this error, but I think others have seen similar errors when they don't have enough free storage space

[@superbubut492]

I got this to work thanks! But anyone does anyone know why this is only allowing me to play at 1280x800 res?

[@superbubut492]

I'm all good. Awesome guide!

[@turdferguson3091]

followed this. and the mod is working, i can tell. but my controller isnt working at all. with the custom psx community profile or the recommended. the only thing that works for me is the mouse and left click. any suggestions?

[@joonamo]

I'm sure you've tried this already, but when I've had controller issues, a simple reboot has fixed them.

[@turdferguson3091]

@@joonamo yeah, restart wouldnt work. but a reinstall did. thanks for the wonderful guide. i hope you do many more.

[@elementxc]

To add to this for any future viewers, I had to use Proton Experimental in order to get the controls to work as of Steam OS version 3.4.4

[@Comii_]

Does this disable achievements if you do this for both FF9 and FF7??

[@joonamo]

FF9 achievements Just Work. There's option to enable achievements for 7 too. I haven't tried it, since I don't really care about achievements and I'm afraid I'm Valve considering that "hacking".

[@maynardcortes1493]

is there a command to skip the launcher?

[@tonysaurabhroy]

Your technique didn't work, the mod isn't launching even after restarting steam deck

[@ImmortalDraylo]

So complicated 😫. How do I connect a mouse and keyboard? Is it with a USB c hub?

[@joonamo]

Yep, usb-c hub or adapter does that. My other tutorial has few seconds about connecting mouse and keyboard, but that's pretty much the easiest part of the installation. If you want a challenge, the full installation can be done with just the Deck touchscreen 😎

[@ImmortalDraylo]

@@joonamo lol yes.. doing it that way has been driving me nuts. I am trying to set up emulation and constantly running into issues. Do you know any good places to troubleshoot for help?

[@Kirbyex420]

Does this method still allow steam achievements or will it not be registered

[@joonamo]

The achievements work! ☺️

[@brandyntillman9575]

I'm perpetually stuck at creating folders It just loops

[@joonamo]

In the installer? It takes a while, but you could double check FF9 is installed on the internal storage and there's enough free space

[@brandyntillman9575]

@@joonamo I deleted the whole folder and reinstalled ff9 in steam and it worked with no problem after that.

[@maynardcortes1493]

sir, i have black borders on the right and left side of the screen, how to remove?

[@joonamo]

If you're running a 16:9 resolution, most scenes should run in full screen. The game was originally made for 4:3 and some things like the cutscenes will still run at the original aspect ratio with borders

[@maynardcortes1493]

@@joonamo i am still has the black borders

[@joonamo]

What resolution are you using? Do the bars appear in battle scenes?

[@maynardcortes1493]

@@joonamo yes the bars appear in battles, default resolution

[@joonamo]

Can you try a wide screen resolution as shown in the tutorial?

[@lontaviusjones2813]

Does ffx mods work on steam deck

[@explainedlake6451]

Won’t pushing it at 4K degrade battery life? Otherwise, great video! Very easy to follow.

[@powersm1980]

Can you do a voice mod video?

[@joonamo]

Last time I checked, that needed the use of 7th Heaven mod manager, which looked much more difficult to install. I've seen some scripts for doing it, but I don't want to endorse such scripts because I don't really know everything they do or if they work in the future

[@Ezaulasugi]

Does it work on sd card instead of internal drives?

[@joonamo]

I was only able to make it work on on the internal drive last year when I made the tutorial, but someone was saying they were able to install ff7 mods on DS card last week. There may have been updates that enable it on Proton

[@Ezaulasugi]

@@joonamo thanks for the reply

[@jadedshard9650]

Could you not just do all of that on a PC then copy the game files and then have the files override the steam deck game files I did that with vampire the masquerade bloodlines but then again I really new to Linux and got lucky

[@joonamo]

Haven't tried, maybe you can?

[@bor45]

"I'm a dirty cheater..."

[@joonamo]

Can't help myself 😅

[@BobaT__]

This is too much work for a game :/

[@joonamo]

Well, the blurry original edition is still available for you to play ☺️

[@Jttd234]

@@joonamo he clearly doesn't love ff9 haha its well worth the extra work! Great guide!

[@halezmarie]

This is nothing compared to modding Fall Out New Vegas on steam LOL and even then, it randomly crashes for people.