Dream World IX 1.0.0b7 — installer installs the engine, the GUI deploys when installed, an app icon

Dream World IX 1.0.0b7 — installer installs the engine, the GUI deploys when installed, an app icon

Dream World IX is a toolkit for building brand-new playable Final Fantasy IX fields — and
faithfully forking the real ones — for the Memoria engine
(Steam/GOG FF9). Author a whole custom field from a single declarative field.toml and compile it into
a drop-in mod — or fork any of FF9's ~674 real fields and carry their content faithfully.

Still an early public beta. Engine work is largely in-game proven; the newest gates ship with the
honesty caveat below. Bug reports and field-authoring questions are welcome.

What's new since 1.0.0b6

The installer can install the engine patches for you ★

Forking real fields needs the patched Memoria build. The Windows installer now bundles it and offers
an opt-in "engine patches" task that installs it for you — no separate download or manual DLL copy:

• It backs up your original Memoria DLLs first (under <game>\dwix-engine-backups\), and never
  touches Memoria.ini (Memoria auto-detects mod folders).
• It's version-aware: if our patched build is already in place it skips; if you later update or
  re-patch Memoria (which reverts our DLLs), just re-run it to reapply.
• If Memoria isn't installed yet it degrades gracefully — it tells you how to apply it later instead
  of erroring.

Prefer the terminal? ff9mapkit setup --install-engine <dwix-custom-memoria-1.0.0b7.zip> does the same.

The Workspace GUI now deploys campaigns + journeys when installed ★

Previously an installed copy (.exe / pip / uv) could build a campaign or journey but couldn't
deploy it (those ran the repo's tools/). Now the multi-field deploys work from an installed copy:

• Build & Deploy → campaign "Deploy to game" and the whole journey flow (preview / deploy /
  re-apply links, with single-folder + New-Game options) install straight into your FF9 folder.
• "Set New Game" points New Game at any deployed field.
• All reversible — snapshots + a one-click Revert go to a per-user cache.

New CLI commands back these: ff9mapkit deploy-campaign, deploy-journey, and
ff9mapkit newgame <id> (all dry-run by default).

A proper app icon

The Workspace, the installer, and the Start-Menu shortcut now carry a Dream World IX icon.

Updating & uninstalling

• Update: uv tool upgrade ff9mapkit (or re-run a newer DreamWorldIX-Setup.exe — it upgrades in
  place, no uninstall first).
• Uninstall: Add/Remove Programs → "Dream World IX". It leaves uv + its Python, your
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\ff9mapkit data, and any engine patches applied to your game in place — the
  uninstaller points you at <game>\dwix-engine-backups\ to restore stock Memoria if you want.

Engine bundle (required for forked fields)

A novel field runs on stock, unmodified Memoria. A forked field needs the fork-fidelity patch
set — unchanged (the s23–s33 suite). The installer's "engine patches" task installs
dwix-custom-memoria-1.0.0b7.zip for you; or grab it from the assets below and run
ff9mapkit setup --install-engine <that-zip>, or follow
ff9mapkit/docs/ENGINE.md. Disc-1 gates plus the s30/s31 walk+occlusion and
s33 menu-LOCATION fixes are in-game proven; the late-disc s29 softlock gates, s32, and the s33 sibling
sweeps ship unverified (identity-safe for real fields) and are being playtested as those zones are forked.

Getting started

• Easiest (Windows): run DreamWorldIX-Setup.exe from the assets below. No Python needed — it installs
  the toolkit, runs ff9mapkit setup (detect FF9 + extract base assets), and can install the engine patches.
• Terminal: uv tool install ff9mapkit[gui,assets,save] (or pip install …), then ff9mapkit setup.
• FORKING_FF9.md — a guided GUI walkthrough. · SETUP.md — install,
  the dev loop, updating/uninstalling, and your first field.

Provenance

Dream World IX ships no Final Fantasy IX game data. It operates only on assets read from a copy of the
game you legally own. Unofficial, fan-made, not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

License

MIT (© 2026 GameJawnsInc) — the Dream World IX / ff9mapkit source. The bundled engine patches
modify Memoria (MIT, © Albeoris).

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Troubleshooting.