k heres the patch. Its all I needed
http://www.fileplanet.com/files/80000/82895.shtml
here on this page there is a patch listed just for ascenscion peak
http://www.3dgamers.com/games/wizardry8/#filelist
good luck. If those dont fix it, try one last thing I did to get my game working before i patched it, is to change the settings to open gl. It allows the game to continue with errors somehow, but its still not playable lol. But doing that will also let you see the errors and relate back to me that they are the same ones I had.