diff --git a/src/gl/special_case.cpp b/src/gl/special_case.cpp
index ab8f959c..6c643f4e 100644
--- a/src/gl/special_case.cpp
+++ b/src/gl/special_case.cpp
@@ -56,15 +56,13 @@ uint32_t gl_special_case(uint32_t primitivetype, uint32_t vertextype, struct nve
 	else if (enable_bilinear && (vertextype != TLVERTEX || mode == MODE_MENU || (current_state.texture_set && VREF(texture_set, ogl.gl_set->force_filter)))) current_state.texture_filter = true;
 
   // since we are no longer disabling all filtering on interal textures, we need to shut it off for the ones that filtering breaks.
-  // don't filter original textures in submarine minigame
-  if (current_state.texture_set && (mode == MODE_SUBMARINE) && !(VREF(texture_set, ogl.external))) // only ff7 has a submarine mode.
+  
+  if (current_state.texture_set && !ff8 && !(VREF(texture_set, ogl.external)))
   {
-    current_state.texture_filter = false; // don't filter original submarine textures, this causes thin lines, and original did not. 
-  }
-  // or coaster minigame
-  if (current_state.texture_set && (mode == MODE_COASTER) && !(VREF(texture_set, ogl.external))) // only ff7 has coaster minigame.
-  {
-    current_state.texture_filter = false; // don't filter original coaster textures
+    if ((mode == MODE_SUBMARINE) || (mode == MODE_COASTER)) 
+    {
+      current_state.texture_filter = false; // required to avoid thin lines at the edges of the HUD textures in these modes. 
+    }
   }
   // some modpath textures have z-sort forced on
 	if(current_state.texture_set && VREF(texture_set, ogl.gl_set->force_zsort) && VREF(texture_set, ogl.external)) defer = true;
@@ -117,28 +115,24 @@ uint32_t gl_special_case(uint32_t primitivetype, uint32_t vertextype, struct nve
         // avoid filtering window borders
         if (!_strnicmp(VREF(tex_header, file.pc_name), "menu/btl_win_c_", strlen("menu/btl_win_c_") - 1) && VREF(texture_set, palette_index) == 0) current_state.texture_filter = false;
 
-        // don't filter original menu textures in ff7, because it introduces glitches
-        if ((VREF(texture_set, ogl.external)))
-        {
-
-        }
-        else
+        // the following internal textures can glitch when filtered in ff7.
+        if (!(VREF(texture_set, ogl.external)))
         {
           if (!ff8 && (!_strnicmp(VREF(tex_header, file.pc_name), "menu/btl_win_", strlen("menu/btl_win_") - 1)))
           {
-            current_state.texture_filter = false; // don't filter original btl_win. 
+            current_state.texture_filter = false; // shows lines with anisotropic filtering off 
           }
           if (!ff8 && (!_strnicmp(VREF(tex_header, file.pc_name), "menu/usfont_", strlen("menu/usfont_") - 1)))
           {
-            current_state.texture_filter = false; // or the us menu font. 
+            current_state.texture_filter = false; // shows lines with anisotropic filtering off
           }
           if (!ff8 && (!_strnicmp(VREF(tex_header, file.pc_name), "menu/jafont_", strlen("menu/jafont_") - 1)))
           {
-            current_state.texture_filter = false; // or the japanese menu font either.. 
+            current_state.texture_filter = false; // almost certainly needed, though i can't test. 
           }
           if (!ff8 && (!_strnicmp(VREF(tex_header, file.pc_name), "flevel/hand", strlen("flevel/hand") - 1)))
           {
-            current_state.texture_filter = false; // or the field cursor. 
+            current_state.texture_filter = false; // the field target indicators also glitch. 
           }
 
         }