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General Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - ALPHA Testing Open

« on: 2013-04-13 17:13:42 »

I have found myself more excited by this game than I really should be, especially since I don't particularly like either MMOs or monthly fees. I almost hope it turns out to suck so I don't buy it.

Haha, me too. I had enough of the MMO experience when I used to play Everquest in college. The social aspects are the best of any game genre, but the content is so combat focused, that is loses its charm fast and becomes stale. I think every MMO goes down this same road now .

I am in beta and it feels of similar nature 

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-13 17:09:41 »

Thanks for such a fast reply! Should I be able to download the file from that link?
I loaded your Presets, with Base Models of "Bootlegged (Best of Show)" and Animations of "Re-Animation Fixes"

I have just tried running the installer again but am getting pretty much the same errors, I am now attempting another install with differnet Base Models.


Also while reloading the mods I got an additional Error message in Notepad come up saying:

"ealin_2 patch failed, not original script
frcyo patch failed, not original script
Couldn't dump world_us: mesnot found
Couldn't dump scene: converting to scene failed, gzip decompression error"
I understand It says there can be some error message but I didnt notice this one on the video.

and a popup which i took a screen shot of:


and then this one...

No, that link is just a spreadsheet that maps out all the file names and what they correspond to in the game.

The notepad errors are from Menu Overhaul (MO.exe) and have been around for a long time. The author (DLPB) says they can be ignored.

Your screenshot is not open to the public when I click on it, and it's a tad small for me to read. I'm unsure why HexChanger is appearing and associating the ryaa file. That is Cait Sith's battle skeleton. I have never seen this error before.

What version of the game are you running?

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-13 16:47:21 »

edited:
now I just re-install in my sister's laptop which have higher specs than mine (dualcore).
the only one problem and really bugging me is the movie Opening didn't match with its sound (didn't syncronize), the movie go faster than its sound!
How to fix this? Where the setting for sound movie placed?

What option did you choose for FMV Cutscenes? Most of the movie sounds are embedded into the movie file, so there aren't separate sound files to associate with them.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-12 20:21:03 »

To start with thank you so much EQ2Alyza for such a comprehensive guide, without it and the video I would be at a total loss doing what really SE should have done when they re-released this amazing game!

Unfortunately I am also have some trouble getting it to work, I am up to the point where I select "New Game" the screen goes black, and then nothing, I sometimes get a little alert bleep from windows and then find a pop up saying that "Failed to load BVJF.yog" I have no idea what this means and cant seem to track down any fix, but it does seem to have affected other people out there loading mods.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,

This is the contents of my APP.LOG

Code: [Select]

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
INFO: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTS 450/PCIe/SSE2 4.3.0
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Using PBO
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 16384x16384
INFO: Number of texture units: 4
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1280x1024, output resolution 1280x1024, internal resolution 3840x2160
INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing path
INFO: Shader limits: varying 124, vert uniform 4096, frag uniform 2048
INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loaded
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
ERROR: could not open file E:\FINAL FANTASY VII\ff7input.cfg
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized
set music volume: 127
set music volume: 127
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF CREDITS!!!
INFO: E:\FINAL FANTASY VII\movies\eidoslogo.avi; h264/aac 1280x960, 15.000000 FPS, duration: 10.193000, frames: 153
INFO: E:\FINAL FANTASY VII\movies\sqlogo.avi; h264/aac 1280x896, 15.000000 FPS, duration: 14.605000, frames: 219
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=60
END OF CREDITS!!!
Entering MAIN
set music volume: 127
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Field Start
ERROR: failed to find file char/BVJF.a (LGP) (path: )
ERROR: offset error: BVJF.a
ERROR: could not open file BVJF.a
ERROR: unhandled exception


Go here and find (ctrl+f) the file BVJF.a - https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AniNoDVsrYhVdG0zZERUT0tsOF91eHE2WHo4ZWRseWc&gid=4

You will notice that it is an animation file for Tifa's father. Something wasn't installed correctly there, so you will need to star over. Which option did you choose for Base Models? Which animations option did you choose? (very doubtful that even applies to him). Both of these options are found under the Models tab in BFE.exe. I only want to know these things to see if I can replicate your issue. If I can't, I'm unsure how your installation corrupted that animation file.

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General Discussion / Re: How To Improve Final Fantasy VII

« on: 2013-04-11 21:57:41 »

Turn-based all the way! ATB, wait vs. active, and formations are also needed please.

The Last Remnant almost had the perfect system for me 

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-11 01:43:58 »

I can't replicate the mounting issues. I've honestly tried on my computer and my laptop, but they work fine. So because I don't have something to work with, it's impossible for me to discover what's wrong. The next in line to ask would be PitBrat, but he's on vacation atm.

I don't believe it's a bug related to Bootleg, but rather a compatibility issue with all the different setups an OS can be. Not everyone runs the same computer, ya know? Sorry I can't be of more help 

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-09 22:35:04 »

She's a lady my friend and we all expect you to treat her like one! It's not like someone is gaining money out of this... guys are working their asses off for free for people like you to rant about it... it's not their blame because filehosters delete archives without notice... like lovely mediafire... since your problem is solved peace off! That's my last words...

I actually pay $4.99/month on mediafire so that some files never expire 

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-09 22:28:01 »

"we are human not robot blablabla....", your word sounds arrogant, man.. honestly I'm sick hearing this, no offense.... everyone here is good enough to tell which one human or something, everyone has their problem and life, sure it is.
For your information, I done with download every mod in red colored for these 4 days, I've sent PM to other user who might/probably have copy files but no one replied, today I finished download all necessary files except some files I can't download because broken link and here I decided ask directly to author and you... and thank you for that someone sent me his copy.
thank you before

Don't get mad. Get glad. You were still given your link 

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-09 12:24:40 »

is there anyone good enough give me link download file ReTranslation M05c MO.exe?
i tried ask everyone but no response...

You sent a PM and posted in 2 separate threads, all within 6 minutes. We're humans with day to day lives, not automated robots 

Step 7: START DOWNLOADING EVERY MOD COLORED IN RED. FOR MOD DETAILS & BROKEN LINKS. USE THIS LIST: < TIFA'S PACKAGE >

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-09 04:44:44 »

hello,

i followed every instructions strictly. i deactivated firewall, closed browsers, and anti-virus and even ff7-related folders/files. every mod was downloaded and no RED mod can be found in the mod listing. i've completed the installation, but here's my problem:

when i press "play" using the bootloader, it shows a black screen first and then after a few seconds, closes the ff7 game. nothing happens. anyone has any idea why? i'm confident that i followed every instructions carefully. i'm running windows 7 32 bit.

thanks a lot.

This happens all the time, so I have it in the FAQ below the Install Guide 

http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=13212.msg183582#msg183582

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-09 04:36:53 »

Thanks for fast reply. I did everything suggested but there is no change in the outcome. Although I'm interested how this process actually should look like:

To pass the CD check, click the "Mount" button. Once a drive letter is assigned for FF7DISC1, use the drop-down menu for "Data Drive" and select it.
To get rid of this virtual drive, click "Unmount" or restart your computer.

because when "mount" button is clicked, I just get a brief black window that disappears immediatedly after that. There is no notification on the mounted drive or whatever. I am very nooby at this, I admit, but I clicked myself through the bootleg-modified FF7 folder and I think I can find the assigned drive there somewhere but the result never changes and I still get the same message everytime.

I can't seem to find anyone with the same problem wherever I look, so it would be totally understandable if you couldn't help me after all, but I'd still be happy if you could give me some ideas on what COULD have gone wrong, because maybe the problem lies somewhere else and I'm just too dumb to figure it out on my own  : /

Thanks!

Try my suggestion for manually mounting with Daemon Tools Lite, and let me know if you still have problems.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-09 04:35:32 »

I am getting an error when launching the Bootloader after everything is configured and installed step by step via the tutorial. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several time both the game and Bootleg and all mods. I am not running from a system folder.

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.8b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
ERROR: parse error in config file
ERROR: no such option 'use_pbo'
INFO: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GT 550M/PCIe/SSE2 4.3.0
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 16384x16384
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1366x720, output resolution 960x720, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing path
ERROR: failed to stat file C:\Games\FINAL FANTASY VII\/shaders/main.vert
ERROR: failed to load shaders, reverting to fixed function
ERROR: could not load movie plugin: plugins/ffmpeg_movies.fgp

You are using an older version of Aali's Driver (0.7.8b). Please use the latest driver (0.7.11b) and see how that works.

http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=8306.msg166102#msg166102

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-04-08 22:48:50 »

Hello Guys,

Thank you very much for all the work you put into it and I'm giving my best to try it out finally. Unfortunately I seem to have some kind of a problem launching the game after I follow all the steps from the Tutorial. Unlike kingzope I have the file that he mentions and it seems to successfully mount everything. but after I go and start the game, an error message pops up saying "Please insert FF7 Game Disc 1,2 or 3 and try again".

I have re-release and bought it only because of the bootleg actually. The Applog in FF7 folder stays empty, bc it never gets to launch the game, I guess... I already uninstalled everything and tried again but with the same lack of success and now am desperate enough to go and buy final fantasy 7 from 1997 and try it with that one... but I still can't understand where the problem lies anyway.

Maybe you guys  have an idea, would be great, thanks!

Check to see the drive letter that it auto-mounts to, then select that letter in Bootleg Configurator.

Alternatively, you can use Daemon Tools Lite to mount your own image. All you have to do is create a blank text document labeled FF7DISC1 and turn it into an ISO. Then mount that ISO with DTL, and set the drive letter that it's mounted to in Bootleg Configurator.

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 Bootleg, Missing MO.exe

« on: 2013-04-04 14:01:09 »

Tifa's Package: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=13981.0

This is a better list than The Big List of Mods. It organizes all the mods exclusively for Bootleg, and they are all categorized in the order you will see for the BFE.exe UI. If there are broken links, I would appreciate being told so I can fix them ASAP 

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General Discussion / Re: First high resolution in-game screenshots of Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD

« on: 2013-03-31 02:37:47 »

Matter of opinion Tenko. Call me an old fashion....booger digger? (your analogy was weird lol) but I find more enjoying games on PS1/N64 and prior consoles. PC games are great as well, so if the game is cross platform, you shouldn't beat me up over my opinion about the next gen era. I am just glad I don't spend money on games like FFXIII 

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General Discussion / Re: First high resolution in-game screenshots of Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD

« on: 2013-03-31 02:10:23 »

The best games are prior PS3 and 360 anyways. I wouldn't even want to emulate anything for them. I just watch a playthrough on YT and smile at how much money I've saved from never buying games in the "next gen" era 

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-03-29 04:47:45 »

Hey all,

I've started an FAQ on page 1: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=13212.msg183582#msg183582

We get asked a lot of the same, or similar questions, over and over, and I think it'd be best to archive them. If you see anything in particular that is either posted a lot, or has a really rare and complicated solution, let me know so that I can add it to the FAQ.

One that already pops into my head is about the foreign language support. Kompass tends to answer a lot of those questions. I just need to find the time to go back and read the dozen or so pages again since Bootleg 040 released.

Thanks to any who help 

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-03-29 04:02:09 »

I'm confused by your response. Are you saying your dedicated video card is the Intel HD Graphics 3000? If so, that runs off your CPU and is not a dedicated GPU.

If you're running a separate Nvidia GPU, you can go into the Nvidia Control Panel and assign FF7.exe to a profile. Then you select it to run off your dedicated GPU.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-03-28 21:29:22 »

As soon as I beat the motor bike boss and make my team and attempt to exit to the world map, the screen goes black and just freezes. No error messages or anything and I have to ctrl+alt+delete to get out of it.

Code: [Select]

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
ERROR: failed to set fullscreen mode
INFO: Intel Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 3.1.0 - Build 9.17.10.2932
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Using PBO
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 8192x8192
INFO: Number of texture units: 8
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 640x480, output resolution 640x480, internal resolution 640x480
INFO: Shader limits: varying 41, vert uniform 512, frag uniform 1024
INFO: vertex shader compile log:
No errors.

INFO: fragment shader compile log:
No errors.

INFO: main program link log:
No errors.

INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loaded
INFO: Loading external library Multi.dll
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized
set music volume: 127
set music volume: 127
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF CREDITS!!!
INFO: C:\Final Fantasy VII\movies\eidoslogo.avi; indeo5/pcm_s16le 640x480, 30.000000 FPS, duration: 12.933333, frames: 388
INFO: slow output format from video codec indeo5; 6
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=60
END OF CREDITS!!!
Entering MAIN
set music volume: 127
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Field Start
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=255
set music volume: 127
INFO: C:\Final Fantasy VII\movies\bike.avi; mpeg4/adpcm_ms 640x448, 14.999771 FPS, duration: 50.066917, frames: 751
INFO: vertex shader compile log:
No errors.

INFO: fragment shader compile log:
No errors.

INFO: yuv program link log:
No errors.

UNEXPECTED: zero count
Field Quit
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Field Start
set music volume trans: 127->127, step=1
Field Quit
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Entering FRAME_INITIALIZE SWIRL
Exitting FRAME_INITIALIZE SWIRL
Swirl sound_effect1
stop_sound
End of Swirl sound_effect1
Entering FRAME_QUIT SWIRL
Exitting FRAME_QUIT SWIRL
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
[BATTLE] Entering FRAME_INITIALIZE
[BATTLE] Scene# 468
[BATTLE] Exitting FRAME_INITIALIZE
[BATTLE] Begin main battle loop
[BATTLE] End of current battle
[BATTLE] Begin end battle stuff
stop_sound
[BATTLE] Entering FRAME_QUIT
[BATTLE] endof battle.
[BATTLE] Exitting FRAME_QUIT
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Field Start
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=255
set music volume: 127
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Field Start
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Field Start
Field Quit
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
-=-=[START OF WORLD MAP!!!]=-=-

You're running on Intel HD Graphics, so it's probably an issue with video RAM and modded world map textures. Does your computer/laptop have a dedicated video card?

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-03-28 01:58:11 »

 The APP.log should be located in the game's main installation folder. Did you install the game in the My Documents folder? If so, please try a non-OS folder such as C:\Games\FF7.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-03-27 02:29:19 »

I'm having some trouble. I downloaded the torrent and set the preset settings to default. the installation went without a hitch, but when i try to load the game, i get a black screen and then a crash without an error message or anything. I've tried the various settings for graphics in the bootloader, even the safe one, and nothing happens. I'm using the 2012 re-release if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance.

Open up FF7Config.exe and set a sound device in the Sound tab. If left blank, the game won't launch.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2013-03-27 02:28:08 »

Hullo, I just recently installed bootleg+Tifa's package, but when I start up the game the eidos logo and chocobos run, then it freezes on the menu screen. I can't move the hand selector. Is there any way to fix this? (Haha I really want to play : x) Thanks for any help.

Details: 2012 pc version, followed eq2alyza's most recent yt tutorial (thanks!) downloaded extra mods, mildly bummed. Would it take as long as the first time if I reran bootleg with slight option changes again?

Please post your APP.log file.

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General Discussion / Re: Yoichi Wada, Square Enix Japan CEO, Resigns

« on: 2013-03-26 22:25:55 »

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/26/square-enix-president-yoichi-wada-steps-down

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General Discussion / Re: Yoichi Wada, Square Enix Japan CEO, Resigns

« on: 2013-03-26 15:15:51 »

Identical to EA CEO, I just don't know what to think of it yet. The decision to resign was based on a loss of money, so will they just bring someone else in that has a better business model? My issue with that is how all attention seems aimed toward profits, which I have no doubts in my mind now that it takes away from quality. SE games just aren't as fun anymore.

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General Discussion / Re: First high resolution in-game screenshots of Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD

« on: 2013-03-26 04:38:26 »

I never bought the first, as I never owned any console beyond PS1, so buying this HD version would be my first. Still, I've watched a playthrough on YT and will probably do the same for this HD version, since I won't buy a PS3 just to play it.