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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #325 on: 2012-08-11 03:29:43 »
The press release does mention saving to the cloud.
Surely they didn't follow the recent trend and remove offline play altogether.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #326 on: 2012-08-11 07:13:35 »
To be fair the save folder doesn't actually show up until you make a save to begin with, even with our current version :P.
At least that is how it works for me.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #327 on: 2012-08-11 16:03:24 »
Must just be because it is pre-release?  Incomplete... or maybe just the DRM thing.  But I can't see a reason for them not using the old saves.  Surely they wouldn't have redesigned that when they didn't bother elsewhere?
The press release does mention saving to the cloud.
Surely they didn't follow the recent trend and remove offline play altogether.
To be fair the save folder doesn't actually show up until you make a save to begin with, even with our current version :P.
At least that is how it works for me.
Yeah, my guess is that it'll create a save folder in the user's documents, as seems to be standard with games these days... Generally, cloud saving means saving to your PC and syncing, rather than ONLY saving to the cloud. This has the following key advantages:

1. You don't lose your progress in case of a connection failure mid-session. SecuROM isn't typically "always-on", so chances are it'll use the connection to verify and sync when you start the game, and sync again when it quits if it can.
2. By storing a local copy, they can compare hashes rather than downloading the entire save file every time. This might seem minor, but with thousands of people playing this'll save a TON of bandwidth.

I can't guarantee this is how they're doing it, but they'd be really, really stupid not to. It's in the user's best interest for playability, and theirs for money.

When does the official release happen anyway, I was told this weekend?
They haven't announced it, but the rumors say the 15th, as that is when the game will be presented at Gamescom, and a number of people have speculated that they will do what Apple does for new products, announcing what's changed/improved and saying "oh btw it's available for download RIGHT NOW" and activating the link. Of course, there's no proof they'll do this, but it's got more evidence than any other speculation I've seen on the matter.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #328 on: 2012-08-13 07:44:40 »
That's from the EU version of the store:
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2.3 Territorial availability

The Store is intended for use by consumers resident in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Australia and New Zealand ("Serviced Countries"). The Products displayed on the Store are not available for purchase by individuals outside of the Serviced Countries. No order for the delivery of a Product will be accepted from anyone not resident in a Serviced Country. Your payment-method billing address must be in a Serviced Country, and Products will only be delivered to that payment-method billing address.

For certain Products, we may choose only to accept orders from customers resident in (and whose payment-method billing address is in) a specified country, in which case the territorial restriction will be indicated on the relevant Product page on the Store.
Guess I don't have to decide whether to buy it or not.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #329 on: 2012-08-13 14:05:25 »
That's from the EU version of the store:Guess I don't have to decide whether to buy it or not.

Why the hell would they not sell it in Poland? Squeenix are just being spanners now...

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #330 on: 2012-08-14 13:28:41 »
Why the hell would they not sell it in Poland? Squeenix are just being spanners now...
Something like:
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<this millenium>

 - Sir, I was looking through FF-fans forum, and came by these modifications from this guy who called himself dzuigo...
 - That's a stupid name.
 - For sure...
 - For sure?
 - For sure Sir!
 - That's better.
 - This dzuigo guy modified one of our games - the PC port of FF7. Technically he was mostly fixing bugs that were done by EIDOS, but...
 - Dzugo! You dare to modify FF7 PC and pointing out that there are bugs in it? No Re-Release for you!
 - Sir, we don't have any Rerelease plans for FF7
 - What?!? We do now then!
 - As you wish, Sir.
 - That's better. Come to me when it's ready.

<fade out>

<later this millenium>

 - Sir, the FF7 rerelease is ready.
 - Good. Where does this dzugio guy come from?
 - Poland, Sir.
 - Which country I asked.
 - Country named Poland, Sir.
 - Ah... I've heard of it. Drop all Poland resellers from our delivery-list.
 - Sir, that won't do any good. Polish people could just import the game from other EU countries.
 - No biggie, just release it in some foreign language noone speaks, like German! (sorry, german was the only language that fitted ;p)
 - Sir, we can't do that. UK is also in EU and they have to get it in English.
 - Ah...
 - Sir, if I may...
 - Yes, I'm always open to ideas.
 - We could release it digitally in our online-store, and bind it to a buyer.
 - That's even better. Quickly, wrap up one, fill it with our other games.
 - Sir, we do already have such a store.
 - Square Enix has online store?
 - We do, Sir.
 - Of course we have. Ban Poland from it, that'll teach him. <demonic laughter, storm, etc.>
 - Sir, Poland is not supported anyway.
 - That's even better.

<fade out>
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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #331 on: 2012-08-14 14:30:21 »
It's out now on the EU store according to Square's Facebook. £7.99

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #332 on: 2012-08-14 15:10:52 »
Yep, it's right here.

https://store.eu.square-enix.com/emea_uk/pc-windows-download/FINAL-FANTASY-VII.php

I would buy it, but i'd rather know if the pre-existing mods are compatible with it first.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #333 on: 2012-08-14 15:22:09 »
http://finalfantasyviipc.com/en

Main site is updated :)  So yeah, it is out.

Whoever plays this, please give us a full report!

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #334 on: 2012-08-14 15:23:37 »
US download still isn't working. If nobody beats me to it, I'll give a report once I get the game.

edit: Hmm, it's showing up now on the site, but not on the store's front page. However, I cannot download it until I get home from work, and until they give me the free copy they offered to early purchasers.
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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #335 on: 2012-08-14 15:45:01 »
I can't find the US release. Once it's available I'll be buying it and giving a full report like Covarr.

First without mods, Then i'll try with >:D

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #336 on: 2012-08-14 15:53:34 »
It depends what they have done.  If they have used checksum protections, the mods (esp the ff7.exe mods) will be kaput for now.

If not, at least the non ff7.exe ones have a good chance of succeeding. I am looking forward to seeing if the mods work.  Whoever gets this game can they please use a hex editor on the NEW ff7.exe file (ff7_en.exe). Change 524ec9 to 52

When you start the game the "Continue?" should now read " CRntinue"

This will tell me if there is some sort of check in place etc.
Backup the file before editing.
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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #337 on: 2012-08-14 16:00:46 »
Nice of them to use trymedia as the download site... firewall blocks it.

Code: [Select]
Warning: Unsafe Website Blocked!
trymedia.com

This website has been blocked temporarily because of the following reason(s):

    Malware: Site may contain content that is harmful, illegal, or malicious to your computer

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #338 on: 2012-08-14 16:02:18 »
Downloading file at 1mb/second.

However download stops at 15% (369mb of2372mb) and hangs...?


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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #339 on: 2012-08-14 16:05:47 »
Download doesn't start and JDownloader says the file doesn't even exist.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #340 on: 2012-08-14 16:25:58 »
Viewed the square/enix forum and there are many complaints from other individuals regarding the downloaded file hanging at 15%.

Frustrating - stay tuned for an update - Im glued to the office all day today...

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #341 on: 2012-08-14 16:42:43 »
Wish I came here first, I wouldn't have bought it if I knew it was going to hang... :cry:

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #342 on: 2012-08-14 16:45:18 »
29% and climbing.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #343 on: 2012-08-14 16:46:41 »
It depends what they have done.  If they have used checksum protections, the mods (esp the ff7.exe mods) will be kaput for now.

If not, at least the non ff7.exe ones have a good chance of succeeding. I am looking forward to seeing if the mods work.  Whoever gets this game can they please use a hex editor on the NEW ff7.exe file (ff7_en.exe). Change 524ec9 to 52

When you start the game the "Continue?" should now read " CRntinue"

This will tell me if there is some sort of check in place etc.
Backup the file before editing.
I just got the game.

I tried it out and it worked, it came up as Crntinue. One thing though, the line was 524ec5.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #344 on: 2012-08-14 16:54:10 »
But you were allowed to load it up?

Think that means the exe mods are still in business!

Any differences from the original?

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #345 on: 2012-08-14 16:59:57 »
But you were allowed to load it up?

Think that means the exe mods are still in business!

Any differences from the original?

Loaded up just fine, had to go through the launcher but it didn't seem to care that I'd changed the exe.

There's not a whole lot of difference, it seems a lot smoother, probably because it runs at 60fps. The music is quite different though, certainly better quality than the original PC version but I'm not sure it'll be to everyone's liking. I'll get some screenshots and maybe a video if you're interested?

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #346 on: 2012-08-14 17:09:00 »
BOTH! ASAP!

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #347 on: 2012-08-14 17:22:23 »
Yeah I'm curious about the music :P

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #348 on: 2012-08-14 17:40:36 »
I'm assuming I'll be able to have both this and the original PC version installed at the same time? Can anyone confirm this? I'm downloading now.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread
« Reply #349 on: 2012-08-14 17:41:15 »
Here's a few screenshots of the launcher, options and online profile including achievements.





First video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAi7M9SN_YA&feature=youtu.be

Sorry about the video quality, seems Fraps doesn't work very well with it (or my computer is getting outdated)