SOLVED: FF7 PC: Crash at Sleeping Man's Cave

[Slade]

I'm running FF7 with the Bootleg installer and its associated mods (except for Trish & Mike's custom weapons), in Hardcore mode. The game goes to black and freezes every time I enter the Sleeping Man's cave (where you get the Mythril/Bolt Ring). My app.log:

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INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
INFO: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250        3.2.9704 Compatibility Profile Context
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 8192x8192
INFO: Number of texture units: 8
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1366x768, output resolution 1024x768, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing path
INFO: Shader limits: varying 64, vert uniform 1024, frag uniform 1024
INFO: vertex shader compile log:
Vertex shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.

INFO: fragment shader compile log:
Fragment shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.
INFO: main program link log:
Fragment shader(s) linked, vertex shader(s) linked.
WARNING: warning(#276) Symbol 'vertextype' usage doesn't match between two stages
WARNING: warning(#276) Symbol 'vertextype' usage doesn't match between two stages
 
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
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:\Program Files (x86)\Square Soft, Inc.\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!!!
ERROR: Texture could not be compressed
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
-=-=[START OF WORLD MAP!!!]=-=-
stop_sound
cross play music: 0
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=4
set music volume: 127
stop_sound
-=-=[END OF WORLD MAP!!!]=-=-
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Field Start
ERROR: unhandled exception
Any suggestions?

[PitBrat]

I've not played that far in hardcore, but I didn't have a crash in normal mode.  If you post your save game, I'll investigate the issue. I don't think it's a damaged model. If you load the game in normal mode, do you still get the crash? Are you using new spell names?
Have you installed the hardcore 1.05 update?

[Slade]

Yeah, it crashes in normal mode too. I am using new spell names. I updated the hardcore mod anyway just for kicks, but the same crash results. Here's my save: I also included the crash save the game made. http://www.mediafire.com/?ietjtc6kg5jfzf0

Thanks for the help!

[PitBrat]

I found the problem.
The crash is due to the new sound effects.
The problem is fixed in the upcoming 0036 release of Bootleg.
When installing Bootleg 0035, DO NOT INSTALL NEW SOUNDFX!

In the meantime, you can fix this issue by restoring the original sound effects.
Copy these files from the original FF7 Install Disk:
    \data\sound\audio.dat
    \data\sound\audio.fmt
Paste and overwrite the files in the game folder:
    \data\sound\

I apologize for the frustration.
Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention.
This is the 2nd time a sound effect appears to work but crashes the game.
I'm still learning the rules when it comes to replacing sounds.

[Slade]

That worked perfectly. Thanks very much.