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General Discussion / Ways to play my PSX FF8 discs

« on: 2013-09-15 05:08:57 »

Hi guys,

Sorry if this is the wrong place or even the wrong forum but I've ran out of ideas!

I'm trying to emulate play of my FF8 discs on my PC. I managed to get up to the 4th disc which my PS3 fails to recognise (I was pretty miffed after getting so far and not being able to finish the game). I've tried running the disc on epsxe in the DVD drive of my PC but I just get a black screen, same thing happens if I make a .bin file and I've not been able to successfully make an .iso (using PowerISO, I get some error message).

Am I doomed to abandon the game every time I get to the 4th disc? Does anyone have any recommendations? It's a platinum copy and I'm on 64bit Win 7 if that matters at all.


Thanks in advance for any info you can give me!

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General Discussion / Ways to play my PSX FF8 discs

« on: 2013-09-14 21:08:51 »

Hi folks,

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this or even an appropriate topic for the forum but I'm not sure where else to look!

I was playing FF8 platinum copy a while back on my PS3 and managed to get to the start of Disc 4 which the PS3 just refused to load. A quick online search found that I was actually a lucky one, some people can't get their game to load at all. As you can no doubt of guessed, I was somewhat miffed.

My rage has since subsided and I'm really keen to get playing FF8 again but if I can't play it on my PS3 what are my options? I've tried getting the disc to load straight from the tray with epsxe with no success, as well as trying to make images with PowerISO (made a .bin which didn't load and can't seem to make an .iso) so I'm a bit stumped. I even tried ImgBurn as people seem to use that but found myself riddled with malware after installing (luckily managed to remove it easily). I'm on Win-7 64bit if that matters at all.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Am I forever doomed to reach disc 4 and think "arrrrrrrrrrrrgh"?

Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.

You've posted this thread SEVEN TIMES now, and I've had to delete six of them. Stop. ~Covarr

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

« on: 2013-08-24 04:16:13 »

Erm,

Has anyone found issues with Chocobo Breeding? Looks like the appropriate menu options from Billy at the Chocobo Farm don't relate to what the text says. For example I kept clicking "Mate a Chocobo" and nothing happened, then tried to feed one which took me to the mating options. Eventually got a Green chocobo (again the options when selecting which nut to feed them were all jumbled up, selecting yes resulted in picking the nuts again, clicking another exited the menu and clicking leave until later resulted in a yes) but clicking the "Ride a Chocobo" option gives me the same result as the "Mate a Choco" option, nothing happens.

Really messed up

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Solved Problems / Re: FIXED: Whirlwind Maze Issue caused by Field art enhancements

« on: 2013-08-04 07:01:56 »

This worked for me too. Might be better if these files are just removed entirely until a fix for the enhanced files has been found.

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

« on: 2013-07-31 07:50:12 »

Hi there,

I tried following your advise to change the ReTranslation+Canon names but it's not working, I get an error after MO.exe has finished saying certain files aren't the original ones. I am currently going through the 63 pages in this topic to see if this has been addressed already, so forgive me if I've repeated a question that's already been answered

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

« on: 2013-05-02 08:34:26 »

I seem to be having some trouble with the game crashing when going to the world map, sometimes get past it but seems to be happening frequently after the Midgar Zolom scene. Hopefully someone will be able to provide an answer while I go through the forums searching for answer.

Thanks in advance!

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

« on: 2013-04-28 05:07:44 »

Hi guys,

I've been trying multiple times to get the FFX overhaul working but nothing seems to help. I've installed all the combinations I can think of, just clicking the FFX overhaul, the style selector etc but to no avail and I've made sure to uncheck the break 9999 box as per the instructions. The Ctrl+F6 did do SOMETHING to the battle menu but certainly didn't do what it's meant to, now only one character's ATB/HP/Name is on the bar (luckily I have a save before I implemented it so I should be able to at least go back to the way it was before).

As always, thank you for any help you can provide. It's hard to imagine that there's still so much great work being put into this game by you modders

Sed

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-12-01 06:59:57 »

Couple of bugs:

When Cloud is sitting in the Gondola, his albow seems to be attached mid arm, and this happens a few times.

Sephiroth's model seem's unusually tall during CS at the Temple of the Ancients and at points in the Northern Crater.

When you reach the point in the Northern Crater, there is little or no difference in the "wind" effect in order to help guage when to try and run though. I got through basically by just running at it repeatedly and hoping for the best.

The large font makes it difficult to navigate the menu options after Cid joins the party before going off into space.

There's a bit of a typo when Cid is talking about Sephiroth on the Highwind after the return from space "fEsting inside like a sickness"

There's a couple of odd bits which have been present since Remix 2.5.1, such as Cloud holding his head with the back of his wrists, and Cid sratching thin air instead of the back of his head, I think these issues may be unavoidable though with model skeletons and such.

Possibly some other bits and pieces, however I've been without the 'net a few days and didn't think to write them down XD

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-28 07:45:39 »

Timu's Barret compliments the Apz Cloud pretty well, the HQ Aerith/Vincent models decidedly less so. Having the classic models is always a nice touch, though. I'm not even sure what Materia textures Romeo14's materia textures do

I wish I had the free time to learn much about modelling XD

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-27 03:51:03 »

I can probably put up with it before the next bootleg which'll need a fresh install anyhow.

Another glitch, similar to the text boxes I mentioned on the world map, the count down timer for Cid's cutscene just before the failed rocket take-off was missing. Sierra's hair is also messed up, but that's been present since Remix 2.5.1, so I'm sure y'all know about that

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-26 23:51:41 »

Sounds like I got the itch at a bad time if a new bootleg will be out soon XD

There's also been some issues with text boxes not appearing on the world map, like the instructions when you first get the buggy not showing up, or Cloud's "" when the buggy starts to malfunction outside of Cosmo Canyon.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-26 20:55:57 »

The door in Aeris house wasn't a big deal, just thought I'd bring it up incase it was unknown. By Chocobo Waltz I meant the chocobo's dancing when you recieve the chocobo/mog materia, this may be an issue with the updated models not having the same freedom of movement as the other ones.

Some minor things, barely worth mentioning:

Solar flare effects on back grounds seem's pretty heavily pixelated (the last scene from memory is after the scene just before the Mt Corel reactor), I'm not sure if these are "built into" the backgrounds or not.

If you fall through the rail tracks on Mt Corel West, the music doesn't restart on climbing to the top.

As for the retranslation, it seems that if you uncheck it it assumes the files you have are the vanilla ones and leaves it be, it doesn't revert them back to normal. One would assume using the uninstall option then reinstall mend this? The "Lucky Tifa" option doesn't seem to be working either, unsure if this is also applicable to Cait Sith.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-26 00:39:56 »

The PBO thing seems to have worked, so far so good! Thank you so much for the recommendations! Now I can finally enjoy all the hard work your guys have done!

EDIT:

Some glitches I've found, no doubt you're aware of them already:

Slight texture issue on Tifa's left foot during battles, there's a grey patch instead of the whole boot being red.
The door to the room Cloud sleeps in in Aerith's house sometimes it stuck closed (you're atill able to walk through it though(
When Barret starts hitting the old door to Sector 7, with the new sfx he grunts like a girl.. XD
The font size is a bit big for the speach boxes

Other than that, if anyone can tell me a simple way to revert the names (Marin instead of Marlene? Really?) back to their originals, it'd be appreciated! Not sure which mod this came from.

Thanks!

ANOTHER EDIT:

NO CHOCOBO WALTZ!? D:

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-25 06:03:33 »

It seem's I'm still somehow missing a single red file! Thanks for the short cut to finding it. Having already ran bootleg, is it possible to simply re-run it to install the missing red file, or do I need a fresh install? And again, is this missing mod likely to be the cause for the lag, or is there no way to really tell?

Thanks in advance,

Sed

EDIT:

Yeah, again, lag.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-24 18:45:04 »

Are the ones in red (i.e. nessesary for the Bootleg) any different from those in the OP? I'm not redownloading all the red files unless I absolutely have to XD

Thanks Pit, I didn't realise the OP list was out-dated, there are some new files I'm missing, but are they likely to be the cause of the lag? Might be worth editing the OP to show them where the new list is, if it's as simple as cutting and pasting. I know compiling a list that big is pretty rough going.

EDIT:

Absolutely no improvement in the lag.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-24 08:34:12 »

Sigh...

Ok, all that, and now I'm told to insert the disc.

Yes, the disc is in the drive.

Yes, it's in the same drive I installed from.

What next?

Eventually foudn the Square Soft folder, not in the default location. Changed the datadrive to the correct path, and still asking me to insert the disc.

SUCCESS!

Tried all the disks, and for some reason the reg changed the drive to the wrong one... not sure why. Changed again to the correct and I've acutally got the game to start.

Now to see if it keeps running...

...and the answer is no. Epic, epic lag. Will try lower resolutions and such tomorrow, but if anyone can think of any other solutions, that would be handy.

Bugger it, time for bed.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-24 07:12:56 »

Yeah some research revealed the cr.rar file to be somewhat reduntant, so it's just the enhanced video files now, which is near finished.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-24 04:15:04 »

Awesome, I'll give that a go. Turns out I was missing a few of the red mods (put them off due to MegaUpload's restrictions...) Will post back with results.

EDIT:

Some trouble with two mods:
missing_hq.zip
cr.rar

links in the first page don't work. Managed to find Missing_hq.zip HERE: http://www.mediafire.com/?ccslevagl17a4nv

Struggling with the cr.rar. Any direction would be appreciated.

Also, with regards to the "ff7_enhanced_movies_1.zip" file, I got the part rar file version which appears to be missing part 3. Is this normal? Will it still work? IT's a big file to download all over again...

Thanks in advance,

Sed

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-23 18:56:58 »

Win 7 64-bit
2.4 quad core
4GB ram
1gb graphics

The specs aren't a problem with just the remix installed, I played the game to completion with it a few months back and nothing has changed there. I've tried the lower resolution (640x480), the first thing I did on encountering the problems, but that has only helped with the lag during the "Machine Gun" animation, everything else hasn't improved.

So far I've only got up to installer Remixer before playing with Bootleg, as the readme instructions have suggested. I'm fairly sure I have all the mods required for bootleg, however I'll go back and double check for when I eventually get to that stage.

Thanks,

Sed

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Troubleshooting / Re: Final Fantasy VII Remix - A compilation of FF7 Mods [1.0-2.5.1]

« on: 2011-11-23 18:44:45 »

If you would wander over to the Bootleg topic, you'll see that I am trying to use it. It's a bit confusing, I'm under the impression I'm to install the remix first then try the bootleg. I see no point going any further until I've addressed the issues I'm having so early on.

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Troubleshooting / Re: Final Fantasy VII Remix - A compilation of FF7 Mods [1.0-2.5.1]

« on: 2011-11-23 09:53:35 »

Hi guys,

I can't seem to be able to leave FF7 alone a few months without having to start over from scratch every time I get the itch!

It also seem's people are moving over to this Bootleg patcher, a great idea, but I'm suffering from issues with FF7 before I even get to try it out.

This time, from fresh full install, then Remix 2.5.1, I'm having some lag issues before even getting to the elevator in the Bombing Mission. I'm getting bits of lag whenever the guards use the "Machine Gun" attack, but nothing you'd think anything of if it didn't happen consistently. Also getting slightly more noticeable lag immediately before and after naming Barret, I put this down to the game moving from field to FMV, when Cloud looks at the reactor. Get to the bridge, again lag whenever Machine Gun is used. Things then take a turn for the worse, with lag being so severe the game is unplayable, after Barret joins the party and around and about when Jesse opens the door for you.

Any thoughts? I can't think of anything relevant from my past experiences with the remixer.

Any advice would be awesome,

Sed

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-23 08:47:13 »

Hi again,

I've managed to piece together the patches and mods I'm after, which is superb! However, I'm suffering from pretty incredibles lag most of the time. What's odd is occassionally the game runs at a normal speed, such as up until Barret get's out of the train at the start of the game.

Any suggestions on where to start trying to address the issue?

Thanks,

Sed

EDIT:

Started over, fresh max install, tried to play but wouldn't load, assumingly due to the graphics fail without the official patch. Installed Remix 2.5.1, seem's fine initially except consistantly struggles whenever the Shirna guards use the "Machine Gun" attack - causes some lag. Also some lag occurs when Barret states "Ex-Solider, huh? Don't trust ya!", both before and after your confirm his name. Again, some lag whenever a guard uses Machine Gun, but the game recovers. I'm then able to get past where Barret joins your party, but the game suffers SEVERE lag around and about when you get Jesse to open the door for you.

I don't see much point trying any further on the Bootleg until I've managed to address this issue so early on. Anyone have a clue what to do?

Thanks,

Sed

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-21 21:42:37 »

...sigh...

I thought I had to manually install them for it to work. Oh well!

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2011-11-21 21:15:11 »

Hey guys,

Bit of a noob, spent the last 3 days swapping the modified files, now I'm up to compiling them into the lgp files. That said I don't know how to do it!

The cmd details earlier in the post are a bit over my head:

"Build the Modified LGP Files
NOTE: Use the command line tool 'lgp.exe' (not sure how this works)
NOTE: Please remain patient.  This might take a very long time on some machines.
NOTE: Ignore the error message-- 'Filename too long: dummy_animation.a'
    In the command window, issue the following commands:
        cd \temp (the cd part, is that just short hand for the full path, i.e. = C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\temp? If so, I'm under the impression spaces don't work and require something else)
        lgp battle battle.lgp (I assume once I comprehend how to use the cmd properly, these steps'll all be self-explanitory)
        lgp magic magic.lgp
        lgp char char.lgp
        lgp world world_us.lgp
        lgp mini high-us.lgp"

Could someone dumb it down for me? And just FYI, I've put my temp files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\data\temp, not just in the install folder.

Any help would be appreciated, I've only discovered this Bootleg idea recently, seems to be the logical progression from the Remix 2.5.1 topic. Apologies if there's a tutorial somewhere, I'm just eager to see if I've got it all to work after spending so long getting the files together.

Thanks

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Troubleshooting / FF8 high resolutions and improved ost?

« on: 2011-03-17 00:58:16 »

Hi guys,

I recently emmigrated from the UK to NZ, and left my FF8 PSX back in the UK. However, with a bit of forward planning I also got a hold of a copy of FF8 for the PC and so have been able to play with that for the time being.

I've used both Ficedula's configurator plus the FF8 launcher, but I'm torn between having an improved soundtrack for the game (as I'm sure we all know, the PC midi's are pretty lackluster) or improved resolutions and widescreen ratios for the game. I'm trying to tinker with them to get the best of both worlds, but I'm a novice when it comes to these things.

Aside from the INSANE sensitivity from my 360 wired controller (tried every help topic but can't turn off the analog stick, however I can play the game most of the time if the left stick is untouched), I'm wondering if there's any help available in order to play with the improved resolutions as well as the improved soundtracks.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Sed.