Hello everyone.
I have been looking through this board for a while now and I'm amazed at some of the great tools and patches that can make FF7 an almost new experience. One of the things that I would like the most is to play mp3 remixes of some of the songs in the game so I've been looking at FF7Music a lot.
I've been able to get FF7Music to work to a varying degree but I've had to search all over the board and there are still some things I'm not sure about. So I'd like to compile here all the information for FF7Music(Steps to install,Common problems,FAQs) so people can quickly learn all about it. First I need to know a few more things about it, so here are my questions:
Which version is best to use?
For me the FF7Music v110(on Ficedula's site) doesn't play the MP3s unless you download the older 1.10 version of ficedula.dll(found at
http://aaronserv.dyndns.org/hosting/ficedula/). I have discovered, however, that the version that comes packaged with psfs(at
http://aaronserv.dyndns.org/hosting/ffsf/download_7.html) plays the MP3s fine. It seems to have a newer ff7music.dll(1.1.1)
Why do the MIDIs AND MP3s play at the same time?
Using the psf version of FF7Music it seems that the only way to stop the MIDI is to mute it in Volume Control. However you then have to have new music for every song(and even then, there are a few songs missing) rather than just replacing a few songs with MP3s and have MIDI music for the rest. FF7Music version 105 however correctly stops and starts the MIDI files. Did this feature get left out in the newer version?
What features that are available in the FF7Music setup really work?
I have found that the resuming works great in the newest version(110) but not in the 105 version. Also the "Loop Custom Files" option doesn't work in any version. I have heard that it never worked(Is this true Ficedula?). Is there any way to loop MP3s?
That's about it for now. If everyone could share what they know and their experience with FF7Music, I will try to create a FAQ so that it's easy for everyone(especially the onslaught of newbies that will come because of Advent Children's release
).
Thanks!