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Releases / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.94)

« on: 2021-03-31 21:02:10 »

Just use the Seventh Heaven mod engine for mods, I believe it gets rid of the disc check.

Yeah I been talking to the people at the 7th heaven board about that. I'm not a big fan of how it requires admin access to work. It also uses a disc mounting system to get past the disc check. It sucks. Messed up big picture mode with steam. A lot of the times I like playing from my bed without a keyboard, so I gotta have stuff work somewhat seamlessly. It was a good try.

Thanks!

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Releases / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.94)

« on: 2021-03-27 05:44:42 »

Sweeet thanks Sega Chief! So let me get this straight. The original 98 exe has a disc check. You modify the exe to add your own stuff, but you don't remove the disc check. Ooooh! I get it now. Cool. I thought when you guys are modifying the exe, you're also removing the disc check. I gotchu. Makes sense.

That'd be up to me to figure out how to get rid of the disc check, while preserving your changes. Hehe. Need to beef up my programming skills!

You know I thought any modifications of the exe would be removing the disc check, since it seems to be a pretty outdated DRM. You know with steam and all. And you can't buy the 98 version from official retailers anymore. Huh.

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7th Heaven / Re: [FF7 PC] Mod Manager - 7th Heaven (v2.2.3.522 Release)

« on: 2021-03-27 05:40:00 »

Hey dude whatever floats your boat man. I'm just not a big fan of disc checks, especially when the steam version has nothing of the sort. I'm not too sure of the 98 release, been a while since I installed that one. Your mod manager is not a necessity, just a nice feature. I can always install mods manually.

Didn't think voicing my grievances would be a big deal. I'm just not used to any mods I install, having these anti piracy features. Big fan of modding games, like Half Life and Fallout, and they have nothing of the sort. Hell Mod Organizer for New Vegas and Skyrim, don't even need admin access. They got a sweet virtual file system too.

You do you dude.

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Releases / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.94)

« on: 2021-03-25 22:38:17 »

http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=3125.0
But as i said in my pack's topic, you want to mod more, use 7h, my pack is an AIO for easy modding steam game for casual user, not for advanced modding.
You could also (should work):
1)install vanilla steam ff7
2)install my pack
3)setup my pack
4)download and install FFNx steam's version (just don't overwrite the "shader" folder and "FFNx.toml" file)
5)install NT mod
6)Launch game from steam only without using my launcher

By the way you also need to copie the ending2 and jenova_e movies files from "\data\movies" to the "\data\lang-en\movies" or you'll miss them while playing game

What's good Satsuki? Lol. I just spoke to someone at the 7th heaven board. I can't use a mod application that requires admin access. It'll mess up my setup man. All of my games and applications must run without admin privileges.

So I was gonna reply to you about your advice. I tried it, renamed ff7.e.exe to ff7.exe. Rename ff7_en.exe to ff7_en.exe.backup. Seems like new threat adds a disc check when it modifies the 98 executable. That suuuucks. It's what I was trying to ask Sega Chief about. When he modifies the steam executable, there's no such problem. I don't wanna have to mount an iso just to play my games. It's why I prefer no-cd cracks.

Satsuki, so I had to use your older graphics pack that didn't include the 98 executables.

Wait so now you're saying I can still use the steam exe with your 5.30? I don't have to use your 98 executables. Huh....that's a good idea. I wouldn't have to downgrade either. I already have a backup solution, using syncthing, for the saves, which do end up deleting here and there. I've lost a big of progress once.

Thanks dude. I'll check it out. I'm gonna wait for Sega Chief to respond, to see what he's doing when he modifies the 98 executables. Is he including a disc check? No idea these mods had anti piracy built into them. Sucks. I hate disc checks.

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7th Heaven / Re: [FF7 PC] Mod Manager - 7th Heaven (v2.2.3.522 Release)

« on: 2021-03-25 22:31:29 »

No. 7H relies on elevated privileges in order to work its magic.
Because the Steam version is just a wrapper around the disc version, and it's easier to work from a common root.
Yes
We could, but that would defeat a ton of the checks we do to discourage piracy. Steam puts it on sale so often, for so cheap, that there's no excuse for not being legit.

Huh really? That sucks. I'm not a big fan of my games running as admin, as that messes up my Steam games and big picture mode.

Wait so the steam version doesn't mount the 98 iso in any way. I have it, and I never noticed it doing that. How is it a wrapper?

So you guys run anti piracy checks on 7th heaven. Is that the point of the admin access and the disc mounting? Damn that sucks.

Alright thanks dude. I'll have to stick to standalone mods then. Was having issues with new threat and satsuki's graphic pack working together.

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7th Heaven / Re: [FF7 PC] Mod Manager - 7th Heaven (v2.2.3.522 Release)

« on: 2021-03-25 00:25:59 »

Hey guys,

Just a quick question. Is there any way to run 7th heaven without admin privileges? I use steam for all my games, and big picture mode can't work with any game that runs in admin mode. I noticed you guys also mount the install disc from the 98 version using powershell. Any idea why? Does the exe run a disc check? Can't you modify it for a no-cd bypass?

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Releases / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.94)

« on: 2021-03-24 22:16:21 »

Hey Sega Chief,

What's good man? Listen, I'm using your standalone mod with Satsuki's Graphics pack. He recently updated his pack, so now it uses the 1998 executables. I'm not using 7th heaven or anything, since I didn't wanna run stuff as admin. I was able to install your mod, after his, by renaming his ff7.e.exe to ff7.exe. It patched the exe successfully, but now it complains about a missing disc check. Any way around that? It didn't complain about that for the steam version. I'm assuming the old exe has a cd check. I wouldn't mind hex editing the exe to make a no cd bypass, or maybe you could do something like that? I'm not skilled at all in reverse engineering, or exe editing. I just have a hex editor. Lol. Let me know dude. Thanks!

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Releases / Re: [FF7PC][TSUNAMODS] Satsuki Yatoshi Mod - SYW V5 (last update 23/03/2021)

« on: 2021-03-24 21:09:11 »

Hey Satsuki,

Got a question. I'm installing this and New Threat standalone, and now that you included new exes, they won't work with New Threat. New Threat modifies the executable, but it won't touch yours, it'll only modify the steam exe. I'm not sure what to do now. I don't wanna use 7th heaven, since I hate that it requires admin access. I use everything through steam, and it messed stuff up when using big picture mode, with any game that requires admin access. Ideas? Thanks man.

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Releases / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.94)

« on: 2021-02-28 21:21:52 »

When going into a character's upgrade menu, you have to pick one and then use the Sources it allocates for it. As a failsafe against players that might have maxed their inventory out using a tool or save editor (or for whatever reason may not want to use certain Sources given), it does allow the player to continue out with unused Sources but will give a warning beforehand:

Mr. Smile
%u201CYou can't take 'em with you!%u201D
{CHOICE}Use remaining Sources
{CHOICE}Discard and continue

If they discard and continue, then the unallocated sources are lost permanently. The reason it's like this is because the game doesn't really have a way to check through its field script what the stats/sources used by a character are, and if Sources escape out of this menu and remain in the player's inventory then they can be allocated to different characters instead.

Also, there is no reset currently on a player's choice of Source upgrades but you can choose whichever of the 5 options each time you have an upgrade; you don't get locked into taking the same one each time.

One way to fix this is to use a save editor to go into Cloud's stats; you'll see he has 2 separate sets. One set is his 'base' stats, and the other is his Source stats; these get added together to make his final stats that you see in-game. You can reset his Source stats to 0 and then set the ones you wanted to pick manually. His Source options are:

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{CHOICE}Ex-SOLDIER: Str+15{, }Mag+7{, }Vit/Dex+8
{CHOICE}Mercenary: Str/Vit/Lck+15
{CHOICE}Makonoid: Mag/Spr/Dex+15
{CHOICE}Duellist: Str/Mag/Dex/Lck+10
{CHOICE}COMMANDO: Str/Vit/Spr+12{, }Mag+6

So if you wanted to pick, say, Makonoid instead of Ex-SOLDIER you'd set his Source stats to 15 in Magic, Spirit, and Dexterity while setting the other Source stats to 0 (make sure to change the Source stats, and not his base stats). After that he'll be where he should be and you can just use the Source system in-game as normal when you get the next upgrade unlocked.

Thanks so much! Figured out how to get it working using Black Chocobo. I'll make sure to remember there's no reset. Gotta think how to get the party setup now.

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Releases / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.94)

« on: 2021-02-26 15:29:38 »

Hey Sega_Chief, got a quick question. Got to Costa Del Sol, and I unlocked SP upgrading. Thing is for Cloud, I couldn't cancel out when I clicked his name. So I picked Ex-Soldier, but I didn't use any of the sources. The smiling guy said, hey you didn't use any, so I said cancel and continue. He took the sources back. But Cloud is still at level 1 of the SP chart now. I can't go back and use those sources, or pick another job class. What's going on? Did I glitch the game? Am I out of luck on using those sources?

Also, is there a way for me to reset my job classes in the game? Let me know. Thanks! Awesome mod by the way. I love the new additions.

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Releases / Re: [FF7PC][TSUNAMODS] Satsuki Yatoshi Mod - SYW V5

« on: 2021-02-23 23:57:24 »

5.24 update on first page:
-Updated FFNx for some minor ingame optimisations.
-Added help for special shortcut (speedhack, random battle...).
-Added an option to get better shadows under models in battle.
-Added an option to hide mouth from 3d model to get them like in psx version.
-Corrected a bug if the steam's ff7 account is not created properly by steam..

5.24 fixed it. Thanks!

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Releases / Re: [FF7PC][TSUNAMODS] Satsuki Yatoshi Mod - SYW V5

« on: 2021-02-23 23:52:27 »

could you tell me the full message ?

Hey sorry about that. Got the error message right here. Hope it's helpful.

Code: [Select]

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.File.Move(String sourceFileName, String destFileName)
   at SYWV5controlPanel.Form1.button1_Click_1(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9044 (WinRelRS5.050727-9000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
SYWV5controlPanel
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///D:/Software/Games/PC/Steam/steamapps/common/FINAL%20FANTASY%20VII/SYWV5controlPanel.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9038 (WinRelRS5.050727-9000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9042 (WinRelRS5.050727-9000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9031 (WinRelRS5.050727-9000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.DirectoryServices
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9031 (WinRelRS5.050727-9000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.DirectoryServices/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.DirectoryServices.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Management
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9031 (WinRelRS5.050727-9000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Management/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Management.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9046 (WinRelRS5.050727-9000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9031 (WinRelRS5.050727-9000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.




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Releases / Re: [FF7PC][TSUNAMODS] Satsuki Yatoshi Mod - SYW V5

« on: 2021-02-23 14:57:13 »

Hey I'm getting an IOFileExceptionError. File not found. Just updated this for 5.21. Thought I'd let you know.

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General Discussion / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] Multiple mods - The Reunion (R05c)

« on: 2017-01-08 17:59:33 »

Alright so I got all the log files. I'll paste them now.

hextedit.log

Code: [Select]

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00-DLPB Code.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 868
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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00-SetReunionMode.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 1
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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01-Base.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 5976
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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02-AF3DN.P.txt (..\AF3DN.P)

Changed: 2
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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02-CentreSteam.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 127
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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02-Limiter.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 1853
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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02-NewBarColour.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 83
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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03-Battle60fps.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 418
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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04-Battle60fps-WithMain.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 3
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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04-DefaultRun.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 4
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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05-BattleFadeOut-Steam.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 14
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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Strings.txt (..\strings.dat)

Changed: 95
Replaced: 0

No errors.

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Weapon-Minigame.txt (..\ff7_en.exe)

Changed: 1455
Replaced: 0

No errors.

___________________________

Time taken: 3.494s

1/8/2017, 1:54:01 PM
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textmod.log

Code: [Select]

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00_Weapon-Change.txt (text)

Files detected: 698
Files modified: 2

Replaced: 2
Changed: 0
Added: 0
Deleted: 0

No errors.

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00-ChangeHE.txt (HE_in)

Files detected: 13
Files modified: 10

Replaced: 10
Changed: 0
Added: 0
Deleted: 0

No errors.

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00-ChangeText.txt (Text)

Files detected: 698
Files modified: 3

Replaced: 0
Changed: 6
Added: 0
Deleted: 8

No errors.

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01-American.txt (text)

Files detected: 698
Files modified: 196

Replaced: 428
Changed: 0
Added: 0
Deleted: 0

No errors.

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01-FixedNames-Barrett.txt (touphScript.ini)

Files detected: 1
Files modified: 1

Replaced: 0
Changed: 9
Added: 0
Deleted: 0

No errors.

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01-SwapXO.txt (text)

Files detected: 698
Files modified: 45

Replaced: 177
Changed: 0
Added: 0
Deleted: 0

No errors.

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02-Controller.txt (text)

Files detected: 698
Files modified: 52

Replaced: 180
Changed: 0
Added: 0
Deleted: 0

No errors.

___________________________

Time taken: 3.869s

1/8/2017, 1:53:57 PM
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touphscript.log

Code: [Select]

No FFVII installation found
I found the last log file to be strange. I wonder what that one is all about. Of course I have a Final Fantasy VII installation. Huh.

Edit: Ok, so I just tried playing and now it works. What the hell?! Lol. That was weird. Yeah so the 60 fps battles are working. Even the FMV skipping works now too. I skipped the intro FMV, had a lack of music in the beginning but that's to be expected. You mentioned that the FMV skipping can be glitchy, so that's ok. I don't know what you or I did man, but thanks! I appreciate it!

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General Discussion / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] Multiple mods - The Reunion (R05c)

« on: 2017-01-08 16:56:02 »

I do have the latest Steam version, 1.0.9. So I reinstalled the game from Steam and the mod, and still the same crash. When I first installed the mod, I checked all the relevant boxes, but the 60 fps battles did not work, it defaulted to 15 fps, but the game did not crash. I reinstalled the mod, knowing that it would use the default files in the backup folder, so I didn't have to uninstall first, and this time applied the 60 fps battles. And the crash occurred again, so I'm at a loss. Well thanks again DLPB. I'll look forward to your R06 release, hopefully it'll fix the issue.

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General Discussion / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] Multiple mods - The Reunion (R05c)

« on: 2017-01-08 15:46:03 »

Hey thanks DLPB,

I am using R05c, if it makes any difference, this is the md5 of the executable: 9b45ff8d70a417d807566d9be2a88812. I understood that speed up was limited to the monitor's refresh rate. That's fine, I understand that. I wanted to also test out the slow down, that wasn't working. So I was thinking, that whole section about new limiters is not working properly. I could try to redownload R05c, from the first page, see if I get a different checksum. I'm using Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, if that helps. I bought Final Fantasy VII on steam during the winter sale, about 2 weeks ago, give or take a few days.

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General Discussion / Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] Multiple mods - The Reunion (R05c)

« on: 2017-01-08 14:53:12 »

Hey DLPB,

I'm having an issue with your mod, with the steam version of Final Fantasy VII. Just recently bought it, great mod by the way, and I used your mod before, once, with the retail pc version of Final Fantasy VII. Regardless, I'm having the same issue as the person that responded one page back. It's where, if the 60 fps option is checked, the game will crash. It complains about an unhandled exception occurring. I have no idea how to debug this, there doesn't some to be an error code. Music continues playing, but all I see is a black screen and the game crashes. Pressing ok to exit the dialog box for the unhandled exception, causes a generic windows error that says the application has crashed, and would you like to close it. If I uncheck the 60 fps option, everything works out great. I can't seem to find any other issues with your mod, the translation works, as do the new models. Also, the 60 fps option is a subset of the general new limiters option. None of that works either. I can't skip cutscenes with start and select and I can't slow or speed up the game with the specific button combination. I thought I should let you know, since maybe there might be others having this issue. Your mod did work great with the original pc release though. Do you have any suggestions? I appreciate any input, thanks.

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General Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy VII (PC) - Redump

« on: 2015-02-28 05:43:44 »

IIRC, iso is byte-for-byte. bin/cue includes some of the parity information. They're both either compressed.

Huh well if that's the case, those hashes did not match what I posted on redump. I don't know if either my or that person's game was dumped incorrectly, or if its a different revision altogether. Anyone else have any hashes to compare?

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General Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy VII (PC) - Redump

« on: 2015-02-28 00:52:33 »

here are the md5sums for the PC discs in iso format

installer:48df624df62c3fc2c6869e7090a9b276
disc1:1d724d2208c17ec10aae407b38f81311
disc2:b6b603a659b0da2fbbf57f7b6020395f
disc3:bc0d3f3ab217e96ab2d5d1bbf9a80732

all of the iso were made with k3b.

Hmm any way you could dump those in bin/cue format? I'm guessing the iso format for CDs cuts out some data where as bin and cue would be the raw image.

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General Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy VII (PC) - Redump

« on: 2015-02-27 02:31:49 »

You've come to the right place; there's probably more people here with legitimate copies of the 1998/2000 PC versions of these games on disc than anywhere else on the internet, in multiple languages, no less.

I can't be of much help myself, as my discs have been misplaced on the order of a couple years now (I think I know where they are, but I sure as hell don't feel like digging through my garage to get to them), but I would not doubt for a moment there's people with good, usable discs that can get the hashes you need.

Hey thanks Covarr! I'm hoping someone will respond soon and submit those dumps to redump. I know it can be cumbersome, since the redump group seems to request specific information about the discs. I know I can be lazy at times in getting all that information. I recently bought this game from Ebay and I knew it would have some scratches, as the description stated so, which besides having said scratches, I didn't encounter any read errors with my dumping. I just like to have the verification that I have dumped a game correctly. I know its possible to dump incorrectly so its always good to have verification.

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General Discussion / Final Fantasy VII (PC) - Redump

« on: 2015-02-26 21:12:32 »

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to make some dumps of their copy of Final Fantasy VII for the PC. I recently submitted my dump, however I was the first one to submit the original PC copy. This means I have no way to verify if my copy matches with others' dumps. Here's the link:

http://redump.org/

If you need help dumping, check this out:

http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Dumping-Guides

I thought I would ask on this forum, since it appears to center around Final Fantasy VII and VIII for the PC, so there are bound to be people here with copies of the game. Thanks for any contributions that anyone can make!