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Mirenheart

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Game Doesn't Run Properly
« on: 2016-07-17 08:35:11 »
So i did everything the install tutorial told me, had ff7 installed to a non program file location, did the converter, messed with the configuration, all that stuff. But I cannot get the game to work properly. Whenever I launch the game, the opening movies don't play, instead giving me a black screen, the New game/Load Game screen has the regular background instead of the modded one, and if I use the renuion mod, the text is messed up. selecting to start a new game causes a black screen. Pressing ctrl-s to skip the opening movie will then skip over it, but the screen will still be black, but the sound effects of the train and people jumping off it and such still play.

This happens when launching with both the 7th Heaven launcher and directly with the ff7.exe in both install locations. I've gone over the configurations a few times and im fairly certain they're correct.

After leaving the computer off for a while, i came back, messed with the resolution thing some, because i noticed i put it in wrong, and tried again. This time it worked perfectly, until I skipped the starting movie. The game played normally and all the sound effects were playing, but the music wasn't playing. So I quit out of it and looked around to make sure I had the right Music settings in the FF7Config. When trying to launch the game again, it went back to the old behavior.

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« Last Edit: 2016-07-17 08:36:47 by Mirenheart »

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Re: Game Doesn't Run Properly
« Reply #1 on: 2016-07-17 13:08:21 »
Post the app log.

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Re: Game Doesn't Run Properly
« Reply #2 on: 2016-07-18 07:55:54 »
The APP.LOG file?

It's empty...

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Re: Game Doesn't Run Properly
« Reply #3 on: 2016-07-18 09:32:17 »
He meant the FF7_GC.log ;) We need to look at that first since your movies are black screens.

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Re: Game Doesn't Run Properly
« Reply #4 on: 2016-07-18 19:26:00 »
Well, despite this log file, as well as my entire modded game install being found in C:\Games\Final Fantasy VII, everything is still pointing to my Steam install, which I don't have converted.

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FF7 GameConverter, Version 7th Heaven
Creator: Kompass63
Editor: EQ2Alyza

Start running at    Date: Sat 07/16/2016    Time:  3:50:20.46
Active code page: 437
ActualPath C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000


You are running "Windows 7 Home Premium" on a 64 Bit Operating System (AMD64)

Real Management 32Bit WOW64

This patch is not yet applied.


Installation path found at...

""

If an installation path IS found, press ENTER.

If an installation path IN NOT found, TYPE IT IN and press ENTER.

EXAMPLE: "C:\Games\Final Fantasy VII" (parenthesis included)

corrected manual input FF7_new_Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII"



Installation Path = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII

WARNING: Game is installed in a system folder...
This can potentially cause some modding errors...

Copy game files over to C:\Games\Final Fantasy VII?
NO

Patching...

Copying Registry Keys...

Setting GC Registry Keys...

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\GameConverterkeys


Setting language to en...

Detecting drive letter for FF7 Discs...

Drive letter for FF7DISC1 --- J:\

Movies path found at...

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\data\movies\"

Backing up files to be modified...

Backing up more files to be modified...

Copying English Files...

Copying 1.02 patch for ff7.exe...

Copying Aali's Custom Driver, version 0.8.1b...

Moving OGG music files...

Adding more Registry Keys...
Adding Registry Keys to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII
Adding Registry Keys to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\1.00\Graphics
Adding Registry Keys to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\1.00\MIDI
Adding Registry Keys to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\1.00\Sound
Adding Registry Key to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\FF7app.exe

Please check over the settings for FF7Config...

1) Sound tab should have a Sound device set. Do NOT leave it blank.
2) Perform the Sound and MIDI tests.
3) Graphics tab can be ignored.
4) Click OK when finished.

Inserting Multi.dll, Hext.dll, and Languagefile...

Patching FF7anyCDv2...

Install the Laptop Keyboard Patch?
(Choose YES if keyboard does NOT have a NUMPAD)
NO

Patching complete.

Check FF7_GC.log for details.


called with ""C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\FF7_GameConverter_7H.bat""
Arguments: "C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\FF7_GameConverter_7H.bat"

PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE:          x86
PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432:          AMD64
Actual Path:                     C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000
Product Name:                    Windows 7 Home Premium
Architecture:                    AMD64
Running in Modus                 32Bit WOW64
OS Bit Version                   64
Reg-Keyname Steam                HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 39140
Reg-Keyname Re-Release           HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{141B8BA9-BFFD-4635-AF64-078E31010EC3}_is1
Reg-Keyname 1                    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc.
Reg-Keyname 2                    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\FF7app.exe
Reg-Keyname 3                    HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Square Soft, Inc.
Steam Release is present:        Yes
Steam Release Path:               
Re-Release is present:           
Re-Release Path:                 
Original Release is present:     
Original Release Path:           
Destination Path:                C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII
Source Path:                     C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII
Videos Path:                     C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\data\movies
Original Videos Path:             
Original Language                en
Converted Language               en
Original Drive Letter:           
Converted Drive Letter:          J:\
and now clear up Variables...
Ending at           Date: Sat 07/16/2016    Time:  3:53:31.16


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Re: Game Doesn't Run Properly
« Reply #5 on: 2016-07-19 02:22:57 »
I think you have a case of reinstalling to a new location without cleaning your registry keys from the old location. Your log clearly shows it trying to read data from the Steam folder, which was your old location.

You need to start over completely fresh. Follow the first FAQ to do so: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16538.0

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Re: Game Doesn't Run Properly
« Reply #6 on: 2016-07-19 03:11:36 »
ugh what a pain. i cleaned the registry after uninstalling the first time, dunno why it didnt take.

Thank's for the help I'll post if it ends up working