init_postprocessing failed, postprocessing will be disabled

[rambokev]

I received a postprocessing error upon launching the game. The messageBox says "Postprocessing initialization failed, check APP.LOG for more information."

APP.LOG shows a path that mixes forward and backward slashes at line 9. Line 10 looks similar to the dialog box error. What's the fix?

[00000000] INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.8.1b
[00000000] INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
[00000000] INFO: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2 4.6.0 NVIDIA 416.94
[00000000] INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
[00000000] INFO: Found swap_control extension
[00000000] INFO: Max texture size: 32768x32768
[00000000] INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 3440x1440, output resolution 1920x1440, internal resolution 3840x2160
[00000000] INFO: Shader limits: varying 124, vert uniform 4096, frag uniform 4096
[00000000] : failed to stat file D:\gaming\games\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\/shaders/Nvidia_ComplexMultiShader/ComplexMultiShader.post
[00000000] : init_postprocessing failed, postprocessing will be disabled
[00000000] INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
[00000000] INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
[00000000] INFO: VGMStream music plugin loaded
[00000000] INFO: Loading external library Multi.dll
[00000000] LOCK UNLOCK TEST
[00000001] MATRIX INITIALIZE
[00000001] INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
[00000001] initializing sound...
[00000001] creating dsound primary buffer
[00000001] reading audio file
[00000001] loading static sounds
[00000001] sound initialized
[00000001] set music volume: 127
[00000001] set music volume: 127
[00000001] Entering MAIN
[00000001] Exiting MAIN
[00000001] START OF CREDITS!!!
[00000001] INFO: D:\gaming\games\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\data\movies\eidoslogo.avi; h264/aac 1280x960, 15.000000 FPS, duration: 10.193000, frames: 153
[00000052] WM_CLOSE
[00000052] END OF CREDITS!!!
[00000052] Field Quit
[00000052] UNINITIALIZE DD

[satsuki]

"D:\gaming\games\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\/shaders/Nvidia_ComplexMultiShader/ComplexMultiShader.post"
>seems not right
try "D:\gaming\games\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\shaders\Nvidia_ComplexMultiShader\ComplexMultiShader.post" instead
and check you have the shader in the folder used ^^

[paladin181]

"D:\gaming\games\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\/shaders/Nvidia_ComplexMultiShader/ComplexMultiShader.post"
>seems not right
try "D:\gaming\games\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\shaders\Nvidia_ComplexMultiShader\ComplexMultiShader.post" instead
and check you have the shader in the folder used ^^

How would you change that? I ran into the same issue when trying to use the post processing shader setup through the mod. The shaders were in the folder but always failed.

[satsuki]

Edit the ff7_opengl.cfg with notepad (don't know if 7thHeaven will overwrite it after, if yes, i don't know how to solve)

[EQ2Alyza]

7H only overwrites when you open Workshop -> Aali Driver Settings and then click the OK button after choosing your options.

Shaders are highly untested and not fully compatible with all GPUs, so they're difficult to problem solve.

[Shino]

I had the same problem, at the specified path the required file does not exist.

I create the folder path and then it works. But i don´t have the Nvidia ComplexMultiShader.
I tested this with the Bloom2 Shader and this works.

[tracido]

I had the same problem, at the specified path the required file does not exist.

I create the folder path and then it works. But i don´t have the Nvidia ComplexMultiShader.
I tested this with the Bloom2 Shader and this works.

This solves it for all of them if you can find the missing files..

shaders/All_SmartShader2/SmartShaderPost.fx

shaders/All_SmartShader/SmartShaderPost.fx

shaders/ATI_ComplexMultiShader/ComplexMultiShader.post

shaders/Nvidia_ComplexMultiShader/ComplexMultiShader.post

Those are the only four not functional because of those missing files, ComplexMultiShader.post & SmartShaderPost.fx.

Thanks for finding that.. 

[tracido]

How would you change that? I ran into the same issue when trying to use the post processing shader setup through the mod. The shaders were in the folder but always failed.

You have to put all the shader files in those folders, I just made mass copies in each folder to save time. Make the folders like this: "All_*" "ATI_*" "Nvidia_*" The problem with Nvidia is, there is no ComplexMultiShader.post file for the shader

[rambokev]

Sorry for the delay. I resolved it with some inspiration from tracido. I looked in the shaders folder and confirmed I only have bloom2.post. The fix was in two parts:
1) copy/name the folders in Windows Explorer to match where 7th heaven looks for it.
2) Choose the bloom2.post in the 7th heaven program Aali settings (Workshop -> Aali Driver Settings).

I'm SO going to play this now!!! This is the first time I ever got the shader to work.

Thanks everyone!

[rambokev]

I ended up disabling the shader, because it messed up the colors. It looked lighter colored like a sun shining thru everything. I turned off the shader and like it without it more. Made it to Kalm. This was a great game to play in my childhood and even now. Thanks!