Trying to get up to date

[bjaxx87]

Hi there!

It's been three years since I modded my FF7 installation. Yesterday I went back into the game and noticed all those remaining low-res backgrounds. So I decided I should get some updates.

This is my setup from three years ago:

Comprehensive Game Enhancements:
Team Avalanche Beta 9
Team Avalanche GUI v2.0.8

Sound:
Remastered OST

Battle-Scenes:
FL's Battle-Scene Enhancement

World-map:
FL's World-map Enhancement

Field backgrounds:
Project Blackfan by yarLson
sl1982's Field Enhancement

Character models:
Phoenix Rejuvenation Project

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I studied "The Big List of Mods" for quite a while and I think the following mods should be a great enhancement to my current setup.

Battle-Scenes:
FFVII Battle Scene Enhancements by EQ2Alyza

World-map:
59 Textures For FF 7 PC to go with Felix Leonharts by Ste41k

Field backgrounds:
Omzy's FFVII Field Pack

Character models:
char.lpg- & world_us.lpg-models from The Reunion R01 by DLPB

Now I have a few questions...

01.) Are there any "better" or more recommendable choices out there or should I go that route?

02.) Is it save to combine Omzy's (field) and EQ2Alyza's (battle-scenes) files with those of yarLson/sl1982 (field) and Felix Leonhart (battle-scenes)? I would just copy the PNG-files of yarLson, sl1982 and FL into the mod folders of Omzy and EQ2Alyza to overwrite the existing ones.

3.) Can you recommend any additional mods? e.g. I never tried customized weapons (all I found were partial releases and I always wonder if it's hard to integrate them) and I'm sure there's other stuff out there.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[LeonhartGR]

Welcome back mate! Have a look here http://forums.qhimm.com/?topic=13212.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14852.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15215.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=13368.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15239.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14610.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14351.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14595.0m, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14914.0 but I would recommend to wait for the new Bootleg release.

[EQ2Alyza]

Now I have a few questions...

01.) Are there any "better" or more recommendable choices out there or should I go that route?

Models: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=13960.0

Kaldarasha makes the best model pack for consistency. They are modeled after PRP and are combined with it to fill most of the holes. There are also optional animation improvements and dynamic event adjustments using 7H. It's the closest to complete we have for a model pack.

02.) Is it save to combine Omzy's (field) and EQ2Alyza's (battle-scenes) files with those of yarLson/sl1982 (field) and Felix Leonhart (battle-scenes)? I would just copy the PNG-files of yarLson, sl1982 and FL into the mod folders of Omzy and EQ2Alyza to overwrite the existing ones.

Yes, that works fine.

3.) Can you recommend any additional mods? e.g. I never tried customized weapons (all I found were partial releases and I always wonder if it's hard to integrate them) and I'm sure there's other stuff out there.

Mike has a complete weapon pack for Yuffie. Omega res novae has a complete pack for Cait Sith. Millenia and Slayersnext have complete packs for Cloud. Mike and Slayersnext have nearly complete packs for Aerith.

I am releasing a 7th Heaven catalog within a week, so if you want to wait around for that, you should be all set. 7H is a wrapper tool, similar to how mods are injected with the NMM at Nexus Mods. Makes it much easier to pick something, play, close out and pick another if you don't like it.

[bjaxx87]

Welcome back mate! Have a look here http://forums.qhimm.com/?topic=13212.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14852.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15215.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=13368.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15239.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14610.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14351.0, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14595.0m, http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14914.0 but I would recommend to wait for the new Bootleg release.

Wow, thanks for all your recommendations. I will definitely go for some of cmh175's models, cmh175's FMVs, the High Def Advent Children Avatars, the HD Battle Scenes, the Cait Sith Battle Model, BloodShot's Tifa Model and the Model Overhaul (The Reunion R01).

Tifa's Bootleg though..., well, it's almost as extensive as "The Big List of Mods", so I have absolutely no idea which mods I should integrate into my game. ^^ If you can name me some awesome mods included in Bootleg, I may give it a try.

So I guess my choices for world-map and field backgrounds are already the best completed projects you can currently get?

Models: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=13960.0

Kaldarasha makes the best model pack for consistency. They are modeled after PRP and are combined with it to fill most of the holes. There are also optional animation improvements and dynamic event adjustments using 7H. It's the closest to complete we have for a model pack.

Yes, that works fine.

Mike has a complete weapon pack for Yuffie. Omega res novae has a complete pack for Cait Sith. Millenia and Slayersnext have complete packs for Cloud. Mike and Slayersnext have nearly complete packs for Aerith.

I am releasing a 7th Heaven catalog within a week, so if you want to wait around for that, you should be all set. 7H is a wrapper tool, similar to how mods are injected with the NMM at Nexus Mods. Makes it much easier to pick something, play, close out and pick another if you don't like it.

Sounds great! I'm in no hurry, so I'll gladly wait for your 7th Heaven catalog . Thanks for your advices!

Oh, btw... Unfortunately your PNG pack (FFVII Scene Enhancements PNG.7z) is offline. Could you reupload it? I managed to get the LPG-version from Bootleg, but I prefer PNG files, so I'd be really grateful.