Author Topic: [FF7] Tutorial for Bootleg - Tifa's Bootleg (Read 2429457 times)

Template · « **Reply #1575 on:** 2013-08-12 00:42:43 »

Quote from: Morris on 2013-08-12 00:27:46

That said, am I correct in my assumption that my crummy laptop video is compatible with the Nightmare mod and the Menu Overhaul? I'm not concerned about the HD graphics, but I'd like to be able to use the gameplay upgrades.

Should be fine, but don't install the Retranslation with Menu Overhaul.
What integrated processor do you have? I think the HD4000 can pretty much run most of the graphics mods, maybe not the Avalanche Hi-Res summons.

Morris · « **Reply #1576 on:** 2013-08-12 00:52:50 »

Intel HD3000. It's a Lenovo Thinkpad 2.2Ghz with 6 gigs of RAM, I got it for work so I wasn't really worried about graphics at the time. I suppose if I really want to see the fancy graphics mods, I'll install it on my wife's machine with the beefy video card.

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1577 on:** 2013-08-13 12:42:20 »

I followed through everything you said, and I am having an issue. The game crashes when I open it. I read the FAQ, and I did set the renderer to the custom driver. But every time I open the game a black box appears, and my screen goes full screen black for a second. But after that second, I hear a loud beep, and it closes everything down. I really hope this can be easily fixed. Here's my APP.log report.

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
INFO: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 680/PCIe/SSE2 4.3.0
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Using PBO
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 16384x16384
INFO: Number of texture units: 4
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1920x1080, output resolution 1920x1080, internal resolution 3840x2160
INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing path
INFO: Shader limits: varying 124, vert uniform 4096, frag uniform 2048
INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loaded
INFO: Loading external library Multi.dll
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
ERROR: could not open file F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY VII\ff7input.cfg
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized

I have a Desktop, and here are my specs:

CPU: Intel I5 3570k (not overclocked)
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 2GB
Ram: 4GB
Windows Version: 8

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1578 on:** 2013-08-14 13:30:08 »

Now I am getting the error "FF7.EXE has stopped working". I really hope there is a way to fix my game. I really want to play it

Kompass63 · « **Reply #1579 on:** 2013-08-14 22:31:59 »

The information is not sufficient.
According your app.log the game fails on initializing MIDI, namely that should show up at next.

Did you my FF7 Game Converter 0.9b used and worked the game with it? (before Bootleg)
Do you have the "FF7Config.exe" called again and there made and tested all the settings?

EQ2Alyza · « **Reply #1580 on:** 2013-08-14 22:42:35 »

The original APP.LOG suggests that you needed to setup your sound driver in FF7Config.exe. It sounds like you tampered with something to get your FF7.exe to stop working, so that can't be offered help until we know what you did.

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1581 on:** 2013-08-14 22:53:01 »

I decided to set everything to default in the bootloader, and it made the "FF7.exe has stopped working" error to disappear. After I made everything back to the default settings, I set it to the "HDR Shader" option. Now it's back to the original black screen loud beep thing. My sound driver I am using for the configuration is my turtle beach P11 headset. Don't know if that helps with the sound error.

Kompass63 · « **Reply #1582 on:** 2013-08-14 23:23:56 »

FF7Confi.exe is in your game folder and can be launched from there.

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1583 on:** 2013-08-14 23:32:52 »

I know where it's at. Sorry if I mislead. I went into the sound driver part of the configuration, and set it to my turtle beach. I am also using the custom driver as the guide says. But I am still getting a full black screen with a loud beep before it all crashes.

Kompass63 · « **Reply #1584 on:** 2013-08-14 23:45:42 »

Can you play the videos manually?

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1585 on:** 2013-08-14 23:56:15 »

What do you mean by play the videos manually?

Kompass63 · « **Reply #1586 on:** 2013-08-15 00:01:09 »

Wherever are your movies (eg [Gamedir]\movies), open the folder and double-click on one of the movies (eg eidoslogo.avi).

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1587 on:** 2013-08-15 00:06:19 »

Just played a couple of movies manually, so yes I can.

Kompass63 · « **Reply #1588 on:** 2013-08-15 00:18:46 »

What MIDI driver you have set, does the test work?

FF7Music used the same driver? (FF7Music.exe -> Configure -> Playback Options)

Template · « **Reply #1589 on:** 2013-08-15 00:20:00 »

Quote from: Pantera31619 on 2013-08-14 22:53:01

I decided to set everything to default in the bootloader, and it made the "FF7.exe has stopped working" error to disappear. After I made everything back to the default settings, I set it to the "HDR Shader" option. Now it's back to the original black screen loud beep thing. My sound driver I am using for the configuration is my turtle beach P11 headset. Don't know if that helps with the sound error.

Hiya. The turtle beach sound driver may indeed be an issue but I'm not sure. Did you hit test? right left center? Midi test runs? Try running the sound through standard speakers.
Turn the post processing completely off (that's those HDR shaders). It's not working correctly right now.
The "beep" is from GameConverter lol. Specifically it is DLPB's hext.dll which can be taken off if the beep bothers you. hext may be part of upcoming mods though. The beep is harmless.

I don't have an Nvidia card but are we sure about that driver version? I would actually like to put a current working driver version section for both manufacturers on the Bootleg40 FAQ repost. So if someone could let me know or point me to the appropriate post where someone is keeping track of that I'd be much obliged.

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1590 on:** 2013-08-15 00:27:05 »

I tested it out the sound drivers that I could select, and my Asus VS238-1 Nvidia HD audio played the best, so I changed it to that. And it worked left, right, and center. My MIDI Driver is Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth (which is the only option I can choose.) And my MIDI Data is General MIDI. I tested them out, and they both work. Logarithmic Volume Control is checked too.

Kompass63 · « **Reply #1591 on:** 2013-08-15 00:32:19 »

Quote from: Pantera31619 on 2013-08-15 00:27:05

Logarithmic Volume Control is checked too.

Does that mean that you have not used my Game Converter? (GC will removes the hook...)

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1592 on:** 2013-08-15 00:34:44 »

I did download your converter.

Kompass63 · « **Reply #1593 on:** 2013-08-15 00:37:48 »

Quote from: Pantera31619 on 2013-08-15 00:34:44

I did download your converter.

But not running it before Bootleg?

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1594 on:** 2013-08-15 00:39:09 »

It was the first thing I downloaded and used. So I did run it before the bootleg.

Template · « **Reply #1595 on:** 2013-08-15 00:41:06 »

Yah, that's why I like the beep. Let's you know you got all that stuff working. I really think you are good to go but maybe Nvidia driver version doesn't like aali's custom opengl. What driver version are you using, have you tried a different one? Please if you get it running with a different driver version can you let us know which one works for you?

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1596 on:** 2013-08-15 00:43:35 »

I am using the most recent driver. The driver I am using is Geforce 320.49.

Template · « **Reply #1597 on:** 2013-08-15 00:45:18 »

Yeah, I don't think that's going to work, Need to roll back, maybe. Didn't you get my PM where I suggest that?

Pantera31619 · « **Reply #1598 on:** 2013-08-15 00:46:34 »

I did get your pm haha. The forum won't let me send or reply to pm's though. What driver should I use then?

Template · « **Reply #1599 on:** 2013-08-15 00:52:26 »

I would go back to the last of the 20series .29 if that's available or was an actual version. Then work your way through the 40s I guess, I'm really not sure on that, I don't have an Nvidia and I dunno how they do their versioning. I'm going off my memory of a post that was later edited. If it's giving you crap and you are about to throw the comp out the window try just turning shaders off. A lot of people don't like to recommend drivers because people tend to screw up their computers (inexplicably) while rolling back (need to uninstall current driver first, reboot, then install desired driver).

You can PM now that you have made 5 posts.