Author Topic: Aali's driver [v 0.7.11b] Help/Bugs/Suggestions (Read 76457 times)

Masamune666 · « **Reply #600 on:** 2012-05-30 20:59:53 »

Quote from: the_specialist on 2012-05-30 17:36:50

Hi all im new to this site so go easy on me lol first off just want to give big respect to all the people involved in the modifications and to pitbrat for making bootleg was so easy to follow anyway its an amazing game which i haven't played in years and looking forward to playing with 100x better graphics.

Everything is spot on the only ONE problem i have is (excuse me if im been petty lol) when in battles, the game seems to lock for a split second whenever any player/enemy is doing any attacks ie magic ect and ESPECIALLY when one of the players gain a limit break it goes so slow its kinda annoying. Ive tried messing with the settings Ive even tried reinstalling with different mods several times and still no joy maybe it could be something simple but its deffo annoying and is in someway spoiling the game for me lol because everything else runs mintage!!!! any ideas would be greatly appreciated

I had a similar issue actually where the battle swirl an any sort of screen movement would lag me out to the point of nothing happening except Cloud standing on the field for 5 min or so waiting to go into battle, or Kujata standing in place for a long time while the ground finished ripplin' after his final attack.. try reducing your resolution in your ff7_opengl.cfg to 640 by 480 an that should help

the_specialist · « **Reply #601 on:** 2012-05-31 14:55:33 »

Ok thanks for the replies i will give it a shot, i have tried lowering the resolution infact ive tried every resolution to the max (1280 x 1024)ive even tried running in window still the same problem - as for the HDD its fairly new (just over a yr old) not really much has been put on it TBH but i will give that a shot and let u know.

the_specialist · « **Reply #602 on:** 2012-05-31 16:48:12 »

***PROBLEM SOLVED****

After messing around with EVERY setting in the NVIDIA control panel, i seem to have eliminated the problem dont have a clue which setting it was but ive tested the game and its ok only problem is (i dont have the new "battle" menus, i have the original, prefer them) the menus r VERY sluggish for instance changing to another player without selecting a command kinda lags and 1 last question how can i remove the transparency form the battle bar??

Thanx i know im being annoying lol

Corigne · « **Reply #603 on:** 2012-05-31 20:02:47 »

Quick bump on my previous post. I don't normally do this, but this model swap issue is restricting my ability to play with custom the custom cloud model.

Cheers,

Corigne

novice · « **Reply #604 on:** 2012-06-05 00:36:53 »

Hello, please forgive my ignorant questions.
I am a first time user of your wonderful driver.
It is posted that I should provide my APP.log, but
I don't know what that is. How do you look at your APP.log?
And more importantly, after having installed 1.02 patch and
the custom driver to FF7, the characters, as well as the save crystal,
appear in plain red shadow figure. Please help me. What should I do?

e1sunz · « **Reply #605 on:** 2012-06-05 18:53:10 »

Quote from: Corigne on 2012-05-31 20:02:47

Quick bump on my previous post. I don't normally do this, but this model swap issue is restricting my ability to play with custom the custom cloud model.

Cheers,
Corigne

Could you elaborate a bit more on your problem?

Quote from: novice on 2012-06-05 00:36:53

Hello, please forgive my ignorant questions.
I am a first time user of your wonderful driver.
It is posted that I should provide my APP.log, but
I don't know what that is. How do you look at your APP.log?
And more importantly, after having installed 1.02 patch and
the custom driver to FF7, the characters, as well as the save crystal,
appear in plain red shadow figure. Please help me. What should I do?

Where you have installed your Final Fantasy VII folder it should be located where you installed it and after you patch it with 1.02 patch THEN patch it with latest Aali's driver there should be a file called 'app.log' in the main folder so open it up and copy/paste everything here.
Also posting your ff7opengl.cfg would also be useful to find a fix with your problem

PitBrat · « **Reply #606 on:** 2012-06-26 14:44:59 »

When using this driver with FF7 and the PNG texture packs for magic, battle and field, the game begins to lose textures and eventually crashes.
Intel GPU's are barely able to run the game at all.
Is this a memory issue?
Is there a fix?
Even on a video card with 512MB, the game will crash after enough hours of play.

DLPB · « **Reply #607 on:** 2012-06-26 14:54:23 »

There is also a leak if placing game on pause in battle.

Asmodean · « **Reply #608 on:** 2012-07-03 00:32:41 »

I've completely rewritten the glsl shader I've uploaded a while back, (It was having trouble on some gpu's with older shader models. So far, it includes:

Ability to turn off/on, and customize each feature
HDRBloom
5xBR-FXAA
Full Screen SSAO (Yes, SSAO).

I will upload it here, in case anyone would like it, during the week if I'm finished/satisfied testing it.

If any other scripters/programmers would care to take a look to help optimize the code, for extra speed, send me a pm.

ps: This shader works both with Aali's OGL driver, and any ps1 emulator with a gpu plugin that supports glsl shaders (Pete's OGL2, gpuBladeSoft etc) for some who prefere to play ff VIII on emu (PC version sprites are horrid)

LeonhartGR · « **Reply #609 on:** 2012-07-03 02:09:17 »

This is great news!

KyubiNemesis · « **Reply #610 on:** 2012-07-03 02:52:45 »

Would love to try it out Asmodean. Can't wait till it's released.

e1sunz · « **Reply #611 on:** 2012-07-03 11:57:31 »

1 question: Would my Nvidia Geforce 8400 GS be compatible with this shader?

leostrife · « **Reply #612 on:** 2012-07-03 21:20:38 »

Quote from: Asmodean on 2012-07-03 00:32:41

I've completely rewritten the glsl shader I've uploaded a while back, (It was having trouble on some gpu's with older shader models. So far, it includes:
Ability to turn off/on, and customize each feature
HDRBloom
5xBR-FXAA
Full Screen SSAO (Yes, SSAO).

I will upload it here, in case anyone would like it, during the week if I'm finished/satisfied testing it.

If any other scripters/programmers would care to take a look to help optimize the code, for extra speed, send me a pm.

ps: This shader works both with Aali's OGL driver, and any ps1 emulator with a gpu plugin that supports glsl shaders (Pete's OGL2, gpuBladeSoft etc) for some who prefere to play ff VIII on emu (PC version sprites are horrid)

I do not know much about programming, but why not adapt the shader plugin Pete's OPENGL2 driver 2.9 "4xMSAL"? He is by far the best shader to use in 2D games with scenarios like Final Fantasy.

Shader link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?m7drgcpbxfx9a4o

DLPB · « **Reply #613 on:** 2012-07-06 13:46:31 »

progress report on latest driver?

Obesebear · « **Reply #614 on:** 2012-07-06 15:09:57 »

Quote from: DLPB on 2012-07-06 13:46:31

progress report on latest driver?

2nd. The more time goes on the more curious I get about what it is he's trying to implement into v .8

Hellbringer616 · « **Reply #615 on:** 2012-07-06 15:35:44 »

Quote from: Obesebear on 2012-07-06 15:09:57

2nd. The more time goes on the more curious I get about what it is he's trying to implement into v .8

Thats been me since he said he has big plans for it somewhere in this thread.

DLPB · « **Reply #616 on:** 2012-07-06 15:41:44 »

Quote from: Obesebear on 2012-07-06 15:09:57

2nd. The more time goes on the more curious I get about what it is he's trying to implement into v .8

That's cool! I expected a reprimand! I guess it is just too tantalising now to not ask!

Covarrfetch'd · « **Reply #617 on:** 2012-07-06 17:44:37 »

Don't worry guys, it'll be worth the wait.

Hellbringer616 · « **Reply #618 on:** 2012-07-06 20:18:23 »

Know somethin we don't Covarr? Hmmm??

Covarrfetch'd · « **Reply #619 on:** 2012-07-06 20:22:05 »

Quote from: Hellbringer616 on 2012-07-06 20:18:23

Know somethin we don't Covarr? Hmmm??

Either that, or I'm screwing with DLPB, or I'm pretending to know something to look cool. Take your pick.

But I can reveal that there are currently no plans to bring this to AmigaOS.

DLPB · « **Reply #620 on:** 2012-07-07 03:19:19 »

haha!

BloodShot · « **Reply #621 on:** 2012-07-07 15:17:29 »

Quote from: Covarr on 2012-07-06 20:22:05

Either that, or I'm screwing with DLPB, or I'm pretending to know something to look cool. Take your pick.

But I can reveal that there are currently no plans to bring this to AmigaOS.

My dreams are crushed

syntax error · « **Reply #622 on:** 2012-07-07 21:23:28 »

FF VII on AmigaOS would need a rewrite of the engine different from Q-Gears.
Not impossible because most parts are documented but much code writing work to do.
Today some MP3 players could run the game if you replace the OS.

PitBrat · « **Reply #623 on:** 2012-07-07 21:45:23 »

There is a PSX emulator for AmigaOS. So maybe it's possible to play FF7 on an Amiga already.
Free Playstation Emulator

I'm excited about a new release of Aali's OpenGL driver.
Some of the features he's hinted at are incredible. I hope a few of them make it into the release.

Kemlin · « **Reply #624 on:** 2012-07-08 08:17:28 »

Insane theory of the day: Aali hasn't released his new driver because he's been hired by SquareEnix to polish up and fix the PC port they're coming out with. He can't tell us about it because he's signed a non-disclosure agreement.