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Troubleshooting / FF7: Why some FMVs/Cutscenes work and others do not.
« on: 2007-08-16 22:46:55 »
Hey everyone, I'm desperately looking for help as I'm on my last hope with this whole situation. For some reason some FMV cutscene sequences seem to work in the game, whereas others only seem to crash it. I have tried researching all about this problem all over Google, these forums, and others as well, and have come up with no solution whatsoever. My problem is as follows: The introduction video in the game works. Cloud can get off the train, kill some baddies, and after you select Cloud and Barrett's names, there is supposed to be a video where Cloud glances up at one of the Mako Reactors, however that part of the game crashes for me.
I had Synergy Blades send me a save game, which is the first save point in the game, and all ran smoothly for a little bit. I beat the boss, head out of the reactor, and the video played where the reactor explodes. The next scene is where we're all sitting in the rubble, and Jessie plants a bomb in the rubble, and there is supposed to be a cutscene where it explodes. Unfortunately this video crashes my game as well, and I really do not feel like having to get people to send me a save game to the next save for 95% of my game.
If anyone could possibly help me out, if they have ever experienced anything like the randomness of these FMV crashes, I'd greatly appreciate it. Like I said, some videos in the game play fine, whereas others crash my game. Before anyone asks, I do own the retail copy of the game, and all of the videos work fine on the CDs. I also read a thread about transporting the videos onto my HDD, which some people said that helped issues they were having. Unfortunately this made absolutely no difference in my case, and I am still having the problems. I would appreciate any help I can get on this matter, as I have run out of ideas. I've been messing with Final Fantasy 7, trying to get this whole thing to work, for the past two days, almost non-stop. I loved this game 10 years ago, and I'd really love to replay it again.
Here are my system specs if this will help you guys out:
Windows XP Professional
Intel Pentium D 3.2 GHZ
Asus P5WD2
2 GB Ram
Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT
Direct X 9.0c
I had Synergy Blades send me a save game, which is the first save point in the game, and all ran smoothly for a little bit. I beat the boss, head out of the reactor, and the video played where the reactor explodes. The next scene is where we're all sitting in the rubble, and Jessie plants a bomb in the rubble, and there is supposed to be a cutscene where it explodes. Unfortunately this video crashes my game as well, and I really do not feel like having to get people to send me a save game to the next save for 95% of my game.
If anyone could possibly help me out, if they have ever experienced anything like the randomness of these FMV crashes, I'd greatly appreciate it. Like I said, some videos in the game play fine, whereas others crash my game. Before anyone asks, I do own the retail copy of the game, and all of the videos work fine on the CDs. I also read a thread about transporting the videos onto my HDD, which some people said that helped issues they were having. Unfortunately this made absolutely no difference in my case, and I am still having the problems. I would appreciate any help I can get on this matter, as I have run out of ideas. I've been messing with Final Fantasy 7, trying to get this whole thing to work, for the past two days, almost non-stop. I loved this game 10 years ago, and I'd really love to replay it again.
Here are my system specs if this will help you guys out:
Windows XP Professional
Intel Pentium D 3.2 GHZ
Asus P5WD2
2 GB Ram
Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT
Direct X 9.0c