ff7 starts as black screen, then crashes to desktop with no prompt?

[saiferoth]

Hey, obviously a new guy. Firstly, I followed the Tifa Bootleg guide to the t. The problem is that after I use bootloader to start the game, it just crashes to the desktop without a prompt. it used to have a prompt saying "ff.exe has stopped working" but i changed the video settings in ffconfig from custom driver to direct3d (nvidia and rivawhatever). I am running this on windows 7 and ff.exe, ffconfig, ffbootleg, and ffbootloader all have "run as administrator" and my antivirus is disabled. There were no problems up till running the dang game. I also tried using the safe settings and tweaking the resolution but to no avail. Thanks for the help, its very much appreciated!

App Log
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INITIALIZE DD/D3D START
DIRECT DRAW 2
TOTAL 1025638400 FREE 1025331200
DD MODE: W 640 H 480 P 640 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 720 H 480 P 720 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 720 H 576 P 720 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 800 H 600 P 800 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1024 H 768 P 1024 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1152 H 864 P 1152 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 720 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 768 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 800 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 960 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 1024 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 640 H 480 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 16
DISPLAY MODE MATCH
DD MODE: W 720 H 480 P 1440 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 720 H 576 P 1440 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 800 H 600 P 1600 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1024 H 768 P 2048 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1152 H 864 P 2304 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 720 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 768 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 800 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 960 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 1024 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 640 H 480 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 720 H 480 P 2880 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 720 H 576 P 2880 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 800 H 600 P 3200 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1024 H 768 P 4096 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1152 H 864 P 4608 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 720 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 768 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 800 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 960 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 1024 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
Ramp Emulation
  Microsoft Direct3D Mono(Ramp) Software Emulation
RGB Emulation
  Microsoft Direct3D RGB Software Emulation
Direct3D HAL
  Microsoft Direct3D Hardware acceleration through Direct3D HAL
EXCLUSIVE MODE
16-BIT Z BUFFER CREATED IN HW
HAL
HEL
TEXTURE FORMATS:
  PALETTE 0 BITS 16 RGBA 5:6:5:0
  PALETTE 0 BITS 16 RGBA 5:5:5:0
  PALETTE 0 BITS 16 RGBA 5:5:5:1
  PALETTE 0 BITS 16 RGBA 4:4:4:4
  PALETTE 0 BITS 32 RGBA 8:8:8:0
  PALETTE 0 BITS 32 RGBA 8:8:8:8
INITIALIZE D3D 2
VIEWPORT INITIALIZE
VIEWPORT 2 INITIALIZE
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
ERROR: COULD NOT OPEN FILE c:\Games\FF7\ff7input.cfg
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized
INITIALIZING MIDI...
selecting device 0:Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, mid=1, pid=27,
midi data type: GENERAL MIDI
using midi data file: c:\Games\FF7\Data\midi\midi.lgp
midiOutGetVolume returned: ffffffff
MIDI INITIALIZED
Failed to load: c:\Games\FF7\Data\minigame/condor.lgp

FFBootloader Config: http://grab.by/oTYi
FFConfig: http://grab.by/oTYk

[Template]

Renderer needs to be set to Custom driver in ff7config.exe.

[saiferoth]

Well, first I dug up the original iso and copy pasta the minigame files (for some reason they were missing? wtf). and then yeah, i changed to custom driver and i got the squaresoft intro and the hd remaster menu and stuff popped up. (After 5 hours of troubleshooting, freaking YES!). thanks a bunch template.

the sound and music didnt work either, but for whatever reason i selected the same settings and clicked ok, and it worked great. the key config is a pain in the ass, and i need to decrease the music volume, but its great.

just a personal question, do you stretch your game widescreen? is it better or worse in your opinion? anyway, thanks again template!

[Template]

np! I do play widescreen stretched. I got used to it. Occasionally I remember if it looks a little odd that oh, it's not really the game's fault, I'm stretching it. Hope it's smooth sailing from here on out^^