hi all,
i just installed ff8 and cant start the game. i cant even start ff8config.exe - my system starts to freeze randomly for about 10 seconds - 3 minutes. i tried different loaders and config files, none helped.
i actually managed to launch ff8config.exe, but it took 20 minutes to start!
if i try to start the game, my pc freezes.
I'm currently using w7. any advice how to start the game would be very helpful
EDIT: i managed to start ff8configurator 2.2 the same way - i waited for about 20 minutes. when i got to music screen and pressed play, configurator froze for about 20 minutes, after i changed midi device and pressed play again, it froze again. now I'm sure my problems are midi related. i have no idea how to solve them
edit2: when using aali`s mod, the game freezes at :
INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.7b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF8 1.2 US English (Nvidia)
INFO: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce 7600 GT/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW! 2.1.2
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1024x768, output resolution 1024x768, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing path
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZING SOUND...
initializing direct sound
EAXDirectSoundCreate
creating primary buffer
initializing audio data
OK
initializing streaming
SOUND INITIALIZED
DIRECT MUSIC - Enumerating Ports...
if i wait long enough, game will eventually find all midi devices and start. but waiting 20 minutes everytime i want to play this game is just....
edit: i managed to start the game on my pc (on both win xp and windows 7) without having to wait for 20 minutes - i disabled onboard audio device(realtek hd audio) in bios.