Re: Problem with Avalanche GUI mod

[Bas]

Hi!

I installed the Avalanche GUI mod, it seems that the items as well as the font got replaced, but I still have the old avatar picture set. Any ideas?

In the starting menu I get the error message "Texture could not be compressed. See applog blabla...".

//Avatars are working now, had to rename some files and had to rename them back since I am using the German game version and got some very, very few different file names. The problem with the texture error message still persists.

APP.LOG:

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 German
INFO: ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series 2.1.8545 Release
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 2048x2048
INFO: Number of texture units: 8
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1440x900, output resolution 1200x900, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing path
INFO: Shader limits: varying 44, vert uniform 512, frag uniform 512
INFO: vertex shader compile log:
Vertex shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.

INFO: fragment shader compile log:
Fragment shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.
INFO: main program link log:
Fragment shader(s) linked, vertex shader(s) linked.
 
INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loaded
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized
set music volume: 127
set music volume: 127
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF CREDITS!!!
INFO: D:\Programme\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\Movies\eidoslogo.avi; truemotion2/pcm_u8 320x240, 15.000000 FPS, duration: 10.133333, frames: 152
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=60
END OF CREDITS!!!
Entering MAIN
set music volume: 127
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
ERROR: Texture could not be compressed
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
Field Start
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
WM_CLOSE
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Field Quit
UNINITIALIZE DD



Thanks in advance!

[Bosola]

I've moved this into the troubleshooting forum as its own thread.

[Bas]

OKi, thx!

The music issue seems to be fixed for me now.

But the problem with some very few textures and micro-lag-performance issues still persists.

[Kompass63]

In the starting menu I get the error message "Texture could not be compressed. See applog blabla...".

Aali's Driver has an Option in its config file, you can set it to "no":

compress_textures = no

Maybe this can help.

[Bas]

OKi, it seems the issue has disappeared with changing that option.

Any tips for small (!) performance issues (micro-lags)?

[Bas]

Uh, my system specs:

Win XP SP 2

1 GB RAM
~2 GHz Single-Core processor
ATI Radeon 9550 (128 VRAM, IIRC)

Micro lags are appearing when animations are used like casting a spell, using Limit Breaks or sometimes even in menus when opening a new menu or scrolling through items.

It is like the game is "hanging" for about 0.25 to 0.5 seconds. It sucks just a little, but it is still very playable.

What do I have installed?
Official patch for the game
chocobo patch
letting the movies read from my HDD
Aali's custom driver
NPC Reconstruction Models
TA High Res
TA GUI mod
Ficemusic

However, if I recall correctly I recognized those microlags before I installed ficemusic, so it won't be the source of the problem most likely.

//Edit: While I checked this tutorial, I noted something:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=11452

My file in \field\ is called gflevel.lgp

As I have said before, I own the German version of the game. So....it be gflevel.lgp or just flevel.lgp?