Hey guys, I’m running into an issue with bootleg or a mod in bootleg that I’m having a difficult time troubleshooting. Hoping someone could give me some ideas or a solution.
When I infiltrate the Shinra building for the first time it appears that the sequence of boss battles are getting out of whack once I encounter Red Xiii for the first time. Instead of fighting HO-512 (and friends) I end up fighting a Zenene. The battle background is not the lab but a regular encounter battle background.
Now normally I would not mind but this is only the start of the problem because now all my boss fights are out of sync. The next boss encounter should be against Hundred Gunner with Aerith, Red, and Barret in the elevator. Instead I am then fighting HO-512 (and friends) with the lab as the back ground.
After that the following boss battle should be Rufus. Instead it’s Cloud fighting Hundred Gunner and HO-512 again (but with no buddies) in the elevator by himself.
Finally we get to the end of the bridge sequence and here instead of encountering Motor Ball. We then see Heli-Gunner (and were back in the elevator). But only for a few seconds because at this point the game starts to act weird, stalls, then crashes.
So far here is what I have done:
Checked the battle LGPs and ensured that the Corresponding bosses match their file formats.
Since it was not an issues with the models themselves I assumed it was an issue with the pre rendered backgrounds. So I backed up my saves, uninstalled FF7 completely. Restarted, Reinstalled, Re installed Bootcamp but went up to version 0035.
Sadly, still the same issue. Then I suspected that my saves were corrupt. So I downloaded FF7 Saves from the bootleg mod list and even then, still same issue.
So far the only way I have been able to get the correct sequence of boss battles is to load a vanilla copy of FF7, load my saves, then play from there If I do that the issue does not occur.
Anyone got any ideas or has run into this before. Thanks in advance for any help or interest.
If you need screenshots I’m happy to provide them but I will only be to do that once I get home. Our company’s browsing is strictly enforced (Luckily Qhimm is not blocked. YAAY !!!)
