FF8 Mod/Seifer Issue

[Erana]

I'm having an issue with a Final Fantasy 8 mod... I think it may possibly be RebirthFlame that's the culprit, but I'm not positive.  I'm not far into the game at all when the problem occurs.  Squall goes down to the lobby to meet Quistis before the first Seed mission, she introduces Zell then tells them both that Seifer is going to be their squad leader.  As soon as Seifer is supposed to enter the scene I get "an unknown exception" error.  I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the game and all mods, since I definitely had an old version of Tonberry to start out with, but that didn't correct the issue.  Any suggestions?

~Erana

[Mcindus]

I'm having an issue with a Final Fantasy 8 mod... I think it may possibly be RebirthFlame that's the culprit, but I'm not positive.  I'm not far into the game at all when the problem occurs.  Squall goes down to the lobby to meet Quistis before the first Seed mission, she introduces Zell then tells them both that Seifer is going to be their squad leader.  As soon as Seifer is supposed to enter the scene I get "an unknown exception" error.  I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the game and all mods, since I definitely had an old version of Tonberry to start out with, but that didn't correct the issue.  Any suggestions?

~Erana

Try making sure you have hash2map and collisions in your /FINAL FANTASY VIII/tonberry/  parent folder.  Then, make sure you have only the appropriate hash files and obj files (for the mods you downloaded).  Now, make sure you don't have hash1map anymore (delete it) and that you have ProjectEden_hm.csv instead (inside FINAL FANTASY VIII/tonberry/hashmap/).  Then, make sure you turn off the Steam Overlay.  Hopefully this helps!

[Erana]

Thanks so much for the quick reply, but unfortunately none of your suggestions fixed the problem - I'm still getting "an unknown exception" error the moment Seifer is supposed to show up.  I took screenshots of the relevant folders to see if you or anyone else can pinpoint some glaring installation error that I'm missing.  *crosses fingers* 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A5V0TMcFtmN1piYVBnX1ZSVEE/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A5V0TMcFtmWlYxbG93RWdhNUE/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A5V0TMcFtmTFotWG1INldkWHc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A5V0TMcFtmOU5BRUlzZ25TMEE/view?usp=sharing

In the "objmap" folder of Tonberry I only have your "LunarCry_obj.csv" file and nothing else, so I didn't bother with that one.  Any ideas would be appreciated since at this point the only thing I can think of is to disable all mods until I'm past this scene... but if it's an issue with Seifer in general and not just something about this scene in particular that won't really help.  Thanks for your time either way - and I absolutely adore your mods.

[Mcindus]

Thanks so much for the quick reply, but unfortunately none of your suggestions fixed the problem - I'm still getting "an unknown exception" error the moment Seifer is supposed to show up.  I took screenshots of the relevant folders to see if you or anyone else can pinpoint some glaring installation error that I'm missing.  *crosses fingers* 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A5V0TMcFtmN1piYVBnX1ZSVEE/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A5V0TMcFtmWlYxbG93RWdhNUE/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A5V0TMcFtmTFotWG1INldkWHc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A5V0TMcFtmOU5BRUlzZ25TMEE/view?usp=sharing

In the "objmap" folder of Tonberry I only have your "LunarCry_obj.csv" file and nothing else, so I didn't bother with that one.  Any ideas would be appreciated since at this point the only thing I can think of is to disable all mods until I'm past this scene... but if it's an issue with Seifer in general and not just something about this scene in particular that won't really help.  Thanks for your time either way - and I absolutely adore your mods.

I noticed that you don't have a debug0 folder... did you delete it?  If I were you, I would uninstall/reinstall the latest tonberry (but save your objmap and hashmap files, the ones you have look good).  Other than that - I'm coming up short.  Could be an issue with FF8 actually - try going into your processes and set it to only use the first core on your processor.  Also - make sure you don't have surround sound enabled, as it's known to cause issues.  I'm glad you're enjoying the mods!!!!

Try putting each mod in the 'disabled' folder one at a time until the problem is fixed - that will let us know what is conflicting! Thanks!

ps are you using the english version?

[Erana]

And the mystery continues...  My sister and I share an apartment, so she has her own log-in name on my computer.  I went to start weeding through the mods one by one as you suggested, only she was still logged in.  On a whim I figured I'd try it from her name instead of mine and, what do you know? It worked. LOL. Ofcourse  this isn't the name I INSTALLED the darn game under so why it would behave on hers and not mine is beyond me.

Oh well, the important thing is I can get back to enjoying everyone's awesome mods in peace, I guess.  And I know to switch names if I get any more "unknown exceptions".... yeah.  I don't get it.  *sigh*  But thank you very much for your help - it's much appreciated.  Though it doesn't really matter now: yep, it's the English version of the game, and no, I didn't intentionally delete the "debug" folder - must've gotten lost somewhere in the upgrading from 1.4 to the latest Tonberry.  I'll put it back where it belongs - and if I encounter any problems that CAN'T be mysteriously solved by my sisters Windows log-in I know where to go. 

[Mcindus]

And the mystery continues...  My sister and I share an apartment, so she has her own log-in name on my computer.  I went to start weeding through the mods one by one as you suggested, only she was still logged in.  On a whim I figured I'd try it from her name instead of mine and, what do you know? It worked. LOL. Ofcourse  this isn't the name I INSTALLED the darn game under so why it would behave on hers and not mine is beyond me.

Oh well, the important thing is I can get back to enjoying everyone's awesome mods in peace, I guess.  And I know to switch names if I get any more "unknown exceptions".... yeah.  I don't get it.  *sigh*  But thank you very much for your help - it's much appreciated.  Though it doesn't really matter now: yep, it's the English version of the game, and no, I didn't intentionally delete the "debug" folder - must've gotten lost somewhere in the upgrading from 1.4 to the latest Tonberry.  I'll put it back where it belongs - and if I encounter any problems that CAN'T be mysteriously solved by my sisters Windows log-in I know where to go. 

LOL!  Go figure - maybe it's your version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable -- should be at least 2010.  Try to give that a whirl.  OR try running FF8 as administrator.  Also - could be your antivirus settings.... try turning those off while you play?