Hey all.
Got back into FF7, but I can't get it to play. Movies are on my hard drive, I installed the game off of my original PC disc and downloaded and extracted Aali's files to my FF7 folder. I ran the registries, and went in to the Config file to switch to Aali's driver, although it doesn't appear.
Here's my config in cfg -
# ff7_opengl-0.8b config file
## USER OPTIONS ##
## If you just want to play the game, these are the only options you'll want to change.
# set the window size (or fullscreen resolution) of FF7
# 0 means use original resolution in window mode, your current desktop resolution will be used in fullscreen mode
# preserve_aspect adds black borders as needed to preserve a 4:3 aspect ratio
window_size_x = 0
window_size_y = 0
preserve_aspect = yes
fullscreen = yes
# mod directory
# subdirectroy of mods/ where textures will be loaded from
mod_path = none
# check your Nvidia/ATI/Intel control panel settings if this option doesn't seem to work
enable_vsync = yes
# allow FF7 to use linear filtering for its textures
# some things look slightly better with this option on, but alot of textures just lose their detail
# only affects low-res textures, high-res replacements will still be filtered where appropriate
linear_filter = off
# plugin used to play music, VGMstream requires a set of looping .ogg files in the music/vgmstream folder.
# If no music plugin is loaded the game will play MIDI as usual but FF7Music will NOT work.
#music_plugin = plugins/vgmstream_music.fgp
## ENHANCEMENTS ##
## All the little extras that weren't part of the original game, default options include only trivial bug fixes.
# make all dialog boxes transparent, same effect as the transparent dialog boxes YAMP patch
transparent_dialogs = off
# include armor in magic defense calculation
mdef_fix = yes
# post-processing shader, used to apply fullscreen effects
post_source = shaders/bloom2.post
enable_postprocessing = no
## ADVANCED OPTIONS ##
## Don't fiddle with these unless you know what you're doing.
# enable alpha blending for textures without an existing blending effect
fancy_transparency = on
# display frames per second counter in upper right corner
show_fps = no
# display some real-time debug information
show_stats = no
# store external textures in a compressed cache for increased performance
# compression is not lossless, some artifacts may appear when this option is in use
# texture cache does NOT update automatically if the source image changes, however, deleting anything from the cache
# will cause that file to be recreated from the source
compress_textures = no
# max size of the texture cache to hold in RAM, in megabytes
# don't set it any higher than 1GB unless you want your game to crash
texture_cache_size = 256
# use pixel buffer objects to speed up texture loading
# might crash horribly on ATI cards but should work for NVIDIA users
use_pbo = yes
# use mipmaps (anisotropic filtering) for high-res textures
use_mipmaps = yes
# replace FF7's default framelimiter timer source
use_new_timer = yes
# plugin used to play movies, FFMpeg is the only choice for now
movie_plugin = plugins/ffmpeg_movies.fgp
## MODDER OPTIONS ##
## These options are mostly useful to modders and should not be enabled during normal play.
# read files directly instead of using LGP archives
# for example; if FF7 is looking for aaab.rsd in char.lgp, this option will make it open direct/char/aaab.rsd first,
# if this file doesn't exist it will look for the original in the LGP archive
direct_mode = off
# show every failed attempt at loading a .png texture
show_missing_textures = no
I don't want any updated graphics at the moment, because I haven't had time to play around with what I want. I'm a busy college kid so I haven't had much time to look at this. I tried looking through my old posts to find answers but the servers have been overloaded, although I've skimmed through tons of posts looking for help.
The servers that are linked in these posts to the 1.02 patch are down or don't work, so I had to go to a different site to get the patch.
The opening movie isn't loading, but I can get to the main New Game/Continue screen.
I'm running on a HP Elitebook 8470w with Windows 7. I have an AMD FirePro M2000 ATI adapter. Setting in Config are set to full screen with Riva 128 bullet is checked, all tests pass except for the 8-bit paletted textures. Sound works just fine.
That's about all I can think of, but I'll post more, whatever helps. Thanks in advance.
C'mon, man. You've been around long enough to know how to use code tags. ~Covarr
Actually, I've just started coming back in the past week since 2012 or so. So sorry I'm not up to date, but I really appreciate the humiliation. Thanks!