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General Discussion / Re: FFVIII/FF8 Mods?

« on: 2012-08-29 17:33:28 »

Yeah there are very few mods for FF8 for the PC which is a shame since it is a very good game, even Aali's driver for FF8 has some problems.
But i do recommend playing the PC version (i use the loader instead of Aalis driver since there seems to be less glitches) or playing the PSX version on a PC emulator.
I do not recommend playing FF8 on a PS3 for a few reasons, first being the graphics quality, and the second reason being that the game can't be completed on PS3, for some reason the PS3 can't read the 4th disc of FFVIII (which i found out the hard way), so if you even think about playing on a PS3 make sure yours can read the 4th disc (i have only tried this on a PS3 Slim with the original PAL discs of FFVIII so if you are using the NTSC or a different type of PS3 results may vary, and before anyone asks the discs are in perfect condition its just the PS3 doesn't read the 4th disc)

I've tried playing disc 4 on my "normal" (originally 40 gb) PS3. And I can confirm that disc 4 doesn't work on PS3.

Thanks for the heads up!! And I hope to see FF8 mods aswell.

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FF7 Tools / Re: [0.7] ulgp / ulpgGUI - lgp inserter / extractor / repacker

« on: 2012-08-19 00:15:15 »

The download links aren't working for me. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-17 14:38:08 »

Ok I managed to fix it.

The problem was that there's a FF7Music folder and a ficedula folder. I kept opening the FF7Music.exe in the FF7Music folder and that didn't work. When I opened the FF7Music.exe in the ficedula folder it did!

You people have made me very happy! Whenever you need a tester or if there's something I can help with let me know

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-17 14:14:13 »

Do you mean changing the sounddriver? Cause when I do that I have no sound at all.

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Releases / Re: [REL] Anxious Heart

« on: 2012-08-17 13:45:06 »

This post can be deleted since this question is already being answered in the "new to old patch" thread.

I've installed the new to old patch, then the bootleg. Both work fine. After I install the Anxious Heart mod though, I have no music.
First I chose 'old version', after that 'new version'.
In FF7music Anxious Heart is selected.

Does anyone know what I've done wrong? If not, no problem, I am already very grateful for all the great mods I can use!

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-17 13:33:04 »

Ok so here's my report.

I've installed the new to old patch, which after a bit of trial and error on my part now works great.

Also installed the bootleg over it and that works aswell!

Tried to install the Anxious Heart mod after that, but that sadly doesn't work. (weither I choose old or new version doesn't seem to matter)

So overall: once again a great job by everyone who made these mods!

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-17 02:01:38 »

God do I feel stupid... did just that one thing you said and voila all fmv's work.

You've made my day again squall8cloud7!

Now I'm just gonna wait for my mod torrent to finish and try to see if I can get that to work. Anyone got a good suggestion for a preset for a noob like me?

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-17 01:39:44 »

Oh that means I'm still not sure how to fix the fmv problem. Before the main menu I get a black screen, then I press enter and get the main screen. After selecting new game I get a black screen and nothing happens no matter how long I wait.

I installed it in the right folder like you explained. But right now I'm afraid I'm stuck.

Edit: Or might it have to do with the fact that I haven't installed Aali's driver?

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-17 01:22:31 »

My fmv's don't work, but I haven't installed the bootleg yet. (still downloading the torrent)

Edit:

my fmvs played?

was this before or after the installment of bootleg?

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 17:22:34 »

Thanks for explaining that. I think I installed it in the right folder cause I typed it in manually.

Right now I'm installing the bootleg but I'm having trouble choosing which models to use. (I'm always bad at making choices haha)

Will let you guys know once I'm done.

ps: I love your desktop background squall8cloud7! hahaha

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 17:05:34 »

When I want to start patch.exe it wants me to open a source file.. I'm afraid I lack the knowledge on what that means.

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 16:57:11 »

if your install folder is C:\games\ff7 when you click the ff7 folder look at the folder path in the patch itll say C:\games\ff7\final fantasy vii. if you ran the patch and didnt see the mistake it installed to the wrong folder. to check if this happened to you go to the folder where you have final fantasy vii installed. if there is a final fantasy vii folder that means it installed to the wrong folder

I'm sorry I'm not following. Are you talking about the bootleg or about the new to old patch. If you're talking about the latter I've got a patch.exe if that's what you mean..

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 16:11:02 »

when you pick the directory make sure it isnt adding a \final fantasy vii to the end
your picking C:\games\ff7
but if it adds that to the end your actually installing it to C:\games\ff7\final fantasy vii

You mean when I install the new to old patch? Cause I installed that in C:\Games\FF7. There is no C:\Games\FF7\final fantasy vii.

Or are you talking about the bootleg?

Edit: I'll try to install the bootleg ^^

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 16:04:13 »

when i first tried to install this i also got the flevel.lgp not found error, it turned out the correct dir was not selected, it was trying to install to */Square Enix/final fantasy vii/final fantasy vii. Selecting the Square Enix folder fixed it for me.

Everything's working just fine here with bootleg installed.

That makes me wonder. I installed the game in C:\Games\FF7 because that is recommended in the Tifa's Bootleg Tutorial.

Is that what's causing my problems?

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 15:48:25 »

Ok so instead of renaming a USB (which only appears if I connect something in the USB port) I renamed one of my HDD. This actually works. Although it takes pretty long for the game to load (main menu) and when I press new game I just get a black screen. Is it time to use bootleg? Or doesn't the bootleg fix this?

Edit: Renaming an USB port also works. I just didn't do it correctly so my bad, sorry.

I'm getting the feeling that the black screen before the start menu and after pressing new game has to do with FMV's not working. Because when I skip the intro by pressing enter the loading doesn't take long at all.

Edit: Even if I wait a long time after pressing new game the screen remains black

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 15:25:44 »

I've reinstalled the game and installed your program. But I get the Disc error aswell.

I've tried this:

open the REG file in NOTEPAD for your system (64bit for you) and edit the line that says
"DataDrive"="D:\\"
change the D:\\ to whatever drive your USB drive is, so if its your H:\ drive change it to
"DataDrive"="H:\\"
then save it and open it and click YES when asked, and that should allow it to use your USB as a CD. Hope this helps.

With both my G:\\ and H:\\ drives, but to no avail.

Is it because I haven't installed bootleg (and therefore Aali's custom driver) yet?

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 14:58:17 »

Trying to find a way to fix that without reinstalling and using up another of my limited activations. God I hate squeenix sometimes.

If you keep the download files you don't have to use a new activation code, and you can just install it again. If that is what you mean.

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2012-08-16 13:46:11 »

is anyone else trying this besides me?

I'm gonna test it today. It might take me longer cause I'm not as good as you people with modding and stuff. But I'll let you know

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General Discussion / Re: Status of Mods and Tools with New FF7 PC

« on: 2012-08-15 22:09:23 »

@squall8cloud7 You can find the character booster on your online profile. (there's a button in the launcher)

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Releases / Re: [REL] FF7 Unified Model Installer

« on: 2012-08-15 15:00:08 »

I am having problems with the field models in the game. Cant seem to get any of them working. I am new to all of this so I may just be doing something wrong. It doesnt really seem like anything I am doing is working properly.

I personally dont mind the old graphics of the game (as I played it back when it came out) however my girl friend is new to gaming and really wants to play but cant get past the bad graphics. Any help would be really appreciated!

Hey there!

I'm new too, but I managed to get the field models working, at least as far as I can tell (I just started the game again so I haven't seen all the models yet)

Here's what I did.

I downloaded UMI and put it my C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Enix\FINAL FANTASY VII folder. Then when I installed it, it gave me an error that my game isn't installed correctly (I think it has to do with the fact that I have the "re-release"  of the game.)

When I had to select a destination folder I selected the C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Enix\FINAL FANTASY VII folder again.

DLPB's selection is the "standard" selection and when I used this (just clicked next) it installed the field models for me.

Right now I'm trying to install the battle models. Can't seem to find the yuffie, cait sith and cid ones, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

Hope this helps.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2012-08-15 13:20:54 »

Yeah I now see that this question has been popping up everywhere on this forum. Thanks for helping me though!

I just created backups and I'm now going to try to install the Unified Model Installer and Anxious Hearts mods. Hope that it's not a problem that I installed it on E:\.

I'll keep you updated and hope one day I can return the favor!

Edit: UMI gave an "error" message that the game isn't installed correctly. So I'm now just reinstalling it on C:\

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2012-08-15 03:57:46 »

Thanks for the quick reply!

So, correct me if I'm wrong, I can install the mods I find here, I just can't use the bootleg?

That would be awesome! I'll do the research on this forum and keep you updated!

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2012-08-15 02:43:05 »

Hi everyone,

First of all I'd like to say how amazed I am by how beautiful you guys have made the now outdated (though still brilliant) FFVII look! Thank you for putting so much effort in to this.

I myself own the original FFVII for psx and I just downloaded the "new" version on the Square Enix Store.

On the first page of this topic EQ2Alyza mentions that it isn't clear yet if the bootleg/mods work on this "new" version. Seeing how that post is 2 months old I was wondering if someone can tell me if it's now known whether the bootleg/mods work on the "new" version,

Forgive me if this has already been answered, but I couldn't find it plus I'm new to this forum.

Thanks in advance