FF7 and Windows 2000

[yrro]

It works. IT WORKS! YYYEEEEESSSS!  

All I needed to do was install the new App Compatibility Toolkit, v1.5. I forget where I got it from, so it's available for your pleasure at  http://www.cortana.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/act.exe" TARGET=_blank>http://www.cortana.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/act.exe .

My system:

• Duron 850
  
• Abit KT7
  
• GeForce2 MX with NVidia drivers v12.41
  
• SB Live 1024 with 3300 drivers
  
• Win2k SP2 with all patches available from Windows Update and the ACT above
  

Finally I will be able to finish it.  

~Sam

[eerrrr]

Good for you old chap.

[Sir Canealot]

I bet it crashes at the chocobo races.
I bet it does. I bet it does. I bet it does.
Good luck any way though  

[StrayWings]

haha...

But I am amazed at your PC yrro...it's GOOD! My PC X 10 can't beat yours~

[Trilinear]

Well late last night I got it working under "windows 98 compatibility mode" but I lose the ability to use my usb gamepad.  This any different?

[Trilinear]

After disabling "Emulate Joystick" it works great.  Thanks alot yrro.

[StrayWings]

Trilinear,

How fast is your PC?

[Threesixty]

Don't celebrate until you get out of the Prison......The Chocobo Races is the hang on 2000 and XP.

Has anyone else ever realized that the Prison and Barret's Flashback are the same place?

Take a look at the room layout that's in the cabin (The one where you find Barret)...and compare it to Barret's Flashback (the one where Dyne doesn't want to give up coal mining)

[mirex]

Threesixty: yea, as i remember those rooms look similar (in my mind). Weird 8-

[eerrrr]

Yeah I remember that. I think...whats it called again, Barrett's little home village thing. It used to be where the Gold Saucer is.

[Madon]

I think that is the same place, because the area title is Corel Prison, and it would explain why Barret went to that paticualar room. It also explains why Dyne was there as well.

[mirex]

But miners are in tents in front of 'lift' to Golden saucer, no ? So there should be that city.

[Sir Canealot]

I knew for ages that Corel Prision is what used to be Corel Town. Knew thats since the first time I played the game.

I mean the town layout of the same as the prision. The prision uses the same background as the town just jucked a little.

[Trilinear]

"Trilinear,
How fast is your PC?"

Kinda old now.  

Specs:
Intel p3 500
384MB of RAM
3+0 Stripe RAID array on FastTrak 66 (converted Promise ultra 66 controller)
Geforce DDR (Herc)

That's about all the speed related items I can think of.  It's not much to brag over, but it runs.

Why do you ask, StrayWings?

[eerrrr]

384MB RAM? Geez, wanna swap it with my 32MB RAM?

[Sir Canealot]

Just for the hell of it here my specs:
Atholn 650(slot A)
328 megs of PC-100 ram
Sound Blaster Live Value
26.5 gig hard disk
Elsa GeForce 3
 
 

[eerrrr]

How much would a set like that cost Canealot?

[MMiller8]

T-Bird 1.2 ghz
384 mb ram
GeForce2 ULTRA (64mb ram)
SBLive! X-Gamer 5.1
Klipsch 4.1 thx speakers

We got a new comp last christmas!  

[Sir Canealot]

Heres how I got my system Eerrr.
£1900 spent a couple of christmases ago.
Then a few months later £50 spent on 64 meg stick of ram. Then £300 spent on GTS Prophet II. Then £25 spent on another 128meg stick.
Then 8 monts after I gought my GeForce 2 It breaks and I exchange it plus £50 for a GeForce 3  

Thats all. We were thinking of getting another one this christmas  

[Trilinear]

eeer, I don't know how it is elsewhere but here in the states, a 256MB pc133 stick (name brand - ie Mushkin, Corsiar - not the cheap generic stuff) runs about $35 USD.

It might be worth the investment especially if you've only 32MB.

[mirex]

My comp:
P200 mmx
32MB ram
20GB hdd
14" monitor
Voodoo II

don't laugh  

[eerrrr]

Ohh you beat me on memory and graphics. Here's mine.

P233 MHz MMX
32MB RAM
4 GB
14" Moniter
ATI Rage 2

I used some programs to tweak my ATI last night to see if I could get the framerate to higher then what I think must be around 2fps when emulating FF9, but it didnt work. I dont think o/c my graphics card will take it much further either. My dad was talking about getting a new PC and he was like "£500 could get you a good PC" and I was like "NOOOOO!". Maybe I can push him up to £1000, but it's unlikely. Wish me luck!

Oh yeah, Canealot. How come a 64MB Stick cost £50 and a 128MB stick cost £25?
Thanks for the info everyone (although I still envy you).

[Anonymous]

Just for the sake of typing it  

Duron 800
128MB RAM
Geforce 2 MX 400
SB Live!
26 gigs of diskspace..

[Sir Canealot]

Eerrrr we bouhgt that 664 megs stick when memory was still quite expensive. And we bought it from a crapy shop to. The shop was in fact so crapy that the first 64 meg stick was defective and kepy crashing the computer.

Eerrrr let me tell you about dad and pcs. I will use the example of the graphics card. When we first looked into a new graphics card we were looking at spending £150 max. And in the end I pushed him up to £300.

So dads can be pushed. Just say how much better it will be and how much you would like it and stuff. Good luck  

[StrayWings]

 

Kinda old now - Trilinear

Mirex - don't laugh  

..kidding?? 10x my PC speed still couldn't been you guys~

Well, to be fair here's my PC specs:
Pentium Pro 250mhz
32MB RAM
2 GB HDD
14" Dell Monitor
SB Live!
S3 Trio 64V

(saving up to buy more RAM and a GUITAR!!)