[Daniish's Tutorial]
Easy installing mods into Final Fantasy VII with Bootleg
First of all you will need to
BUY FF7 (English Version) if you don't have it.
For Example at
AmazonDOING A MAXIMUN INSTALLATION OF FF7 IS A MUST!Why US Version? Bootleg does not support multi language at the moment.
If you want to take the risk, you can, and it will work, but I will tell you now,
do not cry if you have many crashes, because as I told you before it is supposed to be used on the
English Version.
Works in any Windows? Bootleg mods should work on Windows XP/VISTA/7 (32 & 62 Bits). You should not have any problems!
Free Space needed:The installation requires a
minimum 16GB of free space during setup.
The
final installation is 7GB to 9GB depending on mod selection.
Well... Lets the tutorial begin!
1.-Download Bootleg last version (All credits to PitBrat & VGR)
2.-Open "Bootleg0036.rar" and extract it wherever you want.
(Example)
3.- After you extracted it;
(Thanks PitBrat)
Set
Bootleg.exe to
run as Administrator:
Right Click on
Bootleg.exe Select
Properties Go to the
Compatibility Tab Check
Run this program as an administrator APPLYNow to start Bootleg, open BFE.exe
4.-Lets set up how do we want our FFVII.
You can set up your FF7 manually or use a preset clicking on "Presets" at the top bar.(I recommend clicking a Preset and then if you don't like something remove or change it, like I will show you)
I Like to use the "Full" preset.
Original Full preset.
Then I change things that I dislike.
The arrows says what I have added/removed comparing with the original full preset.
(Anyway this modifies are up to you, this is just what I do suggest you)
5.- Now click at the top bar "File --> Mod List".
6.- You will see a big list with the supported mods of Bootleg, with their original files names:
Why each file have different color?GREEN: Files that are in this color are the mods that you already have.
|||||YELLOW: Files that are in this color are the mods that you do not require with the configuration you have set.
RED: Files that are in this color are the mods that you
must have., you should not press "Run Bootleg" if you have any mod with this color.
7.- As you can see we do not have anything on green, that is because we have not downloaded any mods yet. Now take a look on the right of each file there is a link, each one is for downloading each mod.
You can also download them using this thread:
The Big List of Mods (Credits: PitBrat)START DOWNLOADING ALL THE MODS THAT ARE COLORED IN RED !!- TIPS: - Place each mod you are downloading in the same folder as you extracted Bootleg.
- Do not change the file name of the download, leave their exactly as they come.
- Do not extract files that you think that can be extracted (*.zip *.rar files for example) Bootleg will automatically install them.
- Be patient you will probably need to download around 10gb.
- There are two versions of FacePalmer: FacePalmer.zip and the 20 FacePalmer.part??.rar files. You do not need both versions. (Thanks PitBrat)
- There are two versions of Millenia's Cloud Swords: manual--1272687090.rar and automatic-- cloudswords_installer.rar. You do not need both versions. 1272687090.rar is recommended.(Thanks PitBrat)
8.- Now that you have downloaded all the files that are red colored.
Your folder should look similar to this:
And the mod list that is in "File --> Mod List" similar to this:
...
If you have something similar to the above Mod List screenshot, you are ready for the installation step.
9.- Be sure the "Locations" at the bottom part, are right! (Tell me if this needs more explanation)
10.- Now you are ready!! Click the red "Run Bootleg" button at the right!
11.- Good job, you should now be installing full mods into FFVII doing almost nothing!
I will continue the guide if I see that it's needed.! (It's most likely that I will continue it)
Credits:- All credits to their respective creators of each mod.
- PitBrat and VGR for Bootleg.
- Daniish for the tutorial and pictures.
- UGerstl for helping me fix some typos and the pictures for maximun installation.