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Title: Black screen when starting game
Post by: rilirryn on 2016-01-17 09:31:10: I have FF7 steam version and I followed the mod tutorial but when I launched the game it just showed this

(http://i68.tinypic.com/2s77ytd.jpg)

Then I chose new game and it just went black and nothing happened after that.
Title: Re: Black screen when starting game
Post by: Yuffie1983 on 2016-01-17 10:01:08: Quote from: rilirryn on 2016-01-17 09:31:10
I have FF7 steam version and I followed the mod tutorial but when I launched the game it just showed this

(http://i68.tinypic.com/2s77ytd.jpg)

Then I chose new game and it just went black and nothing happened after that.

It would be useful to post your app log.
Title: Re: Black screen when starting game
Post by: rilirryn on 2016-01-17 11:15:19: I changed the library location because it looked wrong and then all the mods disappeared. I changed it back but all the mod have different names and version 1.0. Do I have to download all the mods again? And I couldn't find the app log..

(http://i63.tinypic.com/10yf137.jpg)

Edit: It works ok now
Title: Re: Black screen when starting game
Post by: Yuffie1983 on 2016-01-17 12:30:07: Quote from: rilirryn on 2016-01-17 11:15:19
I changed the library location because it looked wrong and then all the mods disappeared. I changed it back but all the mod have different names and version 1.0. Do I have to download all the mods again? And I couldn't find the app log..

(http://i63.tinypic.com/10yf137.jpg)

For one thing I can tell your load order is incorrect.
Title: Re: Black screen when starting game
Post by: asyn on 2016-01-21 03:18:16: rilirryn, I am having the exact same issue. Can you please post what resolved your issue?
Title: Re: Black screen when starting game
Post by: rilirryn on 2016-01-24 10:00:06: I used the FF7 Game Converter again (I might have done it wrong the first time) and then I had to download all the mods again.
Title: Re: Black screen when starting game
Post by: EQ2Alyza on 2016-01-24 10:30:47: Yes, you don't want to change Workshop -> Settings -> Library Location after you've already downloaded mods. Every downloaded mod is placed, and recognized, inside that location. Once it's changed, 7H goes "WTH, this isn't what I remember..." and then just copies the file names (ID_Category_Version.iro) recorded from the last known C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\7thWorkshop\library.xml.

So, for example...you start 7H for the first time and set your Library Location: C:\Games\FF7 --- Now when you download the Animations mod, it records the file name (ID_Category_Version.iro) to your library.xml and displays as "Animations" correctly in the Library tab of 7H. But, if you then change your Library Location: C:\FF7 --- The next time you open 7H, it's going to try and match the recorded library.xml information with what's found in C:\FF7 BUT freak out because that folder is empty (mods are still physically in C:\Games\FF7). When it can't read any file names in the folder, it just records the library.xml information (ID_Category_Version.iro) in the Library tab. Trying to launch the game at this point is trying to launch mods from an empty folder...they're displayed, but nothing is actually inside the Library Location: C:\FF7 that you changed.