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Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-10 15:51:30

alright... im wanting to play ff7 with my xbox controller :D but FF7 doesn't seem to be detecting it. :( :( its usb, and it uses and HID driver.

also.... my ff7 can only run in software rendering mode. i have a 4600. suggestions?

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-10 16:13:19

ok. got accelleration.... but the antialiasing is horrible.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Aaron on 2002-11-10 17:56:47

I can play FF7 in hardware with my Ti 4600 but I play without FSAA (cause its such a pain to get it to work right anyway).  USB controller?  I think my USB Gravis Gamepad Pro works fine with FF7.  XBOX controller?  Geez... :P

All other games work with it just fine?  My first thought is that there's something wrong with the driver or maybe the driver/controller communication agreement business.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-10 18:18:06

(http://www.jeffgee.net/ugly.gif)
horrible, horrible text.

yes. the controller works with other games and emulators.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Aaron on 2002-11-10 19:25:06

You're not running FF7 in any kind of compatibility mode, are you?  I think I remember reading that that kills support for USB controllers.  I don't even know what OS you are running though, heh.

Text? Pretty bad.  I'd say turn FSAA off or maybe the 1.02 nVidia patch thing will help with that if you're not already using it.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Lord Kane on 2002-11-10 19:58:05

Well if all else fails, and you have the PSX version, it runs well on that :P
Out of interest, what driverset are you using?

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-10 20:02:32

2.7.2.0 nvidia geforce4 ti4600 drivers

xp home.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-10 20:31:23

controller doesnt work on UT2k3 either.... only emulators so far

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Aaron on 2002-11-10 20:43:43

Now that you mention it...

(http://aaronserv.dyndns.org/!!stuff/qhimm/ff7_ugly.gif)

Hrm.... I ran FF7 to see if it worked but I guess I didn't notice the ugly text/menus.  Annoying but it doesn't really affect the game that much...

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-10 20:54:08

alright got the controller working... but ff7 only supports 10 buttons... xbox has 16!

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Aaron on 2002-11-10 21:15:39

Less ugly.  In battles.

(http://aaronserv.dyndns.org/!!stuff/qhimm/ff7_sharp.gif)

I got this by turning on "Texture Sharpening" in the GeForce4 configuration.  Problem is, though, it really messes up the field backgrounds (mostly with the 16x16 grid).

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2002-11-10 22:04:45

I think you have to fiddle with the anisotropy...

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Lord Kane on 2002-11-10 22:52:57

>2.7.2.0 nvidia geforce4 ti4600 drivers

Have you tried the new WHQL drivers from nVidia? They may help.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Skillster/RedSarg99 on 2002-11-11 12:36:28

man how many times do i have to tell u guys?
go get rivatuner , then turn off FSAA and anistropic filtering (u can get away with lower leveels of filtering), then enable 8bit textures.
or something like that in my old post which i showed shots, but i cant be bothered to dig it out :)

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-11 14:47:40

looks the same with those settings :(

(http://www.jeffgee.net/ugly2.gif)

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-11 23:22:34

cant find your old post

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Rubicant on 2002-11-12 10:04:59

You are such a horrible cheater, darkness!  :P

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-12 20:56:18

save from when i was massing around with the files.

skillster: link?

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Skillster/RedSarg99 on 2002-11-13 21:36:06

mate ill look into it if it aint been deleted

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: GattMan on 2002-11-14 01:35:39

So I take it that FF7 has problems with the Geforce4? How serious are they? Becuase I just ordered one a few days ago  :-?

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Aaron on 2002-11-14 02:24:26

See screen shots :P

Doesn't affect the playablility of the game... just the text.
And you might be able to fix 'em with Rivatuner.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Skillster/RedSarg99 on 2002-11-14 08:10:13

hmm heres the link
http://forums.qhimm.com/viewtopic.php?t=1111&highlight=
it does apply to GF3 and older det drivers, but maybe u might find something there

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2002-11-15 14:12:44

Wtf? My text dosent look like that. UGGGGH. I remember how to fix that. Make sure you've applied the TNT patch in the GeForce way, then get Riva Tuner and make sure 8 bit pattled textures are set to OFF.

and FFVII+XP/2k= no USB controllers. Your X-Box-Pc adaptor should work with any other game that supports a game pad, just not FFVII when useing 2k/XP.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-18 00:33:35

the controller works now :) i jsut didnt have it as primary. and the graphisc look great.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2002-11-18 00:52:21

Wtf? What did you do to get your Usb controller working?

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Darkness on 2002-11-18 23:22:21

plugged it in, made sure it was set as the primary windoze conrtoller.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Aaron on 2002-11-18 23:40:45

My USB controller works fine with FF7 under Windows XP... never had any problems with it.

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2002-11-19 00:30:41

Argh. FFVII and XP to me=
No USB gamepad support
No Soundfont support (!!!!!!)

Other than that its solid as a rock.

What a pain. I might be able to get the controller working but the soundfonts? I dont think so...

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Aaron on 2002-11-19 02:33:48

I have quite enjoyed playing the game with Yamaha's Software Synthesizer.  They recently released the S-YXG50 for Windows XP, so I am happy.  Sounds almost exactly like the S-YXG70... which is what came with FF7 originally.

I believe the sound fonts will work if you load them manually, with whatever soundfont program came with your card...  Haven't experimented with that much though.

Which reminds me:  Does anyone here have a favorite / preferred FF7 soundfont?  I wanna mess with 'em, but... I dunno which one to try!

Title: geforce4, software render, and a usb controller.
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2002-11-19 09:26:33

Um wossname. Someone edited the soundfont and midis and made them pretty close to the origenal FFVII OST. I cant reember who though it was ages back (sorry!).

Unfortunately the soundfonts DONT work properly in XP. Trust. When they play in game instruments are missing and shit... god knows why. :(