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Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: cheerchick on 2003-01-27 20:05:37

Somebody help me please,
Right now I'm on win98 with a Rage LT Pro AGP 2X, ES1869 Plug and Play Audio Drive, and Direct X 5 installed.  FF7 keeps on crashing after the FMV sequences of giving Seph. the black materia on the second disk.  I've tried everything mentioned at Eidos.com but they said I had compatibility issues w/my drivers and direct X 5... can anyone tell me what I need to do/upgrade???
Thx

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Sephiroth 3D on 2003-01-27 20:31:56

Have you tried updating your drivers? That sometimes works. I also seem to remember some Rage compatability issues with FF7...

At the very least, try updating your video drivers and DirectX.

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Giffen1 on 2003-01-27 21:05:54

downloading the latest version of directx might help if any... :D

the latest is directx v 8.1 or sumfin not really quite sure...i'm an airhead when it comes to technical stuff. :z

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Jedimark on 2003-01-27 22:23:26

8.1! Bah... 'tis old! Direct x 9 is out!

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: cheerchick on 2003-01-28 01:24:44

thanks all, I'll give it a shot

Title: lol
Post by: Nori on 2003-01-28 01:47:08

That reminds me something good,  
http://forums.qhimm.com/viewtopic.php?t=1036&highlight=

My suggestion:
rpro_540-1b02k (upgrade your ATI driver)
DirectX 8.1 will solve the most of compatibility issues

By the way, how fast is your system? If it is below the 333MHZ
I will suggest you to use DirectX 7.0a...

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Giffen1 on 2003-01-28 07:03:14

Quote from: Jedimark

8.1! Bah... 'tis old! Direct x 9 is out!

cool. gotta update then. thanks for the info :D

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Jedimark on 2003-01-28 08:15:00

Good luck....

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: cheerchick on 2003-01-28 14:31:21

ack!  It didn't work, I tried updating my display driver and to Direct X 8 but now I have funny little grid lines on the screen and the movies won't even play... hmm.  I hate technology.

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: cheerchick on 2003-01-28 15:07:36

hey, does anyone know where I can download every FMV sequence for FF7?  I think some of the video files might be corrupted from the CD and that could be my problem b/c disc 1 worked just fine.

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Threesixty on 2003-01-28 15:47:45

I don't recall you being on the FF7 forum at Eidos....

I wish I'd seen this earlier...but I believe you shouldn't have updated DirectX, FF7 only likes working with older video drivers with the Rage card, and I don't think those older version drivers play well with the newer DirectX versions.

Right now I would suggest using the upsidedown patch, and playing in software mode.

If I'd seen this earlier, I would have suggested playing with Directsound in Basic Acceleration mode. It's what worked for me....

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: cheerchick on 2003-01-28 16:18:23

Threesixty,
I'm going to format my comp anyway and go back to my original drivers and direct X 5... how do I set it to direct sound and basic acceleration mode?

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Sephiroth 3D on 2003-01-28 19:46:30

A few times, those grid-lines show up because of anti-aliasing. Turning it off sometimes works.

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: cheerchick on 2003-01-29 06:17:05

yay! I fixed it  :D  it was the movie files.. my cd must be scratched.  But now does anyone have movie files from disc two that they could send me or know of a link where I could download them from???
thx

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Aaron on 2003-01-29 12:21:15

I run an FTP server on my computer, and I can leave my FF7 Disc 2 in the drive if you want to download the movies off it.  Send me a Private Message if you want more info.

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Threesixty on 2003-01-29 15:10:37

Just for your information:
To set Sound Acceleration, type dxdiag in the Run under the Start button, and go to the Sound tab.

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: cheerchick on 2003-01-30 00:08:22

thanks :D

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Goku7 on 2003-01-30 19:49:11

I've been thinkin' (yes, I know, its scary. :P).....

Perhaps when you update DirectX to 8, 8.1 or 9, it screws around with the DirectShow files that FF7 uses.  I've noticed problems with DX8.1 and FF7 recently (before I upgraded to DX9 at least, haven't tried FF7 with it...)

So, perhaps Re-installing the DirectShow drivers off the Install CD could help?

Title: FF7 help!... compatibility issues?
Post by: Jedimark on 2003-01-30 21:47:12

I run Direct X 9 and experience no problems running FF7. But then again.... Direct X has this unique ability of screwing peoples computers up. It's a bit tempremental!