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Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Rike2990 on 2004-09-29 13:06:09

Hello,
I have some annoying problem with FF8-PC, When I am running the game its fine... till I'm entering a saved game or starting a new game (when it enters the 3D graphic mode) then it crashes to desktop....

Machine specs.:
GeForce FX 5200
1500 GHZ
256 DDR
DirectX 9.0b

nVidia drivers (61.77)

I am serching for solutions all over the net and so far none knew what to do... I hope you guys could help me.

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: James Pond on 2004-09-29 13:08:38

your OS?

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Aaron on 2004-09-29 16:56:38

Does it work in software rendering?
You tried using the GeForce 1.2 patch (available here (http://aaronserv.dyndns.org/hosting/ffsf/patch.html))?

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Rike2990 on 2004-09-29 17:24:47

My OS is Windows XP with SP1.

I've tried the nVidia patch (my card is GeForce FX 5200) - but the problem remains...

I've installed the game on another computer with WinXP (the card was diffrent - GeForce 2 V7700) - I got the same crash...

BTW... software render crashed too....

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Aaron on 2004-09-29 23:05:28

If you start a new game, does it play the movie before it crashes?

Did you do a full install when you installed the game?

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: bomer on 2004-09-30 02:01:12

I had the Same Problem in FF7. You need all the movies installed, or Edit the reg and make sure full install is set to 0 if u Havent. But i sujest a Full install

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Rike2990 on 2004-09-30 10:30:04

I saw the start movie and after that it crashed...

I did a full install and it worked..... that's that...

Thank you very much... you've been a great help. (unlike some unreliable tech-support ppl from EA)

Keep the excellent work.

Rike.

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Kappaprimo on 2004-10-14 11:25:47

Excuse me, but how do you install the movies?
The installer only allows me to install the necessary game files and some "optional files" in which there are not the movies. Help :wink:

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Aaron on 2004-10-14 13:47:39

AFAIK, you can't "install the movies" for FF8, you have to run them off the CD.  (In FF7, you can get the movies to run off your hard drive without much trouble.)

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Kappaprimo on 2004-10-15 10:48:51

So should I manually copy the movies and then edit the registry?

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Aaron on 2004-10-15 14:57:10

If you're talking about FF7, read this (http://www.ff7-universe.com/Downloads/FF7Movietweak.txt).

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Kappaprimo on 2004-10-15 17:22:20

No, I was talking about FF8, sorry that I didn't specify.

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Aaron on 2004-10-15 19:24:22

So, as I said... As far as I know, there's no way to run the FF8 movies off your hard drive short of using some kind of virtual CD-ROM software or cracking the game.

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: sfx1999 on 2004-10-15 19:40:47

I bet that Ficedula might be able to do this if he tried, he knows assembly!

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Spoonhead on 2005-10-16 23:28:39

*Back to google*

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Zack on 2005-10-16 23:38:04

1) We do not support downloaded copies of the game http://forums.qhimm.com/viewtopic.php?t=3800

2) Don't resurrect old topics

3) Read the forum rules and sticky topics before posting it really isn't hard.


You will find no help here

Title: FF8 problem - crash to desktop
Post by: Spoonhead on 2005-10-17 00:22:06

oh well, looks like its back to google. Lame