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Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: Ebbe on 2005-09-23 09:17:34
Ok.. this really sucks.. i have just installed ff7 and like alot of other people here, the 8-bit palette failed.. so i looked at other theads and found a patch, the Riva_tnt thing.. then i installed it, and did what the readme told me to do >_>.. then i go to the configurations, and push "Nvidia" and then "Riva" (i also tried TNT, same problem) and when i push ok and try to start the game now, it only comes a little box up wich says i need to insert iether disc 1 2 or 3 into the cd drive.. so i try, but all the time the screen becomes black and then everything becomes grey and i have to use ctrl alt delete to turn the program of.. ... so.. what the hell am i supposed to do!?
 I know there is alot of other threads like this, but i cant find my problem in any others...

  ~Ebbe
Title: Re: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: dziugo on 2005-09-23 09:47:53
Welcome to board,

Quote from: Ebbe
(...)when i push ok and try to start the game now, it only comes a little box up wich says i need to insert iether disc 1 2 or 3 into the cd drive.. so i try, but all the time the screen becomes black and then everything becomes grey and i have to use ctrl alt delete to turn the program of.. ... so.. what the hell am i supposed to do!?(...)
Silly question: It asks you for a correct cd whenever you're trying to run FF7?

dziugo
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: Scotty on 2005-09-23 10:43:29
I'm still a noobies nuts lol, but I'll try my best to help u.
Ok U have patched the game with the ff7.exe and te ff7.config files.

By the sounds of it ya putting Disc1 into the cd drive say d:

Then on loadup of the game u get a Grey screen, frozen, lockup.

Have u tried it in Software Mode as yet. See if it will run there first.
If it runs ok it means u have a 3D hardware problem, normally fixed my updating drivers. If it doesnt run in software mode then try and reinstall the game.
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: Ebbe on 2005-09-23 11:16:30
uh dziugo, no its not a silly question, cause i have tried all the cd's and nothing happends..

 over to Scotty.. software mode.. um i feel stupid asking this but, whats that? and where can i find it?
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: James Pond on 2005-09-23 11:29:30
In the D3D box above Riva and TNT options, theres a software option in a dropdown box.
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: Ebbe on 2005-09-23 11:35:49
Ok.. i'll try that.. but i'll try to install it again first
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: dziugo on 2005-09-23 12:57:52
Quote from: Ebbe
uh dziugo, no its not a silly question, cause i have tried all the cd's and nothing happends..
So... what would be the answer to my silly question? :P

Remember that you have to use the drive you've installed FF7 from (if you installed it from E: drive, then the game would search for a correct disk in E: drive...).
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: djzerious on 2005-09-23 13:04:44
Quote from: dziugo
Quote from: Ebbe
uh dziugo, no its not a silly question, cause i have tried all the cd's and nothing happends..
So... what would be the answer to my silly question? :P

Remember that you have to use the drive you've installed FF7 from (if you installed it from E: drive, then the game would search for a correct disk in E: drive...).
....that seems like an odd thing to make a game do.... but... hey, that's just me....
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: James Pond on 2005-09-23 13:09:49
Its a problem that made me think my disks were borked....

Luckily I swapped the disk to the other drive and it worked.
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: djzerious on 2005-09-23 13:18:55
Wow. I never would have thought that!!! I'm glad I know that now... I would have gotten uber mad!!

Guess I won't be playing from my originals anytime soon then.. oh well *pats protective sleeve* they have served me well, and it's a miracle they still work.. what with that damn digipack case and all... things fall out all the time... get scratched easily... totally ineffective design..... -_-
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: Ebbe on 2005-09-23 15:04:33
Ok thanks for all the info guys! But i have fixed it ^^  THanks for answering =)
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: djzerious on 2005-09-23 15:06:02
Not sure if I was any help or not, but, no problemo. Hope everything works out for ya.
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: Scotty on 2005-09-23 17:15:05
Hey Ebbe thats great to here.  :) .

If u dont mind telling us how u fixed it.
Good info for others to know how the problem was fixed.

Thanks, Scotty
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: Decayrate on 2005-09-24 20:41:54
thats great to hear you fix'd it. BTW ehy is final fantasy so god damn buggy
Title: 8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)
Post by: djzerious on 2005-09-25 17:28:00
Crappy porting job..