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Title: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: samusman on 2006-09-22 22:40:16

I have searched for the last fourty five minutes to find a solution that would allow me to play FF7 in windowed mode.  The closest thing I could find to that was Cetra, which is just an ugly box in the top left that messes up videos.

I am using the original version with the chocobo patch and the upside-down video patch on windows xp media center service pack 2.  My proccessor is AMD Anthalon.

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: Vehek on 2006-09-22 22:53:54

Try FF7w.
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=3905.0

The link to the file itself is http://aaronserv.dyndns.org/!!stuff/qhimm/FF7w.zip
Hope this helps!
Edit-Might not help your video problem, you'll have to set down to 16-bit color to fix the movies.
But it'll be in the center of the screen in an actual window, not the top left.

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: samusman on 2006-09-22 23:38:18

Hmmm...  I get an error when I attempt to run the patch.

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: Vehek on 2006-09-22 23:50:09

I don't know if you did this already,  but it needs to be in your FF7 folder.

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: samusman on 2006-09-23 00:28:33

Thanks for the tip, but it appears normally instead of in a window.  I might try to reinstall it a bit later.  There is a slight chance I might have minimum installed by mistake.  After making the preceeding statement, I now feel like a complete noob.

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: Borde on 2006-09-23 11:48:09

Just keep in mind one thing Samusman. FF7 can't run right in a 32-bit color mode. That's why your videos look messed when you use the Certa patch. You will have the same problem when you run it trough FF7w. You should switch your desktop to 16-bit color in order for the game to work correctly.

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: Asdayasman13 on 2006-09-24 20:44:18

Why is that?

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: Bryan1693 on 2008-12-23 14:55:34

is it a few years too late to ask why the links dont work? lol  :-D

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: lorddolor1989 on 2008-12-23 15:54:30

mmm....no...why do u thing something like that  :lol:

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: Bryan1693 on 2008-12-23 17:11:33

well its just been 2 and a half years  :-P

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: lorddolor1989 on 2008-12-23 18:51:21

lol XD,in fact,i couldn't make Cetra Works

Title: Re: Running FF7 in windowed mode..?
Post by: Bryan1693 on 2008-12-23 19:45:29

wow i forgot what cetra was...its the ancients, duh