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Miscellaneous Forums => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: AngelSpirit on 2010-03-15 04:16:46
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Hi. I signed up a few hours ago after lurking around the forum. Read the stickies, rules, etc. I'm currently trying to find a fix for a rather annoying problem that I've been experiencing with FF7 (not ultima edition, trust me).
So, to the point. I load up FF7, and select 'New Game'. The intro movie plays fine, and I get to the train scene ok. But when the two blue soldiers run out and the first battle starts, whenever anyone attacks, or when I select the 'Attack' command, the game crashes with a generic Windows error message "An exception was generated at (address). Click OK to terminate the program". It also crashes if I press the menu button before the battle.
Technical:
Mods Installed
v1.02 official patch
YAMP
NPC Reconstruction Project
Note: I tried running FF7 without any mods installed...didn't help.
Computer Specifications
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU @2.93GHz
RAM: 382 MB (sucks, I know)
I've also tried this: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=2536.0 (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=2536.0)
That should be all the information that's needed...Thanks in advance, and let me know if you need to know anything more.
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http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=8306.0 (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=8306.0)
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Okay, that solves the crash. The issue I have now is that when I use that driver, the FPS drops to about 5, which makes the game practically unplayable.
Any other options?
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Upgrade your ram and get Windows 7. Vista can't even run with less than 1Gb
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Yeah, do what obesebear said.
384MB of RAM isn't nearly enough nowadays; fortunately, RAM is cheap and you should be able to get 4GB for $100 or 2GB for $50. Find out what kind RAM is compatible with your processor and motherboard and buy some.
Then again, you might want to upgrade your CPU, is you still have a Pentium 2 (I'm assuming that is what you have and you didn't mean to say "Core 2 Duo", which is still fine).
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Then again, you might want to upgrade your CPU, is you still have a Pentium 2 (I'm assuming that is what you have and you didn't mean to say "Core 2 Duo", which is still fine).
I suspect he has a dual core pentium 4, based on that name. Of course, there's no way ordinary people can (or would) overclock a Pentium 2 to 2.93GHz.
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Then again, you might want to upgrade your CPU, is you still have a Pentium 2 (I'm assuming that is what you have and you didn't mean to say "Core 2 Duo", which is still fine).
I suspect he has a dual core pentium 4, based on that name. Of course, there's no way ordinary people can (or would) overclock a Pentium 2 to 2.93GHz.
I see. I'm afraid that I'm not so au fait with hardware from before the mid-2000s ;D
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I think the problem here is the GPU and Vista, not the CPU.
I'm pretty sure even an MX440 with Windows XP would be able to run FF7 @ 800x600 with a stable frame rate with that much RAM easily.
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Then again, you might want to upgrade your CPU, is you still have a Pentium 2 (I'm assuming that is what you have and you didn't mean to say "Core 2 Duo", which is still fine).
I suspect he has a dual core pentium 4, based on that name. Of course, there's no way ordinary people can (or would) overclock a Pentium 2 to 2.93GHz.
I rechecked it...sorry, it is a Pentium 4. My mistake.
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Please post the first 10 lines from app.log (in your FF7 install dir)