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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2012-12-01 23:10:13 »

Bam:

I have just finished the game, the 2012 version with bootleg. I found that running the conversion then bootleg doesn't work. What you need to is:

Delete all Final Fantasy 7 install data
Install the 2012 version
Rename ff7_en.exe to ff7.exe
Choose your desired bootleg configuration
Select the Any CD Loader from under the games tab
Run bootleg.

and it should all work. (I tried many different combination of mods and conversions and this is the only way that I could get the 2012 Version to work with bootleg, I was using the 0.40RC bootleg but it may still work with 0.39

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2012-11-25 09:02:57 »

Mount is under the "Main" tab above the "Movie Path".

When you ran bootleg the second time did you use the Install Image you can create with bootleg?

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2012-11-25 05:38:49 »

Jreeds26: To get the current bootleg to work with the 2012 version you need to rename ff7_en.exe to ff7.exe. Once bootleg is finished you need move the files in /Final Fantasy VII/data/Movies to /Final Fantasy VII/Movies. Finally you need to open up the bootloader utility and open up the configurations and select "mount". Save then exit the config and then open it again and choose the drive that was just mounted.

For the 0 copied error, the only time I've seen that is when there is not enough HDD space for the all the files and temp files.

XxwitelitexX: Are you using the 2012 version, if so you need to mount a virtual drive using the bootloader.

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Releases / Re: [WIP/REL] Nightmare 7, Includes Hardcore and Aerith Revival

« on: 2012-11-24 09:07:34 »

Hello, I have just had a little play round with this with the bootleg .40RC and so far it has been awesome. I love the idea of having the hidden items as well as extra limit breaks

however I was wondering if it were possible to be able to customize it a bit more, for example being able to choose to have the Nightmare OST or the Original one and being able to choose to have the original sound effects.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2012-11-21 07:27:19 »

Ah, in that case I'm not going to be much help. I've just spent two days getting bootleg to work with the 2012 version so you will to wait for someone more experienced with the other version to help.

I wouldn't bother getting the 2012 version, they are practically the same except that some of files for the 2012 are slightly different (E.G the .exe isn't named ff7.exe but ff7_en.exe and there are 4 .exes for 4 different languages)

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2012-11-21 06:10:59 »

I have been trying to install everything for a while now, I am on Windows 8 and keep getting errors. I think it has something to do with the user access level, as Windows 8 puts permissions on anything installed. I keep getting 'ff7.exe not found' Even though everything is in the correct directories, etc.. I have tried to change the access levels and still nothing, I think they must reset after the .zip finishes extracting.

Just wondering if .40 has any work around for this, if not I would be happy to run a few tests and help out.

Do you have the 1998 or 2012 version?

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Aali's Custom FF7/FF8 Driver / Re: Aali's driver [v 0.7.11b] Help/Bugs/Suggestions

« on: 2012-11-19 22:45:29 »

My turn now.  I have same problem as this guy:

http://home.eyesonff.com/final-fantasy-viii/102904-laguna-crash.html

I assume it is a bug in the game.  Have you fixed this already Aali or do you want my crash dump?

I may have a way that can get you past that. I've never come across this before but it seems to be a pretty common one. I believe the problem is with getting into a fight and the reason I've never had it before could be because by then I always have "Encounter-None" learned and equipped. You could try that to get past there.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2012-11-19 22:39:13 »

I have used every bootleg from 0.27 to 0.38 on the 1998 version with laptop with the Intel graphics card and it works perfectly (possible because this laptop also has a Nvidia card as well).

I have managed to get it working and I'm pretty sure that the problem is with the create FF7 install image. I had been using that with each bootleg install so then I decided to uninstall the 2012 version and install it again. I noticed that for some reason the create FF7 install image functions adds in an extra folder called "new folder" in there is 2 more folders called "data" and "ficedula". Ficedula has nothing inside but data has "music_ogg" and then in that all of the music files in .ogg format.

Once I deleted the extra stuff and ran bootleg everything started up as it should.

I don't have Menu Overhaul (I like it but I like keeping the battle menu as the original even more, also it has worked fine in the past)

Once I have time, I will start a game and create a report for you.

So for anyone else having any problem with the 2012 version, make sure you have a clean, vanilla install. Rename ff7_en.exe to ff7.exe and choose the no change option for the FMV cutscenes

****Edit****
Another problem with bootleg and the 2012 version is the folder placement for the movies. The movies will not play but I have an easy fix for it. Move the files from
/Final Fantasy 7/data/movies
to
/Final Fantasy 7/movies

***Note****
All of this is for the 2012 version with bootleg 0.40RC, a fix maybe added to bootleg in the future (I assume) but for now follow those steps and it should be working fine.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2012-11-19 19:56:36 »

What is the new folder structure of the updated 2012 rerelease of FF7?
Where is battle.lgp located?  What errors did Bootleg generate when compiling battle.lgp?

Bootloader has an option to mount a virtual drive for FF7Disc1.
It's on the configuration page.

I looked for a mount but I missed it.

I've gone back to a vanilla 2012, I then changed the name of ff7_en.exe to ff7.exe then run bootleg 0.40RC. It got through without any errors and all the files in the correct place, I then used Bootlader to mount the virtual drive and change the data drive to match the virtual drive.

When I open open FF7 it opens and then closes once it tries to play from FF7Music.

Here is the app.log

Code: [Select]

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
INFO: Intel Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 3.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2827
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Using PBO
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 8192x8192
INFO: Number of texture units: 8
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1600x900, output resolution 1200x900, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing path
INFO: Shader limits: varying 41, vert uniform 512, frag uniform 1024
INFO: vertex shader compile log:
No errors.

INFO: fragment shader compile log:
No errors.

INFO: main program link log:
No errors.

INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loaded
INFO: Loading external library Multi.dll
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized

and here is the FF7Music.log

Code: [Select]

DataPath is C:\Games\Square Enix\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\
Init patches
Reading ini...
Parsing paths... -currently Custom_Music
OSTRe
FF7_PSF
C:\Games\Square Enix\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\
.\

File search paths:
   Custom_Music\
   OSTRe\
   FF7_PSF\
   C:\Games\Square Enix\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\
   .\
Files count: 0
Patch init done
----------------------------------------------
[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:06 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4372 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 500 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4372. ]

[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:07 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4368 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 200 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4368. ]

[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:07 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4368 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 200 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4368. ]

[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:07 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4372 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 500 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4372. ]

[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:07 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4368 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 200 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4368. ]

[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:07 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4368 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 200 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4368. ]

WM_ACTIVATEAPP

INITIALIZE DD/D3D START

In WM_DEVICECHANGE
SetTimer for WM_DEVICECHANGE Started
In IsDCProcessingDone = true
SetTimer for WM_DISPLAYCHANGE Started
ATTACHED to desktop
Intel Driver is Active
ATTACHED to desktop
ATTACHED to desktop
ATTACHED to desktop
ATTACHED to desktop
ATTACHED to desktop
[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:08 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4372 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 500 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4372. ]

[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:08 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4368 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 200 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4368. ]

2656 0000000000000000 ENTER: DllGetClassObject

2656 0000000000000000 LEAVE: DllGetClassObject

2656 00000000086A81B0 ENTER: ShellStreamsFolder::ShellStreamsFolder

2656 00000000086A81B0 LEAVE: ShellStreamsFolder::ShellStreamsFolder

2656 00000000086A81B0 ENTER: ShellStreamsFolder::Initialize

 
pidl = 1f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d8802b30309d140 -> 2e80853fd6f0ec379740b3d61b4a891711800 ->


2656 00000000086A81B0 LEAVE: ShellStreamsFolder::Initialize

2656 0000000000000000 ENTER: DllGetClassObject

In WM_DEVICECHANGE
2656 0000000000000000 LEAVE: DllGetClassObject

WM_DISPLAYCHANGE KillTimer(20200, 0).

2656 00000000086A81B0 ENTER: ShellStreamsFolder::ShellStreamsFolder

SetTimer for WM_DEVICECHANGE Started
2656 00000000086A81B0 LEAVE: ShellStreamsFolder::ShellStreamsFolder

2656 00000000086A81B0 ENTER: ShellStreamsFolder::Initialize

 
pidl = 1f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d8802b30309d140 -> 2e80853fd6f0ec379740b3d61b4a891711800 ->
  5336 0000000000000000 ENTER: DllGetClassObject



  5336 0000000000000000 LEAVE: DllGetClassObject

2656 00000000086A81B0 LEAVE: ShellStreamsFolder::Initialize

5336 0000000007EC83D0 ENTER: ShellStreamsFolder::ShellStreamsFolder

5336 0000000007EC83D0 LEAVE: ShellStreamsFolder::ShellStreamsFolder

5336 0000000007EC83D0 ENTER: ShellStreamsFolder::Initialize

 
pidl = 1f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d8802b30309d140 -> 2e80853fd6f0ec379740b3d61b4a891711800 ->


5336 0000000007EC83D0 LEAVE: ShellStreamsFolder::Initialize

5336 0000000000000000 ENTER: DllGetClassObject

5336 0000000000000000 LEAVE: DllGetClassObject

5336 00000000086A81B0 ENTER: ShellStreamsFolder::ShellStreamsFolder

5336 00000000086A81B0 LEAVE: ShellStreamsFolder::ShellStreamsFolder

5336 00000000086A81B0 ENTER: ShellStreamsFolder::Initialize

 
pidl = 1f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d8802b30309d140 -> 2e80853fd6f0ec379740b3d61b4a891711800 ->


5336 00000000086A81B0 LEAVE: ShellStreamsFolder::Initialize

In WM_DEVICECHANGE
WM_DISPLAYCHANGE KillTimer(20200, 0).

SetTimer for WM_DEVICECHANGE Started
[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:08 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4368 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 200 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4368. ]

FF7AlwaysRunKranmer.dll
Inside ProcessDisplayChange
ProcessDisplayChange KillTimer(0, 30480).

RetVal = 1, LastError = 0.

[color=red][b]ERROR: Couldn't read regsitry TMMOffForTVStdChangeWA in ProcessDisplayChange File: persistence.cpp[/b][/color]

Inside IsModifyRotCapsForDC
IsModifyRotCapsForDC returned SUCCESS

imukherj: Enter ProcessDRRSModeSetOnDispChange

imukherj:

imukherj: Get Power API Pass

imukherj: GetBackLightSettings

imukherj: GetBackLightSettings call pass
[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:09 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4372 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 500 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4372. ]

[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:09 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4368 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 200 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4368. ]

In IsDCProcessingDone = true
SetTimer for WM_DISPLAYCHANGE Started
ATTACHED to desktop
Intel Driver is Active
ATTACHED to desktop
ATTACHED to desktop
ATTACHED to desktop
ATTACHED to desktop
ATTACHED to desktop
In WM_DEVICECHANGE
WM_DISPLAYCHANGE KillTimer(20200, 0).

SetTimer for WM_DEVICECHANGE Started
[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:09 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4368 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 200 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4368. ]

In WM_DEVICECHANGE
WM_DISPLAYCHANGE KillTimer(20200, 0).

SetTimer for WM_DEVICECHANGE Started
[ DEBUG ][ 11/20/2012 09:54:09 ] [ PID: 3660 ] [ TID: 4372 ] [ McciMT-Log ] [ McciMT::Thread ] [ Msg: McciMT::Thread putting the underlying thread to sleep for 500 milliseconds. Thread HANDLE = 4294967294. Thread Id = 4372. ]

I'm going to try bootleg again but this time without FF7Music to see if it really is the problem

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2012-11-19 06:21:03 »

Anyone else testing the 040 release with the 2012 version of FF7?

I tried running Bootleg, and it says that it can't find FF7.exe.

Is there anything that I am missing?

I ran into this as well.

The 2012 version has been recently updated and the .exe is no longer FF7.exe, there is now

FF7_en.exe
FF7_de.exe
FF7_es.exe
FF7_fr.exe
FF7_Launcher.exe

obviously there is now a different .exe for each language, I've have just tried renaming the FF7_en.exe to FF7.exe and bootleg is now running. I'll post back later whether or not it worked properly

****EDIT*****

Bootleg finished with the newly renamed FF7.exe but Bootleg also gets tripped up when it is looking for the CD and since the 2012 version doesn't have CDs it asks for a drive letter, I just put in my DVD drive letter. Also there was a few errors with files in the battle.lgp, this led to the battle.lgp not being recompiled and put back into its directory. So I got a vanilla battle.lgp and put that in there.

Once everything was done I tried playing it, when I open it with bootloader, it can't find the discs and closes when I try with the 2012 launcher it didn't recognize the .exe so I renamed it back to ff7_en.exe but when I open with that and with the ff7_en.exe it tries to open FF7Config but that keeps crashing and FF7 doesn't run

I then tried mucking round with the .exe's, I backed up the ff7_en.exe and ff7 config and replaced them with the ones in the 1.02 official patch, ff7config was then able to open to run and FF7 started. How ever it for some reason displayed as the lowest resolution that can be selected in the 2012 launcher settings no matter what the resolution set in FF7OpenGl, the movies didn't play and some of the mods were working but it turns out a lot worse than a vanilla 2012.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Bootleg Configurator and FF7 Mod Installation

« on: 2012-11-18 19:14:12 »

Bootleg .040RC is online for testing.
If you're willing to test it out and provide me with a report of your results, please PM me with a kind request.

Are you still after testers?