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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2013-06-05 21:35:18 »

Hi Adstus!

If indeed the conversion from old to new worked on your new win 8 build of FFVII, then my first suggestion would be to look again at the ff7config.exe utility Aali has made, it is the core of his patch. The tab it will open to by default should say Self Test passed and custom driver is working. There is no need to alter any options on that tab. Next step is VERY IMPORTANT and easy to miss or forget to reset if drivers are changed: Move to the sound tab and choose which sound driver to use. You may have options such as HDMI out or Speaker Jack. The Midi tab should be pre-configured correctly for you, but the sound tab is mandatory setup.

If I have misjudged your difficulty, please forgive. It is, of course, possible that the errors you encountered while attempting to use the conversion patch are the real source. I am only familiar with this process under windows XP and win 7.

I think once the conversion process is complete and you can verify that the game will run properly in its basic state, then you would want to run Bootleg, but if you just want to quickly change the resolution as a test after converting, ff7_opengl.cfg is indeed the correct file to make that change. Bootleg's Bootloader utility will allow you to more easily and quickly make changes to ff7_opengl.cfg.

I tried again doing what you said and it's the same.
It may be an error while patching, I guess. Because installation keeps freezing at the very end.

Hi Adstus,

I'm not familiar with Win8.
With Win7, it is necessary to disable UAC in this patch.
Maybe your problem is solved with turned the UAC off.

But you can also try out my FF7 game Converter.
This also works with UAC (under Win7).
I would be interested, if he also works under Win8

I've already tried your patch hoping that it could solve it, but when I run it the program can't detect the game's path, also tried changing it but is the same.

Thanks to both for the help!

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FF7 Tools / Re: WIP a patch to convert new FF7 to old

« on: 2013-06-02 06:26:11 »

I'm not sure if I should post this here since it hasn't had any new posts in a while, please tell me if I should ask in other place.

I first installed FF7 (The 2012 Re-Release) and it worked well, then I tried to use some mods and find out that most of them only work with the 1997 version, so I ended up in this thread. I downloaded the patch, installed it, and the game and mods worked perfectly.
But then I made a new installation of Windows 8 in my computer, installed all the drivers and the installed FF7 again, but when I try to use the patch it freezes at "Copying files to system/path" (or something like that) and I have to end the task with the Task Manager. However, the files (apparently) installed properly in the game directory, so I proceed to apply the reg file and use the FF7Configurator, it lets me use Aali's custom driver but won't let me change the resolution, then I configure ff7_opengl.cfg and open the game but it stays on a black screen and when I press a key it shows an error (it closes really fast, making impossible to read what it says) and then a warning giving the option to close the game.

I think that, since I reinstalled my OS, maybe there's a missing library or something, but I havo no idea which one could be.
Aside of that, I've tried almost everything and the same thing happens.

Thanks in advance!