Hey guys. Welcome to my first post. Hope you're having a great day.
I'm new to Final Fantasy VII Modding, and a few months earlier, I got myself a copy of the old 1998 PC Version of the game. Needless to say, it wasn't a good experience. But after a few months of patience, and tinkering with it, I've come up with a combination to preserve the game in almost Vanilla state, with no errors in Sound or Soundtrack.
Example: The Vanilla game, without the official 1.02 patch, after escaping the First Mako Reactor, when it explodes, the sound just mutes. The official Patch 1.02 fixes this issue. When I did all these steps that I detail down below, without the patch, having the music and sound effects totally gone all of a sudden, was quite jarring.
So without further a do, let's get started.
1 - Install FFVII, wherever you want. Maximized Install.
2 - Install Aali's Custom Driver.
3 - Apply the Official 1.02 Patch.
4 - Paste this file onto Final Fantasy VII/data/midi
http://www.mediafire.com/file/t4wwy432vnm/midi.lgpIt's a file that mutes the MIDI music from playing in the game.
The original post/discussion:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=91pehino41ocvtdn92l34rr0n7&topic=8840.0Update: You don't have to paste this file. You can just delete the midi.lgp located in the route stated, and it will prevent MIDI music from playing. I use the attached file for personal assurance since I haven't beaten the game on PC.
5 - Install FiceDula's FF7 Music, Cobarr's installer, and choose the type of soundtrack you want.
I choose PSF to mantain the game as close as possible to its original PS1 Counterpart.
Cobarr's Installer:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/4vbotfeeeac52jo/ff7music_install_15113.exeSource:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=12503.msg173805#msg1738056 - And you're all set!
Hope I could save everyone some time, it took me quite a while to get the game running with the original PS1 soundtrack, so, hope I could be of assistance and, see you on later posts.