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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-19 22:39:26 »
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-19 22:28:35 »
LMFAO!!!  It worked!  I see the FMVs!!!!!!!!!  Now what else can I install w/o this screwing me over again?  FINALLY!!!

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-19 22:23:49 »
Do I install the 1.02 patch too?  And only install the game not the Movie Player, correct?  I installed the game only and now waiting on further instructions.

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-19 21:58:22 »
Ok, I uninstalled/unregistered the 'tm20dec.ax'.  Now when I try to play the movies, it can't play them.  So obviously that codec was needed to play the movies.  Ran the USD patch again, opened up a FMV in WMP, and the movie is showing again.  It is running the codec "TrueMotion 2.0 Decompressor".

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-19 19:45:35 »
Ok I did that.  The movies are being played by TM now.  There are the right side-up now also.  FMVs still don't show up though.

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-19 16:44:19 »
WHOA!!!  That is weird!  Instead of playing the movies on the FF7 discs, I played the ones I copied over to the folder I remapped in the registry.  They are up-side down now.   :-o
I right click on one of the movies and hit properties.  Under Video Compression it says, "DVGigaAVICodec".  When I play the video in WMP, I go to the properties and the for the video codec "DirectVobSub (auto-loading version)" is listed.  In my taskbar it shows, DirectVobSub.  Hmmm...we're on to something!

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-18 23:52:57 »
Is it okay to have FRAPS installed?  I've had it installed for along time.  Should it cause any errors?

Been browsing http://forums.eidosgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=70  but nothing is working. 

I removed any TrueMotion from my system32 folder.  Uninstalled K-Lite Codec Pack, uninstalled FRAPS, uninstalled TM Compression Toolkit.  D/Led the tm20dec.ax from that forum.  Placed it in my system32 and then ran "regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\tm20dec.ax".  Rebooted just to make sure.  FMVs still didn't work.  This whole time since I authored this thread, I was able to view the FMVs from the movies folder on the CDs in WMP, if that makes any difference.  This is just stressing me too much.   :cry:

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-18 23:01:54 »
So you installed K-Lite first, then ONLY the upside-down patch?  Can someone please get me a detailed picture or a step-by-step way of disabling the codec?  I think I'm doing it right, but maybe I'm not.  Did you also install DUCK?  CONFUSED!!!   :|  I'll try updating my video card drivers; however, last time I did that, my DVD-ROM wouldn't recognize DVDs and WMP wouldn't play movies anymore.  <crosses fingers>  BTW, it is a 256MB Radeon 9600 PRO AGP.  Well, WMP plays movies still after the driver update; so that is a good thing; however, FMVs still won't play.  Now I'll try an update of DirectX.  DirectX update didn't do anything either.  Honestly, do people struggle with this as much as I am?  If we figure this out, this needs to be documented.  Now I'm trying to work with the "radlight filter manager" and I'm seeing TM2.0 installed I believe.  What merit do I assign it?  I gave it a merit of +255, assigned the merit, and then rebooted.  Fired up FF7 and no FMVs.  Is this hopeless?

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-18 17:39:58 »
Ok.  This is becoming seriously stressful.  I removed any codec I could from Add/Remove.  I 'installed' the DirectDraw from my FF7 INSTALL disc.  I guess it is installed now.  Launched FF7, FMV still missing.  Installed DUCK, launched FF7, FMV still missing.  Installed the upside-down patch, launched FF7, FMV still missing.  I did it in that order, exactly.  I've been trying to find where all of these installed, but I'm having no luck.  DUCK was installed in C:\DUCK.  There isn't any *.exe files under that folder.  So I don't understand how to configure it, or if I should.  Shortly, I'll be bald-headed.  This is so frustrating, but I'm keeping my cool and trying to follow the advice here on the forum.  PLEASE HELP!!!   :cry:

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-18 16:07:40 »
Never heard of a RegServ32 command.  When you say TM2.0, where is that exact version?  Is that the version of my Install DISC?  Sorry for all the hassle, but playing FF7 means alot.   :-D

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-18 02:20:51 »
So uninstall my K-Lite codec and uninstall DUCK?  I'm confused now.   :?  I uninstalled my K-Lite and the TrueMotion Compression Toolkit.  I installed the codecs that came on my FF7 Install DISC.  I still don't see Intro nor can I get past the end of the 2nd Boss.  Cloud just keeps hanging there, while the animations/music loops, even if I use Ctrl+S/D.  Argh!!   :cry:

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-17 22:23:01 »
Well, great!  Now I'm stuck at the part where Cloud is hanging on to the broken walkway (after the 2nd boss blows up).  It isn't frozen.  Cloud is still animating and the music is still playing, but now I can't get passed it.  Using none of the buttons work.   :-(  I've installed the 1.02, resolution patches, YAMP, HQ cloud, and the NPC patch.  :-(

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-17 18:57:51 »
Well it is definitely a FMV problem.  I did a clean install just now.  Did the 1.02 patch.  Set the graphic settings.  Fired FF7 up and I could hear the intro video skipping, my screen was blank, and my computer rebooted.  Very strange.  Copied the FMVs over to a directory on the HDD and changed the registry.  Turned TM on and then fired the game up.  Couldn't see or hear intro video, but when I hit ENTER, I did get to the Start Menu and could select New Game.  After that, blank screen.  It does the same thing if I enable or disable TM.  I ran the YAMP patch for the cut-scene skip.  Ctrl+S worked, it put me at some dialogue.  I hit ENTER to get past the dialogue.  It went away like normal, but the whole entire screen is still dark blank.  Now I can't see anything at all, but I can hear the first sfx of the train steam pressure.  Ideas?


IT WORKS, but the framerate is crazy fast.  Guess I'll be playing it uber fast now.

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-17 18:28:29 »
I have the K-Lite codec pack installed and the TrueMotion is disabled.

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Troubleshooting / FF7 XP not working......
« on: 2007-04-17 17:31:57 »
Hello everyone.  I've had FF7 since it first came out on PC.  I've beat it several times, but I recently ran into patches/mods that change the quality of the models and so forth.  I've always been a HUGE player/fanatic of the FF series.  Here's my problem; I install FF7 on my XP machine, I copy all the FMVs over to the HDD from all my 3 discs and change the registry path.  I apply the "1.02" patch, overriding both *.exe files.  I run the game.  Blank, dark, black screen.  I hit my ENTER key and the start menu comes up.  I use my 10-key pad to arrow to New Game.  I hit ENTER again.  Nothing.  Black.  Nothing.  So I exit and I run the video patches.  Disabled the TruMotion codec like needed.  Run the game again with the nVidia/TNT 640x480 like stated in the documentation.  Still nothing.  I can get as far as seeing the start menu, but if I select New Game; nothing.  I'm really itching to play the revamped/overhauled version of my sweet, sweet old FF7.  MUST HAVE FF7!!!   :lol:

But, if anybody has an idea as to what the problem may be.  LET ME KNOW ASAP!!!

THANK YOU!!!!

- Matt

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