OK, so this is my first go around at installing FFVII for PC with a lot of the mods available from the community, great work everyone.
I spent much of the day troubleshooting problems as I went, and have figured out most but not all of the bugs in my install. Below is a summary of my current environment:
Game
- FF VII PC, installed from archived ISO's ripped directly from disc (These are my own ISO's from my original CD's which were trashed many moons ago)
Patches
Mods
- ff7_opengl-0.7.11b.zip
- ff7music_install_15112.exe
- OSTRe.7z
- HD Movies data pack
- UMI (latest) 5c iirc
At first nothing worked, so I installed TrueMotion 2.0 Codec as I remember having to do that when playing Vanilla FF7. I figured out I didn't want to do that with having the HD Movie mod, so I disabled it.
I have the registry key pointing to a directory in the root of C:\ (C:\FF7Movies\) and the movies play fine. However when I first launch the game (It's being launched with compatibility mode for Windows 98/Me and as Administrator) it shows the Squaresoft movie with the Chocobos running across the screen then goes to the Final Fantasy screen with the floating credits. This is where I notice the first problem; it's an entirely white screen with black text, no graphics.
Hit continue and it's another completely white screen with faded "New Game" "Continue?" options, click start new goes to the introduction movie, once that's complete the screen goes white again and there are no textures, and just the default blocky models.
Options:
I followed the instructions for ff7_opengl-0.7.11b.zip and made sure the driver was active. Default options selected in CFG file
When I installed UMI, I chose "Install Everything"
Launching via the FF7Music addon yields the same result.
I have spent much of the day going through these boards, but haven't seen this problem described anywhere.
Your help is most appreciated, and thank you in advance!
