8-bit fail and cd thing... (ff7)

[Ebbe]

Ok.. this really sucks.. i have just installed ff7 and like alot of other people here, the 8-bit palette failed.. so i looked at other theads and found a patch, the Riva_tnt thing.. then i installed it, and did what the readme told me to do >_>.. then i go to the configurations, and push "Nvidia" and then "Riva" (i also tried TNT, same problem) and when i push ok and try to start the game now, it only comes a little box up wich says i need to insert iether disc 1 2 or 3 into the cd drive.. so i try, but all the time the screen becomes black and then everything becomes grey and i have to use ctrl alt delete to turn the program of.. ... so.. what the hell am i supposed to do!?
 I know there is alot of other threads like this, but i cant find my problem in any others...

  ~Ebbe

[dziugo]

Welcome to board,

(...)when i push ok and try to start the game now, it only comes a little box up wich says i need to insert iether disc 1 2 or 3 into the cd drive.. so i try, but all the time the screen becomes black and then everything becomes grey and i have to use ctrl alt delete to turn the program of.. ... so.. what the hell am i supposed to do!?(...)

Silly question: It asks you for a correct cd whenever you're trying to run FF7?

dziugo

[Scotty]

I'm still a noobies nuts lol, but I'll try my best to help u.
Ok U have patched the game with the ff7.exe and te ff7.config files.

By the sounds of it ya putting Disc1 into the cd drive say d:

Then on loadup of the game u get a Grey screen, frozen, lockup.

Have u tried it in Software Mode as yet. See if it will run there first.
If it runs ok it means u have a 3D hardware problem, normally fixed my updating drivers. If it doesnt run in software mode then try and reinstall the game.

[Ebbe]

uh dziugo, no its not a silly question, cause i have tried all the cd's and nothing happends..

 over to Scotty.. software mode.. um i feel stupid asking this but, whats that? and where can i find it?

[James Pond]

In the D3D box above Riva and TNT options, theres a software option in a dropdown box.

[Ebbe]

Ok.. i'll try that.. but i'll try to install it again first

[dziugo]

uh dziugo, no its not a silly question, cause i have tried all the cd's and nothing happends..

So... what would be the answer to my silly question?

Remember that you have to use the drive you've installed FF7 from (if you installed it from E: drive, then the game would search for a correct disk in E: drive...).

[djzerious]

uh dziugo, no its not a silly question, cause i have tried all the cd's and nothing happends..

So... what would be the answer to my silly question?

Remember that you have to use the drive you've installed FF7 from (if you installed it from E: drive, then the game would search for a correct disk in E: drive...).

....that seems like an odd thing to make a game do.... but... hey, that's just me....

[James Pond]

Its a problem that made me think my disks were borked....

Luckily I swapped the disk to the other drive and it worked.

[djzerious]

Wow. I never would have thought that!!! I'm glad I know that now... I would have gotten uber mad!!

Guess I won't be playing from my originals anytime soon then.. oh well *pats protective sleeve* they have served me well, and it's a miracle they still work.. what with that damn digipack case and all... things fall out all the time... get scratched easily... totally ineffective design..... -_-

[Ebbe]

Ok thanks for all the info guys! But i have fixed it ^^  THanks for answering =)

[djzerious]

Not sure if I was any help or not, but, no problemo. Hope everything works out for ya.

[Scotty]

Hey Ebbe thats great to here.   .

If u dont mind telling us how u fixed it.
Good info for others to know how the problem was fixed.

Thanks, Scotty

[Decayrate]

thats great to hear you fix'd it. BTW ehy is final fantasy so god damn buggy

[djzerious]

Crappy porting job..