FF7 Crashmania HELP!!!!!!

[Barewolf]

I can play the game fine up untill after the reactor explodes at the begining of the game.

It crashes after that saying ff7.exe encountered a problem and needs to close.

I got the patches i think i need and installed them but now it crashes before i reach the explosing reactor.

I dont know what to do, please help

I am on XP SP2, Nvidea fx 5200, 2.1 ghz AMD, 1gb RAM

Mod Edit: Moved to Game-Tweaking

[Borde]

Have you tried using the compatibility mode?

[Midgar]

Yet more generic advice from Midgar:
I think that you may have recieved a corrupt install or something. You mentioned patches but you did not mention which ones, telling us would be helpful. Did you install the true motion codac? I think if you install it you should be fine. At least I think it was a movie... Use the YAMP version of GYSP. Another thing to do is to scan for viruses. Ad-Aware, and AVG are two that I would suggest. If that doesn't help, you could just reinstall the whole game. Did the game ever run perfectly before? What version are you using (describe the CD art or something if you don't know)?
Perhaps Ultima?

[Claude]

Yet more generic advice from Midgar:
I think that you may have recieved a corrupt install or something. You mentioned patches but you did not mention which ones, telling us would be helpful. Did you install the true motion codac? I think if you install it you should be fine. At least I think it was a movie... Use the YAMP version of GYSP. Another thing to do is to scan for viruses. Ad-Aware, and AVG are two that I would suggest. If that doesn't help, you could just reinstall the whole game. Did the game ever run perfectly before? What version are you using (describe the CD art or something if you don't know)?
Perhaps Ultima?

When i installed true motion, i couldn't even start my game.

[ChaosControl]

I don't think it's a hardware problem cus i got the same and it works >.>;

[Midgar]

What? Why couldn't you? Which version of it do you have?

[dziugo]

When i installed true motion, i couldn't even start my game.

Wow. Teach me that. It's like saying "I installed that new PC game and now my TV isn't working!".

Either you didn't actually install the TM2.0 codec (corrupted download?) or there was something else you installed.

dziugo

[Claude]

When i installed true motion, i couldn't even start my game.

Wow. Teach me that. It's like saying "I installed that new PC game and now my TV isn't working!".

Either you didn't actually install the TM2.0 codec (corrupted download?) or there was something else you installed.

dziugo

Hehe

Propably it's because of the "Ultima Edition".

I had to install some codecs manually.

[Otokoshi]

The more I hear about this "Ultima Edition," the less ultimate it sounds.  It just shows nothing good in life is free.

[christov]

I've actually got the original edition for the PC and the PS1, but I also obtained the Ultima Edition. Mainly for comparison purposes.
Basically the ultima edition actually works just as well as the PC or PS1 versions, with a few minor bugs.
I actually generally use the ultima edition now, partly because I can't find my PC version discs. And I lent my PS1 version to a friend (FOOL that I am.)
Works fine. Haven't had any major problems with it.

I've actually got the same system as the original poster, and I had a couple of problems with it.
Couple of things to try:
 - update to the 1.02 official patch. http://elentor.com/Projetos/FF7-Tools/Patches/riva_TNT.exe

- That graphics card is a b4stard to get to work properly with ff7. So you're gonna have to compromise. That NVidia card uses the RIVA technology if memory serves me (apologise if i'm incorrect, use TNT if RIVA isnt right). And most people think that if they select the RIVA option in the FF7 config, it will work. They are mistaken. It will work to a point, and that point for most users tends to be the world map.... But it varies.
Try configging the game to use "software renderer" under rendere, and don't use the nvidia checkbox. The game won't look as nice but it won't crash

- To make the game look nicer try using one of the hi-res patches available. I forget which one I'm using, but it's NOT the one with the 25 page thread, as I didn't like the way the characters went into the ground! Nothing against the designers, cos they are doing an awesome job, I'm just using the other one because it doesn't clip the characters feet!

- After installing the RIVA or TNT patch install the chocobo races patch http://elentor.com/Projetos/FF7-Tools/Patches/ff7_chocobo_patch.zip
It's been known to fix many problems within the game besides it's original purpose.

Basically play with the config utility, it's probably something really simple. Don't forget to try running ff7.exe in compatibility mode for various platforms

Hope this helps!![/url]

[Jedimark]

- After installing the RIVA or TNT patch install the chocobo races patch http://elentor.com/Projetos/FF7-Tools/Patches/ff7_chocobo_patch.zip
It's been known to fix many problems within the game besides it's original purpose.

Not true at all.

The Chocobo Patch simply "zeros out a faulty instruction". So it has no effect on anything else in the game. (Read this thread.)

[christov]

well for me it seemed to fix the bike race, the chocobo races and also general laggage in the game after installing it.

[Jedimark]

well for me it seemed to fix the bike race, the chocobo races and also general laggage in the game after installing it.

Coincidence.