Alright guys, here's the scoop:
Windows 2000 Sp2
Athlon Tbird 850mhz
386mb RAM
Geforce2 MX - latest nvidia reference drivers (v29.42)
Soundblaster Live!
DIRECTX 8.1
WMP 7
WHAT'S UP:
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I installed FF7 PC (max install w/ Directshow), ran the nvidia patch from Eidos, tried to run in compat. mode.
I ran it, it doesn't show ANY FMV. Really. Not even the opening "EIDOS" thing. When you start a new game, the screen goes blank (again, no opening FMV) and you hear some noises (a crash, a bank and a clank...the sounds that happen in the begining of the game when Cloud gets off the train, right after the opening FMV). The screen is STILL blank until you see a text-box that says "Alright newcommer, let's go!". You then run down the alley and fight the two dudes. It freezes. The end.
WHAT I TRIED:
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- "regsvr32 %systemroot%\apppatch\slayerui.dll" to install compat. mode -- tried running in Win95, Win98. No luck.
- ACT (application compat. tool from MS) and tried to "FIX" FF7.exe. No luck.
- Checking and unchecking the nvidia tnt checkbox in the FF7 Config
- double-clicking FMV files on cdrom to see if WMP needed codec. Movies run fine in windows, just not during game!
HOLY SH*T
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Help!