LGPTools error

[Gooms9]

hey, i'm trying to use LGPTools to open the background images in ff7 but whenever i try and preview them it says

"Access violation at address 004B4B3E in module 'lgptools.exe'. Read of address 00000000."

Also when i load the program it says "File not found" then it boots up normally anyways. Anyone know the answer?

[Darkdevil]

Since when has LGPT been able to display the backgrounds?  Or have i just missed that part completely?

You want a tool called Zangan.

[EmperorSteele]

It does, in a sense.  But animated background come out garbled, and some just wont read.  BGs with transparency also look like shite.

[Gooms9]

I was under the impression the zangan could only open up battle backgrounds. When I use it and open up the flevel.lgp nothing shows up. Am I correct in thinking thats where the regular field backgrounds are stored? Is there any way to open them up and convert them to like, a bmp or something? Or would I actually have to go through the game and take screenshots of the location?

[Darkdevil]

Yes, But dont even THINK about changing the background, and then replacing  the old on with it.  FF7 wont like it.

[Gooms9]

I dont want to add stuff to final fantasy 7. I'm working on an RPG engine for the GBA and I want to use final fantasy 7 as the demo so I need to extract some background images. How would I go about doing this?

[Synergy Blades]

You are right, Zangan only opens up the battle models from the battle.lgp archive. For backgrounds use ficedula's Cosmo tool which you can find at www.ficedula.co.uk, open up flevel.lgp with it. Options > Background Toolbar will give you a background preview so that when you click on each field file you get to see which screen it is, and Tools > Background Editor will let you save off each background as a bitmap.

[Gooms9]

alright, so i got cosmo and I open it up, and it looks like the program window is generated offscreen.   I get 4 windows, 'help' 'background' 'lengths' and 'previewer' nothing that allows me to open files or anything like that. When i open it though it appears as if the main windows gets created offscreen but I cant get my mouse to it. It's weird. I'll try it on my dads computer though.

[Synergy Blades]

It is a rather irritating thing that happens when you first open the program but adjust your screen to a higher res and you can move it back on screen; alternatively right click Cosmo in the task bar and select Move, then use your arrow keys (left/up) to move it back onto the screen.

[Gooms9]

awesome... works perfectly. thanks.