Author Topic: Custom graphics driver for FF7/FF8 [v.1-.7.6] (Read 771425 times)

Hellbringer616 · « **Reply #825 on:** 2009-07-20 03:17:58 »

I don't think it can get 60fps, i believe that it's limited to 30

Mako · « **Reply #826 on:** 2009-07-20 03:20:05 »

Quote from: hellbringer616 on 2009-07-20 03:17:58

I don't think it can get 60fps, i believe that it's limited to 30

LOL...Tell that to my mini games!

. Also would buying windows XP help?

arew264 · « **Reply #827 on:** 2009-07-20 03:25:50 »

Nahatma: It looks like the texture for Barrett's vest is missing as well. These exact same data files worked with TheSaint's HighRes patch? If so, you'll need to wait for a response from Aali, and he may want to look at the actual data files.

Mako: I apologize, it wasn't clear what you meant. For future reference, it's easier to recognize your card as an NVidia GeForce GTX 280. From what I'm seeing, this is NVidia's new ultra high end gaming card, and if that's the case, the only explanation I can offer for the poor performance is that somehow your game must be running with software OpenGL.
This is supported by this line in your log: INFO: No OpenGL 2.0 support detected, shaders won't be available
So here's a few questions that may help figure out why:
Do you have the latest NVidia drivers?
Is ff7.exe running in compatibility mode?

Looking at http://www.geeks3d.com/20080829/nvidia-forceware-17792-geforce-gtx-280-opengl-extensions/, your card definitely supports OpenGL 2.0, but for some reason the NVidia drivers aren't actually being used.

Mako · « **Reply #828 on:** 2009-07-20 03:30:08 »

Quote from: arew264 on 2009-07-20 03:25:50

Nahatma: It looks like the texture for Barrett's vest is missing as well. These exact same data files worked with TheSaint's HighRes patch? If so, you'll need to wait for a response from Aali, and he may want to look at the actual data files.

Mako: I apologize, it wasn't clear what you meant. For future reference, it's easier to recognize your card as an NVidia GeForce GTX 280. From what I'm seeing, this is NVidia's new ultra high end gaming card, and if that's the case, the only explanation I can offer for the poor performance is that somehow your game must be running with software OpenGL.
This is supported by this line in your log: INFO: No OpenGL 2.0 support detected, shaders won't be available
So here's a few questions that may help figure out why:
Do you have the latest NVidia drivers?
Is ff7.exe running in compatibility mode?

Looking at http://www.geeks3d.com/20080829/nvidia-forceware-17792-geforce-gtx-280-opengl-extensions/, your card definitely supports OpenGL 2.0, but for some reason the NVidia drivers aren't actually being used.

Thanks. Yes I have the latest drivers 186.18, No I am not running compatibility mode just as admin. Got any other suggestions?

Nahatma · « **Reply #829 on:** 2009-07-20 03:40:41 »

yep, all my files are working very fine on saint's high res,

Mako : Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

Mako · « **Reply #830 on:** 2009-07-20 03:58:48 »

Yes!!!!! I got it!

arew264 THANK YOU! It was my driver I was TOO updated. For everybody having FPS issues related to mine please download driver 177.92 because 186.18 WILL NOT WORK! Thanks again arew264.

arew264 · « **Reply #831 on:** 2009-07-20 04:04:36 »

Quote from: Mako on 2009-07-20 03:58:48

Yes!!!!! I got it! arew264 THANK YOU! It was my driver I was TOO updated. For everybody having FPS issues related to mine please download driver 177.92 because 186.18 WILL NOT WORK! Thanks again arew264.

I can't say I would have guessed that, but I'm glad you got it working.

Cloud1000 · « **Reply #832 on:** 2009-07-20 15:14:47 »

is there a way to lower the brightness? Its way to bright effects.

Nahatma · « **Reply #833 on:** 2009-07-20 15:41:58 »

Aali help please^^
my tifa model is white, im using advent children mod btw, but its working fine in saints high res

Aali · « **Reply #834 on:** 2009-07-20 16:12:46 »

Quote from: Nahatma on 2009-07-20 15:41:58

Aali help please^^
my tifa model is white, im using advent children mod btw, but its working fine in saints high res

The texture isn't loading because your OpenGL implementation does not support it for whatever reason.

drfeelgud88 · « **Reply #835 on:** 2009-07-20 20:36:16 »

did a fresh install and still get a crash... idk wutz going on now

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=fcbfab3cf7a0a29aaaca48175a79d1c3e04e75f6e8ebb871

Aali · « **Reply #836 on:** 2009-07-20 21:08:24 »

Did you look at that APP.LOG before posting it? Those errors are not caused by the driver and they clearly indicate that you have some seriously broken LGPs.

Terid__K · « **Reply #837 on:** 2009-07-20 21:18:20 »

If you did a clean install and the same thing happened, then it's no doubt the disc. You probably have a badly scratched disc, which could have caused data to become corrupt.

Kudistos Megistos · « **Reply #838 on:** 2009-07-20 21:25:00 »

If it's one of the lgp files that's broken, there shouldn't really be a problem. All three game discs have the same lgp files on them, so if one is scratched, you'll be able to copy a non-corrupted file from one of the non scratched discs and it will work.

drfeelgud88 · « **Reply #839 on:** 2009-07-20 22:23:20 »

could it cuz i put the patches on their? i got.. the 1.02 exe, dzuigo's, hardcore mod (by gjoerulv) and the AC mod beta.. and i dont understand any of this stuff when i look at it

Kudistos Megistos · « **Reply #840 on:** 2009-07-20 23:05:09 »

Quote from: drfeelgud88 on 2009-07-20 22:23:20

could it cuz i put the patches on their? i got.. the 1.02 exe, dzuigo's, hardcore mod (by gjoerulv) and the AC mod beta.. and i dont understand any of this stuff when i look at it

Hmm, the last one might be the problem. Try it without the AC mod beta and see what happens

drfeelgud88 · « **Reply #841 on:** 2009-07-20 23:50:22 »

but its weird... it only crashes when u battle in the area of the save point (1st reactor) but if u go to another room other than the 1 with the safe point, it works... weird... so the AC still might be the problem?

Kudistos Megistos · « **Reply #842 on:** 2009-07-21 00:07:22 »

Ah, I think I know what's going on.

If you installed the AC mod over gjoerulv's mod, you may have overwritten the battle model for the "robot" enemy that gjoerulv made. It appears in that part of the reactor, and if you don't have its model the game will crash.

I recommend that you reinstall gjoerulv's mod on a clean copy of the game, make a backup of the patched battle.lgp and put a clean one in the main game directory, patch the clean one with the AC mod, take the player character models out of the AC mod patched battle.lgp file with lgp tools, use lgp tools to put them in the battle.lgp file patched with gjoerulv's mod (so you don't overwrite any of gjoerulv's enemy models), and then put *that* battle.lgp file in the game directory. I haven't tried this myself, but if do that, you should be able to make it work.

drfeelgud88 · « **Reply #843 on:** 2009-07-21 02:23:05 »

hmm, im having some difficulty understanding this but i c why this is allowing the crash. wow ur good! but still, i got no idea how i will be able to make these mods work hmm

obesebear · « **Reply #844 on:** 2009-07-21 06:07:41 »

Just thought I would point out some thing I noticed when I run the game

The battle displays perfectly fine in all its full screen or 4:3 glory. However, when I'm in the field there is a little black bar at the bottom of the screen. Not blocking anything, but more like making the display even smaller.

Am I the only one experiencing this? If not, is there a reason for it?

Xelane · « **Reply #845 on:** 2009-07-21 06:39:34 »

can you provide a screenie?

InuRa · « **Reply #846 on:** 2009-07-21 06:50:02 »

Woa, working great until now, no crashes slow downs or anything under Vista 32bit SP1 until the part where I have to dress Cloud as a girl 'cause that's as far as i got with the newest driver.
I think this might be a good time to replace the FF7config.exe with a moded one (just the "Graphics" tab) tho if someone is up to it, so the driver usage and configuration is more transparent since the current one is no good at all nowadays.

Aali · « **Reply #847 on:** 2009-07-21 14:53:19 »

Quote from: obesebear on 2009-07-21 06:07:41

Just thought I would point out some thing I noticed when I run the game

The battle displays perfectly fine in all its full screen or 4:3 glory. However, when I'm in the field there is a little black bar at the bottom of the screen. Not blocking anything, but more like making the display even smaller.

Am I the only one experiencing this? If not, is there a reason for it?

The game is doing that because field uses a different aspect ratio.

BlitzNCS · « **Reply #848 on:** 2009-07-21 15:25:16 »

Aali - can you explain why the printscreen button doesn't work with your driver? neither does hypercam.
FRAPS might, but i dont wanna download it just for this.
can you fix it so it works?

Aali · « **Reply #849 on:** 2009-07-21 15:35:14 »

It doesn't work because it's using hardware acceleration. I'm not sure I want to "fix" that. Just use Fraps.

Author Topic: Custom graphics driver for FF7/FF8 [v.1-.7.6] (Read 771425 times)

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