Possible bug in FF7 PC

[Wesker]

First of all I'm new here, so hi everyone.

Anyway, I'm not sure if this is a bug, so if it's not sorry for the spam.
I recently dusted off my copy of FF7 for PC and started playing again. I decided to try some advanced materia combos that I never got around to using so I checked some online guides for FF7. Unfortunatly none of them were for the PC version, but no big deal because they are pretty much same game. However I read about a meteria combo that uses 12 counter-attack materia which results in 12 consecutive counter attacks, what a wonderfully simple idea. The only problem is that upon trying this my characters would only return 8 counter attacks no matter how many counter-attack materia I placed on them. Another odd thing I found out was that if I placed 8 or more counter-attack materia on somone then placed a final attack + (X) materia on that character as well, they would not perform the final attack combo. Since more then one guide I read contained this same materia combo I figured that it wasn't just some bogus info, and since all the guides were for the playstation version it only made sense that this could possible be a bug in FF7's programming on PC.

Well, if anyone else has this problem or has a solution please let me know.

[Rubicant]

"Unfortunatly none of them were for the PC version, but no big deal because they are pretty much same game."

Yeah, whatever. They are the same game pretty much, but there are some petty differences.

"However I read about a meteria combo that uses 12 counter-attack materia which results in 12 consecutive counter attacks, what a wonderfully simple idea. The only problem is that upon trying this my characters would only return 8 counter attacks no matter how many counter-attack materia I placed on them. Another odd thing I found out was that if I placed 8 or more counter-attack materia on somone then placed a final attack + (X) materia on that character as well, they would not perform the final attack combo."

Because apparently square placed a cap of 8 counter-actions for ff7pc. I just got done testing this, and it seems that you will not be able to go above eight counter-attacks. Since "final attack" counts as a counterattack anyways, it gets cut off.

"Since more then one guide I read contained this same materia combo I figured that it wasn't just some bogus info, and since all the guides were for the playstation version it only made sense that this could possible be a bug in FF7's programming on PC."

You're better off playing the psx version of FF7. Grab a copy from *wherever*, and you'll have no damned problems with playing ff7. As FF7PC has enough problems.

"Well, if anyone else has this problem or has a solution please let me know"

Can't think of one.

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[iceydamo]

Final attack only works if you die you a counter attack thing when you loose all your health why do you think they say always have phoneix combined with final attack because when you die you are brought back to life it is true though about the counter attacks but if you die final attack still works.

[atzn]

Final attack only works if you die you a counter attack thing when you loose all your health why do you think they say always have phoneix combined with final attack because when you die you are brought back to life it is true though about the counter attacks but if you die final attack still works.

That is true provided that you don't have equal or more than 8 Counter-Attack materias equipped on a character. Didn't you read Rubicant's post explaining why the Final Attack materia doesn't work? That's because of the fact that it's also considered as a 'counter attack' materia, which is the reason why it _didn't work_ for him, since he has 12 counterattacks materias used.

One would be pretty stupid enough not to know what the Final Attack materia can do considering that it is pretty obvious. Also note that the author of this post has played FF7 in the past before, and I'm pretty damn sure he knows that Final Attack _will only_ work when the character dies.

Lastly, I'm not here to flame at you or whatsoever... but do the community a favour... please use full stops.. or don't you ever use them? In fact, I think you're already in the forum record books for making the longest one sentence posts.

[iceydamo]

What Im saying is that when I have 8 or more counter-attack metira on my charcter, my final attack still works.

[atzn]

Are you using the PSX or PC version? I tested it, I equipped Cloud with 8 Counter attacks and used the Final Attack + Phoenix combination; it didn't work when Cloud was killed by Ruby Weapon. This is PC version by the way.

It did work when I equipped Cloud with 3 counter attack materias  though.... so I find it *interesting* that your Final attack works despite having 8 counter attack materias.

[iceydamo]

Soz about that I have the pc version but I missed counted I only had seven and the final attack would have been eight so of course it worked but when I added another counter attack the final attack did not work. so Im sorry for saying it did.