FFVII Crash Randomly

[Torrean]

Ok, I'll be playing along, and all of the sudden, it will crash. The most common places it will crash are into/out of battles. Also, it will sometimes crash out of nowhere. All it does is pull up with FF7.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. I click don't send, etc. I have NPC- RC, Spell patch, chocobo/1.2 patches with TNT on and FF7music. My Specs:

Windows XP Pro SP 2
ATI Radeon 9550
AMD Athlon 1600+ (I think....) 1.7 Ghz
DirectX 9c

I have tried re-installing, without any TNT or extra patches besides ones I need, same problem. Thanks for any help!
     

[thenry]

Have you tried to COMPLETELY uninstalling the game? alot of junk is still left in your ff7 folder...i recommend clearing it out except for the save game folder and try again.

[zero88]

Instead of not sending the report, check it out and see what it contains. Post the report here, I know there's a few guys around that know their way around that kind of thing.

Before doing that, though, you should do as the other poster has said and try re-installing it altogether.

[Torrean]

I've already completly un-installed, backed up saves, add/remove programs, go to folder, delete Square soft folder, check and see if there is any registry left, there isn't. I'll try sending the report next.

[happsai]

I'm actually having a similar problem with battle crashes.
It tends to happen right as a limit breaker is being lanched -- the red flash surrounds the character and then cut to black (crash).
The other time it happens is after the battle is over, right before the exp gaining screen appears.  Instead, it cuts to black (crash).  I don't know if its a clue, but whenever the second one occurred, I THINK at least one limit breaker was launched in the battle.

The crash is very rare.  Happens totally at random in the places I mentioned.  Any info on this?  It doesn't happen at the beginning of fights since I added the swirl fix.  I'll send a report also next time it happens with me.

[bluesummers182]

I had a few random crashes before, as well as after the battle with Yuffie, and after I set the Compatibility mode to Windows 98/ME it fixed it.  I haven't had any crashes since.

[happsai]

Okay.  Time for me to ask a stupid question:
What is meant by "set the Compatibility mode to Windows 98/ME"??  I'm using winxp right now (if that has anything to do with anything).  

I'd gladly try anything to make the few annoying mid-battle and after-battle crashes go away.

[bluesummers182]

Go to your "...\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII" folder, or where ever you installed FF7.

Find the "ff7.exe", right click it, "Properties",

Then go to the "Compatibility" tab.

Make sure the "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" square is checked.

Now select "Windows 98/ME" as your compatibility mode.

[happsai]

Thanks Bluesummers.

I did not have that option selected at all.
I don't have time to test this out right now (need at least a few solid gaming hours to make sure this rare problem is gone), but hopefully this will do it.

Torrean, have you tried bluesummers182's suggestion, and have you installed dziugo's battle "swirl" fix?

[Torrean]

I installed the battle swirl, it fixed it, for a while. Then, I set compatibility mode, and it works fine now!

[happsai]

Bad news I'm afraid.  I still get the occassional crashes.
Here is the info:
AppName:  ff7.exe
Appver:  0.0.0.0
ModName:  winmm.dll
ModVer:  5.1.2600.2180
Offset:  000190ad

Please help. 

[dziugo]

When exactly did it crash?

[happsai]

It crashed right after the last enemy died in a regular battle.
Just before the fanfare music would start.
Instead it cuts to black, battle music still playing, and I get the error report window.

[Loki]

You sure it might just be you've got too many patches installed?

[dziugo]

Ok, I'll try to track down that bug.

dziugo

[happsai]

Thanks, dziugo!
You're a real pal! 
Like I said before, I also (very very rarely) experienced a similar crash right after the red fiery effect of a limit breaker is done and just before the attack itself is done.  This is very rare because when I get a crash, its usually when all the enemies are dead and the fanfare and victory dance is expected.
If you need any further information or clarification, please let me know.
Thanks again. 

[TrekkiesUnite118]

I am getting a crash in Junon when you walk up to where the dolphin girl is and she says "Hey, Mr. Dolphin!" and it the camera moves then it crashes. Is this a common problem?

My PC specs are:

Windows XP Home edition, SP2
ATI Radeon 9250 Powercolor edition
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Direct X 9d or 9c (not sure which.)

[EmperorSteele]

No, i wouldn't call that common.  try reinstalling?  I dunno =(

[TrekkiesUnite118]

found the problem, it was the FF7 music patch thingy.