Slow World map FF VII

[orco]

The game is very slow in a world map . It´s almost impossible to game .
I have the resolution patch, NPC patch and other no important patch.

[Covarr]

The Hi-Res patch is not a good idea on slow computers or computers with weaker video cards. Higher resolution 3D takes more to render.

[Master Ridley]

Are you running the game on your computer alone? Are you running any other programs in the background?

Spyware and Viruses can be a problem as well...

Can your computer handle a large 3D map?

[zero88]

I used to have this problem where I'd go onto the world map from a city (or otherwise), and it would take nearly two minutes to load. This occurred all the time on the world map, even before and after battles. The more time I spent on the world map, it would get progressively better, though, until I'd exit the world map for a period of time, and then it would slow down completely bad.

Now, I was using a PIII 500 Mhz, 64 MB RAM, and a nVidia TNT 8 MB VRAM (I've since upgraded to 384 MB RAM and a GeForce FX 5200 128 MB; plus I got a brand new computer since then, too); a computer with enough power to run this game. This was also pre-high resolution patch and any other major patches, for that matter. I tried nearly everything, until I found compatibility mode. I set it to Win98/ME compatibility and everything began running seemlessly. So try changing compatibility mode (right-click on the ff7.exe icon->go to "properties"->go the the "compatibility" tab->set compatibility mode to "Win98/ME" compatibility).

Of course, this fix is only relevant if you're running Windows XP. If you would have provided us with some specs, we could be of further service .