FF7music - With Sound Effects

[rsgeiger]

Hi Everyone.

First time posting, so hello!

Next, to moderator - if you feel this post needs to be part of some other post on this topic, feel free to merge.

EDIT: use this method of replacing your midi.lgp at your own risk.  This has caused my game to go into infinite loops when resting.

Ok, to the meat of it.  I have finally gotten everything with FF7Music to work, with sound effects and Mp3s all working correctly.  I also ran into allot of problems along the way (basically everything I’ve seen on the forums). So here is my recipe, and hopefully it helps yet a few more people.
Reference Threads:
Mesden - http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=7525.msg91809
TwilightFantasy - http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=5387.0



Fist, the ingredients.  This is what you need to download.

1.   The latest Final Fantasy VII Music 1.51 – here (thanks Ficedula)

2.   An older version Final Fantasy Music VII 1.11 or earlier.  I prefer this download link since it has all the plugins as well – here
or go here for some originals

3.   The latest Ficedula library (if you don’t have one) – here

4.   The old in_mp3 and out_wave plugins – here and here (thanks Lasybones)

5.   Fully working FF7 PC – I can’t help with any other errors relating to the game, and it is best you know it works before attempting this and have a ready save file. Also  please do this if you can; and install the game to a simple directory with no spaces.  Seriously, this helps allot (e.g.  - C:\FF7\)

6.   Your MP3s ready to go.  They should also be in a simple directory like C:\FF7\MP3\ and make sure the MP3 names are short/renamed with no spaces.

7.   Finally, my download package that contains a modified midi.lgp with no sound -  here
If you want to create it yourself, then you need   Highwind’s LGP extractor and inserter. here

This nosound.mid – here


Sorry, cant give instructions on how to create the file yet, but maybe later in another post.

OK, we should be ready to begin.

Again, we are assuming that FF7 is already working and we just want to get FF7Music going.  I am also assuming that your main Final Fantasy VII folder is called C:\FF7\ (is easier for me and avoids complications later)

Create these Folders and files:

C:\FF7\Ficedula
   FF7Music.exe (new version 1.51)
   ff7music.dll (from old version 1.11)
   ficedula.dll (newest version)
   in_mp3.dll (from Lasybones link above)
   in_psf.dll (from old version 1.11)
   out_wave.dll (from Lasybones link above)
   FF7MUSIC.ini (from old version 1.11)
   
C:\FF7\MP3
-   All your mp3s
C:\FF7\PSF
-   All PSFs from FF7Music 1.11
C:\FF7\
   ff7music.dll (from old version 1.11)
   ficedula.dll (newest version)


With those files in place, run FF7Music.exe.  Hit Configure (the center button).  Select the in_psf.dll and out_wave.dll.  This dll will work for PSF and MP3 files.  Trust me.  Do not use any out_ds.dll files, just the wave dll.  Windows will most likely have conflicts if you use the direct sound output plugin.  You can also try the in_MP3.dll, but since the in_psf.dll works anyway, I leave it alone.

Next tab.  Make sure you can see a list of files.  If not double check that you have the FF7MUSIC.ini in the correct directory.  In the field at the bottom put in the two paths for the music just like this:
   C:\FF7\MP3
   C:\FF7\PSF
These can be your directories even if FF7 is installed somewhere else.  They are completely unrelated to the install directory.
Check the last tab.  Only check to loop music.  Don’t touch anything else, not even mute midi.
Save settings.

Now Run FF7 with the button in FF7Music.exe ( the left button) to see if it works.  You SHOULD be hearing music in the midi form, and maybe something else reverberating.  This is normal and correct.  Go to Menu screen in the game, select Config, select configure music and sound, and slide the main volume all the way down.  Do you still hear music?  Very good! If not then I have instructed you badly, or the search paths for music got corrupted in FF7Music.exe, but don’t give up yet and continue with the instructions below.

Ok, exit the game.  Find my download and extract the midi.lgp. Make sure you backup (zip, 7z, rar) the original midi.lgp from C:\FF7\data\midi, and copy my version over it.  The new midi.lgp should be much smaller than any other .lgp file there.

Go back to FF7Music.exe.  Hit configure again and go to the middle tab. Now try replacing some of the songs with some MP3s of your choice from C:\FF7\MP3.  I suggest the bat.mid at least.  Also double check that the search paths in the bottom field still look correct.  There should be no “/.” in the list or any extra return characters (e.g. just the two lines for the two directories). Now Save, and run FF7 again with FF7Music.exe.  You should now hear music but no sound effects.  Get into a battle.  You should now hear your mp3 selection without sound effects.  Out of battle go to the Menu, config, config music, and slide the master volume to about 40%.  Get into another battle.  Both music and sound effects should be playing.

Now the hard part will be to map the rest of the MP3s to what you like.  Here are descriptions as described by Master Ridley.  He also was one of the people who discovered that some entries for the FF7Music.ini were missing.  So you will have to manually edit the FF7Music.ini if any reference on this list is missing.

aseri.mid=Hurry!
aseri2.mid=battle square
ayasi.mid=inside gaeas cliff
barret.mid=Barret's theme
bat.mid=battle music
bee.mid=honey bee inn music
bokujo.mid=chocobo farm
boo.mid=inside bugenhagan's space lab
cannon.mid=preparing the sister ray
canyon.mid=cosmo canyon
cephiros.mid=cold sephiroth music
chase.mid=bike mini game
chu.mid=boss music
chu2.mid=jenova boss music
cinco.mid=chocobo (on the world) theme
cintro.mid=cold music from shinra mansion
comical.mid=not used in the game (I think)
condor.mid=music in condor mini game
corel.mid=corel gold saucer pick up point
corneo.mid=don corneo theme
costa.mid=costa del Sol theme
crlost.mid=losing chocobo race
crwin.mid=winning chocobo race
date.mid=music when on date
dokubo.mid=music in downed shinra plane+slums
dun2.mid=sleeping forest
earis.mid=Aeris's theme
earislo.mid=slow aeris music
elec.mid=chocobo fight music
fan2.mid=fanfare after battle
fanfare.mid=clouds 'special' celebration
fiddle.mid=chocobo races, chocobo square
fin.mid=ending movie sound/music
geki.mid=play in event square
gold.mid=The Gold Saucer
guitar2.mid=cloud+tifas childhood
gun.mid=junon theme
heart.mid=heart pounding sfx
hen.mid=inside clouds mind
hiku.mid=highwind theme
horror.mid=horror square theme
iseki.mid=city of the ancients
jukai.mid=temple of the ancients
junon.mid=rocket town theme -sad
jyro.mid=tiny bronco takes off
ketc.mid=Cait Sith's Theme
kita.mid=sad overworld (map) theme
kurai.mid=nibelheim theme
lb1.mid=bizzaro sephiroth
lb2.mid=final sephiroth
lb2_awe.mid=final sephiroth (AWE)
ld.mid=last dungeon theme
makoro.mid=mako reactor theme
mati.mid=Kalm/Junon port+beach theme
mekyu.mid=the 'promised land'+ north cave
mogu.mid=highwind theme used in mog game
mura1.mid=mideel/bone village theme
nointro.mid=faster, meaner sephiroth theme
Oa.mid=intro movie music/sound
Ob.mid=bombing mission theme
odds.mid=chocobo race opening
over2.mid=game over
Parade.mid=parade for Rufus
pj.mid=absolute jenova fight music
pre.mid=the prelude
red.mid=Red XIII's Theme
rhythm.mid=Turk's Theme
riku.mid=sister ray hits the north crater
ro.mid=cid's rocket takes off
rocket.mid=rocket town theme
roll.mid=credits music
rukei.mid=corel prison theme
sadbar.mid=corel town theme
sadsid.mid=sad version of Cid's theme
sato.mid=sound effects
sea.mid=under water theme
sensui.mid=submarine sfx
seto.mid=red XIII finds his father
si.mid=midgar is attacked by weapon
sid2.mid=Cid's Theme
sido.mid=music on board shinra boat
siera.mid=materia cave, condor theme
sinra.mid=shinra inc theme
sinraslo.mid=shinra tower
snow.mid=winterland theme
ta.mid=overworld theme 1
tb.mid=overworld theme 2
tender.mid=corel mountain way
tifa.mid=Tifa's theme
tm.mid=the day after aeris' death
utai.mid=wutai town theme
vincent.mid=vincents theme
walz.mid=dancing chocobos
weapon.mid=weapon theme
wind.mid=wind sfx
yado.mid=sleeping theme
yufi.mid=yuffis theme
yufi2.mid=yuffi being sneaky
yume.mid=cloud goes bonkers

That should be it. I am super happy now and I hope you are too!
Ryger

[JordieBo]

I tried this but It didn't work..... I'm using Vista and your link for an old FF7Music was broken so I had to find my own :/

[auxili160]

Or you could download loopbe