My FF8 on pc is crashing at laguna's part

[Elio2690]

Hi guys, im new to this forum.

Actually im having problems with FF8 exactly at the first laguna appereance, right after the forest part when i arrive on deling, im supposed to go to the bar but when i want to go east, my game crashes with the FF8.exe stopped working.
Any help please? Sad thanks!


I downloaded magixts launcher and followed instructions.. im amazed how his thread has gone through almost every ff8 forum worldwide congrats :p
Vista User

[headlessgargoyle]

if theres a cinematic supposed to be playing then it could be an error to do with that. have you checked the video files to see if anything is missing? also you may want to try going in a different direction ingame, if i remember corrrectly isn't there a road going north? those are my only ideas

[Elio2690]

yea, there's a road going north but theres nothing on there, just the passage to the sewers.. i need to go to the pub, and its on that direction uuhm D: thanks for answering

[Kranmer]

try Aali's custom driver for FF8 to see if that helps. also with Aali's driver you should get a App.log if the game crashes, if you do post it here and somone may be able to help (also are you using the 1.2 geforce patch or the original 1.0 ?)

[Elio2690]

I haven't installed geforce patch, so i think im using the original.. the only thing i've installled as a patch is the FF8EidosEng downloaded from eidos web page. Thanks, i'll download it and use it!, if it still crashes ill try to put the log here!

[Elio2690]

btw, where can i find this Aali's Driver? is it the OpenGL one? Can someone provide the link please?

[Elio2690]

INFO: Auto-detected version: FF8 1.2 US English
INFO: Intel Intel 965/963 Graphics Media Accelerator 2.0.0 - Build 7.15.10.1666
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 640x480, output resolution 640x480, internal resolution 640x480
INFO: No errors.
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZING SOUND...
  initializing direct sound
  EAXDirectSoundCreate
  creating primary buffer
  initializing audio data
  OK
  initializing streaming
SOUND INITIALIZED
DIRECT MUSIC - Enumerating Ports...
PORT 0: Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated]
GUID={0x5adcaa0f,0x9b54,0x48ae,0xb3,0xaa,0x2d,0x91,0x73,0x81,0x87,0xc4}
PORT 1: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth [Emulated]
GUID={0xa3e3045a,0x69cb,0x43d5,0x9e,0x20,0xc3,0x3a,0x5b,0x43,0x68,0x1a}
PORT 2: Microsoft Synthesizer
GUID={0x58c2b4d0,0x46e7,0x11d1,0x89,0xac,0x0,0xa0,0xc9,0x5,0x41,0x29}
Creating Port1...
    Microsoft Synthesizer
  Port1 supports XG data
BinkClose
SdMusicPlay ()
sd_music_play (number=0, song_id=79, volume=0)
midi_play...
Stopping Performance
Loading DLS...
Patch 0 is +GrandPno
Patch 1 is BritePno
Patch 2 is E.Grand
Patch 3 is HnkyTonk
Patch 4 is +E.Piano1
Patch 5 is E.Piano2
Patch 6 is +Harpsi.
Patch 7 is +Clavi.
Patch 8 is +Celesta
Patch 9 is +Glocken
Patch a is +MusicBox
Patch b is Vibes
Patch c is +Marimba
Patch d is Xylophon
Patch e is +TubulBel
Patch f is +Dulcimer
Patch 10 is +DrawOrgn
Patch 11 is +PercOrgn ..... (and a BUNCH of others, i dont think theyre important to solve my problem so i skipped them)
Playing Segment
midi_play successful
MIDI stop
Can't open file: \ff8\data\eng\field\mapdata\gl\glgateb1\glgateb1.sfx
SdMusicPlay ()
sd_music_play (number=0, song_id=58, volume=0)
midi_play...
Stopping Performance
Playing Segment
midi_play successful
Can't open file: \ff8\data\eng\field\mapdata\gl\glgate3a\glgate3a.sfx
SdMusicPlay ()
sd_music_play (number=0, song_id=58, volume=127)
Can't open file: \ff8\data\eng\field\mapdata\gl\glstaup5\glstaup5.sfx
ERROR: COULD NOT READ FROM FILE C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Soft, Inc\FINAL FANTASY VIII\temp.fs SIZE -1 READ SIZE 1307152271
ERROR: unhandled exception


when the crash occurred this was the msg: Oops! something very bad happened, Wrote crash.dmp to FF8 installdir. please provide a copy of it along with app.log when reporting this error

[Elio2690]

this is the crash.dmp file (compressed in rar)!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0C98RI7X

[Elio2690]

Anyone?

[Kranmer]

well you should proberly post your crash dump in Aali's custom driver thread. But to me it looks like you may have corrupt files or it could be a side effect of a patch (if you have a nocd patch or some hacks on the EXE) so you might want to try removing any moddifcations if any,
and if it still isnt any of these it could just be because your CD's are corrupted (scratched maybe) or maybe because your running a 64bit version of windows, i would recommend trying your exact setup with your CD's on a different PC to see if the same things happen.