FF7 installed, and also new patch problem

[MSH]

Hi, I have recently acquired a copy of final fantasy 7 purely because I heard about this patch. the game works fine without the patch, but as soon as I have it installed and attempt to run it, it loads up, FRAPS's frame rate pops up on the top right hand of the screen, which is then followed by everything immediately closing down and returning to the desktop.

My computer setup consists of:

nvidia 8800 GTS

3GB RAM

Windows 7

Taking the following information into account, would anyone be kind enough as to help me fix this?
I am so desperately needing to play this game... with this patch.

Thanks in advance

Oh! Also, the patch I'm using is Final Fantasy VII Remix v2.5.1

[Covarr]

Have you tried not using FRAPS? Even if it's not the cause of the crash, it screws with FF7's framerate and is not advised.

[Kranmer]

if your using the remix patch you should have a app.log in your FF7 folder, try posting that here and people might be able to help you more, also since your using win7 you may also need to disable UAC.

[MSH]

This is my APP log
thanks for your help guys
UAC is already disabled... well i got it to say "never notify me when..." basically on the lowest setting
also i have exited FRAPS and given it a go, now it at least tells me that "FF7.exe has stopped working" same thing with h_ff7.exe



INITIALIZE DD/D3D START
DIRECT DRAW 2
TOTAL 309395456 FREE 302339456
DD MODE: W 640 H 480 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 720 H 480 P 2880 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 720 H 576 P 2880 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 800 H 600 P 3200 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1024 H 768 P 4096 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1152 H 864 P 4608 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 720 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 768 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 800 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 960 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1280 H 1024 P 5120 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1360 H 768 P 5440 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1600 H 900 P 6400 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1600 H 1024 P 6400 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 1680 H 1050 P 6720 RGB 1 BPP 32
DD MODE: W 640 H 480 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 16
DISPLAY MODE MATCH
DD MODE: W 720 H 480 P 1440 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 720 H 576 P 1440 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 800 H 600 P 1600 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1024 H 768 P 2048 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1152 H 864 P 2304 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 720 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 768 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 800 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 960 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1280 H 1024 P 2560 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1360 H 768 P 2720 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1600 H 900 P 3200 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1600 H 1024 P 3200 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1680 H 1050 P 3360 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 640 H 480 P 640 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 720 H 480 P 720 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 720 H 576 P 720 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 800 H 600 P 800 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1024 H 768 P 1024 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1152 H 864 P 1152 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 720 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 768 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 800 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 960 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1280 H 1024 P 1280 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1360 H 768 P 1360 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1600 H 900 P 1600 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1600 H 1024 P 1600 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1680 H 1050 P 1680 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1440 H 900 P 1440 RGB 1 BPP 8
DD MODE: W 1440 H 900 P 2880 RGB 1 BPP 16
DD MODE: W 1440 H 900 P 5760 RGB 1 BPP 32
Ramp Emulation
  Microsoft Direct3D Mono(Ramp) Software Emulation
RGB Emulation
  Microsoft Direct3D RGB Software Emulation
Direct3D HAL
  Microsoft Direct3D Hardware acceleration through Direct3D HAL
EXCLUSIVE MODE
16-BIT Z BUFFER CREATED IN HW
HAL
HEL
TEXTURE FORMATS:
  PALETTE 0 BITS 16 RGBA 5:6:5:0
  PALETTE 0 BITS 16 RGBA 5:5:5:0
  PALETTE 0 BITS 16 RGBA 5:5:5:1
  PALETTE 0 BITS 16 RGBA 4:4:4:4
  PALETTE 0 BITS 32 RGBA 8:8:8:0
  PALETTE 0 BITS 32 RGBA 8:8:8:8
INITIALIZE D3D 2
VIEWPORT INITIALIZE
VIEWPORT 2 INITIALIZE
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
DD ERROR
  ERROR: 80070005 Unrecognized error value. in FILE C:\lib\src\input\input.cpp LINE 256

DD ERROR
  ERROR: 80070005 Unrecognized error value. in FILE C:\lib\src\input\input.cpp LINE 84

ERROR: COULD NOT OPEN FILE C:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\ff7input.cfg
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized
INITIALIZING MIDI...
selecting device 0:Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, mid=1, pid=27,
midi data type: GENERAL MIDI
using midi data file: C:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\Data\midi\midi.lgp
midiOutGetVolume returned: ffffffff
MIDI INITIALIZED
TEXTURE LOADED INTO VIDEO MEMORY
TEXTURE LOADED INTO VIDEO MEMORY
TEXTURE LOADED INTO VIDEO MEMORY
TEXTURE LOADED INTO VIDEO MEMORY
TEXTURE LOADED INTO VIDEO MEMORY
set music volume: 127
MIDI set volume: 127
10036743060f 127 = 127
set music volume: 127
MIDI set master volume: 100
MIDI set volume: 127
10036743060f 127 = 127
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF CREDITS!!!

[Kranmer]

ok MSH problem is due to Aali's driver not working (why its not working is another problem). try installing this
http://backup.ninjaloot.se/share/ff7_opengl-0.7.3b.zip
just download that and extract it to your ff7 folder (overwrite old files) and then open ff7_opengl.reg and click yes. now try FF7 again and see if it crashes, if it does again repost your app.log (you only need to post the first few lines since they tell us if Aali's driver is working)

[MSH]

my app file is empty?!
what the hell happened?

[Kranmer]

empty ? this is getting weird, open regedit and check
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\1.00\Graphics
and post what is says there.

[titeguy3]

my app file is empty?!
what the hell happened?

App.log will be 0kb if FF7 crashes before the game finishes starting up. When this happens, you can fall back to the info in the debug console of FF7Music.exe. It's pretty much the same information.

As for properly installing Aali's driver, there should be a file in your FF7 folder called "FF7Opengl.reg". Make sure User Account Control is completely turned OFF, then double click that file. This should successfully install Aali's driver v0.7.3b.

[MSH]

I'm so scared...

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
DD_GUID REG_BINARY 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Driver REG_DWORD 0.00000001 (1)
DriverPath REG_SZ ff7_opengl.fgd
Mode REG_DWORD 0x00000002 (2)
Options REG_DWORD 0x00000012 (18)

[Kranmer]

I'm so scared...

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
DD_GUID REG_BINARY 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Driver REG_DWORD 0.00000001 (1)
DriverPath REG_SZ ff7_opengl.fgd
Mode REG_DWORD 0x00000002 (2)
Options REG_DWORD 0x00000012 (18)

im pretty sure
Driver REG_DWORD 0.00000001 (1)
should be
Driver REG_DWORD 0.00000003 (3)
try changing it to that and see what happens.

[MSH]

kranmer,

words cannot describe how much I love you
your kindness and ability to help others have made me a very happy man
if EVER I were to meet you in person I would instantly take you out for a drink.

thank you, and to all else that posted useful comments

if i have any further problems dude I'll post back in this thread, so as to prevent clutter.

a hundred and one thank yous

MSH

[Kranmer]

glad to hear you got it working. And thanks for the offer.
any further problems just do as you say and post back here and i am sure someone will be able to help (well as long as its a problem with ff7 and not a problem like "i need to borrow some money")