FAQ: How to get FFVII PC running on Win2K/NT5

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you need to get a usb powered hub i guess,

I did some investigation and now know why people trying the qfixapp have no success, its because 2k sp3 and sp4 have act fixes built in thats why m$ removed the old act apps, so if anyone wants to use the old act then they must make sure not use sp3 or later.

I am going to post info to try and help others to get their ff7's working, really anyone asking for help needs to post graphics card, driver version installed, directx version and os version and wether or not using any patches.

geforce2 pro
45.24 detonators drivers
win xp sp1
directx 8
1.02 config for ff7 and chocobo patch

-edited info concerning 1.02 exe-
 
Chrysalis: Unless you've been living under a mossy rock, you'd have found out it's not for NVIDIA cards, per se, but a fix for cards that don't support palletted textures -- which is every card since 3dfx (it was used to save video RAM, I believe; most consoles use it or at least I can name a few that do). Back when this game was made, the 3dfx cards were popular and ATI wasn't even a valid competitor, hence why it says "NVIDIA" and not "cards that don't support this feature." And if there was any TNT- or RIVA 128-specific code in there, the game would crash on any other card and it doesn't, so there's not.

I get angry when people spit out wrong information and it's all over a forum...

Oh and PS: I'm using SP4 under Win2k and FF7 runs just fine with QFixApp.
 
sorry if info is wrong on the 1.02 exe but the sp4 info is correct, XP has built in compatibility fixes for older games and apps and these were introduced to windows 2000 when sp3 was released.

I still stick by my claim that anyone with a geforce type card will not need to use qfixapp if they either have windows xp or windows 2000 sp4.

Also you will find the faq needs updating as people are finding out as it is indeed for an old version that existed pre windows 2000 sp2 and users are getting confused.

Dont attack me, there is no 1 fix for all users, I was giving advice to people with similiar hardware to me I did state that owners of other gfx cards I dont know what their solution is but only for geforce owners.
 
just like to thanks for posting this fix.. i gave up on this 2 years back and i stumbled apon some good resources here and now i am able to play ff7 on win2k! thanks :)
 
to get it to work w/ win xp sp 2 i just uninstalled ff7, reinstalled it w/ all of the options (direct x, direct show, yamaha sound player) and rebooted my computer.  got no upside down videos and they all run fine so far.  so the only problem i have is that i dont have a game port for my gamepad.
 
Problem - Game starts, black screen. If I hit enter, i get New/Continue Menu. New Game = BlackScreen, if I load an old save game it loads and plays fine and sound works. (world map and battles anyways).
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my problem is exactly the same as oglsmm's one
is there a solution yet?

i dunno if anyone'd reply this msg since it post has been abondonded for so long but still i reli hope someone can save me here

so.........PLEASE HELP  :weep:

o btw the disc 1 my friend burnt me has no file called "eidos.avi" which everyone says a essential file before the game starts
so i copied one of the vedio in the folder and renamed it as "eidos.avi" ( can see nothing else a black screen anyway )
is it ok to do that?
 
:D Thanks for this site! I've been wanting to play FF7 on my PC for a long time and never could get it to work until I found this place. I've tried almost every other fix listed on this site and others and this is the only one that has gotten me past the opening battle without crashing.

Just for future reference: I was successfully able to get FF7 to run on Win2k SP4 build 2195 by following Synergy Blades' guide at the top of this page with exceptions: I skipped installing the Win2k application compatibility update since SP4 stated that it was already part of the OS and would not let me install it. And I installed the Riva 1.02 patch so that I could use some of the other patches developed here.

1. Installed Win2k Application Compatibility Toolkit
2. Installed FF7 [maximum install]
3. Installed 1.02 / Riva TNT patch [software only, crashed otherwise]
4. Installed Chocobo-race patch
5. Used QFixApp exactly as described

Working fine so far. One comment - it appears that every time ff7.exe is replaced [like with the 1.02 or YAMP patches], the Application Compatibility settings are effectively lost. So after both the 1.02 and YAMP installs I had to re-setup (not reinstall) QFixApp otherwise the game would crash.

Otherwise it has worked flawlessly since. I've only put about 2hrs game time into it and had no issues.

System Info:
Win2k SP4 build 2195
Athlon XP @ 1600 MHz on Abit NF7-S v2.0 m/b
GeForce4 Ti4400
512 Mb RAM
Logitech Rumblepad used through Logitech configuration application

[post edited to reflect current stable settings]

Kyle "BlackHole"
 
I have a slightly different problem -- I can't install the game at all!  It does not appear to be the "error 112" problem mentioned in an earlier post in this thread.  Rather, I get a dialog saying that NTVDM has crashed, or something similar.  I'll re-try it from a different account and try and get a screenshot.

Is there a way to do a manual install? (Copy files, twiddle the registry, etc)  I'd do it if I knew what needed to be done :)
 
I have played Final Fantasy 7 in the past on PC's that are complete garbage, for example: 266mhz 64mb ram  16mb nvidia card, and never had much of a problem except for slow loading.  I now have a 1.6mhz P4 with 256mb ram, 64mb GF2 which is nothing special, but should run FF7 fine - right?  


Well for some reason everytime I enter a chocobo race the game crashes, and I have to reboot my computer because there is no way to close it.  The music just keeps playing on a black screen, with an error message saying "FF7 has an error and blah blah".  I cannot click end now or anything else, I can bring task manager up but everything is behind the black screen and no mouse cursor appears.

Anyways, would you have any ideas on how to fix this?  I cannot avoid the chocobo race obviously because you have to do ONE to get out of the stupid jail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!
 
Sorry, I just searched through google and thats the topic it went to.  I had been looking for that Chocobo patch ever since hearing about it.  Thanks a lot for the link bro, hope it works!
 
can somebody please tell me if is there any chance of making a radeon 9200 card work with ff vii. all i hear is nvidia this nvidia that. Please if someone knows about some patch that perform the fix.. or maybe for ff viii instead? i don't know..i can't believe that no one cares about this card...sorry if my english it's kinda messed up but i'm from chile...if someone can help me... thanks
 
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I have the problem of when you get to the to miltary police come runing at you then it dies after 2 secs. The other problem is when I try to acess the menu it crashes again with a error message saying whatever.

System: NT 5.0
Video card: Nvida Riva TNT2
Service pack 4

I've tryed most of the patches even the Riva_TNT patch that comes with it, and that just makes the videos blink, and I still get the same issue..

Someone Help me out here I've been dieing to play my FF7.
 
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I have a Semperon 3200+ with a Nvidia 7300GT 256MB video card and I'm reinstalling FF7 after a system update. I'm running XP SP2.

I've installed FF7 from the install disc.
I've added the 1.02 upgrade and the chocobo and mini games patch.

I have the problem with the game going black after the intro video.

The video plays nicely though.

Edit

Thanks, I got it working. I just had to press the menu button on that screen and it sorted itself out.
 
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Hi there... I've been trying to follow this guide, and the patches HAVE helped me through the first battle (I run the game on Windows 2k Professional)... But when the battle is over all I get is a black screen (the music seems to stop as well), and the game shuts down. I've already sent an e-mail to Square's support, but I'm hoping someone else here can help me.

Other than that, this guide itself has some problems as well. I can't install SP2 for some reason (installed SP4 instead), couldn't find App Toolkit (installed 5.0 version because it was the only one I could find). And now I can't find QFixApp! I really need help... Thanks in advance.

Edit: Interesting... I tried again and this time I used Bolt on the second MP, the game froze again. I wonder if it has to do with playtime or if I'm back to square one. >> *sigh* At this rate I might have to buy the PSX version after all!

Edit no. 2: If I recall correctly, version 3.0 of ACT should work as well... So if anyone could give me a link to that and QFixApp, it'd be appreciated...

Read!~ Never mind guys, I got it working. Thanks again for all the help!
 
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