Custom graphics driver for FF7/FF8 [v.1-.7.6]

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Soul_Torn:
You have two options, either turn off prevent_rounding_errors or set your resolution to an even multiple of 640x480. That will give you a big boost.
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This worked wonders. The drivers are working perfectly. But now, my FF7 music  isn't working... no music is being played even when its running?
I think it has something to do with that plug in of yours. -.-
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open up the config file and remove the # that is in front of the music_plugin
 


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I am also getting this error sometimes.  I had it happen while in the Ancient Forest, fighting those skinny sticks things.  Whenver they would cast Autumn Leaves, it would cause all of the shadows to begin acting strangly.  It goes away after the battle though.
 
Nice answer ;)

Aali, your Driver is so fu**ing awesome xD

Here 4 Videos of your awesome working driver :D

2 in Field, 2 in Battle:

Final Fantasy VII- Field Modtest 1:

Final Fantasy VII- Field Modtest 2:

Final Fantasy VII- Battle Modtest 1

Final Fantasy VII- Battle Modtest 2



Using:
* Final Fantasy VII 1.02 GER
* Aali's Custom Driver v0.7.1b (Released)
* NPC Reconstruction Models (Released)
* Advent Children Mod (No official Release)
* FiceMusic v1.51(Released)
* FinalFanTim's Remastered OST (Released)
* YAMP (Released)


Many, many thanks again!

- Deniz

EDIT: Oh, don't forget enjoying YouTube HD :)
 
For a second I thought you'd figured out a way to embed YouTube videos into your post :-P

But sadly it wasn't to be :oops:
 
I am having difficulties getting this thing to work properly.

I have installed (multiple times now)

ff7
patch 1.02
opengl

I can get the game to work just fine (at least from what ive seen with limited testing)
But I dont think im getting the hi res effects.

When i installed, the game normal animated movie played, and then at the trainstation the backgrounds are all kinds of messed up. looking kind of postured kind of like a negative with completely incorrect color placement (mostly looking dark or reversed) yet the characters look normal, the battles look normal, and from what little the played, the movies seem to be working fine.

After this i went into the config and changed it to nvidia tnt, and then that fixed the background problem, but the game looks just like it did on my ps1 in 97.

Is there something I am missing?

I have this on ps1, as well as no shortage of emulators, but I want to be able to play it with battle character models etc.

My pc is a dell optiplex
Pentium 4 2.8 ghz
2 gigs ram
Nvidia 6200 video card
with Windows Xp (32 bit i think)
Also, my display is a television not a monitor, but i still want what i can get, cause i plan to change it to a lcd tv later.
 
changing the ffvii config made it so that the new driver doesn't see it (the ffvii default driver took control), so IIRC you have to re-merge the registry data supplied with aali's driver so that it takes control again.
 
i understand that the custom driver isn't working anymore, but that isn't really an issue to me because i figured i would just reinstall again if i was going to give it another try.

It didn't work the first time as I said.

it displayed background colors very wrong.

So i assume the driver was technically running then (before i adjusted the config) but it wasnt working properly for me.

Any idea why?
 
If you'd put up a screenshot that shows the bad colors you're talking about, you might get a better response.
Have you tried upgrading your graphics drivers?
 
Hey Aali!

It's me again ;)
So, I released your Driver for FF8 in the Forum too- to help you ;)

But I think it doesn't support the German 1.2 version?

Can you add this feature in your next release or re-release v0.2a with added German-Non-Geforce Support ;)

Thanks again :)

- Deniz
 
If you provide the german .exe's I can support it.
However, there will be no new FF8 release until the "stretching problem" has been resolved.. and that could take a while, seeing as I don't have much time to work on this right now.

So, please upload the german .exe's somewhere but don't expect any immediate results.
 
if you mean buy a newer video card, thats a no go for now.   What I have is a dedicated gaming pc on a budget.  I need  dual core, more hd space, and a better video card.  Not to mention an LCD tv display, but i cant afford any of those at the moment.

It is a nivida 6200, its not impressive, but I think its still considered fairly modern. The pc is a refurbished dell with a fairly fresh xp install. so its semi new.


the video card is actually pretty new, it has the drivers from the cd tht came with it. my direct x is up to date also.
Getting screenshots might be a possibility, but still a little complicated. Which program do you recommend? ive normally done all my screenshots via emulators.

but the screens are exactly as i described. normal characters. normal battle, but the backgrounds have incorrect colors. its almost like a negative.
 
if you mean buy a newer video card, thats a no go for now.   What I have is a dedicated gaming pc on a budget.  I need  dual core, more hd space, and a better video card.  Not to mention an LCD tv display, but i cant afford any of those at the moment.

It is a nivida 6200, its not impressive, but I think its still considered fairly modern. The pc is a refurbished dell with a fairly fresh xp install. so its semi new.


the video card is actually pretty new, it has the drivers from the cd tht came with it. my direct x is up to date also.
Getting screenshots might be a possibility, but still a little complicated. Which program do you recommend? ive normally done all my screenshots via emulators.

but the screens are exactly as i described. normal characters. normal battle, but the backgrounds have incorrect colors. its almost like a negative.
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I forget whether the plain old printscreen method works if you run in windowed mode, but that's worth a shot.
I would go to the NVidia site and upgrade the graphics drivers. That card should be okay, but the fact that you're the only one getting color corruption and it persists through reinstalls means that something is wrong with your drivers. NVidia makes it into a fairly painless process, and hopefully once you reboot after the upgrade, everything will work.
 
I don't really see playing it windowed as an option (i could just play it via ps1, emulated ps1 or regular pc version full screen)

I want the updated graphics (which by the way are impressive and make me envious)

I will try again by completely deleting all folder contents and starting with a 100% fresh reinstall and look for the driver updates online if they exist. But my card isnt old, i got it six months ago and installed the drivers that it came with, although I can understand if maybe the driver/card isn't quite up to par with what the custom driver is designed to do (though its very adequate for the original game) Its a little wimpy by the standards of new pc games, although I have Resident Evil 4 running on it.

I'll take your advice and try again soon.  It's a pain because its my other pc which isn't even internet ready.

Do you have a program to recommend that would work well for screenshots? I have cam studio, but ive only tinkered with it a little. I think its more of a video program, but can prob do both. I just got it in case i wanted to do videos of MUGEN.
 
I don't really see playing it windowed as an option (i could just play it via ps1, emulated ps1 or regular pc version full screen)
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This would just be a temporary thing so you can take a screenshot. Everyone wants the fullscreen experience, so don't think you'll be denied it.

I will try again by completely deleting all folder contents and starting with a 100% fresh reinstall and look for the driver updates online if they exist. But my card isnt old, i got it six months ago and installed the drivers that it came with, although I can understand if maybe the driver/card isn't quite up to par with what the custom driver is designed to do (though its very adequate for the original game) Its a little wimpy by the standards of new pc games, although I have Resident Evil 4 running on it.
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Another reinstall won't fix your problem. Your graphics card is not your problem. It should be powerful enough to handle this, and what you're seeing is not the result of the card being too slow.
Just download the latest drivers for your card from the NVidia website. The driver is the software that tells the card what to do, and in your case, the drivers are somehow feeding the card the wrong colors.
You don't need to reinstall FF7. You don't need to do anything but update the drivers. If that doesn't fix the issue, we can investigate it further.

As for the internet thing, you can go to another computer, download the installer (one file) from there, put it on a flash drive or CD, and then install it on your gaming computer. I've done it before.

Do you have a program to recommend that would work well for screenshots? I have cam studio, but ive only tinkered with it a little. I think its more of a video program, but can prob do both. I just got it in case i wanted to do videos of MUGEN.
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I don't really have one that I actively use, and you might as well hold off on the screenshot until you get your drivers updated. Other readers here will hopefully have some recommendations though.
 
not so much a bug report. But a feature request..

I have hybrid SLI (and soon to be normal SLI) and when i have hybrid enabled FF7 runs at half to a third speed, even though an 8300gs should beable to run it (assuming it's not using my 9800GT) i disabled the onboard graphics and it works like a charm. But my other games are slowed down so it's only a temp fix..

Is there a way you could set an option as to which GPU to use? or add SLI/Hybrid support?
 
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