FAQ: Chocobo races crash under NT/2000/XP (technical)

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you know im using the 1.2 patch but it aint patching it and its corrupting the EXE
 
I had that problem too. Delete the corrupted one, and replace it with an original 1.02 copy. Then re-patch it. Worked for me. Now I just have to get it to boot. (Different problem. Non-patched ones aren't working either...)

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or just do it manually. i did in visual studio in about 10 seconds.
 
Argh! If it's not one thing, it's another! I must of gone through about 4 or 5 "Get FF7 Working in Win2k" things, but it still won't work right! Whenever I pass through a doorway (aka, change field files) I get a fatal error of:

Instruction at 0x0069b26d referanced memory at 0x44200004. Memory could not be "read".

Anyone have a CLUE what's going on with this? I get the same error every time. Not to mention that my gfxs are totally messed up, except that the 3D stuff looks beautiful...

BTW: if you happen to have, or know where a "master" version of "Get FF7 Working in W2k" is, let me know, and I'll give it another try...

Sigh...

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Right. Can any one email me a save before the choc races? I wanna check this patch is working fine for me.

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Thanks.
 
Yeah, I just sent it to you. Enjoy!

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I have no idea if that "Make FF7 work in Win2K" topic still exists on the forum, but I downloaded a copy of it a while back.  I uploaded it it here.  Just remember to delete the .zip extension . . . it's really a Self extracting RAR file.
 
Hey, Thanks. The server was a little slow, but I got it. I'll post an updated copy of my guild if I get FF7 running.

Sephiroth 3D

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Greetings all.

I wear several hats at Eidos' San Francisco offices and all I can say is 'Hats of to jedwin'.

I have tested numerous saved games sent in from some kind folks and myself completed a playthrough (up to Gold Saucer/Chocobo race) under XP Home after hex-editing the ffvii.exe. Another Eidos tester also got a good playthrough on a separate XP system. Planning on doing the same for Win 2000 but right now other tasks are pressing.

Looks like a success.

(bows in jedwins' general direction)

The legal types have told me we cannot make this an officially supported patch or fix for several reasons, but (with jedwin's permission) I will be making an "unofficial FAQ" detailing how to fix the problem and crediting him with the fix.

I personally have spent quite a few hours over the past year trying to isolate and fix this crash (however, I am a small-brained non-programmer), and wish to say "Thanks, jedwin!!!"

Other FFVII players will be thanking you too.

Be well, and see you around the plantation.
 
I'm currently examining the code in question, trying to find out what it was meant to do and why it doesn't. I have some suspicions, but clearly it can't be that important since the game runs even when the offset it changed to random data...
 
CatsClaw=Grey Mouser?
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Check...this be my name when Not At Eidos (like at TTLG & T-Com)....extra bonus points for knowing the Mouser>CatsClaw connection ;)

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Qhimm - Thanks for posting patch update and link on our forums. Appreciate it.
 
We aim to please.

Maybe a bit cliché, that. What I really aim for is a good job, a loving girl, and enough money to hire Bill Gates as a butler.  8)
 
But don't we all aim for that?

Sephiroth 3D

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But don't we all aim for that?
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Because, he'd get tired working for all of us!  Still, I wouldn't mind seeing that.

Actually, you gotta hand it to him for looking like a complete nerd, yet runs a successful business (meaning it actually makes money) and has a wife that still seems to love him for who he is.  Sure, nerds can do the first easily, but the second seems so infinitely much more difficult.

Oh, wait, wrong topic.  Doh! :wink:
 
i recently reinstalled ff7 on my new computer with winxp and have problems with the chocobo racing. that's why i downloaded the most actual patch, but it doesn't seem to recognize my exe. Can anyone please send me a usexe or try to make a patch for the german exe. thanks
 
If someone sends me the german .exe, I'll update the patch to include it. Funny, didn't know it was different really  :-?
 
An updated version of the chocobo patch is now available here. No changes to the patch itself, but now it supports the german(?) version, hereafter referred to as 1.00g.
 
An updated version of the chocobo patch is now available here. No changes to the patch itself, but now it supports the german(?) version, hereafter referred to as 1.00g.
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Just wanted to say thanks to qhimm for is REALLY fast reaction.
 
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