[FF7] Original and Outdated Tutorial - Bootleg Configurator

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Those mode options are only available if they are selected in BFE before running Bootleg.

To play in full  screen, you'll need to adjust the resolution to fit your screen.
Run Bootloader and select CONFIGURE to adjust the game resolution.

The music timing isn't flawless.  There are occasional delays and gaps of silence.
Often, the music won't start until after the first battle.
 
Ok well i tried adjusting thje res on the config to the same size as my screen and it plays in full mode the edges are cut off on both sides for some reson, its only since i ran the bfe that this happened as it worked fine before
 
hello.

can someone explain me all the options in difficulty mode? I have no idea of ​​what each does

thx a lot
 
There's a short description of the mods in the Bootleg readme.
Also, in BFE select a mode and hover the mouse over the textbox to get a description.
 
Thx!

I have 2 problems for now:

- how i close the game without kill the process?

- i got a black border in the down part, but when i join into a battle the border dissapears and i can see the game perfect. im using 1360x768 fullscreen. how can i delete that border!
 
You can exit the game via the in game menu or with ALT+F4.

The black bar across the bottom of field screens is a known issue related to the OpenGL driver.
There is currently no fix.
 
The black bar across the bottom of field screens is a known issue related to the OpenGL driver.
There is currently no fix.
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The black bar has nothing to do with the OpenGL driver, it is a problem with the original game (if you run in software mode you will see its still there).
And it can be removed but that does create far more problems then it solves (i have tested this before, i may have even posted the screenshots i took at the time)
 
Anyway to reduce lag? its rare but mainly during battle's. Its not a major thing but would be nice to remove it
 
Enable PBO to reduce lag.
Some older ATI video cards don't support PBO.

There is a slight delay when the game loads new scenes.
Enabling texture compression can reduce subsequent load times at the cost of visual fidelity.
 
Enable PBO to reduce lag.
Some older ATI video cards don't support PBO.

There is a slight delay when the game loads new scenes.
Enabling texture compression can reduce subsequent load times at the cost of visual fidelity.
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Sorted cheers man, your a genious, one other thing, with the ac barret model with his awseme gun. Can i have it so the gun doesnt change when i equip another weapon cuz im stuck with his gatling gun lol
 
So, there is a problem. I think I've done everything needed. I get two errors, one says: "You have an error in your config file, some options may not have been parsed."
And when I click OK another error comes up saying: "Error loading movie plugin, cannot continue."

I've completely uninstalled, and reinstalled Final Fantasy 7 and I get the same error each time, any solution?

Edit: Also when I play Final Fantasy 7 without the mods, the game starts but it doesn't run the video's. The squaresoft vid with the chocobo's doesn't show up at all, and when I start a new game the screen stays blank. No stars, no Aeris nothing.
 
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@ Strife, what are you doing to receive those errors?  Is it after a successful Bootleg installation, or in the midst of one?

I have a few lingering issues with my own installation:

1. During battle, 2 black bars appear in place of the ATB gauge (FFX-style menu).  I've tried looking up this issue, but the results are all about playing the game in widescreen vs. 4:3 resolution, so I haven't found any solutions.  I tried making a screenshot, but the resulting image is a black rectangle. O.o

Clarification: there are 2 black bars, there is no ATB gauge, there is no limit gauge, but the 2 black bars overlap with the name (e.g. "Ex-Soldier").

EDIT: I've figured this out.  Changing the OpenGL configuration "Break 9999 HP/MP" setting to "yes" messed up the Battle Menu.  Putting it back to "No" fixed everything, and it now looks BEAUTIFUL.  I...so happy... :D

2. If FMVs are skipped, FF7Music sometimes doesn't work.  Not clear on why this is.  Not a big deal, anyway.
 
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@ Strife, what are you doing to receive those errors?  Is it after a successful Bootleg installation, or in the midst of one?
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After it successfully installs. I start up with the FF7 bootloader and it comes up with those errors.
 
Hmm.  Did you notice any errors during the installation?  Maybe some of your movie .rar/zip files are incomplete?

I have a new issue with mine...upon opening the game again, no keyboard input seems to register for some reason.  I'm trapped at the New Game/Continue page.  Until now, I could use WASD, and the default was the arrow keys... O.o

EDIT: I resolved the issue by finding a differently-edited ff7input.cfg file and copying it over the existing one.  I have no idea why whatever happened happened.
 
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Well, I think it might be a problem before installing bootleg, but it only gives the error when I install bootleg...like when I start Final Fantasy 7 without bootleg, it starts up at least, but it doesn't play any videos like the squaresoft screen with the running chocobo's. I think that bootleg is actually putting an error with that problem instead of having it play without the scenes.
 
When I play from Bootlegger, the Squaresoft chocobo scene doesn't show up.  The only screen before the New Game/Continue? screen is an eidos logo.

The only time the running chocobos comes up for me is after the Game Over screen.
 
Just wanted to express my thanks for this project.  It took me a few hours last night, but I was able to get Bootleg, download all of the mods, and use it to patch my FF7 on my PC.  Strangely enough, the new sound effects are what really made me smile.

Honestly, something like this has been missing for a long time.  I've always wanted to do an install like this, but the work involved without this central repository of links is daunting to say the least.

Thanks bro, from one FF7 fanboy to another =)

(edit)Did it on Win 7 x64
Also forgot to mention a bug I ran into.  In BFE you can specify your 'Destination Location', and I happened to have two of them since the README says to make a new fresh install in a non-default location.  I pointed it to the new one in C:\FF7_PC_fresh_install but when it actually ran Bootleg it found the one in the default location and patched that one.  BFE and Bootleg were in a separate folder from both.

Just tried to reinstall the game to change a few things, but this time I used the "FF7 Install Location" option.  I had done a fresh install and zipped up the folder before changing anything.  This is the error I got back from Bootleg:

Laying Bootleg Edit. . .
Extracting FF7 Image . . .
Image Restored.

Checking Operating System...
Missing ff7.exe
Bootleg Aborting . . .

I checked the .zip archive and it has the file 'ff7.exe' in it.  Will use the original way again, just thought I'd let you know.
(SOLUTION)The .zip archive was creating another folder when it unzipped, so instead of unzipping to ...\FF7Game\data it was extracting to ...\FF7Game\FF7Game\data
 
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Anyone able to help out with my little issue a little further down the page??
Would be VERY greatfull as he is starting to become weak with his standard weapon lol
 
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