[FF7] Original and Outdated Tutorial - Bootleg Configurator

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Hello, been a happy user of the brilliant FF7 Remix 251. Brilliant work on this. But now I'm going to try the Bootleg. But for the past 2 days, I've been unable to download FacePalmer.zip.007 from mediafire. Just says 'Your download is starting...', sits there for 10 seconds and asks me to retry, but I've been able to download the other 19 files from the folder. Strange. My ISP throttles peer to peer file sharing, so it would take me days to download the 3gb file just to get FacePalmer.zip.007. Anyone able to download this file ok?

Thanks.

*Edit* I'll just use the Easier to Install Version of FacePalmer instead. Cheers.
 
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Hi Honelith,

it seems that MediaFire has problems since yesterday (02/25/2012).

I am uploading FacePalmer.zip.007 for you onto Google Docs.

   FacePalmer.zip.007



Edit 02/27/2012

MediaFire has solved their problems and the file is available again.
 
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I have a slight issue while in battle... I tried searching the forums but didn't come up with anything and I hope this is the right place to ask..

It just seems that the cursor response in battle is a little sluggish compared to, say, the main menu while just walking around. Just selecting between items, like spells, enemy skills - anything with a long list, feels slow.

here's a screenshot of my bootloader screen if it helps at all
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Any settings I can play with?
Thanks
 
Hi in3rt!a,

if you don't have a NVIDIA graphics card you must switch PBO off.

When you are using this resolutions: 640x480  or  1280x960
Preserve Aspect can be switched off.
 
I do have an nvidia graphics card so that's why I left the PBO setting checked. I'll admit I don't even know what it does but I read in the readme that nvidia cards could leave it on.
and I unchecked preserve aspect ratio - didn't really notice any difference in the size of the window it plays in but I'll leave it unchecked nonetheless.

Thanks

rest of the computer specs:
Core i7 950
12 gb RAM
Windows 7 x64
nvidia GTX470
 
@in3rt!a: I hope your Windows is up-to-date. (Service Pack 1, Windows Updates, Driver)
                The past days, i had several requests which could only be solved by updating.
 
completely up-to-date.
I reformatted my PC last week and made sure I got all the windows updates... took like all day but the computer is running better than ever.
and it's not like the problem i'm having is a game-changer, its just not as responsive as it should be in a battle; just some slight lag. I have to be a little more deliberate when navigating the cursor.. if I press the keys too quickly it might not register one of the press and I'll select the wrong thing. again, not major - but noticable compared to the main menu if i'm on the world map.
 
in3rt!a,
Do you have a gamepad or other controller plugged in?
If so, unplug or disable any them.

Your computer is more than capable of playing a fully modded FF7.
 
I do have a gamepad but I haven't yet plugged it in since i reformatted, so the computer has never seen it - but I was actually thinking about trying it out to see if it's any different.

I've played through the game many times before on my computer (not this particular machine), though this is the first time I've ever done it with all these mods (which are fantastic by the way), and I can't remember if I ever had this issue. I honestly think I might have, and just never really noticed/cared. I figured I'd post just to see if it was a common thing or if anyone else experiences it.
 
To PitBrat and all you wonderful modders for making Bootleg Configurator possible, thank you for this amazing mod compilation. I've never modded FF7 before, so I'm a total noob when it comes to its mods, but I have to say, your bootleg config and instructions had me install every single mod, a whopping 10gb of data, effortlessly and flawlessly. While it seemed like a daunting task at first, there was so many mods to download, I had expected all sorts of issues to occur, but so far so good, brilliant work here PitBrat.

FF7 never looked or played so good. :)
 
Fantastic work! I'm working on DLing the files at the moment.

Found one broken DL link, just says page not found when I go to it:

yarLson Field Upscale Project v0.35.zip https://docs.google.com/leaf?id

Just noticed there are a few other files with this link, I'm guessing there's a whole chunk of stuff that should be at the end.

There's another link for a few files: https://docs.google.com/open?id

Of course I simply found the proper links via these forums but thought you might want to change that anyway.

Neither open a DL page. Hope that helps.
 
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ran bootleg, am using grimmys FMVs however bootleg looks for the wrong file names. either grimmy has changed the file names, or something is wrong on your end b/c i downloaded the FMVs from the big list of mods
 
Didn't get to try this out before I slept last night. One of the music installer .exe's took 3 hours to DL even though it wasn't that big a file, was from a rapidshare download link but that isn't technically a problem as it does indeed download.

Two problems I did find however:

1. FMVRes.exe when the bootleg fired this up for me it did not load ANY of the interface, no window/buttons/etc, all I got was a animated picture of sephiroth on my desktop. Tried multiple things to try and force it to load but in the end just had to end the process in task manager, bootleg then continued as if it had installed. - I can't tell if this is a bug or just a random glitch as that would entail running the whole thing again but I ran FMVres.exe seperately and it worked ok but I shall wait until bootleg is finished before I run it all the way through (with it's own folder).

2. The mod list in BFE AND bootleg.exe could not find the files:

ff7_enhanced_movies_1.zip
ff7_enhanced_movies_2.zip

I can only assume like the poster above me said that the file path in BFE/Bootleg is wrong. If you check the download link for these files however you'll see this file is in four parts so perhaps it was modified since you added it to bootleg which might explain the problem there. It has 4 parts: 1, 2, 4 and 5 (No 3 lol) and part 1 is a .exe not a .zip http://www.mediafire.com/?5oxns4oj1mgny

..hmmm yeh.

https://www.ff7catalog.com/posts/134571/

ff7_enhanced_movies_1.zip - Trojak  - https://rapidshare.com/files/2135061499/ff7_enhanced_movies_1.zip
ff7_enhanced_movies_2.zip - Trojak - https://rapidshare.com/files/1099401798/ff7_enhanced_movies_2.zip

I wish I'd bothered to look a bit harder before starting bootleg, I only just noticed these. xD

Anyway those are the only issues I've come across during installation.

It will probably be worth restarting the whole process again with these files even if just to to see if I can duplicate the problem I noted with FMVres not working correctly... I'll let this one run through then retry, will post if I find any other issues. Hope this helped.
 
Tifatree,

1) FMVRes.exe runs silently.  Bootleg waits for it to finish and then continues the installation.  There's no need for any user input while installing FMVRes.exe.

2) Megaupload's demise resulted in some file shuffling.  Please check the Big List of FF7 Mods for the most current links.


VISTA users, please do NOT place mods in or install the game to a SYSTEM FOLDER such as PROGRAM FILES or DESKTOP.  Using system folders will result in missing files and broken mods.
 
Ah gotcha, I just got confused with the animation and box on my start bar. Will I be ok to just run bootleg again without undoing everything? Or does it require a clean install?

*Laments the loss of MegaUpload*
 
I should mention, I've noticed that any World Map text doesn't work quite right.  It just kinda scales vertically along the left-hand side of the screen.

Also, the Chocobo races (not to mention the bike minigame, but that's over and done) are FAAAST, but I actually like the new speed.  They used to be so tedious. ^^
 
Cutscenes and Movies

movies.part1.rar - movies.part4.rar                 Leonhart7413    Modified Intro Movies                   Qhimm 01 02 03 04
Click to expand...
sqlogo.avi updated links:
sqlogo.part1.rar sqlogo.part1.rar http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?d9ax64cgwuygg8d
sqlogo.part2.rar sqlogo.part2.rar http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wx5umf6ya4dn890
sqlogo.part3.rar sqlogo.part3.rar http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?aaiimvbm2d3u1jo

Here are some sample shots for the sqlogo.avi redone from start with insane video and sound quality for the game's intro. Thanks DLPB for his support. Enjoy!

http://img3.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=ff72012022718171294.jpg

Tell me what you think :) !
 
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Haven't yet reran bootleg for the FMV and enhanced movies part but I've had a bit of a play with what did install and MY GOSH...

1. Got a new PC and decided to dig up my old copy of FFVII.
2. Looked forward to adding a few mods.
3. Ended up using bootleg instead of a few random mods...
4. Completely fell in love with FFVII again.

Seriously, my game looks stunning, I'm so excited to play it like this! Have experienced no crashing problems whatsoever which is new to me. :)

Only problem I've seen so far is Aeris appeared completely white when I first met her and bought one of her flowers. Hoping I can fix this with a bit of tweaking when I run bootleg for the FMV's, also decided that even though Cloud w/ Masamune looks awesome, clouds own swords are more fun. :3

I Highly recommend bootleg to anyone looking to mod FFVII. It might take a while to DL all the files but A) It is so worth it. B) Definitly faster than doing a ton of mods individually. C) The provided fixes are a godsend <3 Great work! BIG BIG Thank you to everyone involved. :)
 
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@Tifatree: I am helping you with your download problems at your topic:
                    Trojaks ff7 enhanced movies mod. Alternate Download?




@Lion: Please post the filenames of the FMVs (from Grimmy) which are
            not recognized by Bootleg0037.

Alternative:

[list type=decimal]
[*]Decompress the archives by yourself.
[*]After the Bootleg installation, move all files (NO folders) into
this FF7 folder:  .\movies   (overwrite? => YES)
[/list]



@Iecerint:

[list type=decimal]
[*]Please make a screenshot, so we can see what you see.  ;)
[*]Read this topic: Mini games
[/list]
 
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