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I figured this would be the place to ask. Last October I finished my improved dialogue project for FF7 PC, in which I used the text editor Loveless. To my knowledge no one else has released anything like this, so that's why I'm asking before I try to upload it and present it.
I'm very familiar with the game's story and for the gray areas I consulted several FF7 forums and translation guides for help in piecing together some of the more vague aspects of the plot. I also expanded the dialogue in some cases, particularly Cloud's plot recaps, the Kalm flashback, and Hojo's explanation of the Reunion in the North Cave, in an attempt to reinforce the plot. I didn't just focus on key scenes however, I fixed several cases of bad grammar throughout and altered some lines to be more appropriate in context.
Altogether I'm pretty satisfied with the finished product, but there's one major downside to it all. You can play through the entire game using my modified flevel.lgp, right until you beat Jenova for the last time on Disc 3. I'm guessing all that editing corrupted the flevel file and so to continue, you have to replace it with either the original file or the extra one I edited just for Disc 3 to make the end dialogue better.
As you can imagine, this was a hard pill to swallow. I was practically finished with the whole project and it decides to screw up on me right at the end. That's why I've just sat on it for so long. But if anyone thinks they'd like to try it, then why let all that effort go to waste?
Anyone who was able to get ficedula's music plug in to work should be comfortable using my file. I've included instructions on how to use it by:
A) Doing a full install of the game to the hard drive and just placing my edited file in the right place (easy way). Of course, when you get to Disc 3, you'll need to change the file out with the alternate version using this method but still, easy enough.
B) Installing the game so it reads the CDs for its data, then creating specialized play discs that work just like the official ones, only you replace the flevel file on them with mine. I prefer this way myself, no late game file swapping so it seems more professional. (For this to work properly you need CD burning software that can edit CD's names, as the discs will need to be named FF7DISC1 etc.)
Let me know what you think. If nothing else, it gives you an excuse to play through it again. You may even get a better idea of the story! If there's enough interest, I'll find a way to host it so people can download it.
I'm very familiar with the game's story and for the gray areas I consulted several FF7 forums and translation guides for help in piecing together some of the more vague aspects of the plot. I also expanded the dialogue in some cases, particularly Cloud's plot recaps, the Kalm flashback, and Hojo's explanation of the Reunion in the North Cave, in an attempt to reinforce the plot. I didn't just focus on key scenes however, I fixed several cases of bad grammar throughout and altered some lines to be more appropriate in context.
Altogether I'm pretty satisfied with the finished product, but there's one major downside to it all. You can play through the entire game using my modified flevel.lgp, right until you beat Jenova for the last time on Disc 3. I'm guessing all that editing corrupted the flevel file and so to continue, you have to replace it with either the original file or the extra one I edited just for Disc 3 to make the end dialogue better.
As you can imagine, this was a hard pill to swallow. I was practically finished with the whole project and it decides to screw up on me right at the end. That's why I've just sat on it for so long. But if anyone thinks they'd like to try it, then why let all that effort go to waste?
Anyone who was able to get ficedula's music plug in to work should be comfortable using my file. I've included instructions on how to use it by:
A) Doing a full install of the game to the hard drive and just placing my edited file in the right place (easy way). Of course, when you get to Disc 3, you'll need to change the file out with the alternate version using this method but still, easy enough.
B) Installing the game so it reads the CDs for its data, then creating specialized play discs that work just like the official ones, only you replace the flevel file on them with mine. I prefer this way myself, no late game file swapping so it seems more professional. (For this to work properly you need CD burning software that can edit CD's names, as the discs will need to be named FF7DISC1 etc.)
Let me know what you think. If nothing else, it gives you an excuse to play through it again. You may even get a better idea of the story! If there's enough interest, I'll find a way to host it so people can download it.