[FF7] Tutorial for Bootleg - Tifa's Bootleg

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Could i transfer my save file to a different computer? Or would re installing the mods and game make me start over?
 
You can transfer your save folder to any installation on any computer. Just copy/paste the save folder somewhere before uninstalling the game.
 
Thank you. I am now playing modded FF7 on the right computer without intel graphics.  8-)
 
cansomeone please tell me how i change the controls to my keyboard?
Default controls are on the numpad. If you don't have one, then you need to check the box for Laptop Keyboard in the Game tab.
 
I'm having an issue where when I start the game the screen size is all wrong. It's all zoomed in and placed up and to the right for some reason. I've tried to mess around with the screen resolution and selecting and unselecting the 'Preserve Aspect' option in the FF7 BootLoader OpenGL Configuration, but its always the same; the wrong size and placed up and to the right. Even in a smaller windowed mode.  Also, the safe settings locked up my computer completely and messed up my desktop.

My screen is 1920 x 1080.

But, when I hover my mouse cursor over the taskbar the little preview window shows the game centered and sized up correctly. Maybe it's from having two screens? Maybe my screen resolution settings are somehow wrong or messing it up? Maybe it's the toggle fullscreen option I selected at some point? I have no idea.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong here? Any fixes for this problem?
 
I'm having a problem opening the game. Every time I try to open it using the bootloader, I only see a black screen with a lot of grey particles moving around, and there's no sound. Here's some information that might help...

[From CLI]

ff7_enhanced_movies_1.part1.rar is missing!
ff7_enhanced_movies_1.part1.rar has parts missing!
ff7_enhanced_movies_2.part1.rar is missing!
ff7_enhanced_movies_2.part1.rar has parts missing!
Installing Enhanced Movies pack 1 . . .
Installing Enhanced Movies pack 2 . . .
Completed Enhanced Movies.

Installing Eidos Logo . . .
1 File(s) copied
Completed Logo.

Installing Rhumba's Opening Movies . . .
2 File(s) copied
Completed Movies.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Technical information:

NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

AMD Athlon II X2 235e 2.70GHz

6.00GB Ram

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[From APP.LOG]
INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
INFO: Microsoft Corporation GDI Generic 1.1.0
INFO: GDI software renderer detected
INFO: VBO not supported
INFO: PBO not supported
INFO: Subtractive blending not supported
INFO: No swap_control extension, cannot control framerate
INFO: NPOT textures not supported
INFO: Max texture size: 1024x1024
INFO: Number of texture units: 1
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1280x960, output resolution 1280x960, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r21874, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
INFO: No shaders, codecs with YUV output will be slow.
INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loaded
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
ERROR: could not open file C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\ff7input.cfg
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized
set music volume: 127
set music volume: 127
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF CREDITS!!!
INFO: C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\movies\eidoslogo.avi; indeo5/pcm_s16le 640x480, 30.000000 FPS, duration: 12.933333, frames: 388
INFO: slow output format from video codec indeo5; 6
ERROR: NPOT textures not suppported, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/cr/opback_d_00.png
ERROR: NPOT textures not suppported, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/cr/opback_e_00.png
ERROR: NPOT textures not suppported, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/cr/opback_f_00.png
ERROR: GL_INVALID_VALUE
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=60
END OF CREDITS!!!
Entering MAIN
set music volume: 127
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
ERROR: texture dimensions exceed max texture size, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/menu/buster_00.png
ERROR: NPOT textures not suppported, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/menu/buster_00.png
ERROR: COULD NOT CHANGE TO DIRECTORY C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\save
ERROR: GL_INVALID_VALUE
WM_CLOSE
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Field Quit
UNINITIALIZE DD
END UNINITIALIZE DD
 
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Bit of an update regarding my issue with screen size from yesterday. It seems that the screen size and positioning can be fixed if I hit the windows key and click the 'show desktop' button, then restore the FF7 game window. I'm glad that I have a way of fixing this, but I'd rather not have to do this every time I boot up the game, so I'd still very much appreciate a solution to the problem altogether.


But yeah, so far I LOVE this mod. My favourite game remade the way I want it to be, prettying up the graphics and not messing with the story or how/what the characters say.
When I first played this game in 1997 I loved it, but I didn't know of anime back then. So Advent Children, Crisis Core, etc. kinda ruin Final Fantasy 7 for me. I'd much prefer to imagine how the characters act and speak for myself, rather than how they would in an anime- which comes across as bizarre and alien to me.

I love and enjoy this game like I would a book, with how I can narrate and interpret the character's small gestures as I see appropriate. And I think a full and official remake would completely ruin that and utterly break my heart.

Any voice acting or awkward and untranslatable facial and bodily expressions would transform the game into a betrayal of how I interpret and enjoy the game.

If Cloud were to smile like he did in Advent Children, or laugh like Titus. If Barrett were to get an offensively bad Mr.T voice. If Aeris were to become a ditzy and fragile flower girly-girl face-palmfest like in Crisis Core, or if Yuffie began to act like a kawaii Japanese schoolgirl rather than the sardonic/sarcastic almost-4th wall breaking rebel jokester of a character as I've come to know her as.. I would die.

So yeah, this is perfect, thank-you so much for doing this.
 
I'm having an issue where when I start the game the screen size is all wrong. It's all zoomed in and placed up and to the right for some reason. I've tried to mess around with the screen resolution and selecting and unselecting the 'Preserve Aspect' option in the FF7 BootLoader OpenGL Configuration, but its always the same; the wrong size and placed up and to the right. Even in a smaller windowed mode.  Also, the safe settings locked up my computer completely and messed up my desktop.

My screen is 1920 x 1080.

But, when I hover my mouse cursor over the taskbar the little preview window shows the game centered and sized up correctly. Maybe it's from having two screens? Maybe my screen resolution settings are somehow wrong or messing it up? Maybe it's the toggle fullscreen option I selected at some point? I have no idea.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong here? Any fixes for this problem?
First time this has been reported, so I don't know what to do. If you figure out a way to resolve other than the "show desktop" button every time it launches, let us know. That is really not a fix, so much as a temporary bypass since it still occurs each time you launch the game. Try fiddling with Windows desktop resolutions. Also test whether the screen does this on a clean, unmodded installation.

I'm having a problem opening the game. Every time I try to open it using the bootloader, I only see a black screen with a lot of grey particles moving around, and there's no sound. Here's some information that might help...

[From CLI]

ff7_enhanced_movies_1.part1.rar is missing!
ff7_enhanced_movies_1.part1.rar has parts missing!
ff7_enhanced_movies_2.part1.rar is missing!
ff7_enhanced_movies_2.part1.rar has parts missing!
Installing Enhanced Movies pack 1 . . .
Installing Enhanced Movies pack 2 . . .
Completed Enhanced Movies.

Installing Eidos Logo . . .
1 File(s) copied
Completed Logo.

Installing Rhumba's Opening Movies . . .
2 File(s) copied
Completed Movies.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Technical information:

NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

AMD Athlon II X2 235e 2.70GHz

6.00GB Ram

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[From APP.LOG]
INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
INFO: Microsoft Corporation GDI Generic 1.1.0
INFO: GDI software renderer detected

INFO: VBO not supported
INFO: PBO not supported
INFO: Subtractive blending not supported
INFO: No swap_control extension, cannot control framerate
INFO: NPOT textures not supported
INFO: Max texture size: 1024x1024
INFO: Number of texture units: 1
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1280x960, output resolution 1280x960, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r21874, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
INFO: No shaders, codecs with YUV output will be slow.
INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loaded
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
ERROR: could not open file C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\ff7input.cfg
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized
set music volume: 127
set music volume: 127
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF CREDITS!!!
INFO: C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\movies\eidoslogo.avi; indeo5/pcm_s16le 640x480, 30.000000 FPS, duration: 12.933333, frames: 388
INFO: slow output format from video codec indeo5; 6
ERROR: NPOT textures not suppported, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/cr/opback_d_00.png
ERROR: NPOT textures not suppported, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/cr/opback_e_00.png
ERROR: NPOT textures not suppported, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/cr/opback_f_00.png
ERROR: GL_INVALID_VALUE
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=60
END OF CREDITS!!!
Entering MAIN
set music volume: 127
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
ERROR: texture dimensions exceed max texture size, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/menu/buster_00.png
ERROR: NPOT textures not suppported, will not be able to load C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\/mods/bootleg/menu/buster_00.png
ERROR: COULD NOT CHANGE TO DIRECTORY C:\FFVII\FINAL FANTASY VII\save
ERROR: GL_INVALID_VALUE
WM_CLOSE
END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
Field Quit
UNINITIALIZE DD
END UNINITIALIZE DD
The bold lines mean it is not reading your Nvidia graphics card when it's running. Check the FAQ section on how to fix that.

The "missing parts" for the movies is supposed to happen. Those movies have multiple sets, so it will choose one of them to install, and the ignore the other. When it ignores it, it says the "missing parts" message rather than that it's ignoring them. I didn't code that, so sorry for the miscommunication.
 
I have a new problem, no music.
This is the error message I get:

Access violation at address 00000000. Read of address 00000000.

I did copy some music files earlier, but I didn't mess with the original files. Maybe I need to reinstall them or something?


EDIT:
Okay, I fixed it. I just dumped all the files back in the FFVII folder. But I might have more updates, like the screen resolution thing. So instead of constantly posting and adding to the length of this thread I'll just update this post from now on.
 
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Please post your APP.LOG
 ;D i've already reinstall and i can see red XII now. I change model for red XXII, field> prp classic battle> no change. at first i use  field >HQ(kela51) and battle> HQ Red XII (kela51). Is there any video link to see the gameplay? I would like to compare with mine
 
;D i've already reinstall and i can see red XII now. I change model for red XXII, field> prp classic battle> no change. at first i use  field >HQ(kela51) and battle> HQ Red XII (kela51). Is there any video link to see the gameplay? I would like to compare with mine
You can find an updated version of that Red XIII model on my release thread. I haven't heard about any installation issues with it.

https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/10107/
 
i have done everything step by step and when I run bootleg it tells me it cant go to full screen the edios logo plays and then goes to new game/ continue screen and I cant control anything after that.

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INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11bINFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US EnglishERROR: failed to set fullscreen modeINFO: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics 4.2.12422 Compatibility Profile Context 13.152.1.1000INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detectedINFO: Using PBOINFO: Found swap_control extensionINFO: Max texture size: 16384x16384INFO: Number of texture units: 8INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 640x480, output resolution 640x480, internal resolution 640x480INFO: Shader limits: varying 128, vert uniform 16384, frag uniform 16384INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loadedINFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loadedINFO: Loading external library Multi.dllLOCK UNLOCK TEST MATRIX INITIALIZE INITIALIZE DD/D3D END ERROR: could not open file C:\Games\FF7\ff7input.cfginitializing sound...creating dsound primary bufferreading audio fileloading static soundssound initializedset music volume: 127set music volume: 127Entering MAINExiting MAINSTART OF CREDITS!!!INFO: C:\Games\FF7\movies\eidoslogo.avi; h264/aac 1280x960, 15.000000 FPS, duration: 10.193000, frames: 153set music volume trans: 127->0, step=60END OF CREDITS!!!Entering MAINset music volume: 127Exiting MAINSTART OF MENU SYSTEM!!!WM_CLOSE END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!Field QuitUNINITIALIZE DD END UNINITIALIZE DD
 
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you have to edit "ff7_opengl.cfg" with Notepad and set the resolution to a value that is supported by your PC.

FF7 is controlled with the numeric keypad. If you have not, you must install the LaptopKeyPatch.
 
this is what I see in that file

## USER OPTIONS ##
## If you just want to play the game, these are the only options you'll want to change.

# set the window size (or fullscreen resolution) of FF7
# 0 means use original resolution (whatever ff7.exe provides)
# preserve_aspect adds black borders as needed to preserve a 4:3 aspect ratio
window_size_x = 1280
window_size_y = 960
#internal_size_x = 3840
#internal_size_y = 2160
preserve_aspect = yes
fullscreen = yes

#window_pos_x = -1
#window_pos_y = -1
#widescreen_hack = yes

what would I change without messing anything up
 
You can't run the game at a fullscreen resolution that is different than your Windows resolution.

Go review Step 11 again. You can set your game resolution there.
 
I've come across a game breaking bug. I'm on floor 65 of the Shin-Ra building and after assembling the Midgar model puzzle I go to open the last box containing the next Keycard and BAM, battle! Boss music?.. aaaand, nothing. Just a black screen and a semi-frozen computer. Also, just before this I noticed that Cloud's EXP didn't go up after winning a fight on the same floor.

And now I've noticed that I get an error message:

   Oops! Something very bad happened
   Wrote crash.dmp tp FF7 install dir,
   Please provide a copy of it along with APP.LOG when reporting this error.
   Write emergency save to save/crash.ff7?

So, uh.. yeah?
 
Ah, okay. Cool! So I did that but it doesn't seem to work. Do you think it's fixed, but my save state is still messed up? Will I need to load an earlier save or start all over again? Or maybe I'm not installing it correctly..?
 
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