[FF7] Tutorial for Bootleg - Tifa's Bootleg

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Yes, when it crashes at start, you usually just need to run FF7Config.exe and repick your sound driver.
 
Guys I need some serious help!

I'm in that part of the game where you have to sneak past Aerith's room to get by, to do that you need to walk not run.

This is the problem:

I installed the mod than makes you run all the time, now I know if you hold the cancel button it makes Cloud walk instead however whenever he reaches a certain point in the room he starts running automatically and I get sent back to the room, this happens again and again even while holding the cancel button.

Can anyone fix this? I've leveled up so much in the game I really don't want to have to re-install everything all over again
 
Try running instead of walking. This has been reported before, and I think that's the work around to it.
 
Guys I need some serious help!

I'm in that part of the game where you have to sneak past Aerith's room to get by, to do that you need to walk not run.

This is the problem:

I installed the mod than makes you run all the time, now I know if you hold the cancel button it makes Cloud walk instead however whenever he reaches a certain point in the room he starts running automatically and I get sent back to the room, this happens again and again even while holding the cancel button.

Can anyone fix this? I've leveled up so much in the game I really don't want to have to re-install everything all over again
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This happened to me a long time ago too even when walking it runs all of a sudden what i did to fix it was i removed the alwaysrun patch then got past that then saved then put on the alwaysrun patch on again and back to normal no more problems :)
 
Problem:
When the always run patch is enabled, it is impossible to walk past Aerith's bedroom to sneak out, because Cloud starts running even if you hold [cancel] to walk.

Explanation:
The scripting in this scene does not know about the always run patch. Instead of checking if you're running, it checks if you're holding [cancel], assuming that holding the button means you're running and not holding it means you're walking. That last bit of running has nothing to do with your movement, but is actually part of the script; you can even let go of the directional buttons at that point and he'll keep running a bit longer.

Solution:
Just don't hold cancel. Run right past. You won't get caught.


I wonder if it's possible to fix this script for the always-run patch, so this doesn't happen.
 
Thank you so much guys you have all been very helpful, quick and to the point the people of this site are extremely helpful.

I shall try running past it tomorrow see if it goes well :)
 
Oh hey guys, i'm up to the bit where Coud enters the Shinra building to save Aerith and... wow... there are a lot of bugs here. The bosses seem to be mixed up, i'm fighting Rufus even though i'm not suppose to even meet him yet. fighting the boss at the end of the motorbike scene when i'm not there yet.

Is there something I can do to fix this? I'm fighting bosses that i'm not supposed to fight yet and their levels are much higher than mine
 
Hello people. This is my first post so bear with me on this. I'm having 3 issues with this whole setup.

1: I'm having issues with all the mods I set up in BFE.exe not actually being executed in the actual game. For instance, the character models for Cloud and Barret are different from the ones I chose in the BFE interface. Or the beginning game screen loads as "Standoff with Logo" instead of the "Buster Glare" that I chose. Same thing with music and possibly the "Lost Wing" game difficulty I chose.  I wouldn't know because...

2: The game crashes every time after I complete the very first battle. I will win and then the screen goes black. the music is still playing but the screen goes black then I'll get a popup stating the FF7 has crashed.

3: Also another problem that I am having is that I have a very small internal hard drive (30GB) because my old 500GB fried a while back. And the hard drive is pretty full with other things so I use a 1.5 TB external HD. I installed Bootleg and FF7 (everything) on the external. Could this be my entire issue or is it totally possible to run this setup on an external?
 
Oh hey guys, i'm up to the bit where Coud enters the Shinra building to save Aerith and... wow... there are a lot of bugs here. The bosses seem to be mixed up, i'm fighting Rufus even though i'm not suppose to even meet him yet. fighting the boss at the end of the motorbike scene when i'm not there yet.

Is there something I can do to fix this? I'm fighting bosses that i'm not supposed to fight yet and their levels are much higher than mine
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It sounds like you installed Mode Switching for your difficulty, no? It's full of bugs, so I'd recommend picking one difficulty and only installing that.


Hello people. This is my first post so bear with me on this. I'm having 3 issues with this whole setup.

1: I'm having issues with all the mods I set up in BFE.exe not actually being executed in the actual game. For instance, the character models for Cloud and Barret are different from the ones I chose in the BFE interface. Or the beginning game screen loads as "Standoff with Logo" instead of the "Buster Glare" that I chose. Same thing with music and possibly the "Lost Wing" game difficulty I chose.  I wouldn't know because...

2: The game crashes every time after I complete the very first battle. I will win and then the screen goes black. the music is still playing but the screen goes black then I'll get a popup stating the FF7 has crashed.

3: Also another problem that I am having is that I have a very small internal hard drive (30GB) because my old 500GB fried a while back. And the hard drive is pretty full with other things so I use a 1.5 TB external HD. I installed Bootleg and FF7 (everything) on the external. Could this be my entire issue or is it totally possible to run this setup on an external?
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1. You're not seeing the mods you chose because they didn't install correctly. This is the result of a user error during the install process. I recommend turning off UAC and any anti-virus programs you may be running before running Bootleg. Was the Mod Listing all green and yellow?  It's good to read the command prompt as Bootleg is installing, and checking the installation log afterwards. I honestly have no other words to give because people make mistakes a lot when installing for the first time, but I can't really address what I can't see. In almost every case they come back later saying they figured it out, and it never had anything to do with the actually mods. Trial and error with good patience will get everything to work, I promise  :)

2. This is because of #1. If mods aren't installing properly, there will be indefinite problems running the game. Fix #1 and this should go away. Please post your APP.log so we may get an understanding of what causes the crash. Please post it with [code ] and [/code ] markings, minus the spaces.
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3. The 1.5TB is fine.
 
3. The 1.5TB is fine.
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Yes, that could just be just enough :-D

@raikodx

Disable UAC and anti-virus software and run "BFE.exe" then again.
Click on the "Install" and assure you that the information is correct there.
Note that "Temporary Files" may require up to 20GB space alone, in addition to the space that is now required in the Games folder.
With 40GB space can be expected.
 
It sounds like you installed Mode Switching for your difficulty, no? It's full of bugs, so I'd recommend picking one difficulty and only installing that.
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Ah man, i'm already halfway through the game and the bosses are all mixed up with ordinary opponents. Is there a way to fix this without me having to delete what i've done so far?
I've stuck with the Remastered difficulty and I won't switch but it's still going on. Any advice?
 
Ah man, i'm already halfway through the game and the bosses are all mixed up with ordinary opponents. Is there a way to fix this without me having to delete what i've done so far?
I've stuck with the Remastered difficulty and I won't switch but it's still going on. Any advice?
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Copy the save folder somewhere safe. Uninstall FF7Music, then FF7, then delete all the junk files left over. Lastly, run CCleaner to clean out the registry.

Next, install the game and Bootleg again. This time, don't choose Mode Switching as your difficulty. Instead, choose Remastered. Once it's all installed again, put the save folder back into the main installation folder.
 
Thanks for the responses guys. EQ2Alyza, you were right. It was user error. What I did was install Bootleg mods before making changes to the mods. So I ended up with the default mods instead. So I uninstalled FF7 and reinstalled. Then made my mod changes and then ran bootleg to install. I got confused with your tutorial because it goes off on the "Downloading and installing the extra mods" tangent and I missed the part where the "Run Bootleg" was supposed to be clicked to install your chosen mods. Hope that makes sense, but over all, its fixed and running fine. Thanks again.
 
Well hello there guys. I'm having a bit of a problem. I've tried installing bootleg via the first page tutorial multiple times and solved several issues on my own, however I don't know where to go next. I get the install working and the bootloader is up and running with settings similar to the original post, however the game will not progress past the opening EIDOS logo. Here is my app log. I'm using windows vista 32 bit and bootleg/BFE are running as administrator for sure. I see that the problem is that it couldn't change to the save folder in my directory, but I just checked and it is definitely there. I even put a copy of my save in there and I'm still getting the unhandled exception. Any ideas?

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
INFO: ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Radeon X1250 2.0.6747 Release
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: PBO not supported
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 2048x2048
INFO: Number of texture units: 8
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 960x720, output resolution 960x720, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing path
INFO: Shader limits: varying 44, vert uniform 512, frag uniform 512
INFO: vertex shader compile log:
Vertex shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.

INFO: fragment shader compile log:
Fragment shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.
INFO: main program link log:
Fragment shader(s) linked, vertex shader(s) linked.
INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
INFO: FF7Music helper plugin loaded
INFO: Loading external library Multi.dll
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
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:\Games\FF7legit\movies\eidoslogo.avi; indeo5/pcm_s16le 640x480, 30.000000 FPS, duration: 12.933333, frames: 388
INFO: slow output format from video codec indeo5; 6
set music volume trans: 127->0, step=60
END OF CREDITS!!!
Entering MAIN
set music volume: 127
Exiting MAIN
START OF MENU SYSTEM!!!
ERROR: COULD NOT CHANGE TO DIRECTORY C:\Games\FF7legit\save
ERROR: unhandled exception
 
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If you have installed the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, this might help:

Start -> all Programms -> K-Lite Codec Pack -> Configuration -> LAV Splitter

remove the check mark for "avi" inside the Tab "Input Formats"
 
I do not have the K-lite mega codec pack. Should I snag that to help out? I haven't seen anyone else mention that in the pages I've read here, nor have I ever heard of it in general.
 
The k... is not necessary. I installed it and thereby could no longer play the old (1998) videos.
After some experimentation I found the above solution to make the old videos playable again.
If you also want to experiment a bit, you can try it. But if it helps (you uses other Videos) I do not know... ???
 
Sorry for all my problems, but same with fresh reinstall of ff7, always thoses crashes. Here it's at a random fight just before the first boss of the game.
Here is my APP.log

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Code: 
INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11bINFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US EnglishINFO: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series 4.2.12002 Compatibility Profile Context 9.12.0.0INFO: 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 1920x1080, output resolution 1920x1080, internal resolution 3840x2160INFO: FBO extension detected, using fast scaling/postprocessing pathINFO: Shader limits: varying 128, vert uniform 16384, frag uniform 16384INFO: fragment shader compile log:WARNING: 0:19: warning(#62) enable/warn/disable extension is not found. Extension "GL_ARB_framebuffer_object" is not supportedINFO: 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 initializing sound...creating dsound primary bufferreading audio fileloading static soundssound initializedset music volume: 127set music volume: 127Entering MAINExiting MAINSTART OF CREDITS!!!INFO: D:\Games add\Square Enix\FINAL FANTASY VII\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!!!END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!Entering MAINExiting MAINField StartField QuitEntering MAINExiting MAINEntering FRAME_INITIALIZE SWIRLExitting FRAME_INITIALIZE SWIRLSwirl sound_effect1stop_soundEnd of Swirl sound_effect1Entering FRAME_QUIT SWIRLExitting FRAME_QUIT SWIRLEntering MAINExiting MAIN[BATTLE] Entering FRAME_INITIALIZE[BATTLE] Scene# 322[BATTLE] Exitting FRAME_INITIALIZEERROR: failed to find file battle/SPAA (LGP) (path: FF7/DATA/BATTLE/EFFECT/HITMARK)ERROR: offset error: ENEMY483.D SPAAERROR: could not open file ENEMY483.DERROR: unhandled exception

EDIT : Problem solved ! lol
It was just bootleg who have a problem for me to install correctly Gjoerulv's hardcore mod, and I missed the robot sweeper files.
I reinstalled manually gjoerulv's 1.06 and it's rulz
 
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By the way guys if i want the 9999 break am I not allowed to tick the "Menu Overhaul" in the bootleg options?

Really want the 9999 break but not sure what's the best options.

I have tried selecting just 9999 break with the menu overhaul but it says not to...
I try just 9999 on the bootloader and the battle menu goes all weird.

Is it true that in order for me to use 9999 break (on the bootloader) I have to COMPLETELY disable the menu overhaul?
 
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