[FF7] Tutorial for Bootleg - Tifa's Bootleg

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Just one more thing, I swear (at least until I run into any other odd problems).
The Vsync doesn't seem to be working properly. Nothing gamebreaking or anything, but it shows mostly while walking on the field and during flv scenes (battle sections are pretty much fine). I'm not using post processing, vbo or pbo.
Is this to be expected (it is a pretty old game running on new system after all) or is there a fix? I tried forcing v-sync through nvidia control pannel to no avail.
 
Just one more thing, I swear (at least until I run into any other odd problems).
The Vsync doesn't seem to be working properly. Nothing gamebreaking or anything, but it shows mostly while walking on the field and during flv scenes (battle sections are pretty much fine). I'm not using post processing, vbo or pbo.
Is this to be expected (it is a pretty old game running on new system after all) or is there a fix? I tried forcing v-sync through nvidia control pannel to no avail.
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Sucks doesn't it? I got used to it, but I'd love it if someone would make a post-processing filter that blurred the jerky movement of ff7 PC. It's normal, VSYNC actually works fine with ff7 and is adjusted by the application for different parts (depending on which mods you're using this may or may not work in some minigames, like the motorbike escape from midgar) so you should allow the application to control it.
 
Oh, alright then.
Also, I downloaded the tifa's package, which is over 17 GB, can I delete from my computer now that everything is installed? (I'm supposing the files that I chose in the configurator were unzipped and installed already, right?).
 
I'm having a terrible time getting this to work. My game shows a black screen then kicks me back to the desktop. I have the sound driver configurated, and I can test the sound and it's fine. This is a Steam install, and I did use Steam Mover. Could that be the cause of these problems?
 
Yah Steam Mover seems to be a dead end. If you scroll up just a little is a link about how to move the entire STEAM directory.
 
Is this just an issue of where the games installed? Steam gives you the option of choosing where you want to install games, it maybe easier to just reinstall to the directory you want. I have it set to install everything on a separate drive I have in a raid configuration so it doesn't bog down my C drive.
Oh, alright then.
Also, I downloaded the tifa's package, which is over 17 GB, can I delete from my computer now that everything is installed? (I'm supposing the files that I chose in the configurator were unzipped and installed already, right?).
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I would keep everything, or at least back it up somewhere. If for any reason you need to reinstall or just rerun bootleg again you'll have to have them.
 
Alright, I am out of ideas to fix this Tifa with white squares on her face and not being able to change her battle model.  I uninstalled completely except for bootleg and ran the Remove Keys tool.  Got the music working again, though lost it after the second reboot. If there is any ideas to solve this, I am down otherwise I may just have to live with a blotchy Tifa.

I am sure something is not being deleted just no idea what or where it could be.  There's no reason to have to re download the mods is there?  because they took a decent chunk of a day.

Here is the APP.LOG

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INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.11bINFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US EnglishINFO: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2 4.3.0INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detectedINFO: Using PBOINFO: Found swap_control extensionGLITCH: Unable to turn on vsyncINFO: Max texture size: 16384x16384INFO: Number of texture units: 4INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1280x960, output resolution 1280x960, internal resolution 1280x960INFO: Shader limits: varying 124, vert uniform 4096, frag uniform 2048INFO: 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:\Bootleg\FINAL_FANTASY_VII\ff7input.cfginitializing sound...creating dsound primary bufferreading audio fileloading static soundssound initializedset music volume: 127set music volume: 127Entering MAINExiting MAINSTART OF CREDITS!!!INFO: C:\Bootleg\FINAL_FANTASY_VII\movies\eidoslogo.avi; indeo5/pcm_s16le 640x480, 30.000000 FPS, duration: 12.933333, frames: 388INFO: slow output format from video codec indeo5; 6set music volume trans: 127->0, step=60END OF CREDITS!!!Entering MAINset music volume: 127Exiting MAINSTART OF MENU SYSTEM!!!END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!Entering MAINExiting MAIN-=-=[START OF WORLD MAP!!!]=-=-stop_soundcross play music: 0set music volume trans: 127->0, step=4set music volume: 127stop_sound-=-=[END OF WORLD MAP!!!]=-=-Entering 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# 229[BATTLE] Exitting FRAME_INITIALIZE[BATTLE] Begin main battle loop[BATTLE] End of current battle[BATTLE] Begin end battle stuffstop_sound[BATTLE] Entering FRAME_QUIT[BATTLE] endof battle.[BATTLE] Exitting FRAME_QUITEntering MAINExiting MAINSTART OF MENU SYSTEM!!!END OF MENU SYSTEM!!!Entering MAINExiting MAIN-=-=[START OF WORLD MAP!!!]=-=-stop_soundcross play music: 0set music volume trans: 127->0, step=4set music volume: 127WM_CLOSE -=-=[END OF WORLD MAP!!!]=-=-Field QuitUNINITIALIZE DD END UNINITIALIZE DD
 
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All right, I found the app.log, and it's totally empty.  Ran a couple of googles, which mentioned the possibility of a UAC problem, but I already set it to the minimum...I'm running Windows 7.
 
alright, I am out of ideas to fix this Tifa with white squares on her face and not being able to change her battle model.
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Oh, I was going to ask this forum for help about it now. Just noticed that Tifa is with her same battle model and a jumbled up face. So nobody knows how to fix that?

Also, I am playing now with preserve aspect (much better), but the menu still seems like it was designed to be shown in wide screen, resulting in the feeling that the whole interface of the menu is slightly...how should I put it...squeezed? I found in the opengl archive that there is an "widescreen hack" feature, so I changed it from "Yes" to "No", but the menu still looks rather odd.

This is a Steam install, and I did use Steam Mover. Could that be the cause of these problems?
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I have the steam version, used steam mover and didn't use the game converter. Everything seems to be working fine so far...you know, except for the Tifa battle model glitch. I sure hope this is not the issue and I have to reinstall the whole freaking thing...
 
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Tifa with white squares... What model is this...? AC Tifa? Try installing Whiteraven's Tifa instead if that's the only issue you've got going, I think AC Tifa AND Yuffie may have problems off boot40.
 
I didn't use the game converter either. I'll try some of the alternate ways to move my steam directory.
 
Does any one have this problem?

Quite annoyed..:(. The counter number does not show all.
How to fix this? Help me please.
 
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Hello; made this account just to post this - all this looks great and I'd love to be able to play around with it. I'm using Windows XP with the Steam release, having used the torrent to acquire everything, and have followed the tut all the way through, so my game is converted properly and all the rest.

I've been having an issue where my bootleg.exe hangs indefinitely at "building condor.lgp" - I have to close it by force, and it's not usually until several minutes after that I get a "lgp.exe has ceased working" Windows message. Notably, after it moves on to "copying LGP files", I get several error messages regarding Windows being unable to find files within Sprinkles.7z; clicking okay makes bootleg.exe spit out "Invalid switch - -I" and move on to the next .LGP file. This continues through "Installing Field Art as PNG to Mods Folder", then through the various Facepalmer files, and finally it gives the same error when it comes to "Extracting condor.lgp" in the Strayoff's Condor Minigame Upgrades set.

... except this time, apparently, as I'm writing this. This time it's chosen to hang at "Installing FeliX Leonhart's World Art", and I haven't got the lgp error message yet (several minutes later).
EDIT: lgp error message never appeared on that attempt, weirdly.

My APP.log file is unfortunately empty, presumably because that would make things too easy. I'm currently in the process of reinstalling VII so I can attack it from the top down.

Something I should mention - I didn't check at the time (and I will in future), but "Sprinkles.7z" doesn't exist anywhere in my FF7 folder after the fact, although I did get a "Sprinkles is ready" message when bootleg was initially setting up.
EDIT: In spite of a folder named Sprinkles.7z appearing in my designated temp files folder, and recieving a "Sprinkles is ready" message in bootleg.exe, that folder has nothing inside of it.

Thanks in advance.
 
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I'm using Windows XP with the Steam release
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Reinstall completely (make sure everything is deleted from the game install folder) and use Kompass63's Registry tool before reinstalling ff7 and then using Kompass63 Game Converter .8b, Start the game to test it once after the Game Converter. Then install bootleg.
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GameConverter.8 is specifically made to be compatible with XP and STEAM ff7. It's the only way to get a clean install for you. Please be sure to install ff7 outside of the Program Files area of your Windows install disk.
PLEASE DO NOT USE "STEAM MOVER"
This Tool don't update the Registry, my FF7 GameConverter can not work correctly!
Preferring instead to move the whole Steam folder as described here.
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Tifa with white squares... What model is this...? AC Tifa? Try installing Whiteraven's Tifa instead if that's the only issue you've got going, I think AC Tifa AND Yuffie may have problems off boot40.
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Yeah sorry.  I have the battle model AC Grimmy selected yet the original is the one that shows in battle with the strange white shapes ,  though Grimmy had worked perfectly fine before.  I will try Whiteraven to see if it fixes and maybe try switching back again after.
 
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I noticed something about Game Converter, the rerelease and bootleg. If you choose no change to the movies with bootleg after GC, you'll end up with an empty movie folder. Weird. Guess I'll bug Kompass63 about it if I can recreate the issue. 

Edit: no, no, no. There is an empty movies folder in the main install folder, but in data is the correct movies path... Where did this come from? I just change movie path in bootloader and it's fine, guess that changes the registry quietly.
 
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Tifa with white squares... What model is this...? AC Tifa? Try installing Whiteraven's Tifa instead if that's the only issue you've got going, I think AC Tifa AND Yuffie may have problems off boot40.
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Yeah there's a problem with Grimmys Tifa and Yuffie models. Yuffie will crash the game, so use Whiteravens. Tifa will work but for some reason the version included with the torrent just loads the prp model, so download the one from the mod lists here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/aa97buhbke72ohg/JKA+Tifa.7z and over write the file in your ff7 mods folder. It'll now install Tifa when you rerun bootleg.
 
What steps should I take with a Windows 7 to fully reinstall FFVII with the steam release, since my APP.log is empty as well?  I had followed the tutorial previously up to the "Run Bootleg" step, which briefly brings up the command prompt in a new window, and then closes after a few seconds, seemingly without doing anything.  Also, I didn't use the steam mover, I did move everything per a tutorial on moving the steam installation.  Any ideas of where I should start?
 
No problem it's actually pretty easy. To start you'll need to uninstall the game though. Then go to file>settings and click the download tab. It'll show you what directories are set to install games. Click add library folder and just navigate to the directory you want to use. Probably games\final fantasy vii\ff7 yes?
 
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