[FF7PC-98/Steam] Anxious Heart (A05 Final)

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Remembering the position of the tunes has nothing to do with oggs.  I am not sure if ff7music deals with it.  The correct way for the game to operate is to remember that tune, if there's no option for it in ff7music, you'd need to edit ff7.exe with hex editor or something.  You'd need to change code.
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Ah that makes sense. Could you answer one last question for me? AH does in fact use FF7MUSIC right? If so, where does it install ff7music, I can't find it anywhere to see if I can make the changes I want manually. I remember using ff7 music a long time ago on the 1998 version and you could specifically set certain tracks to restart or resume.

Thank you!
 
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That's the confusing part, I a full drive search and it found nothing. You did build the installer correct? If you get a chance, could you check and see where you are pointing it to install ff7music and its config file?

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That's the confusing part, I a full drive search and it found nothing. You did build the installer correct? If you get a chance, could you check and see where you are pointing it to install ff7music and its config file?

Thank you.
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Yes, the installer works correctly!
Having already worked with thousands of people, you should be able to accept that!

FF7Music.exe should be in folder "Ficedula".
 
Okay didn't know there was a remastered version.  Also found some problems with this soundtrack and don't know if the original source or the ogg quality is to blame. 

Which one sounds closer to the source how the authors intended?  This, or https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/5337/.  I'd rather buy it unless there's a FLAC release.
 
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Yes, the installer works correctly!
Having already worked with thousands of people, you should be able to accept that!

FF7Music.exe should be in folder "Ficedula".
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I'm not sure you really understand what I'm saying. Yes, the installer does indeed work, I am using the mod with no issue. There is no ff7music.exe in the ficedula folder, there is no ff7music.exe on my entire hard drive. I'm trying to understand exactly what the installer does with it. The idea is that I want to make some modifications to ff7music, but I can't do that if I don't know where it's located or if it even still resides on the hard drive after the installer finishes.
 
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Okay didn't know there was a remastered version.  Also found some problems with this soundtrack and don't know if the original source or the ogg quality is to blame. 

Which one sounds closer to the source how the authors intended?  This, or https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/5337/.  I'd rather buy it.
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Having tested this today, I can say AnxiousHeart original soundtrack is closer to the original. Some problems almost certainly come from the ff7music plugin itself and not this mod. These may never be addressed. I think there's an issue with the sleeping song only lasting a second not sure if there's a workaround; sadly, this was the main reason I didn't know much about this mod.
 
I'm not sure you really understand what I'm saying. Yes, the installer does indeed work, I am using the mod with no issue. There is no ff7music.exe in the ficedula folder, there is no ff7music.exe on my entire hard drive. I'm trying to understand exactly what the installer does with it. The idea is that I want to make some modifications to ff7music, but I can't do that if I don't know where it's located or if it even still resides on the hard drive after the installer finishes.
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Did you make sure to run the installer as admin?  And best off installing ff7 outside of program files folder.  The ficedula folder is in the main ff7 folder.  If the music is playing, then it has to be there.
 
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Any chance you'll release this in FLAC?  Don't mean to be pushy and think your work is great!

Kind regards
 
Any chance you'll release this in FLAC?  Don't mean to be pushy and think your work is great!

Kind regards
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I answered this before a few times, and the answer is no for various reasons.

1.  If you desire to listen to the tracks in top quality that you can notice a difference you actually need very good ears and expensive audio equipment.  Contrary to popular belief, the difference between mp3/ogg 192 and Lossless source is too small for most people to hear without those things, and even worse the older the person gets.  FF7 music is not exactly an orchestra piece to begin with, and so it matters even less.

2.  If you really wanted that so much you could buy the album and listen to it rather than play the game.

3. Flacs are much bigger than 192kbit/s audio files, and the whole reason for making them small is because this is a game.  One of the reasons MGS4 has retarded install times and other problems with space is because they wasted an entire 50GB blu-ray by including uncompressed audio... and 99% of people or more wouldn't have even realised the difference had they not.   FF7 is a small game in modern terms, and it's meant to be efficient.  Adding massive flacs is a waste of space and simply unprofessional.  The small gains you theoretically receive cannot outweigh the increase in bloat (both game and installer).

4. I don't know how to make flacs loop, and I don't know of any dll that can do it.  Even there is, it would mean redoing all the music files yet again.  Simply not going to happen.  What I have released is a professional, sane, and working mod for FF7 that updates the music to be even better than the original PSX game.  That's all that is required.

5. Aali's next driver will support oggs, like the new release FF7, which uses his driver. Flac support is simply not happening.
 
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Aali's next driver will support oggs, like the new release FF7, which uses his driver.
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Not trying to be annoying here but do you know for sure there's still going to be a next one? I'd feint if he released it, but I stopped "hoping" a while ago. If you can say "there will be definitely, dunno when" that would at least be something else to look forward to.
 
I spoke to aali once not long ago and he expressed a desire to get it released.  So he must be willing to :)
 
I spoke to aali once not long ago and he expressed a desire to get it released.  So he must be willing to :)
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Sounds good to me...


I'm not sure you really understand what I'm saying.
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In fact I have misunderstood you ...

As I understand, your mod uses ff7music to implement the patch so that it will play OGG correct?
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FF7Music is NOT installed when you use an unmodified Re- or Steam Release!
In this case, the existing OGG files are overwritten by those of DLPB, then that was all.

However, if you a kind of "new to old patch" using, also FF7Music is installed.

Also, there must be a flag that tells certain songs to resume or to start from the beginning correct?
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I think without "new to old patch" you'll need to manipulate the ff7_xx.exe...
 
Thank you Kompass! You have made everything clear to me now. Sorry about the misunderstandings. :)
 
Pardon me for asking what may be a stupid question, but after having installed a fresh redo of FF7 on Steam, then using the Mover, then installing the series of mods I wish to use with BFE, I discovered Anxious Heart. I actually have the PSF version of the OST installed, but I'd very much like to use Anxious Heart, as it is much higher quality (obviously). My question is, having used BFE already, when I go to install the Anxious Heart set of music with AH.exe, do I choose Old PC (1998) or New PC (2012 cash-in)? All I want to install is the OST from the master files, none of the Fan Made tracks.
 
Pardon me for asking what may be a stupid question, but after having installed a fresh redo of FF7 on Steam, then using the Mover, then installing the series of mods I wish to use with BFE, I discovered Anxious Heart. I actually have the PSF version of the OST installed, but I'd very much like to use Anxious Heart, as it is much higher quality (obviously). My question is, having used BFE already, when I go to install the Anxious Heart set of music with AH.exe, do I choose Old PC (1998) or New PC (2012 cash-in)? All I want to install is the OST from the master files, none of the Fan Made tracks.
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If you've used bootleg, then choose Old PC (1998). Then choose Original Soundtrack.
 
Awesome. Done and done.


Edit: Ah crap, now the music isn't playing in-game lol.

What do I need to do to fix that?
 
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Awesome. Done and done.


Edit: Ah crap, now the music isn't playing in-game lol.

What do I need to do to fix that?
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check bootloader make sure ff7music plugin is checked on
 
In the Plugins tab, Music Plugin is checked and the path is plugins/FF7music.fgp

External Library is checked as well, with it's "path" being Multi.dll
 
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