[FF7PC-98/Steam] Multiple mods and Modding Framework-The Reunion [R06f]

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yup.  That's the cause.  His model pack is the issue and R06c fixes it.  |Remember to test things before posting bug reports.  And check the reunion database.
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ah, i see... whoops

in all honesty i forgot i had model overhauls set up that way until you mentioned it though
 
It's come to my attention that someone has already tried to strip out The Reunion and add to 7H. 

The license clearly prohibits it and it's annoying anyone even attempted it as it will just break more stuff and lead to a bigger mess in general.    Whoever that person is, you're a Grade A idiot.
 
It's come to my attention that someone has already tried to strip out The Reunion and add to 7H. 

The license clearly prohibits it and it's annoying anyone even attempted it as it will just break more stuff and lead to a bigger mess in general.    Whoever that person is, you're a Grade A idiot.
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seems like an awful lot of work just to hold on to a dying, unsupported modding tool

i wish i had that kinda time...
 
With the help of Kenneth, I've managed to zero in on this annoying music bug.  Fixing it will take time.

There's also a random crash bug at end of battle caused by a slight tweak to aali's original code. Please backup your aali.dll and then try this one as a test> 

Please let me know also if it fixes the victory music bug (it shouldnt - but it should fix the "eviction" message.   If it doesn't, I have another to try).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15As2DVHU24CbI3AW94FmXqTObrmiZra0/view?usp=sharing
 
There's also a random crash bug at end of battle caused by a slight tweak to aali's original code. Please backup your aali.dll and then try this one as a test

but it should fix the "eviction" message
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A very quick playtest is still logging lots of ERROR: texture cache is full and nothing could be evicted! messages. It hasn't crashed yet, but I haven't played it enough to give it a chance to crash yet, so that means nothing.
 
Questions for DLPB:


  • Is there a way to deactivate analogic on the joystick? (to play instead with D-pad only) - Solved, check JoyToKey
  • Is there a way to have the cursor automatically selecting the character with lesser HP during battle while using a potion type item? - Why I'm asking this: before it was possible to use potion and see directly the HP of the party member while now you must press "cancel" button to check party's HP
 
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The crash issue with textures is unavoidable [only solution is to do what True Odin has done - make textures go black when not loading and also have slowed down game].  I've spoken to True Odin about this too and the bottom line is having 4k textures in this game is insane.  It's a 32 bit program designed in 1996.  The solution is for the maximum texture size to be 4x as large as the original game as a maximum.

Hence 320 *224 becomes  1280 * 896 as a maximum.  Anything more than that and you're breaking fundamental limitations of the game.  It won't ever work.

To get the most out of the memory, setting cache size to 2 GB may work better but aali always advised 1 GB as max.

As True Odin points out, most field textures are 256 * 256 so the maximum this game will support without error is 1024 * 1024 when that's the base size.
 
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03.Mar.2020   Everyone   Aali.dll   Game will crash due to textures that "cannot be evicted" [see app.log].  This is a limitation of a 1998 ported 32 bit game and cannot be resolved in any other way than to have a maximum texture size of 4x the original.  NOT 4K.  Modders will need to adjust their texture packs.   Cannot be resolved
 
But arent upscaled texture packs a thing since the 2000's? Why would they be causing crashes all of a sudden right now and only since r06c?

Edit: Just had a random thought. Ive been using remako with r06 and it never crashed, also in the remako description it says that they are 4x textures which is in the limits of what you are talking about. So i thought that one thing you changed for r06b(or c) is that you made magic effects etc work correctly, so i'm wondering if the introduction of hd spell effects is what pushed the memory limit over the edge in r06c when in previous versions it wasnt crashing. I'll test it after work.
 
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Because they weren't 4K. And everyone is using very high res textures which they shouldn't be.  It should be 4x size only.
 
I use satsuki's textures, but all fields are only 4x (1024x1024). I still get this error.

Maybe this tool can help?
https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371
RE4hd project is using it for the memory errors. I'll try using it to see if I still get errors.

@Kuraudo.: About d-pad, I'm using Xpadder so I can map the arrow keys to the d-pad (so that I can use d-pad and analogue), and I can map the L2/R2 to the trigger buttons as well. But it would be awesome if reunion could incorporate something like that, without the need to use external tools.
 
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@DLPB - In relation to the texture crash/messages, can I ask for a bit of elaboration on a few options?

I'd like to know a bit more about what these options do and how they interact:

texture_cache_size - sounds straightforward enough, but the setting seems to make no difference. Is this measured in KiB or MiB?
compress_textures
save_textures - Creates a disk cache, but ignore textures in Mod_ID

@Kuraudo - I'm using the 1998 disc version of the game, and I launch it through Steam, which has wonderful controller mapping support.
 
skyhawk, DLPB said the game ignores the Steam settings with Reunion. I wasn't able to map my X-input controllers through it with Reunion activated.
 
skyhawk, DLPB said the game ignores the Steam settings with Reunion. I wasn't able to map my X-input controllers through it with Reunion activated.
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The game ignores Steam Achievements with Reunion. The controller mapping is not done via Steam API hooks, and works perfectly. I was playing it an hour ago with my XBox controller, as mapped via Steam.
 
Is your d-pad working fine skyhawk? For me only analog.

I'm testing xpadder atm. Anyway will continue in pvt
 
I'll be looking at config side when I get time.  Id suggest trying joy2key until ive gotten to grips with this.
 
All hail DLPB, the mighty finder and smasher of bugs!

Recordings of Yuffie's oddly slow casting/summon animation - All were captured at 60fps

I apologize for the awkward framing - I was planning on splicing them together and making some slick presentation with timestamps on the side. Then I remembered that I have no video editing software and the video editing skills of a potato.

Mode 0 - 205 frames
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Mode 1 - 208 frames
Google Drive

Mode 2 - 272 frames
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I believe I have fixed the issue (it was interpolated twice to 120fps) and sent the fixed file to DLPB.  If you have any concerns or questions regarding the animations using Mode 2, please DM me and I will fix them and inform DLPB if there's a correction I need to make
 
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