Final Fantasy VII Remix - A compilation of FF7 Mods [1.0-2.5.1]

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How so? I've always run my FF7 in the default install location without any noticeable problems.
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FF7Music screws up its config file and turns spaces into line breaks, and other crazy stuff like that. I haven't figured out when or why it does this, but it can be prevented by installing FF7 to a directory with no spaces (eg not the default). I use C:\FF7 personally.

Without FF7Music, spaces don't generally cause any trouble.
 
Hello Mister titeguy3, i'm actually have problem to download the third parto from Filefronts :S
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Hrm...I just tried it and it went through fine. Filefront sometimes does maintenance so you can't access all the files all the time. Try it again and it'll most likely work. If it doesn't, try again later.
 
Hey, I'm new here and just got a copy of FFVII PC at a thrift store near me,  Thought it was an awesome find and came for mods, however when I wanted to try to install this, it won't work.  Why you may ask?  The files at filefront are telling me they're corrupt upon extraction.

!   C:\Users\Kiba\Desktop\Final_Fantasy_VII_Remix_v2-1_Installer.part1.rar: Packed data CRC failed in Final_Fantasy_VII_Remix_v2-1_Installer.exe. The volume is corrupt
!   C:\Users\Kiba\Desktop\Final_Fantasy_VII_Remix_v2-1_Installer.part2.rar: Packed data CRC failed in Final_Fantasy_VII_Remix_v2-1_Installer.exe. The volume is corrupt
!   C:\Users\Kiba\Desktop\Final_Fantasy_VII_Remix_v2-1_Installer.part3.rar: CRC failed in Final_Fantasy_VII_Remix_v2-1_Installer.exe. The file is corrupt
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I have downloaded all three files multiple times, deleteing the old file first, and starting a new download, but...Yeah,   Not sure what's going on.  Got any ideas?
 
I'm having the same problem as KibaOokami- the rars on filefront are corrupt.

I was able to get them to extract by telling Winrar to keep broken files. But when I run the actual installer I get CRC errors on
"ficedula\mp3\fin.mp3"
"movies\ending2.avi"
and then at the end of the installer, after it says "Extracting plugins" it tells me that my download was corrupt and that I need to download a fresh copy.

Either way, I'm going to test and see if it works with these files being corrupt. Since it seems only the very end of the rar archives is what the problem is it might be possible to be able to fix the problem (manually) without having to upload the whole installer again.
And by the way, I have a 64bit system (with Windows 7) so along with trying to fix the corruption issue, I can test on a 64bit system for you :P

Edit: I've gotten the game to run, but it crashes as soon as it starts, the only problem is that I don't know if it's because the bad files in the corrupted Remix installer, or if it's because of my OS
 
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your mirror files become corrupted after i extract them. can someone explain to me why?
 
filefront just did a server overhaul, so they probably screwed up my files in the process... I'll see what I can do... sorry guys

@Zarradeth: It looks like all that got corrupt are a song and a video. Your game *should* run fine.

I know of three things that cause the game to crash upon startup
1) Game not installed to default directory
2) Recent Sound driver update/sound driver not configured in FF7Config
3) Game being run at an unsupported resolution

and I suspect there may be a 64-bit issue that I haven't uncovered yet.
 
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It may be possible that you could just upload the files that come out corrupt when you still install using the corrupt installer, at least as a temporary fix. The only problem is that you need to know which files aren't coming out right.

After looking, the installer doesn't install the corrupt files, so you would need to upload the .mp3 and .avi that come out corrupt (in my last post), but then the problem is the plugins at the end, since it's a general message for installing them, not specific file names. If you know what order they are suppose to install (or what files the plugins are) I can find which ones don't install right for you.

Edit: And for the record I just got it working (so far) on Windows 7 x64 with the corrupt Remix installer (but I'm sure it's bound to crash eventually xD)

I was able to get the game to not crash on startup by running it as administrator. But at the same time I wasn't installing the Remix onto a clean straight from the disc install, I'm using an installer that has some patches already installed (and I'm not sure what.) I'm gonna do a clean install using the original discs and then try installing your remix pack, then I will get back to you. This way we can make sure it's all working because of what's in your installer- not what was already installed. For the record I am running it now at 1920 * 1080 with the aspect ratio maintained, but I'm having trouble getting the music to work.
 
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I'm also on x64 win7 Ultimate.  I'll see what I can do as well about getting it to install.  I've never made winrar ignore broken files, so can you tell me how to force that?
 
I'm also on x64 win7 Ultimate.  I'll see what I can do as well about getting it to install.  I've never made winrar ignore broken files, so can you tell me how to force that?
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If you right click the rar file and select "extract files..." there is a check box in the bottom left that says "Keep broken files" check than and extract.

If you dont have winrar integrated into windows. Double-click the rar, then click the "Extract to..." button, which will bring up the same dialog as the above steps.

You will still get the errors, but it won't delete the file.

EDIT: I got the music working, not sure if this is related to x64, but what FF7 music was outputting lead me to believe it was working, upon further inspection (opening the FF7 music config), it has the correct plugins selected, but FF7 Music isn't using them. If you reselect the plugin it will load it into FF7 music and then it will work. So, as of right now, I currently have a fully working FF7 install on Windows 7 x64 and the Remix mod installed ;) (Minus the two corrupt files :P). Once I find my original CDs I will do a clean from scratch install with them and let you know how it goes- but I'm fairly confident it will work. :D

The way I start the program (this matter because if you don't run FF7 as admin it seems to like to crash, at least that's my experience, is to start FF7 music as administrator, and then start FF7 via that. This method, so far, has been working perfectly.
 
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Thanks. I was just looing it up online after I posted to see if I could find it, and came back to update my post when i saw this :).  Thank you very much.  I'll see what I have here as well.  Thanks! :)
 
EDIT: I got the music working, not sure if this is related to x64, but what FF7 music was outputting lead me to believe it was working, upon further inspection (opening the FF7 music config), it has the correct plugins selected, but FF7 Music isn't using them. If you reselect the plugin it will load it into FF7 music and then it will work. So, as of right now, I currently have a fully working FF7 install on Windows 7 x64 and the Remix mod installed ;) (Minus the two corrupt files :P). Once I find my original CDs I will do a clean from scratch install with them and let you know how it goes- but I'm fairly confident it will work. :D

The way I start the program (this matter because if you don't run FF7 as admin it seems to like to crash, at least that's my experience, is to start FF7 music as administrator, and then start FF7 via that. This method, so far, has been working perfectly.
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I'm glad you were able to get it all working fine... that FF7Music thing is news to me... I can't imagine why that would happen...I'm gonna chalk that up to the corrupt installer for now... but yeah, I always have User Account Control turned off so I never have to worry about running as administrator, but I'll see if I can find some way to make it so that you don't have to every time...

BTW for those who are installing the corrupt archives, here's one of the missing files, fin.mp3. put it in the \ficedula\mp3 folder:
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The other (ending2.avi, i think?) can be found on disc 3 of the game, so you can copy it out of there into the \movies folder.
 
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Well, it's not a big deal- I personally hate UAC and don't know why I leave it on at all xD.

Actually, I just disabled it, I've always hated it since I upgraded from XP.

That aside, I've noticed a" bug" with the 64bitpostinstall.bat file.
It attempts to open "%ProgramFiles%\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\ff7_opengl.cfg", which won't work since that is equal to
"Program Files\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\ff7_opengl.cfg", but the opengl.cfg file should be in the Program Files (x86) folder, this aside the whole .bat file runs as it should.

I'm trying to find right path you want without hardcoding it to a specific drive letter, but I can't find anything like %ProgramFiles% that points to the x86 folder.. :(

EDIT: I guess it seems to be "%ProgramFiles(x86)%" but watch out because the last time I put that in my "run" prompt my whole computer crashed :S. Nevermind that crash, I just edited the .bat myself and it worked and opened the config file correctly. My one last question about the bat is, shouldn't it open the "ff7opengl_vista64.reg" file instead of the "ff7opengl.reg" or is that specifically for vista/7 x64, not XP x64?

EDIT EDIT: Nevermind, just realized you took care of the opengl.reg file stuff in the first post install script, all that needs to be changed is that "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"
 
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Well, it's not a big deal- I personally hate UAC and don't know why I leave it on at all xD.

Actually, I just disabled it, I've always hated it since I upgraded from XP.

That aside, I've noticed a" bug" with the 64bitpostinstall.bat file.
It attempts to open "%ProgramFiles%\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\ff7_opengl.cfg", which won't work since that is equal to
"Program Files\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\ff7_opengl.cfg", but the opengl.cfg file should be in the Program Files (x86) folder, this aside the whole .bat file runs as it should.

I'm trying to find right path you want without hardcoding it to a specific drive latter, but I can't find anything like %ProgramFiles% that points to the x86 folder.. :(

EDIT: I guess it seems to be "%ProgramFiles(x86)%" but watch out because the last time I put that in my "run" prompt my whole computer crashed :S. Nevermind that crash, I just edited the .bat myself and it worked and opened the config file correctly. My one last question about the bat is, shouldn't it open the "ff7opengl_vista64.reg" file instead of the "ff7opengl.reg" or is that specifically for vista/7 x64, not XP x64?

EDIT EDIT: Nevermind, just realized you took care of the opengl.reg file stuff in the first post install script, all that needs to be changed is that "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"
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haha lots of edits. Thanks for that, I've honestly never used a 64-bit OS so trying to make an installer that's compatible with one is a tad tricky. I'm going to have to edit my shortcuts script as well... I guess I've got a new version lined up soon.
 
are u gonna put up another mirror or just gonna get your server up and running?
 
Hehe, no better time for a new version than when the installer for the last one ends up getting corrupt xD.

If you can any other questions about if any of the .bat files work, or how they act, lemme know. I can look into it for you. And I do remember getting an error somewhere along the lines about "FF7RemixShortcuts.vbs", but I ignored it :P

Also, if you care to change them, all of the .bats for opening the configs don't have x64 support, but you can do the same trick you use at the beginning of the post install script to get those to work. And are the ff7MovieKey.reg files setup at all to use the Program Files (x86) folder? I noticed that you delete them along the lines, so maybe there were ones that used the x86 path, but got deleted. At the moment the only ones in my movies dir all use the Program Files path.
Heh, and looking at the keys in regedit show them in the normal programs folder, not the x86 one, BUT the movies have been working so far... at least the intro (the improved one, I'm guessing it's from that tech demo Sony did)

If you want help, lemme know-- I'm more than willing :)

Edit: Whether you want them or not :P http://www.mediafire.com/?uztwmn2tyzm
Should have all the .regs and .bat setup for x64 and x86
 
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Thanks for the help, I've compiled v2.2, no real significant game enhancements, but I've fixed a plethora of 64-bit compatibility issues and "prettied up" things with custom icons. The mirror should be fully uploaded by tomorrow.
 
Thanks for the help, I've compiled v2.2, no real significant game enhancements, but I've fixed a plethora of 64-bit compatibility issues and "prettied up" things with custom icons. The mirror should be fully uploaded by tomorrow.
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My apologizes, titeguy3, I woulda noticed this earlier had I tried installing from the original discs to begin with.
It seems the for the same reason that the OpenGL reg needs a different version for Vista x64 is true for getting the videos to work.

I've been trying to get this to install correctly off the original discs (come to find out the installer I was using before made the video changes for me).

This will fix it, after a couple of changes, some experimenting, and a lot of installing and uninstalling xD.
http://www.mediafire.com/?oz2ldayy2zm
I can confirm it works pretty flawlessly on Windows 7 x64.
 
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@tit3guy

I'm gonna be a bit blunt over here..out of the topic...

But how would you turn Off UAC in XP?...  Thanks in advance!
 
@tit3guy

I'm gonna be a bit blunt over here..out of the topic...

But how would you turn Off UAC in XP?...  Thanks in advance!
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UAC is vista and windows 7 only
 
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