Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread

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First time posting but would like to chip in what i've noticed or discovered so far.  From what I can tell, the videos have been replaced with upscaled, reprocessed copies of the PSX videos. If you recall, the original version on the PC was a low quality encode of the low quality encode from the PSX. While there is still artifacting in the footage, it isn't nearly as bad as it was before.  And while it'll be hard to confirm this for sure, the only other proof I have is in the file "ending2.avi".  In the old pc version, when Cid curses, we get gibberish but in the new one, he yells "Shit!!" just like the PSX original.  Snapshot for proof.

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OK well since mods aren't fully compatible with the re-release how about we convert the new version to the old version ? it shouldn't be hard, all we need to do is copy the files to the correct folders using a BAT like this one (place the BAT into the root folder for FF7)
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xcopy /Y data\lang-en\battle\*.bin data\battlexcopy /Y data\lang-en\kernel\*.bin data\kernelxcopy /Y data\lang-en\movies\*.avi data\movies
and then patch flevel to the original (this can be done with a small patch of around 2MB), then put the original 1.02 EXE and Aali's driver into the games folder and insert the correct registry entries into the registry and it SHOULD work, anyone with the new game fancy giving it a go ?
EDIT- this would also require the original CD's or renaming a Drive to FF7DISC1/2/3 or dummy ISO's since the original EXE has CD checks.
 
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I would love to try it but i wont be able to cause i dont has the "old" game...
 
I would love to try it but i wont be able to cause i dont has the "old" game...
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well it could be done without the CD's by using the Renaming a Hard Drive/USB drive method or if you just make a dummy ISO with the label of FF7DSIC1 (or FF7DISC2 or FF7DISC3) to get past the CD check.
 
@kranmer If this isnt done by tomorrow morning pm me and ill do what i can
 
@kranmer If this isnt done by tomorrow morning pm me and ill do what i can
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You can go ahead and try to do it right now, i dont have much time on my hands...
wanna finish the game without any mods first..
 
kranmer listed various things and i can do about 2 of those. i cant make a patch, idk how to do registry key, i can put aalis  driver and the old.exe in the folder and run the bat. anything else i need further instruction.

You can go ahead and try to do it right now, i dont have much time on my hands...
wanna finish the game without any mods first..
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youre not the only one with your hands full and your task seems more trivial than mine
 
kranmer listed various things and i can do about 2 of those. i cant make a patch, idk how to do registry key, i can put aalis  driver and the old.exe in the folder and run the bat. anything else i need further instruction.
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Well if your willing to try it i can make the flevel patch and make a registry patch (although if you want me to do the registry you will need to tell me where you installed the game for example "C:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII" and also what drive you want to use as your CD drive, so if you are using dummy ISO tell me your virtual drive or if you are using the original CD's tell me your CD drive for example D:\)
I will try to make things as simple as possible, just tell me what you need help with and i will try to simplify things.
 
Finally checked out a vid on this re release
How come the font is smooth like the TA's? Nothing like the psx's font?
 
So I was curious to see what the "Original Graphic Mode" was about. The first thing I noticed was that with this option turned on, suddenly all of the FMV sequences looked horribly compressed, just like the original PC FMVs. Whats more, the in-game font is blurred, all shading is banded, and the resolution seems to be reset to it's default.

Click on them for full size. Normal rendering on the left, "Original Graphic Mode" on the right.











Could someone confirm if this is an emulated effect, or if this is indeed an alternative rendering mode (such as software rendering)?
 
Well, FMVs only exist in their upscaled form.

I'm guessing that this is some sort of postprocessing? Maybe that's what these shaders do, I still haven't been able to figure them out.
 
Finally checked out a vid on this re release
How come the font is smooth like the TA's? Nothing like the psx's font?
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That's the original PC version font. It was always smoother than the PS font.
 
Well, FMVs only exist in their upscaled form.

I'm guessing that this is some sort of postprocessing? Maybe that's what these shaders do, I still haven't been able to figure them out.
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It's possible. If this is emulated, then it's certainly impressive; it looks just like the old PC version without Aali's driver.
 
So I was curious to see what the "Original Graphic Mode" was about. The first thing I noticed was that with this option turned on, suddenly all of the FMV sequences looked horribly compressed, just like the original PC FMVs. Whats more, the in-game font is blurred, all shading is banded, and the resolution seems to be reset to it's default.

Click on them for full size. Normal rendering on the left, "Original Graphic Mode" on the right.
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Those FMVs are a clear indication the game is running on 16-bit color in Original Graphic Mode. So yeah, it's probably the regular software renderer.
 
If it is the original software renderer, it's proof that the new version of FF7 has the ability to use multiple render modes (DirectX, and Software), meaning that Aali's OpenGL driver could still work.
 
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I Replace the old videos of FFVII PC 1998 with the ones of some great user here done. Create paths for the modes etc, Made a ISO, Et voilá, FFVII Re-release. :-X
 
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