Loading save whilst in-game / quickly restarting

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I find myself having to restart the game quite often as to be able to load different saves for testing. I have already removed the two intro movies but I can't seem to remove the intro credits.  I beginning to wonder a few things: first, has anyone ever tried adding the functionality of loading a different game from the menu while already in a game, as in some later FF titles, or is this already possible via some kind of cheat? Second, is there some kind of shortcut for a soft reset for the PC version? And lastly, is there any way to disable the opening credits so I can just start right from the main menu? Thank you  :mrgreen:
 
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I find myself having to restart the game quite often as to be able to load different saves for testing. I have already removed the two intro movies but I can't seem to remove the intro credits.
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If you press Confirm while the first movie should be playing it'll take you right to the "New Game/Continue" screen. It always did for me. I didn't know there were intro credits for the longest time.

I beginning to wonder a few things: first, has anyone ever tried adding the functionality of loading a different game from the menu while already in a game, as in some later FF titles, or is this already possible via some kind of cheat?
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I tried it, but when the load menu was coming up it froze.

Second, is there some kind of shortcut for a soft reset for the PC version? And lastly, is there any way to disable the opening credits so I can just start right from the main menu? Thank you  :mrgreen:
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Try pushing all the buttons at once. I think there is a way to do it, but I don't remember the buttons.
 
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haha well I know that much, which is why disabling those movies doesn't really change much as I still have to wait for the credits to start, then pust CONFIRM, then wait a sec for the main menu. I'll try mashing all the buttons I have set and we'll see if anything works. Thank you sir.

I tried it, but when the load menu was coming up it froze.
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man that really sucks, would make everything a hell of a lot easier. Oh well  :|
 
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Well i did a bit of work on making a load game function as well and i did manage to make a semi working load (read below) which i was planning to add to the next version of my trainer if i ever get round to it, here is a mini trainer to show you.
Just run this (you can run it from anywhere, it doesn't have to be in the FF7 folder) then FF7 (or vise versa)
http://www.mediafire.com/?1bnn5cm8jidw2vy
Then when in game press "CTRL + L" twice slowly and you will get to the load menu or go to the in-game menu and press "CTRL + L" once and it should take you to the load menu,

The reason why i called it a semi working load is because it only works in the field properly, it has some odd effects if used on the world map (really odd effects, here is 1 example - if you are on disc1 world map and then use the load to load a save on CD3 it will take you back to the worldmap where you was on disc1 but with disc3's stats) but if you enter a village and exit again it sometimes fixes the problem but not always so its probably best not to use it on the worldmap if you can help it.

EDIT:- i mean you can only use the trainer while in the field, you can load saves that where saved on the world map fine, just DON'T press "CTRL + L" while on the world map.
 
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thank you sir, this should be a great help! Field restriction is no big deal.  :mrgreen:
 
Hi!
I dont know why, but the trainer dont work for me in the field or in the world... control + L don't do nothing...
I play on notebook (with joypad) and this is what i have:

-Custom graphics driver by Aali 0.7.11b
-Final_Fantasy_VII_Remix_v2-5-1
And a selection of files (main charas) that i like from a mod by Kula Wende.

I dont know why. I unzip the file in the ff7 main directory (even if you tell that isnt necesary) and i use it before launch the game. Don't work. I need help, is the only mod/trainer that do that work (main menu exit) so please help me.

P.D. I'm spanish so my english is a mess, but i hope at least you understand the idea. Thank you.
 
the button combination is the equivalent of Start-Select-Ri-R2-L1-l2 on the psx, I have done it on pc, I just can remember the corresponding keys
 
If you are using Vista/Windows 7 (I'm using W7 myself) you need to run the mod as administrator, or else it won't work at all.

If it works, when you first press Ctrl + L, you will call up the menu, the second time you press Ctrl + L, you will call up the load menu. Note that at the load menu, you're unable to go back to the game and you'll have to either load a saved game or quit (as far as I can see).
 
Im using windows xp.
And still don't work... I know what is supposed to do, but nothing... The soft reset with all buttons... i press all of them, still nothing T.T
Maybe is a region-keyboard problem then? Is the only thing i can think now...
Again, sorry for my english. ^^U
 
Oops, missed out the part about you using joypad... No idea about those, sorry...
 
I am glad to see interest in this again. This project was only for the 1.02 English EXE if you are using a different language version of FF7 that may be the reason it isn't working. But if you are using the English 1.02 EXE it could be a problem with how it detects what key is pressed, i may be able to do something about this but if like jeffdamann says and the in-game reset still exists (i haven't tried but i am gonna be checking this out in a moment) it may be better to use that if we can figure out the keys to press.

EDIT:- i can't seem to get the soft reset to work, i tried the equivalents on my numberpad and my joypad but still no luck, but if anyone has better luck let me know.
 
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I try the soft-reset with and without the joypad, still nothing.
The final fantasy remix change the all the game to english, the exe too O.o
That's funny, i can read english without problems, but i can't write it. ^^U
Again thanks for the help. I find this a little WTF! The game itself must come with these, a load game menu xD
Well... i try again tomorrow, is late here.
 
What exactly is soft reset? I googled a bit and everyone said that soft reset does not exist for PC version.
 
What exactly is soft reset? I googled a bit and everyone said that soft reset does not exist for PC version.
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There is mention of it in the battle text in the kernel2.bin for PC. If you get WallMarket and look at the battle texts for PC there's a line that says "Press Ctrl-XXXX to reset" or something like that. I don't remember the text as I'm on my iPad and can't look it up. :) If I get to an actual computer soon I'll type what it says exactly unless someone else beats me to it.

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It says "Push CTRL+Q to Reset." That's the text that's there. Give that a try, but it might only work during battles if it works at all.
 
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There is mention of it in the battle text in the kernel2.bin for PC. If you get WallMarket and look at the battle texts for PC there's a line that says "Press Ctrl-XXXX to reset" or something like that. I don't remember the text as I'm on my iPad and can't look it up. :) If I get to an actual computer soon I'll type what it says exactly unless someone else beats me to it.

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It says "Push CTRL+Q to Reset." That's the text that's there. Give that a try, but it might only work during battles if it works at all.
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I am already aware of CTRL+Q but it doesn't reset it Quits (exits to windows)
 
push ctrl-Q to reset is a debug message that only occurs when there is a problem in battle (like scratched disc). It will also be accompanied by the scene error message.  It has nothing to do with a normal reset.
 
So soft reset just restarts the game without going back to the OS? Like you press it, and it starts from the chocobo intro start away?

I wonder if it's possible to make a trainer to do that, like how the trainer enabled the loading-while-in-game feature
 
it would be best if this could be done via a patch to ff7.exe and make it just like on the psx using the equilvent button mappings.
 
I wonder why they didn't port it....  Your best bet is to request it from aali.. he could add it to his driver, if he was feeling generous :P
 
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