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Phancy Physicist
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Hello All,
First, let me say thank you for that the work that has been done by everyone here to maintain and update this game that I love so much!
Okay so after all these years and play-throughs, I have never tried to mod FF7 until now. And I have to say, it when pretty smoothly compared to modding I have done in the past. I just wanted to share a couple of hitches that I encountered and the work-a-rounds I did.
Don't Install to the C Drive
I know that the current guide says,
Do Clean Install Before Modding
The guide implies a clean install and the forums are full of people where the answer to their problems is a clean install. But what does a clean install mean?
For me, It was:
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[*]Uninstall the current version of FFVII
[*]Then remove the FFVII keys from the registry using a program called FF7-REMOVE-Keys.exe. Maybe FF7_GameConverter_7H.exe is suppose to handle that if you chose uninstall when you run that program but FF7-REMOVE-Keys.exe is what worked for me.
[*]Reinstall FFVII (on a drive other than C
[*]Run FF7_GameConverter_7H.exe
[*]Proceed as outlined in the guide.
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Also, if you find that you get to the end of the install and setup and it does not work. Do another clean install before you try again.
Don't Trust the Pre-Filled Locations in the GUI
When I got to the step of setting up the 7thHeaven.exe, found that the 4 locations were inconsistently formatted. The first few times I set it up, started downloading mods and tried to run FFVII, I ended up with a bunch of weirdly named directories. Directories like Code: [Select]
or some variation like it.
So for all locations that need to be defined, just open up File Explorer, navigate to the directories, and copy/paste the location from File Explore into 7thHeaven.exe. This also includes the location you put into FF7_GameConverter_7H.exe to locate your install.
Run All Modding Software as Administrator
This one is pretty straight forward whenever you run any of these programs use the right-click option, "Run as Administrator". Again, I did it to remove possible sources of error when trying to get this to work and it does.
Windows 10 Compatibility
So I have the most recent version of windows 10 and I found somewhere in the forums to try the following when 7thHeaven.exe crashes trying to start FFVII.
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[*]Navigate to the directory with the game executable, ff7.exe.
[*]Right click on the file and click "Properties" from the menu.
[*]Click on the "Compatibility" tab.
[*]Check the box next to "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution" and click "Okay" button. (Don't worry it will not use this resolution.)
[*]Repeat for the files ff7_bc.exe and ff7_mo.exe in the same directory.
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Since this seems to have no other effect just adding it to the install steps to avoid confusion seems best.
Manually Check/Set the Shader
If you are going to use the post-processing shaders look in your Final Fantasy VII install directory for file called ff7_opengl.cfg. If you enabled the nVidia shader, this file will contain the following for example,
Code: [Select]
On my install, none of the subdirectories under "..\FINAL FANTASY VII\shaders" existed so i manually changed the file to
Code: [Select]
I'm not sure if the post-processing is working now but I think it is since the game runs with the mods and their have been no errors so far.
These are the things that I have done in addition to following the guide to get my install working. Please those with more experience, chime in and correct any misunderstanding or bad information I might have.
First, let me say thank you for that the work that has been done by everyone here to maintain and update this game that I love so much!
Okay so after all these years and play-throughs, I have never tried to mod FF7 until now. And I have to say, it when pretty smoothly compared to modding I have done in the past. I just wanted to share a couple of hitches that I encountered and the work-a-rounds I did.
Don't Install to the C Drive
I know that the current guide says,
but I think it is better to just to avoid the C: all together. I installed and uninstalled many times and tried moving around my gaming folders on the C but I finally got it to work on my D:. That is not to say that it wont work on the C:. I am just suggesting to avoid any potential issues and just install on a non-OS drive.
Do Clean Install Before Modding
The guide implies a clean install and the forums are full of people where the answer to their problems is a clean install. But what does a clean install mean?
For me, It was:
[list type=decimal]
[*]Uninstall the current version of FFVII
[*]Then remove the FFVII keys from the registry using a program called FF7-REMOVE-Keys.exe. Maybe FF7_GameConverter_7H.exe is suppose to handle that if you chose uninstall when you run that program but FF7-REMOVE-Keys.exe is what worked for me.
[*]Reinstall FFVII (on a drive other than C
[*]Run FF7_GameConverter_7H.exe
[*]Proceed as outlined in the guide.
[/list]
Also, if you find that you get to the end of the install and setup and it does not work. Do another clean install before you try again.
Don't Trust the Pre-Filled Locations in the GUI
When I got to the step of setting up the 7thHeaven.exe, found that the 4 locations were inconsistently formatted. The first few times I set it up, started downloading mods and tried to run FFVII, I ended up with a bunch of weirdly named directories. Directories like Code: [Select]
Code:
../Final/Fantasy/VII/..So for all locations that need to be defined, just open up File Explorer, navigate to the directories, and copy/paste the location from File Explore into 7thHeaven.exe. This also includes the location you put into FF7_GameConverter_7H.exe to locate your install.
Run All Modding Software as Administrator
This one is pretty straight forward whenever you run any of these programs use the right-click option, "Run as Administrator". Again, I did it to remove possible sources of error when trying to get this to work and it does.
Windows 10 Compatibility
So I have the most recent version of windows 10 and I found somewhere in the forums to try the following when 7thHeaven.exe crashes trying to start FFVII.
[list type=decimal]
[*]Navigate to the directory with the game executable, ff7.exe.
[*]Right click on the file and click "Properties" from the menu.
[*]Click on the "Compatibility" tab.
[*]Check the box next to "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution" and click "Okay" button. (Don't worry it will not use this resolution.)
[*]Repeat for the files ff7_bc.exe and ff7_mo.exe in the same directory.
[/list]
Since this seems to have no other effect just adding it to the install steps to avoid confusion seems best.
Manually Check/Set the Shader
If you are going to use the post-processing shaders look in your Final Fantasy VII install directory for file called ff7_opengl.cfg. If you enabled the nVidia shader, this file will contain the following for example,
Code: [Select]
Code:
# post-processing shader, used to apply fullscreen effectspost_source = shaders/Nvidia_ComplexMultiShader/ComplexMultiShader.postenable_postprocessing = yesCode: [Select]
Code:
# post-processing shader, used to apply fullscreen effectspost_source = shaders/SmartBloomAdvanced.postenable_postprocessing = yesThese are the things that I have done in addition to following the guide to get my install working. Please those with more experience, chime in and correct any misunderstanding or bad information I might have.
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