Stuck on 1998 OST (Solved)

[VonSig]

I installed 7thHeaven for ReMako and got it working (looks gorgeous), but for some reason the configured version of the game plays the 1998 PC MIDI tracks instead of the updated ones in the Steam release. I confirmed that the vgstream folder has all the proper .ogg files and they sound fine when played directly in VLC; it's only in the 7thHeaven launch that they revert to the 1998 versions. Is anyone familiar with this issue?

 

[iDerek759]

In 7thHeaven, in your Workshop > Settings window, does your field for Extra Folders look like this?

 

[VonSig]

Yup, exactly like that.

 

[picklejar]

In 7th Heaven, go to Workshop menu, Aali Driver Settings, Audio tab. Which Music Plugin is selected? I think it needs to be VGMStream for it to use the ogg files. (If it's already set to that, try changing it to something else, then changing it back.)

 

[picklejar]

Alternatively, edit ff7_opengl.cfg and find the line containing "music_plugin".

It might be set to a different plugin, like:
music_plugin = ff7music.fgp

Or it might be commented out with a pound sign at the beginning of the line, like:
#music_plugin = plugins/vgmstream_music.fgp

In either case, just set it to:
music_plugin = plugins/vgmstream_music.fgp

 

[VonSig]

I confirmed that the opengl.cfg plugin line is set to VGstream, and the driver settings (which on my version of 7th Heaven are found under OpenGL Driver Configuration, not Aali Driver Settings) don't change the music regardless of what they're set to - i tried VGMstream, FF7 Music, and None, and got the 1998 MIDI's for every one.

This is really bizarre. I haven't seen any other posts with this issue and the 1998 music files don't even exist anywhere on my computer.

edit: and just to make sure, I deleted the vgmstream folder entirely and STILL got the old MIDI's. It looks like the game isn't recognizing the music > vgmstream filepath at all. I have no idea where it's pulling this music from.

edit2: aha! Turns out I had to add the music_plugin = plugins/vgmstream_music.fgp line to the Custom GL Config menu as well. That's why nothing was working, the plugin wasn't loaded so it was defaulting to the base OST.