[Tutorial] Covarr's New FF7Music Tutorial

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Hey, I just ran through this guide, still one little problem:

When I'm in a certain area that's playing music, and I enter another area that uses the same music, the song restarts from the beginning again. For example, on the deck of the CargoShip to Costa Del Sol, it plays the "It's Hard To Stand On Both Feet" minipsf, but when I go to the lower level, it restarts "It's Hard To Stand On Both Feet" from the beginning.

Though I have found if I set the Resuming to "Always", there's a little hiccup in the sound when I go from the top level to the lower level, but when I go from the lower level to the top level, it starts from the beginning again.

Could you help me with this?
 
Hey, I just ran through this guide, still one little problem:

When I'm in a certain area that's playing music, and I enter another area that uses the same music, the song restarts from the beginning again. For example, on the deck of the CargoShip to Costa Del Sol, it plays the "It's Hard To Stand On Both Feet" minipsf, but when I go to the lower level, it restarts "It's Hard To Stand On Both Feet" from the beginning.

Though I have found if I set the Resuming to "Always", there's a little hiccup in the sound when I go from the top level to the lower level, but when I go from the lower level to the top level, it starts from the beginning again.

Could you help me with this?
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Unfortunately, this is a flaw with FF7Music, and cannot be fixed.
 
Hey, I just ran through this guide, still one little problem:

When I'm in a certain area that's playing music, and I enter another area that uses the same music, the song restarts from the beginning again. For example, on the deck of the CargoShip to Costa Del Sol, it plays the "It's Hard To Stand On Both Feet" minipsf, but when I go to the lower level, it restarts "It's Hard To Stand On Both Feet" from the beginning.

Though I have found if I set the Resuming to "Always", there's a little hiccup in the sound when I go from the top level to the lower level, but when I go from the lower level to the top level, it starts from the beginning again.

Could you help me with this?
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Unfortunately, this is a flaw with FF7Music, and cannot be fixed.
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Oh. Alrighty, thank you.

Do you know if there are any blank audio drivers I could use to mute the MIDI in Windows 7? Because I was thinking of reverting back to an old verison of FF7Music, because I remember it working perfectly on my old computer a few years ago.
 
Any chance of a non-rapidshare link as RS has a habit of being overloaded during UK evening times.

Got it downloaded, nvm.

EDIT

Now the problems arrive.

The program doesn't list any files in the config and the program lists the following in the console.

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DataPath is D:\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\Init patchesReading ini...Parsing paths... -currently D:\PSF\mp3\D:\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\.\File search paths:   D:\PSF\mp3\   D:\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\   .\Files count: 0Patch init done----------------------------------------------

ini files reads as...

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[Setup]InputPlugin=D:\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\in_mad.dllOutputPlugin=D:\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\out_wave.dllVolume=200Pan=0Profile=MP3Paths=D:\PSF\mp3\ProfileList=MP3;PSFLoop=1Remember=2ResumeAfter=aseri2,bat,chu,chu2,fan2,AutoVol=0ResumeExclusions=aseri2,bat,chu,chu2,crwin,crlost,fanfare,fan2,CustomFadeIn=1CustomFadeOut=1MidiFadeIn=1MidiFadeOut=1ObeyStop=1LoopFudge=300PassThru=1MidiDevice=0MuteMidi=0MaxMidi=1EmulateRamp=1StopDelay=0

Imagery config etc.

ff7files.png


ffconfig1.png


ffconfig2.png



Folder full of mp3 files.

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Thoughts on what's wrong/what I'm doing wrong.
 
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Add this to your ini file:

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[MP3]aseri=07 - Hurry!.mp3aseri2=08 - Hurry Faster!.mp3ayasi=08 - Lurking in the Darkness.mp3barret=06 - Barret's Theme.mp3bat=10 - Fighting.mp3bee=16 - Honeybee Manor.mp3boo=02 - Life Stream.mp3bokujo=05 - Farm Boy.mp3canyon=01 - Cosmo Canyon.mp3cannon=12 - The Makou Cannon Is Fired ~ Shinra Explodes.mp3cephiros=05 - Those Chosen By The Planet.mp3chu=20 - Still More Fighting.mp3chu2=14 - J-E-N-O-V-A.mp3chase=22 - Crazy Motorcycle.mp3cinco=08 - Cinco De Chocobo.mp3cintro=05 - Those Chosen By The Planet.mp3condor=10 - Fortress Of The Condor.mp3costa=16 - Costa Del Sol.mp3comical=14 - J-E-N-O-V-A.mp3corel=18 - Mining Town.mp3corneo=18 - Don of the Slums.mp3crwin=13 - A Great Success.mp3crlost=14 - Tango Of Tears.mp3date=16 - Interrupted By Fireworks.mp3dokubo=14 - Underneath the Rotting Pizza.mp3dun2=09 - Chasing The Black-Caped Man.mp3earislo=12 - Flowers Blooming in the Church.mp3earis=19 - Aerith's Theme.mp3elec=07 - Electric De Chocobo.mp3fanfare=11 - Fanfare.mp3fan2=11 - Fanfare.mp3fiddle=12 - Fiddle De Chocobo.mp3fin=17 - World Crisis.mp3geki=15 - Debut.mp3gold1=19 - Gold Saucer.mp3gun=01 - Shinra Army Wages A Full-Scale Attack.mp3guitar2=07 - On The Other Side Of The Mountain.mp3hen=23 - Who Am I.mp3hiku=03 - Highwind Takes To The Skies.mp3horror=13 - Trail Of Blood.mp3iseki=18 - You Can Hear The Cry Of The Planet.mp3jukai=17 - Forested Temple.mp3junon=06 - Off The Edge Of Despair.mp3jyro=08 - Steal The Tiny Bronco!.mp3ketc=20 - Cait Sith's Theme.mp3kita=21 - The Great Northern Cave.mp3kurai=04 - Anxious Heart.mp3lb1=15 - The Birth Of God.mp3lb2=16 - One-Winged Angel.mp3ld=13 - Judgement Day.mp3mati=02 - Ahead On Our Way.mp3makoro=03 - Makou Reactor.mp3mekyu=22 - Reunion.mp3mura1=05 - Parochial Town.mp3oa=02 - Opening ~ Bombing Mission.mp3ob=02 - Opening ~ Bombing Mission.mp3odds=11 - Racing Chocobo ~ Place Your Bets.mp3over2=15 - Continue.mp3parade=11 - Rufus Welcomming Ceremony.mp3pj=14 - Jenova Absolute.mp3pre=01 - Prelude.mp3red=21 - Red XIII's Theme.mp3rhythm=13 - Turk's Theme.mp3roll=18 - Staff Roll.mp3ro=10 - The Countdown Begins.mp3rocket=15 - Oppressed People.mp3rukei=21 - Sandy Badlands.mp3sadsid=09 - Sending A Dream Into The Universe.mp3sadbar=17 - Mark Of The Traitor.mp3seto=03 - Great Warrior.mp3sea=04 - A Secret Sleeping In The Deep Sea.mp3sido=12 - It's Difficult To Stand On Both Feet, Isn't It.mp3siera=11 - If You Open Your Hearts.mp3sinraslo=19 - Infiltrating Shinra Tower.mp3sinra=09 - Shinra Company.mp3sid2=07 - Cid's Theme.mp3snow=20 - Buried In The Snow.mp3ta=01 - Final Fantasy VII Main Theme.mp3tb=01 - Final Fantasy VII Main Theme.mp3tender=23 - Holding My Thoughts In My Heart.mp3tifa=05 - Tifa's Theme.mp3tm=04 - On That Day, Five Years Ago.mp3utai=09 - Utai.mp3vincent=06 - The Nightmare's Beginning.mp3walz=06 - Waltz De Chocobo.mp3weapon=02 - Weapon Raid.mp3yado=03 - Good Night, Until Tomorrow.mp3yufi2=10 - Stolen Materia.mp3yufi=04 - Descendant Of Shinobi.mp3yume=17 - Who Are You.mp3lb2_awe=16 - One-Winged Angel.mp3
Report back, tell me if it works.

edit: Oops, there was a mistake, but I fixed it.
 
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Certainly sounds like it did, thanks.
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Yeah. The cause of the problem was that you weren't using my ini file, you were using a new one, so you would have needed to manually add the songs. So the bit of code I gave you was just copypasta'd from my own ini. :)
 
HOLY CRAP, I FOUND A MISTAKE IN MY BUNDLE.

Did you follow my tutorial exactly, and happen to hear Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony when you climbed the golden shiny wire of hope? Fear not! I have updated the zip file in my first post with a fixed ini that no longer has this problem.

Did you customize your ini some, and don't want to download a new version and have to remake your changes? NO PROBLEM!!! You can fix your own ini, by finding the following line:

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gun=FF7 211 Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony.minipsf
and replacing it with this:

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gun=FF7 401 Shinra Army Wages a Full-Scale Attack.minipsf
VOILA! That's all there is to it! Now you can feel a little less  :x and a little more  :-D!
 
Can a mod or admin replace the current FF7Music sticky with this thread? The old one is frankly outdated and incomplete and doesn't address all the problems Vista, 7, and x64 systems have, and it's tiring to dig out the link to this one whenever somebody has a problem.
 
Just wanted to say thanks for this great guide. You have no idea how many guides I've tried in order to get this to work :)
Finally managed to get it to work flawlessly with your guide. I'm still very unsure why it didn't work before though.. oh well!
Cheers mate :)
 
First of all, great guide!

Just wanted to add something I figured out. I run x64 Windows 7. If I try to run FF7 through FF7Music while Firefox 3.6 is open, it crashes. It works fine if Firefox isn't running, however. No idea what the clash is, but figured it might help anyone who is running into the same issue.
 
I have a problem guys. FF7Music stopped working here. It doesn't play the mp3s, and it doesn't mute the midi too. It's strange because it used to work, and I don't know what I did to. I use the one bundled in the Remix Patcher, but I tried this bundle too and it didn't change a thing.
I tried with a fresh 1.2 ff7.exe but it still doesn't work.
I really don't have a clue what the problem is.

Edit: I'm running windows 7 (32bits)
 
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I have a problem guys. FF7Music stopped working here. It doesn't play the mp3s, and it doesn't mute the midi too. It's strange because it used to work, and I don't know what I did to. I use the one bundled in the Remix Patcher, but I tried this bundle too and it didn't change a thing.
I tried with a fresh 1.2 ff7.exe but it still doesn't work.
I really don't have a clue what the problem is.

Edit: I'm running windows 7 (32bits)
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I don't know what you did to break it, but reinstalling FF7Remix should fix it.
 
Well, I did not install ff7 remix, I only took the "ficedula" folder from it. And I've already tried to recopy it, but it didn't fix it.
 
Well, I did not install ff7 remix, I only took the "ficedula" folder from it. And I've already tried to recopy it, but it didn't fix it.
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I see, well if the in game music isn't being muted, that means you probably uninstalled Aali's driver. Run FF7Opengl.reg in your ff7 folder to re-install it and keep in mind that every time you run FF7Config (with Aali's driver v0.7.3b and earlier) you'll uninstall it again.

As for FF7Music not working...are you sure you're running it properly? It doesn't start up by itself (if you're not using ff7remix), you have to run FF7Music in parallel with FF7 to have it work.
 
I'm using driver v0.7.5 so it should work I guess. And I'm running FF7Music properly: I launch ff7 via FF7Music.
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DataPath is C:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\Init patchesReading ini...Parsing paths... -currently E:\ff7\mp3\psf\C:\mp3\mp3\C:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\.\File search paths:   E:\ff7\mp3\   psf\   C:\mp3\mp3\   C:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\ficedula\   .\Files count: 95Patch init done----------------------------------------------WM_ACTIVATEAPP INITIALIZE DD/D3D START WM_ACTIVATEAPP WM_ACTIVATEAPP WM_ACTIVATEAPP WM_ACTIVATEAPP END UNINITIALIZE DD WM_ACTIVATEAPP
Should I copy the APP.LOG?

Edit: Tried with v0.7.6b driver and it didn't fix it.
 
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Erm, why is it trying to find the mp3's in your E: drive? Is that where they're supposed to be? Oh, and whenever you download another version of aali's driver, the midi mute option is going to be commented out by default. You have to go into the config file and un-comment that option (remove the '#') to turn it on.
 
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Yes, my musics are on my E: drive (and I copied them on the C: driver later to see if it fixes anything).

I don't see the midi mute option in the config file, but I found this line Code: [Select]
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#music_plugin = plugins/ff7music.fgp
I don't have ff7music.fgp, is it normal  ???
 
Yes, my musics are on my E: drive (and I copied them on the C: driver later to see if it fixes anything).

I don't see the midi mute option in the config file, but I found this line Code: [Select]
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#music_plugin = plugins/ff7music.fgp
I don't have ff7music.fgp, is it normal  ???
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erm, uh, it should come with Aali's driver and be in your plugins folder... methinks you either didn't extract it properly or you just aren't looking hard enough, but yes, that's the right line delete the # and everything should be fine.
 
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