[Tutorial] Covarr's New FF7Music Tutorial

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Hmm, I can definitely confirm that this problem exists for me as well, and I think I've tracked down the root of it by attempting the same area in the PSX version.

The "emulate ramps" feature in FF7Music simply does not work. For the most part what that means is that every song is stuck at whatever volume it starts at when it begins playing. Unfortunately, when this song tries to resume, it starts at zero volume, with the intent of fading in (it's supposed to fade out when you go up the elevator, rather than stopping suddenly, and fade back in when you go down again). However, since it can't fade properly, it stays at zero volume until you visit an area with a different song.

Unless Ficedula shows up with a fix, we will never see this area working properly in FF7Music. The best you can do is save after going down, and then quit and reopen your game, or not to use that elevator to begin with. It's not a good solution, but it's all I've got. Sorry :(

To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken this many years for someone to notice and point out this problem.
 
I saw this but given FF7music is that way for many things I didnt bother reporting it.  What is the use?  No author fixing it :)
 
maybe someone can take up the mantle. or one could contact Ficedula and ask to release an update.
 
Is the source code for FF7 music available? I should imagine that would be very helpful if Ficedula isn't going to update the program...
 
Nope, the source is nowhere to be found. I don't think he ever released it.
 
Talk to the guys working on FF7Voice.  IIRC they got dziugo and ficedula to give them the information needed for the new voice overs to be called during different parts of the game. 

Maybe they have a better way to get in touch with them or maybe they even have the source.
 
To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken this many years for someone to notice and point out this problem.
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Say, what? I have an entire thread dedicated to this problem... Never did solve it though  :x
 
Ok, so the ff7music doesn't have the preset midis and such in it, so i can't use a directory because the song profiles are all blank...
 
Blank profiles with the installer? Can't say I've seen or heard of that problem before.

If it was happening in the old bundle I made a few years ago, it probably means you're using Windows Vista or 7 and didn't set the compatibility mode properly.
 
From the tutorial that came alongside the old bundle:
10. If you're using Windows XP or earlier, skip this step. Right click on FF7Music.exe and choose properties. In the compatibility tab, set it to run in Windows XP SP2 mode, and check "Run this program as an administrator".
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Ya it's still not working, I am going to try the installer again and then turn off my virus protection for that portion.

You are sure the megaupload is clean right?

EDIT: SONOVABITCH, that damn virus protection turned itself back on...

I am getting pissed, I have been trying to resolve this issue since 12:00 PM and it's now 7:30 PM.

Seriously I have never had this many damn problems.
 
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I am ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE there is no virus. As I said in the other thread, I know exactly why it says there is, because something I did has behavior similar to a virus (though used for a legitimate purpose in this case, other viruses use the same thing for less-than-pleasant reasons), and virus scanners with heuristic detection tend to assume it's a virus, even though they don't recognize it as any specific virus.

According to VirusTotal's report on the particular file that generally shows up as a virus, only 7 out of 43 scanners even identify it as a virus, and of those the majority identify it either as generic (scanner doesn't recognize it, but thinks it's a virus) or Refroso (which happens to have some similar traits to one of the files in here). There is really no cause for concern.

The best advice I can give you is to use a better antivirus program. Just about every free AV software is better than Norton. In particular, I recommend Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows users, as it has a smaller footprint and higher catch rate than other AV software.
 
Ok, so I installed Ficedula's FF7 music I started to configure the plugin files but it pops up with this message
"Access Violation at address 00044567 in module "ff7 music.exe." Read of address 00000028"
I tried downgrading winamp....to version 2.0 and it still says the same thing.
Help please??

- If you have an issue with a particular mod, post your question in that mod's own thread - Bosola
 
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Winamp version has nothing to do with it.

Did you install FF7Music from the tutorial in this thread, the installer in my other thread, or on its own? Also, what OS are you using?
 
Winamp version has nothing to do with it.

Did you install FF7Music from the tutorial in this thread, the installer in my other thread, or on its own? Also, what OS are you using?
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I have windows XP i did use the installer
 
Hmm. To be perfectly honest, I've never seen this error myself, and have had no trouble installing on either XP or 7, but you COULD try running in various compatibility modes. That might not work, but it's the best I can think of. It's also probably a good idea to make sure your audio drivers are up to date, but I don't really think that's it.
 
OK, so I decided to just reinstall and start from scratch, just to see what would happen, I downloaded the one you have in the tutorial, I followed the read-me exactly, when I start the game it says that the MIDI is playing successfully, but my music is not playing.
Could there be a reason for this?
 
You sure the music plugin is enabled in Aali's driver? That's an easy one to miss, and if you reinstalled or updated Aali's driver after following the tutorial you will need to re-enable it.
 
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