[Tutorial] Guide to Installing FF7 PC with Mods.

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You sir, are a gentleman. Thanks for taking the time to write this.
 
Thanks Ord :D i hoped it could help someone, and if it does then i can be happy knowing i did not waste my time :)
 
Actually, I had one issue with the improved music to work. I needed to go into the ff7_opengl.cfg file and remove the # sign before the music plugin line in order for the mp3s to work. Also, which executable is the right one to start this modded version? Do I go with ff7.exe, the ff7 remix bat file or perhaps the h_ff7.exe to enable all the mods?
 
Simply go into the start menu > All programs > Final Fantasy VII > Final Fantasy VII or Final Fantasy VII Hardcore depending on what kind of game you want to play.

ff7.exe is the normal game, h_ff7.exe is the hardcore, and you dont need to worry about the ff7 remix bat file, leave it alone :P

Another note, if you start a game on normal or hardcore, its best to keep with that, switching between normal and hardcore on the same save could cause some major problems lol.
 
May need to update this guide slightly, seen as Aali has been awesome and updated his custom driver lately. :)

Edit: Updated the guide with Aalis new custom driver options, 0.7.10b, if anyone has any problems with this part of the guide please let me know
 
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I can't express enough gratitude for this post.
Being quite inexperienced with mods,  I've been searching for a guide like this for awhile now.
Some of the Modders here  ( ...grateful to all of them) don't seem to be inclined to post instructions or include a read-me file, and some of the ones that do are abstract about it. 
 Using the search funtion seems mostly to yield  mistakes others made when he/she had the nerve to ask questions like "What now?" in some cases ending with ...quit being a nuisance and Use the search function...  :o
  I've been pouring over the general section almost one topic at a time looking for clues.
glad it's over with.
If I had my usual, I'd tip my glass to you.  maybe later.  :wink:
 
Yes i noticed no easy to use guides on the site, there are a ton of smart people here who know how to install these, but of course some people have trouble with it, even myself when i started playing with mods.

Nice to be helpful, enjoy your game :)
 
hey i have a little/big problem.  When i install the game, it works fine up until i install remix.  Once Remix installs it wont run im just greeted with a black screen and when i add 7.10 later i get sound but no picture.  Is there something wrong in my settings or what?
 
try completely uninstalling and try again.

If it keeps doing something wrong, it might be your graphics card, or your ff7 files are faulty.
 
i dont see how my game can be faulty it works fine until i install remix.  is it possible my remix is faulty? im going to try again and this time not install remix and see what happens with just 7.10b
 
After I installed the whole things, loaded my save and entered a battle.
A message was show:
"Error: could not open file:earith.T09"
It seems that I didn't install all the file properly.
Will this make any crashes at the later of the game??
Can I do anything to solve this?
Thanks very much!
 
After I installed the whole things, loaded my save and entered a battle.
A message was show:
"Error: could not open file:earith.T09"
It seems that I didn't install all the file properly.
Will this make any crashes at the later of the game??
Can I do anything to solve this?
Thanks very much!
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Ace if you read my walkthrough guide properly, you would have noticed i mentioned these messages, Read this please.

Turning off the error messages

This version of FF7 still has a number of known issues, and Aalis driver tells you when they occur on the screen, this helps for modders, but for some players it may be annoying, so use this command to get rid of it if you wish.

-Go into your openGLconfig text file, and add the command 'disable_popup = yes' into the bottom of the file, and save it.

i dont see how my game can be faulty it works fine until i install remix.  is it possible my remix is faulty? im going to try again and this time not install remix and see what happens with just 7.10b
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That is a strange problem, maybe you should download remix again, and test your FF7 out before installing remix, also make sure that when you install ff7 remix that it goes to the correct folder, it is not wise to try and change where FF7 is installed, as Remix will not work properly if you have done that.
 
After I installed the whole things, loaded my save and entered a battle.
A message was show:
"Error: could not open file:earith.T09"
It seems that I didn't install all the file properly.
Will this make any crashes at the later of the game??
Can I do anything to solve this?
Thanks very much!
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Ace if you read my walkthrough guide properly, you would have noticed i mentioned these messages, Read this please.

Turning off the error messages

This version of FF7 still has a number of known issues, and Aalis driver tells you when they occur on the screen, this helps for modders, but for some players it may be annoying, so use this command to get rid of it if you wish.

-Go into your openGLconfig text file, and add the command 'disable_popup = yes' into the bottom of the file, and save it.

Ya, I missed this part, Thanks!
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You know, you could fix that problem instead of hiding it. There's a fix floating around somewhere on the forums, I believe it was kranmer who made it.
 
Wow, amazing, thanks for this dude! My FF7 is looking awesome! ^.^
 
Aali thanks for that, ill see if i can find it somewhere, but to be honest my FF7 works alright anyways, its only a few graphical errors, nothing major.

Zombie you can thank me for the guide, but the real work on all the mods should go to those who made them :) That is where the real hard work came in, glad you like it.
 
I know this was posted quite a while ago. And while it's not the ideal solution, if you can temporarily spare the space...

Simply follow the guide to install, then physically cut/copy the final install to the new drive, finishing by updating the start menu shortcuts to the new folder. Seems to work ok.

Kylos, not all of us  have a PC that's only for gaming :). My primary HDD which is a very fast SSD is rather small, and I'm only trying to keep the OS and certain applications on this drive (like SQL Server). My secondary drive is for my games ... and that is where I want Final Fantasy installed. This Remix has hard-coded paths that simply need to be changed, and I think it's worthwhile to have a section in your walk-through covering this topic as I guarantee you others could benefit from this.
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You know, you could fix that problem instead of hiding it. There's a fix floating around somewhere on the forums, I believe it was kranmer who made it.
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Also:

Found this fix here: https://www.ff7catalog.com/posts/107921/

However, it was this patch that botched up the install :) I'm pretty sure I know exactly why, but I'm not sure where I can modify where it looks for the files. most likely a registry edit...

ERROR: failed to stat file C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\/shaders/nolight/main.vert
ERROR: could not open file C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\ff7input.cfg
initializing sound...
ERROR: could not open file C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\Data\music\music.idx
ERROR: could not open file C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\Data\sound\audio.fmt

Just need to redirect it to the right letter drive, since i moved the path.

However, that first Error, looks like it's trying to use the wrong type of path altogether. Any ideas?


EDIT: Annnnd fixed. Just as easy as expected, editing the registry files brings about the resolution needed. even the weird filepath. But! whatever works, works. :)
 
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I started a new game following this guide as I said before. It's really great! and thank you so much!

But one very minor error needed help. When I reach the scenario which about Could's memories at the first time reaching Kalm, A "improved" movie "nivlsfs.avi" suppose to be played  and it crashes.

I've installed the codec pack "K-Lite_Codec_Pack_690_Full.exe" and I can play it well using media player. I can continue the game by replacing the old one.

The App.log shows at last:
INFO: INFO: D:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\movies\nivlsfs.avi; mpeg4/mp3 960x720, 15.000000 FPS, duration: 42.933333, frames: 644ERROR: unhandled exception

Maybe again, that are mistakes done by me during the installation, please help...thx a lots
 
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