Reported by Anonymous

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Does anyone have any ideas as to how to get the game to run with vista???? I have an nVidia GeForce Go 7300 gpu 1GB Ram, 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo processor but all I get when I run the game is a black screen... I did a full install of the game including all the video software... Does anyone have a step-by-step guide on how to get it to run on vista?

Reported by Anonymous

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Reported by Anonymous

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I have a Geforce 6600 PNY AGP 8x but can goto 4x if necessary DDR 256MB Video RAM with XP SP2 version 2002 Upgrade Edition and I have what I think you would a minor issue regarding the screen resoulution of 640x480, also regarding the FMV and that resolution and I was wondering if there was a way to fix such an issue!!

It basically is too slow and out of sync with my sound on the FMV's and that resolution "640x480"

I was simply wandering because on 320x240 as they call it certain parts of the game would be outlandishly way to fast for me to handle such as for example:

The 1st time on the motorcycle minigame and at end where you woould fight a BOSS Fight past the Shinra Headquarters part of the game!!!!

Thanks and I look forward to finding out what you all have to say about this particular issue!

Signing clear from
jcroft3524 at peoplepc.com

Reported by Anonymous

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Video is off center (top left is shown) and wont get past intro in full screen, and wont get past menu in quater screen, aslo it sasys my PC fails 8-bit palletes in the config

Specs:
AMD Opteron 165 1.8GHz (dual core)
1GB RAM
ATI X850XT

Reported by Anonymous

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Dear friends i have FF8 pc version and both copies are fresh I had no prob when I was using it on my p3 celeron 850
and since i am using my new p4 2.8 or my laptop celeron 1.7 I can't play the game
prob.. ' game installed perfectly but after that when i insert my disk one and click on ff8 game menu open to new game continue and credit menu after that when i clicked on the new game damn the black screen come and stopped nothing happen

I have g force 256 graphics card also in my p4 2.8 with 256 mb ram

Reported by Anonymous

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I open FF7, shows a black screen, then it exits. Was fine before I installed vista.

Reported by Anonymous

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After I pass the chocobo races.. I can play that final fantasy vii game well.. but when going to cosmo canyon,nanaki hometown. his grandfather bugenhagen gave us shows his lab.. when in lab..a meteor falls and it hang at there..can't move anymore..

Reported by Anonymous

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Worked fine with vista, but i installed Direct X9, and didnt work after installing this, this might be the problem

Reported by Anonymous

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After installing Vista, I re-ran the configuration utility and this game worked fine.

Reported by Anonymous

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I have Vista as well and it does not show movies at all.

Reported by Anonymous

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I have a X1300 ATI card, this game does not work on Vista.

Reported by Anonymous

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Ok, I've got winxp sp2 with a 3800x2 cpu 7800gt 2gb ram.

ff7 eidos version w/ 1.4 xp patch running without the nvidia option checked in the config, look below for details.

Now everything seemed to work right except for 3 things.

1. I haven't played far enough to check the sub or snow boarding mini games but the bike mini game runs at a really fast speed. It doesn't make the game unplayable but its far more difficult to control.

2. When I tried to get yuffie my game would crash after the fight when it tries to go to the screen where you answer the questions. The only way I could get around this was to go to the config app and change my 3d rendering from software to D3d and enable the nvidia check box, the riva/tnt didnt really seem to make a difference. once i did that, i got in the fight, did the little scene saved, quit, changed my settings back to normal.

3. Ok, the really annoying part so far is when your in corel prison, you have to go fight dyne and then do the chocobo race. Well, funny thing happened, I got in the race and it was fine but once i finished it, the game crashed. I don't know if it was a one time thing or not but it seemed that changing the nvidia option and doing d3d render fixed most of my problems before. The reason I say its annoying is it crashes and u have to start over and fight dyne again and do everything over, thats why i didnt try it a 2nd time.


Main reason I don't run with the nvidia option on and d3d rendering is because the games next to unplayable. Color distortions and if your not in a fight or on the world map, you cant seem anything but the characters and savepoints/chests/loot on the ground. when i check in config when i run in software rendering without the nvidia box checked. my 8-bit pallated(cant remember how its spelled) textures fails but as far as I can see, the game runs just fine except for those minor problems.

I don't know if its my computer but I did notice that every once in a while when I start the game up that its running in turbo. Everythings ultra fast but the music running normally. Restarting the game til its fixed is what i've done to compensate but I tried a speed hack but all that seems to do is mess with the musics tempo and not the game at all.

I'll post more as I run thru the game but if anyone knows any possible fixes for any of these issues please post. :)

Reported by Anonymous

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Does not work under vista anyone have an idea? I have an ati graphics cards (powerful) and normally works in windows xp

Reported by Anonymous

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It does not work at all in vista and I have a X800 graphics card which under XP worked fine but without the xp patch, it doesn't work at all!!

Reported by kasandoro

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Installed fine in Windows Vista, used nVidia patch and selected TNT in the config program (I have a 7600GT card). No graphical anomalies, no crashing. Works a treat! Text even looks great!

Reported by lament

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Ok well I installed FF6 on my p3 (550mhz 385ram) and it was working, all good. The intro went no problems and I got to the first battle, then it freezes. In the middle of the first attack it just freezes up and gives me an error message. Nothing I can do. I have been looking for diffrent patches but I cant find one for FF7 or for my problem.

Reported by Anonymous

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Works fine under 2k3 if you use all of the appropriate xp patches.


Using 2k3 Enterprise Edition with an nVida Quadro2 MXR and an Opteron 144 CPU.

Reported by Anonymous

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My (needed) steps:


1. Install ;-)


2. Install Directshow (Movieplayer) from the FF7 CD (to see the Moviesquences


3. Install the UpsideDownMovie patch:
http://ftp.eidos.com/pub/patches/final_fantasy7/ff7betap1.exe

4. Get theWindows Application Compatibility Toolkit 3.0 (search Microsoft.com)


5. Start the ACT hit fix, Enter Name and Publisher (FF7//Squaresoft and browse to the ff7.exe Hit next. Select None, hit next, enable: Shrinker, EmulateWriteFile,Virtual Registry. Hit Next. SelectAll and then finish. Run should do it now!
(thanks to: http://www.ffseven.com/faq.php).


6. I don't know whether you need the chocoborace patch afterwards (or before), since i just get it to work yesterday.. If you expirience crash at the chocoborace: http://www.qhimm.com/ff7_chocobo_patch.zip


7. You may also consider:
http://www.eidosinteractive.com/support/search.html?gmid=44

8. I have little graphic glitches, when using HardwareAcceleration, the fonts look a bit clumsy, but works fine in both software or hardware rendering.

Reported by Anonymous

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First attempt without installing DirectShow drivers included on CD but with DX9 gave black screen. Configuration utility shows nothing wrong.


Second attempt with DirectShow drivers - works like a charm to play, including bike minigame and videos. CTD at Chocobo race.


Third attempt using the "FF7 Unofficial Chocobo Patch", unsupported but mentioned on EIDOS' website, chocobo races and everything else works.

Reported by Anonymous

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The games works like charm, never had problems with the chocobo races