Reported by Anonymous

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I followed all the imformation, patched the 3 patches, ran the game as well as the configuration at 98 compatible mode as admin. The Eidos movie didn't show, but the main menu was OK. The opening movie played smoothly, and there was no texture problem. I began to think all was well but simply I was wrong! After Barret's name was chosen, there should be a movie but instead the game crashed! I uninstalled the game 5 times, but simply no use. Does anyone know how to solve the problem? That movie is all right when playing out of the game.

Reported by Anonymous

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNINSTALL CODECS!!!!!!

That post is for EVERYONE WHO USE ffdshow.

Truemotion 2.0 codec have been replaced by a different one in the ffdshow and you have to disable it.

It's IN FFDSHOW VIDEO DECODER in the tab DirectShow Controls in the left.
Put ff7.exe in the exceptions : "Do not use directshow in these applications." Edit... and browse for the ff7.exe.

But you have to install Truemotion codec 2.0 http://wiki.qhimm.com/FF7/Technical/Customising the truemotion 2.0 codec

And for each time you update your K-lite mega codec pack or whatever have ffdshow, you have to rewrite ff7.exe in the exception and have to reinstall ff7.

That the bad news but it works

Reported by Anonymous

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Alright guys.

I got it working. Finally got it working. I know how some of you guys feel. After hours and hours of slaving, of pulling your hair out, of watching that damn Aeris and meteor video, over and over and over again. Praying that this next time will be the final time. The time where you'll actually be able to see Cloud jumping off that damn train. The time where you can press enter when it says, "Newcomer, come with me!"

Well guys, the time is now. Here's what I did:

So, I have read every post on the internet concerning how to get FFVII to work on the PC.

Instructions:

1. Download the FFVII. Make sure to download the version with the separate CD's. Not the Ultima Edition download.

2. Then, download Daemon tools from download.com er somewhere.

3. Delete all codecs you have on your computer. Delete them ALL. Don't whine to me about this, you have to make sacrifices to play FFVII. If you are not willing to make these sacrifices then I hope you die by Cloud's buster sword.

4. Next, using Daemon tools, mount the install file (should be in .mds format)

5. Install that shit. Do not install the direct x 5, yamamha synth, and the other one. Don't install them.

6. Next, download these three codecs from http://wiki.qhimm.com/FF7/Technical/Customising

7. install them

8. if playing on a laptop, download the laptop key patch from http://www.ff7-universe.com

9. next, download the upside-down movies patch from http://www.ff7-universe.com/

10. Next, go to your upside-down movies patch file and right click. Go to properties and change compatibility to windows XP sp2. Run it as administrator. install it.

11. Next, go to your FFVII.exe file and right click. Change compatibility to win98, 256 colors, 640x480, run as administrator.

12. Next, go to FFVII config file. Change graphics to Nvidia and TNT, 640x480 full screen, Direct3D Hardware Accel.

13. Finally, mount the CD1 file that you originally downloaded using Daemon tools and then click on the FFVII.exe file and play the game.

That should fix it. If not, write back up on here and i will try to help you out. Good luck.

Reported by Anonymous

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Reported by Anonymous

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Well I was thinkin of buying a brand new PC edition of this game off play.com... but by sounds of things it's a bugger to run, shame an all cus i'd of kept it in mint condition 4eva with it bein such a great game.

I am suprised people with duel procesors are getting it to run, i know with some older games I had to dsable one of the processors to stop them crashing (eg. System shock 2 / Grim fandango)

So for people above who claim it does run but crashes/freezes now again for no reason, this may be due to you having a duelcore proccesor which can sedd older games into a frenzie... try disabling the 2nd proccesor in the task manager section whilst playing the game, this may prevent it from freezing completely :)

Reported by Anonymous

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Hi all, I'm getting the black screen problem under vista. After reading the above post I understand that it is the k-lite codec pack problem. So, to fix it, I did:
1. Goto K-lite codec pack -> Configuration -> ffdshow video decoder.
2. On the main codec tab, find the "TrueMotion 1,2" line, and click to disable it. (Since libavcodec is having a problem)

Voila...everything just worked. Note: You of course have to install the TrueMotion codec first. Check above posts if you don't know where/how to get it.

For anyone that is using k-lite codec pack....there is no need to uninstall it. :)

Have a good time!

Reported by Anonymous

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I have windows vista, and the setup was easy... but the issue is when i try to click new game, nothing works... i juss bought a new numeric keypad for my laptop but i cant get pass this screen

Reported by Anonymous

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Download the Codec patch on this link http://www.ffdream.com/?cat=downld&rub=divers
If it goes black when you open the game.

Reported by Anonymous

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Windows Vista (Ultimate) SP1 RC1
Yup you heard it right, I'm running the game on Vista SP1 RC1.

I followed the step-by-step guide found a few posts above to the letter (except for the mods). However, I noticed that the exe wouldn't load and turned on in compatibility settings: Windows 98/Me compatibility, Run the app in 640x480 (for redundancy) and let the game run in Administrator Mode

Also for those who're getting Please Insert Disc 1,2,3; It's probable that you may be inserting the Disc in a secondary Drive. In regedit for my case, the game always points to the primary DVD drive I have, probably due to the nature of Windows 95 PCs having 1 CD Drive at that time (remember how expensive CD Drives were?).

The video issue is probably caused by the removal of a very old codec in Windows that FFVII uses, that's why we have to get a compatible codec in order for the movies to run.

Reported by Anonymous

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I'm replying to my own post...I uninstalled my k-lite codec pack. Now it works fine. Just a little bit messed up video but i'm sure i can work it out on my own! thanks for everyone's help!

Reported by Anonymous

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Here are the steps I have taken (still not working)

-Installed from perfectly legal cd's
-Installed 1.02 patch
-Installed XP Compatibility patch
-Laptop Keypad patch
Try to run game...it loads the SOUND only from the first movie (the eidos movie, before the new game/continue menu) It will be a black screen, nothing goes, I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL to get out.

I have tried many combinations of compatibility modes, patches, video codecs.

Then I edited some registry entries to point where the movie folder is. The movies will not load, neither sound or video. But now I can get into the game (New/continue menu) but when I click new game the movie does not load. So i tried multiple places to place the movie location. CD, .iso image (copy of cd), and moving the movies folder into the game directory. I am still not able to play this game. I know it has something to do with the game not being able to read movies from the cd (but i can explore through the cd and play them in media player.) Any help is appreciated!

Reported by Anonymous

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i can run the game just fine but after a while it crashes for no aparent reason anyone got any ideas

Reported by Anonymous

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At first I could not get it to run at all. I thought it was all Vista's fault but I tried some things. First i installed the 1.02 patch. Then I realized that I had installed the directory in a weird place and that I put all my movies from all cd's into the movie folder in data. So i ran regedit and I corrected the paths for everything and it finally worked - I also have it running under windows 98/me compatibility.

Reported by Anonymous

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I cannot even install FF7 on my computer. I have tried running the setup program with every compatibility option from Windows 95 to Vista. Setup opens, and when I click "install" my computer appears to be doing something for a few seconds, but the installation never starts.

Reported by Anonymous

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Vista Business
Intel Duo Core 2.16 GHz
2.00 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Black screen at start up; can hear music at first but then stops and shows only a black screen. Must force close with alt+ctr+del. I have tried the number of proposed fixes above.. appears as though this game cannot run on this computer.

Has anyone else with similar specs/problem found a solution?

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To the person above me: I run Vista Home Premium. I did everything you mentioned in this post to the letter, with absolutely no change. As soon as I start the game, no opening movie plays, and as soon as I select New Game, it crashes. There has to be some solution here. I downloaded the 1.02 patch and chocobo patch, and the True Motion codec. Nothing helped. Suggestions?

Reported by Anonymous

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Hi everybody, here my specs :

OS Name: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-Bit
MOBO: Asus P5L-VM 1394
Processor: Pentium Dualcore, 1.80GHz
RAM: 2048Mo
Pages Files: 4096Mo
HDD: Western Digital 400Go SataII 16Mo
HDD: Western Digital 500Go SataII 16Mo
Graphic Card: MSI PCI-E GF8 NX8600GT-OC 256MB DDR3
DVD Drive: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H54N ATA Device
Sound Card: C-Media USB Headphone Set
Headphones: C-Media USB Headphone Set
Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop LX710 Laser
Monitor: Old IBM 17" CRT lol

Note : Not tested on isos, I used the original game. So use the original game like me! ;)

First : Install your FF7 Game (Uncheck the Yamaha, the directx and the directshow cases) and choose the Maximum install.
Follow the steps until the end.

Second : When installed, apply :
1.02 patch,
the chocobo patch,
truemotion codec
in this order.
*Available at : http://wiki.qhimm.com/FF7/Technical/Customising*


Third : Apply the goodies if you want.

Avatar mod for Advent children avatar in the menu
*Available at : http://wiki.qhimm.com/FF7/Technical/Customising*

HD Patch to have better graphics for some characters (all mains and many others).
*Available at : http://www.ffdream.com/out.php?table=file_2&id=833322&type=*
(Accept the popup below the adress bar to download it)


Fourth : Run FF7.exe, and the config utility will pop-up,

Graphics : I used 640 x 480 Full Screen and checked NVIDIA TNT
with renderer Direct3D hardware acceleration.

Sound : Don't touch it.

MIDI : MIDI Driver Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth and MIDI Data General MIDI


Fifth : My game started perfectly and it plays well!!!!!!

I wish to thanks everybody here cuz I didn't think I could play anymore to FF7 cuz I got Vista, until I found this forum, I read all thoses topic under vista and tried every solutions. Without any results, yesterday, my game crashed with an error in the startup of FF7, so I uninstalled it and I thought "I give up". But the day after (so, today) I said "I'll try a last time, everything or nothing", I follow exactly theses steps and here we go it works fine and I didn't use this damn compatibility mode.

I hope that was helpful.
Long Live FF7!

Reported by Anonymous

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I'm using Vista and have tried to run FF7 on my laptop. I could get the game going but the graphic moves too slow and it irritates me a lot. Does anyone know how I could fix this problem?

Reported by Anonymous

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Try installing the movie player from the install CD main menu, and perhaps your problem with the blank screen will go away. It worked for me.

Reported by Anonymous

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I'm using a notebook with a core2duo 2x 2.00Ghz and 2048MB Ram and a graphics card Geforce 8600 GT with 512MB internal Ram.
I tried everything. At last I managed it to hear the Eidos beginning! But without pictures or whatelse. And then the game gone frozen!
It doesn't works! I'm using the german version of FF7.