FFVII Installation on Vista.
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So I was looking around my game repertoire when I saw my old FFVII for PC copy. So I thought: let's intall this baby on Vista and let's see how it works.
Now I've had a few problems and failed to resolve them. Installing the game and then applying the 1.02 patch, chocobo patch and FMV patch are fine.
I find myself unable to apply Saint's High resolution patch that allows you to play the game in High res. My video card and monitor both support BOTH resolutions but when I try to apply the patch it says:
CRC32 check failed!
nothing patched!
...done!
I'm putting this in Computers and technology but I should have put it in games maybe? Either way since it's a computer problem I thought maybe someone in the FAKKU community had the game and had encounter some of the same problems as I did.
Also another problem while playing the game is that some sounds don't play. Like when blowing up an exit after destroying the first Mako reactor and the Wedge goes running around with his ass on fire; I can't hear the sound the fire makes. Also in the train can't hear the tracks sounds the train makes. (didn't play more than that but there's probably something wrong.)
Now if anyone has any kind of ideas or help for me I would appreciate it thanks.
Now I've had a few problems and failed to resolve them. Installing the game and then applying the 1.02 patch, chocobo patch and FMV patch are fine.
I find myself unable to apply Saint's High resolution patch that allows you to play the game in High res. My video card and monitor both support BOTH resolutions but when I try to apply the patch it says:
CRC32 check failed!
nothing patched!
...done!
I'm putting this in Computers and technology but I should have put it in games maybe? Either way since it's a computer problem I thought maybe someone in the FAKKU community had the game and had encounter some of the same problems as I did.
Also another problem while playing the game is that some sounds don't play. Like when blowing up an exit after destroying the first Mako reactor and the Wedge goes running around with his ass on fire; I can't hear the sound the fire makes. Also in the train can't hear the tracks sounds the train makes. (didn't play more than that but there's probably something wrong.)
Now if anyone has any kind of ideas or help for me I would appreciate it thanks.
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I do believe that link is what you're looking for.
http://deadaimgames.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!23D808D5C5803715!427.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=109143488
EDIT: OK, looks like Fakku can't display the link properly. It's this:
http://deadaimgames.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!23D808D5C5803715!427.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=109143488
EDIT: OK, looks like Fakku can't display the link properly. It's this:
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I'm more shocked that your video card can support it. I bought ff8 for pc a long time ago and recently tried to install it on my computer for kicks. apparently nvidia did away with some sort of palette texture support that nothing uses anymore and the only way to play it is in a horrible-looking software-emulated mode. In all honesty, the best method for this is to use a playstation emulator.
here's a pic of ff7 on my comp with that:
I can help you set it up so that it looks badass as well, this can be kind of hard for people unaccustomed to emulators but it definitely pays off in the end. without a doubt looks and sounds better than when I used to own a playstation.
here's a pic of ff7 on my comp with that:
Spoiler:
I can help you set it up so that it looks badass as well, this can be kind of hard for people unaccustomed to emulators but it definitely pays off in the end. without a doubt looks and sounds better than when I used to own a playstation.
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Oh yea also, you don't really need to have any older games run any higher than 640x480. Games then were built for that resolution and the only thing you are doing when you make them go into a higher resolution is get odd stretching and reduced performance (ff8 intro on ps won't play normal speed at all higher than SD).
here's some more pics for reference. that first pic was older when I was less experienced but it still looks pretty kickass. These pics are done using opengl2 to render it with a custom shader called natural vision. there are no framebuffer effects missing whatsoever and the eternal sound plugin doesn't miss any sounds and properly renders it with reverb so it sounds nice.
here's some more pics for reference. that first pic was older when I was less experienced but it still looks pretty kickass. These pics are done using opengl2 to render it with a custom shader called natural vision. there are no framebuffer effects missing whatsoever and the eternal sound plugin doesn't miss any sounds and properly renders it with reverb so it sounds nice.
Spoiler:
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Well let's say I don't care about the high resolution patch; why do I get a crc32 error when I try to apply the patch anyways?
FFVII is installed in my comp and works fine in 640x480 full screen nvidia checked tnt checked 3d rendering. So I have no problems at that point.
However what about some sounds that are missing? Like I said some sounds in some areas seems to be missing any input on this?
FFVII is installed in my comp and works fine in 640x480 full screen nvidia checked tnt checked 3d rendering. So I have no problems at that point.
However what about some sounds that are missing? Like I said some sounds in some areas seems to be missing any input on this?
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Well allright I got the patch to work. I'm an idiot and I had to apply that patch before applying any other on the .exe file. Now the only lingering problem is the sound issue.
I still don't get why some sounds aren't working >.<.
I still don't get why some sounds aren't working >.<.
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Crc32 error is a file checking process. It somehow comes up with a code of letters and numbers that is extremely specific for a certain file. It's extremely useful for checking whether a file was downloaded correctly or for patching programs. Say your file has a certain crc32 code that corresponds to being unpatched, the patching program will then patch it. But if the file has a code that corresponds to being patched, then it won't. Also, most anime sub teams throw this on the end of the anime episode names in brackets and you can self check it yourself just in case there's something wrong.
For example, here's the latest episode of Clannad from Eclipse:
[SS-Eclipse] Clannad After Story - 22 (h264) [537CAA82].mkv
537CAA82 is the CRC32. A program called Hashtab can easily check that. More info on that from Wikipedia.
As for your sound issue: I would probably blame the game. I remember back in the day when ff8 was working on my computer that some sounds were missing as well when I compared it to the playstation version. It was mostly the bassy sounds. For example when you summoned diablo it sounded horrible on the computer. Then again, I have since built a better computer with an actual soundcard and got me better 2-channel speakers that have a subwoofer and that may have done the trick.
Whats your soundcard and speaker system?
For example, here's the latest episode of Clannad from Eclipse:
[SS-Eclipse] Clannad After Story - 22 (h264) [537CAA82].mkv
537CAA82 is the CRC32. A program called Hashtab can easily check that. More info on that from Wikipedia.
As for your sound issue: I would probably blame the game. I remember back in the day when ff8 was working on my computer that some sounds were missing as well when I compared it to the playstation version. It was mostly the bassy sounds. For example when you summoned diablo it sounded horrible on the computer. Then again, I have since built a better computer with an actual soundcard and got me better 2-channel speakers that have a subwoofer and that may have done the trick.
Whats your soundcard and speaker system?