Azrael Strife Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Has anyone of you (those who play it, of course) been able to run Final Fantasy VII on WinXP? I've downloaded a patch that's all over the net but didn't work, I get a blank screen when I hit new game and that's it, does anyone know how can I run it? This is the MOST awesome game EVER, please someone help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 You'll need to list your system specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Right, sorry AMD Sempron 2800+512MB DDR RAMWindows XP ProGeForce FX5200 128 MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Hah! I knew it! It's an AMD! I can't get AMD systems todo anything other then what you describe... But that's with SS2, so there's hope for you yet. Ok, so with this black screen you get, if you use Alt+Tab to try and return to the desktop, do you see any error messages? Do you hear any sound? If you hit Alt+Ctrl+Del, what's the status of the program? Running, or Not Responding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 When the game first loads, it shows a black screen, if I hit Esc it then displays the "New Game/Load Game" screen, afterwards I hit New Game and it shows me another black screen and the game seems to freeze.There are no error messages on desktop and the the status of the program is Not Responding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Ok, so the games crashes. There, now that the problem has been fully defined, maybe someone can help. I never got SS2 going... (I'll get you one day, SHODAN. ) I assume you HAVE checked the FF forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Yeah, I have, there are hundreds of problems like this, but I couldn't get it to run and most FFVII forums are somewhat dead, so I can't really expect help if I post there. I will, someday, get this game running.... I love this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Try running a slowdown utility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Service Pack 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Service Pack 2 screws up my windows, dunno why, I'm trying to use Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit, but the bloody thing needs .NET Framework, I *hate* downloading things from Microsoft, those guys can't let you have anything the easy way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezed Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 try changing DirectX or drivers. I had a simmilar porblem on my P4HT 3GHz, 256 RAM and GF FX5200(WIN XP). I only got a black screen after using that patch.Then i've downloaded new drivers for another game.I've decided to give Cloud one last chance...And it Worked Although,there were a few bugs a graphic glitches, but it was playable, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kret Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Well, when I tried playing FFVII on my windows 2k it would hang (the game only) whenever damage was dealt so I could never get past the 1st battle. I fixed this by registering the compatability mode library that by what I've heard is already registered in XP. Then I just had to right click the shortcut to the game, select the compatability tab, and set it to windows 98. After that it worked fine Note that any games that you set the compatability mode on, must only be started from the shortcut you've set the mode at, otherwise it will try to run it normally. This is true for at least windows 2K, not sure about XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 I have DirectX 9.0c, which I need to run some of my games, so I can't change it, and drivers I've got the latest, IIRC.But anyway I got tired of all the patches, got me the PSX version and now I can play as good as I used to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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