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Carl the Llama
07-17-2013, 06:36 PM
As promised I am now going to do a complete run through of the remastered graphics of the PC version of FFVII PC Version.

First off let me state that I am no expert on modding but if you want to replicate my experience then feel free to use the same mods as I have.

Here are what my objectives will be:

Have Aerith have Great Gospel.
Have at least 3 of my characters at level 99 (for the boost to Sephiroth's HP in the final fight).
Have 3 sets of Mastered Materia (including 3 mastered Enemy Skill)
Have level 4 limits for all 3 of my primary team (Cloud Cid and Tifa/Barret/Yuffie (haven't decided on who yet))
Obtain all the very best Materia.

To patch the game I can give you a brief outline of what you need to download, start off by heading here:

Bootleg Automated Patcher (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwC7kjtdF7wpd3NnWVNIVVhMNVU/edit)

Here is where you can download the automated patcher, its really simple, go to your game install location (which needs to be C:/Games/) and create a new folder and name it FFVII Mods, this is where you will be downloading all the mods. Unzip the Bootleg configurator into your FFVII Mods folder. Run the BFE App (Bootleg Front End) and here you can play about with the settings like the pictures documented below.

Now onto what I have in my patched game:


http://puu.sh/3Fa2x.png
http://puu.sh/3Fa4L.jpg
http://puu.sh/3Fa5A.jpg
http://puu.sh/3Fa6f.jpg
http://puu.sh/3Fa6V.jpg
http://puu.sh/3Fa7A.png
http://puu.sh/3Fa8t.png
http://puu.sh/3Fa9a.png

Once you have finished playing about with what settings you want, click the big blue splash button named Mod Listing and something resembling this should pop up:
http://puu.sh/3FaaE.png

Now you might just think "What the hell, lets download all the mods" but bear in mind that there are a CONSIDERABLE amount of mods, and some of them are completely pointless see the yellow settings on the list named 640blah blah blah: that's just different FMV's and each of them take up a fair amount of space. Also each time you change the settings, you will only see the difference if you start a new game AND patch the game (which takes about 45-50 minutes each time you change settings) which lets face it, is just not worth doing.

That aside, you can see the key at the top of the list. Now something to be aware of which I noticed, some of the mods require the mod to stay in its archived file format (so if you unzip it it still wont realize it has the necessary file in the C:/Games/FF7Mods folder) so just click the link, download it and make sure you unzip/not unzip it as according to the listing in the configurator.

After downloading all the required files (which is the longest part of the patching process) you will need to close the colour coded list and reopen it again, BE SURE you do not click the red splash button named Run Bootleg until all mods listed are either yellow or green otherwise you could corrupt your instillation of the original game. Once you are sure you are ready click the Run Bootleg button and the lengthy process of patching it will begin.

While it is patching every so often it will look like it has crashed or like its doing nothing: DO NOT STOP IT! As I said it can take a fairly long time and every so often you will get a popup asking you to confirm certain details, so be sure to stay with your computer while it is patching and keep an eye out for any popups. I should also note that about 2/3rds of the way through you will be asked to patch the music and at the end of installing which ever sound track you choose (of which Anxious Hearts Professional remix) it will have a tick box asking you if you want to run FFVII... MAKE SURE YOU UNTICK IT! Otherwise the entire patching process will smurf up.

After all this you will finally be ready to play the modded version of FFVII!!

One final note: part of the way through the patching process there may be times you get a text file saying xy or z has failed, fear not, this is perfectly normal and should just be ignored.

Jinx
07-17-2013, 06:39 PM
Use Tifa. Name her Sam after me.

Freya
07-17-2013, 06:46 PM
Ooo I'm excited to see what it looks like. Here's a confession, never played this game :shifty:

Carl the Llama
07-17-2013, 06:57 PM
Use Tifa. Name her Sam after me.

I intend to name all characters after people from EoFF lol, although all my main characters are already reserved lol I intend the following:

Cloud = Carl (gotta be)
Barrett = DK
Tifa = Snacks
Aerith = Aulayna (apparently BoB didn't want to be named after her >.> and Aul is obsessed with Aerith)
Nanaki = Formalhaut
Yuffie = Shion
Cait Sith = Noxy
Vincent = Mike
Cid = Dak
Wonderful Chocobo = BoB
Gold Chocobo = GoBo

If you want I can name one of my other chocobo's after you ^^


Ooo I'm excited to see what it looks like. Here's a confession, never played this game :shifty:

Never.
Played.

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/870656/nerdrage-o.gif

Formalhaut
07-17-2013, 09:48 PM
I WANT A LET'S PLAY. I WANT TO SEE THIS.

Carl the Llama
07-17-2013, 11:20 PM
It starts :D

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9466/93x.gif

http://puu.sh/3EJ8n
Loving the Scorpion Guard, looks damned impressive.

http://puu.sh/3FnPX.jpg
Having blown the reactor and mercilessly slaughtered 8 guards, Carl precedes to be bad ass as always ^^

http://puu.sh/3FokT.jpg
Seems they missed me!

http://puu.sh/3FoNW.jpg
After all this time Snacks and Carl are reunited!!!

And so concludes part 1 of our journey.

To be continued....

snacks
07-18-2013, 01:02 AM
reunited and it feeeels so gooood
45000

Raistlin
07-18-2013, 02:02 AM
DK is the objectively correct name for Barret, but Cuch is probably the best Cid Highwind. Also you should name Aerith "BoB" or "BoBlover" just to bug him.

Formalhaut
07-18-2013, 02:27 AM
DK is the objectively correct name for Barret, but Cuch is probably the best Cid Highwind. Also you should name Aerith "BoB" or "BoBlover" just to bug him.

I definitely concur with Cuch being Cid. I can literally imagine it now. This one might be left field, but Aerith might be better suited to be played by Dr Assenov. She even has an Aerith theme and many of her artworks actually include Aerith. She might be a much better fit.

Sam is obviously the best Tifa, but hey, I'm not one to argue against people already dibbing who they are. Maybe when I do eventually get round to a Let's Play I might offer up some people.

comma
07-21-2013, 04:57 AM
Why is the aspect ratio stretched out? How can you play like that?

Carl the Llama
07-21-2013, 02:54 PM
Why is the aspect ratio stretched out? How can you play like that?

I prefer it that way, I am of the opinion that it gives the characters a more rounded shape, and seeing as I have entirely new character models its easy to adjust.

Anyways BIG update time with LOADS of pic to follow, though said images are just a fraction of what I have in my screenshot folder lol.


http://i.imgur.com/2jt3khM.gif

http://i.imgur.com/pWCO5wZh.jpg
Its bed time, and its time to bid for who gets to sleep where, DK's offers me 2000...

http://i.imgur.com/g4QYcA5h.jpg
...but who could consider DK when snacks is sleeping in the same room >.>

http://i.imgur.com/8wI46ekh.jpg
Then she proceeds to reminisces about last night sleeping :D

So we set out on our journey to bomb the number 5 reactor, everything is proceeding smoothly until...

http://i.imgur.com/3tISHYz.jpg
Air Buster objected to me killing him in 3 hits, so he blew a hole in the ground, bringing an end to the mission shortly before Reactor #5 bit the dust.

Carl the Llama
07-21-2013, 03:15 PM
http://i.imgur.com/ribIWvy.gif

As we pick up, we find ourselves in a Church in the company of Aulayna the Flower Girl, she helps our hero Carl recover and things are going smoothly, when suddenly Reno appears and Aulayna asks our profession...

http://i.imgur.com/3Cvgl7rh.jpg
"I'm a bit of everything..." is our heroes response.

http://i.imgur.com/GAvmscah.jpg
Aulayna correctly surmises Carl's past, naming him as a member of SOLDIER.

http://i.imgur.com/WWpVgPY.jpg
Mission successful, Carl says he has to get back to Sector 7 and Snacks bar. Aulayna says she will take him and that they can go in the morning... reluctantly Carl stays the night hoping the sneak away early in the morning...

Jinx
07-21-2013, 03:37 PM
Why do Tifa and Aeris have the same hair?

Carl the Llama
07-21-2013, 03:42 PM
http://i.imgur.com/gnWYkx3.gif

We start out early so as not to put Aulayna in any unnessisary danger, but lo and behold, the Voices of the Planet told her that Carl was trying to sneak away and Pre-empts him, meeting him in the street...

http://i.imgur.com/mUfmg0Ch.jpg
By magic, she manages to get ahead of Carl meeting him all bright eyed and bushy tailed :eek:

http://i.imgur.com/h0EayXIh.jpg
Just outside the gate Carl & Aulayna take a break and all all good and well till they see Snacks being carted off to see the Don...

http://i.imgur.com/JfIPNnS.jpg
Having discovered Snacks is being held with the Don, Aulayna come up with the idea of having Carl turn cross dresser so he can get in to be the Don's new bride:love: *cough* to save Snacks!!!

http://i.imgur.com/b8wiOcSh.jpg
Transformation Successful... it seems the Don has chosen Snacks as his bride, Carl seems ready to fight her for the Don's Affection...

http://i.imgur.com/0v8Yxgoh.jpg
But knowing Snacks would just bitch slap him, Carl -dejected- takes his frustration out on the Don's peace loving men! :irked:

So our chapter comes to a close, Don in defeat, reveals all... The plate, the killing... trout just got real...

Shauna
07-21-2013, 04:12 PM
Why do Tifa and Aeris have the same hair?

A better question is wtf is up with Cloud's hair? ._.

Carl the Llama
07-21-2013, 04:18 PM
Why do Tifa and Aeris have the same hair?

It was one of the mods I used, I just wanted to try her out with a ponytail.


http://i.imgur.com/H7cGJId.gif

So our Journey continues, Carl, Aulayna and Snacks battle their way to the pillar which for now remains in tact... knowing Marlene is in danger, Snacks asks Aulayna if she will save her as she and Carl battle their way to to the top...

http://i.imgur.com/vRqADvu.jpg
Reno, no match for Avalanche, arms the bomb and makes a break for freedom.

http://i.imgur.com/EYWtZCR.jpg
Having surmised that this is no ordinary bomb Carl does nothing, as Tseng reveals the awful truth about the bomb as he escapes having captured Aulayna...

http://i.imgur.com/BZiYlJV.jpg
Plate fallen... DK assumes the worse... until Snacks reveals that Marlene is actually safe with Aulayna's mother.

Having revealed Marlene's survival, Carl, DK and Snacks head to Aulayna's house to break the news to her mother... then stumble upon the truth that Aulayna is in actual fact the Last of the Cetra...

Carl the Llama
07-21-2013, 04:50 PM
http://i.imgur.com/wJ9Y0VZ.gif

Carl, DK and Snacks decide it high time the Shinra are held accountable for crimes against humanity... they plot the revenge upon the Shinra and seek out Shinra HQ.

http://i.imgur.com/DjHGfcwh.jpg
Arriving at Shinra HQ, Carl, DK and Snacks decide it would be better for them to sneak in without causing a commotion.

http://i.imgur.com/3EYJ8Tbh.jpg
Having climbed half way up and listening to DK's endless moaning, Snacks -Bitch she is- snaps and doesn't hold back letting DK have it right in the chest.

Having run amok and murdered an endless amount of random unfortunate Shinra employee's Carl n co' are promptly arrested... until Sephiroth makes an appearance, killing the President and making off with his mothers body... Carl, realising what this means, tells the rest of the crew to get to safety as he battles Rufus on the roof.

http://i.imgur.com/MXoreQy.jpg
Carl, tells it as it is to newly promoted Shinra President Rufus... Battle commences and Rufus makes a swift getaway.

http://i.imgur.com/adWt6MXh.jpg
Trapped, DK defends the rest of the crew from the gunmen surrounding the building... but it seems there is no way out...

http://i.imgur.com/6Vc4EW8h.jpg
...until they remember they are terrorists, and have no qualms about stealing Shinra vehicles and make a daring dash across the highway to escape Midgar.

http://i.imgur.com/owYfOuYh.jpg
Having murdered countless persuers and blown the trout out of one of the Shinra's favourite toys, Carl n Co' say their fair well to Midgar.

To Be Continued...

Jinx
07-21-2013, 06:03 PM
Can't get over Tifa's hair.

Also, Comic Sans. xD

comma
07-21-2013, 11:45 PM
It looks super funky how everyone is the same height as their chibi character models would have been. It's especially silly when they stand near chairs and doors. They look like tiny little kids. That and the aspect ratio are the two main reasons I decided not to mod. I couldn't find any pictures of the mods that weren't stretched super wide like that. When round barstools look oval, you know you have a problem.

Raistlin
07-23-2013, 12:19 AM
Cloud in a dress was disappointingly lacking in flamboyance and purpleness. And he apparently stopped using as much hair gel with this mod.


Sam is obviously the best Tifa...

Sam is only the best for a certain part of Tifa.

At least, I'm told they have very similar thumbs.

Aulayna
07-23-2013, 08:21 AM
http://i.imgur.com/owYfOuYh.jpg


Snacks, so pensive!

Carl the Llama
07-23-2013, 10:06 AM
I have been neglecting this thread entirely to much, I confess I have found myself caught up in playing the game lol and I am really enjoying it... a lot more then I usually do but once I get to a point I will probably do a post per day updating this.

Normally when I play I rush through maybe listening to an audio book while playing, this time though I have made a point of exploring everywhere, stealing from every enemy that counts (after following a guide) and generally going about completing everything I can in a bid to 100% the game.

Sure I have no intention of leveling Aerith to level 99, but I have spoken to every NPC and have gotten a greater feel for the game as well, I think I am going to update my challenge to level all my characters (minus Aerith) to level 99 and get all their limits as well.

Skyblade
07-23-2013, 06:40 PM
I have been neglecting this thread entirely to much, I confess I have found myself caught up in playing the game lol and I am really enjoying it... a lot more then I usually do but once I get to a point I will probably do a post per day updating this.

Normally when I play I rush through maybe listening to an audio book while playing, this time though I have made a point of exploring everywhere, stealing from every enemy that counts (after following a guide) and generally going about completing everything I can in a bid to 100% the game.

Sure I have no intention of leveling Aerith to level 99, but I have spoken to every NPC and have gotten a greater feel for the game as well, I think I am going to update my challenge to level all my characters (minus Aerith) to level 99 and get all their limits as well.

Really? That's what I always do.

Carl the Llama
07-24-2013, 02:55 PM
Really? That's what I always do.

Could you clarify what you mean? lol.

Anyways!!!


http://i.imgur.com/iG0waF8.gif

As we pick up where we left off we see our band head off to Kalm as Carl seeks to explain the true threat to the planet: Sephiroth, and what happened at Niblheim 5 years ago...

http://i.imgur.com/zDIgri4.jpg
Sephiroth gives sage advice as we begin our tour of Niblheim.

http://i.imgur.com/ZtCydgV.jpg
Carl, Snacks and Sephiroth pose for a picture jest before descending into the reactor.

http://i.imgur.com/iVQPTCa.jpg
SOLDIER 1st Class Carl shares his insight on Materia...

http://i.imgur.com/QbA9xe6.jpg
Inside the reactor, Shinra show their true colours... as Sephiroth uncovers some unusual facts about his past.

http://i.imgur.com/wIOLDlz.jpg
Having discovered the truth, Sephiroth goes insane and burns Niblheim to the ground killing many.

http://i.imgur.com/B46JEQo.jpg
Face to face at last, Carl confronts Sephiroth... and the flashback draws to an end.

Jiro
07-24-2013, 03:50 PM
Cloud was wearing a bunnygirl outfit. That's just... the best.

Aulayna
07-24-2013, 06:42 PM
Can you post a screenie of the game menu. I want to see what it looks like with those anniversary avatars etc :)

Carl the Llama
07-24-2013, 08:16 PM
Can you post a screenie of the game menu. I want to see what it looks like with those anniversary avatars etc :)

Sure thing ^^

http://i.imgur.com/RVL56W4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gBzJJmn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Sbz8Xlk.jpg

You notice in the Sephiroth one he has the shadow of a wing in the background ^^

Aulayna
08-04-2013, 09:29 AM
More updates in comic sans are required.