Ff7 Mods Steam Version
So, I'm not an absurdly huge FF fan anymore, but I'm still a huge fan of playing with the feeling of nostalgia. It's an updated re-release of the original PC port with new online features like achievements and cloud saves. This page has a list of the changes made to the re-release:I played through FFVII on the original PC release from 1998 and I thought it was fine. This new version supposedly includes all the fixes accumulated over the years so it should be pretty solid. If that thing about the music still being based on the MIDIs is true, that's a bummer, but I'm sure someone will make another MP3 mod for this version.
My favorite mod pack that still works with steam is the FF7 Reunion Mod Pack. It has an installer that detects your version of the game (original, Steam, or Square Enix Store) and doesn't apply patches in the pack that are incompatible, which is mostly just the menu overhaul, that I noticed. Final Fantasy VII is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix), and the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy video game series. It was released in 1997 and is the first numbered Final Fantasy game for the Sony PlayStation video game console and Microsoft. Before and after mod shots of the steam version of Final Fantasy 7. The speed up stuff like sound going faster, didn't happen during game play. Go here to get the mod and instructions: http.
So, I'm not an absurdly huge FF fan anymore, but I'm still a huge fan of playing with the feeling of nostalgia. According to the Steam forums (which I suggest checking out when unsure whether or not a game is worth your money), this version uses midi files for music and requires that you connect to Square Enix's online service to play the game. As far as I know, that online service doesn't have an offline mode (correct me if I'm wrong), so that means no offline play.I've heard say that if you go into the launcher settings and disable the could saves it doesn't require a constant connection. That said, it's not as good as running it upscaled, there's no true 1080p setting.It's really for those who don't have access to the psn version I would imagine. If it's midi, then it's highly dependent on the synthesiser on your computer.And. According to the Steam forums (which I suggest checking out when unsure whether or not a game is worth your money), this version uses midi files for music and requires that you connect to Square Enix's online service to play the game. As far as I know, that online service doesn't have an offline mode (correct me if I'm wrong), so that means no offline play.I've heard say that if you go into the launcher settings and disable the could saves it doesn't require a constant connection.
That said, it's not as good as running it upscaled, there's no true 1080p setting.It's really for those who don't have access to the psn version I would imagine.Constant connection? As in always-online? I didn't know that it required that. Do you still have to log into the service each time after disabling it?Copies of the original PS1 version aren't hard to find, and any modern PC can run it by using an emulator.
I think that it might be a better way to play the game. This is the exact same version as the one available on the Square Enix site. I bought it off the SE site a few weeks back and it's quite a good port. Contrary to what people say, after you've installed it, you CAN play it in offline mode. All that happens if you play offline is that it doesn't download save files from the SE site, and you can only save locally, not syncing your files online. This won't mess up the next time you're online, as it automatically syncs the website to hold the most recent save file available.In regards to the sound, there is a project called 'Anxious Heart' which I used.
The program itself allows you to automatically replace the midi music (which are actually.OGG files) with either the PSX music, or a mixture of PSX, OCRemixes and orchestral versions. I didn't have ANY issues with the controls whatsoever, but I personally used the Xbox 360 controller.The personal profiles section on the SE site is a bit iffy, however.
I've viewed my profile multiple times, only to see it as a completely empty page. 0 save files, 0 achievements etc. I'm not one to care for showing off achievements etc, so I'm fine with it. I completed the game with no problems, no crashes etc.
I'm only a couple hours in, so take this with a grain of salt, but here goes:Personally, it's a pretty good port overall. The keyboard controls I find to be rather clunky and unintuitive, but it works just fine with my Xbox 360 controller, so I can't really complain there. Other than that, mechanically it works pretty good. I've had no technical issues with it or any real problems.
The sound isn't really bad, but it is the same files the PSX used, and that much is clear. You're not going to be hearing any sweeping scores from The Black Mages or whatever here, just the old PSX chiptunes. I find it to be charmingly retro, but your mileage may vary.When it comes to the graphics though, it definitely doesn't run at 1080p. If you set it to that (which I do), you'll get black bars on either side and a very small bar on the bottom. Stand-alone, you're probably better off getting a legitimate FF7 disc and emulating it, but the great thing about FF7 PC (and I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet!), is that it has a very active modding community. In fact, they've written this great program called that handles all the complex modding work for you- just pick out your player models for in and out of battle, which retranslation you want, which difficulty mod you want, which movies and music you want, etc, and then you click go and watch it patch all the right files.
It will also turn your copy of the new FF7 into the original version, so you won't have to deal with the Square DRM stuff, although you'll lose everything like achievements and cloud saving. Stand-alone, you're probably better off getting a legitimate FF7 disc and emulating it, but the great thing about FF7 PC (and I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet!), is that it has a very active modding community. In fact, they've written this great program called that handles all the complex modding work for you- just pick out your player models for in and out of battle, which retranslation you want, which difficulty mod you want, which movies and music you want, etc, and then you click go and watch it patch all the right files. It will also turn your copy of the new FF7 into the original version, so you won't have to deal with the Square DRM stuff, although you'll lose everything like achievements and cloud saving.And this is why I love being a PC gamer. I had no idea their mod community was so active!This alone is enough to sell me on it as I love modding.To hell with waiting for Square to make an HD remake, I'll make my own! Compares some PSX and Midi versions.
Compare the song that starts at 0:00, to the one at 1:13. The former is what you hear on a Playstation, the latter on the PC.That being said, I've heard there's mods for all this (Last time I played FF7 it was on an emulator)Well, they clearly aren't the same.
Just to confuse matters a little, here's one of those PC Midi tracks played using a different synthesiser. I'm not particularly impressed with any examples I found of those 3 tracks, but it certainly sounds different.
Ff7 Steam Mods
I know I'm gonna catch a lot of flak when I say this. But the gameplay and story are extremely outdated. So much so that there's no way it will live up to anyone's expectations. Bought it on the PSN when it came out there and was shocked that it ever became a favorite among so many people to begin with. It just goes to show you how many graphics whores there are and because it was such a huge jump in graphics among FF games that it still stands out as 'The greatest EVAR!!!' In their own minds.Don't believe me, play it yourself and prepare for a huge disappointment. I know I'm gonna catch a lot of flak when I say this.
But the gameplay and story are extremely outdated. So much so that there's no way it will live up to anyone's expectations. Bought it on the PSN when it came out there and was shocked that it ever became a favorite among so many people to begin with.
It just goes to show you how many graphics whores there are and because it was such a huge jump in graphics among FF games that it still stands out as 'The greatest EVAR!!!' In their own minds.Don't believe me, play it yourself and prepare for a huge disappointment.I completed it again a few days ago, and to me, FF7 still holds up as one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) RPGs of all time. The OST is among the best in games, and I personally believe that the gameplay is very well balanced. There aren't any sections in the game which are downright unfair, and decent management of items etc really does matter.The only two problems I have with FF7 are battles which spawn a group of six frogs (any FF7 player should know what I mean) and the fact that if you obtain the 'big guard' enemy skill, quite a few of the fights are trivialised. Aside from that, I still find the game to be spectacular, nostalgia goggles aside.
I put 35 hours into the campaign without any of the side quests, and it completely flew. I know I'm gonna catch a lot of flak when I say this. But the gameplay and story are extremely outdated. So much so that there's no way it will live up to anyone's expectations. Bought it on the PSN when it came out there and was shocked that it ever became a favorite among so many people to begin with. It just goes to show you how many graphics whores there are and because it was such a huge jump in graphics among FF games that it still stands out as 'The greatest EVAR!!!'
In their own minds.Don't believe me, play it yourself and prepare for a huge disappointment.I completed it again a few days ago, and to me, FF7 still holds up as one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) RPGs of all time. The OST is among the best in games, and I personally believe that the gameplay is very well balanced. There aren't any sections in the game which are downright unfair, and decent management of items etc really does matter.The only two problems I have with FF7 are battles which spawn a group of six frogs (any FF7 player should know what I mean) and the fact that if you obtain the 'big guard' enemy skill, quite a few of the fights are trivialised. Aside from that, I still find the game to be spectacular, nostalgia goggles aside. I put 35 hours into the campaign without any of the side quests, and it completely flew by.Well you're welcome to believe that, I just gotta ask some others that you've played. I mean If you've only ever played FF7 then I can see why you think it's the greatest right. Not that that's the case but that's the point I'm trying to make.
Personally I think there's so many other ones out there that have no where near the fan base that are way more deserving of it than this overrated game. For example certain games in the Tales of series are way funner, and the persona series. Hell even FF6 doesn't get anywhere near as much love and it's a much better game all around but doesn't look as pretty. In my opinion, FF7 is not bad, but it's not great, it's simply an above average JRPG for the time. Well, I was on the fence because of the mods, but if this is all of what they did, I'm definitely not getting it. Replacing the overworld models with the battle models just doesn't work and make the animations look horrible and jarring; the slightly upgraded textures don't really work either, now everything looks dirty; and the font used (and the portraits) clash horribly with the rest of the game. Thanks for showing me this, though, now I don't have to get this overpriced port.As I said, there are a bunch of mods.There's also a mod called Final Fantasy VII BOOTLEG which allows to upgrade certain textures/models or you could go.
I know I'm gonna catch a lot of flak when I say this. But the gameplay and story are extremely outdated. So much so that there's no way it will live up to anyone's expectations. Bought it on the PSN when it came out there and was shocked that it ever became a favorite among so many people to begin with.
It just goes to show you how many graphics whores there are and because it was such a huge jump in graphics among FF games that it still stands out as 'The greatest EVAR!!!' In their own minds.Don't believe me, play it yourself and prepare for a huge disappointment.I completed it again a few days ago, and to me, FF7 still holds up as one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) RPGs of all time. The OST is among the best in games, and I personally believe that the gameplay is very well balanced. There aren't any sections in the game which are downright unfair, and decent management of items etc really does matter.The only two problems I have with FF7 are battles which spawn a group of six frogs (any FF7 player should know what I mean) and the fact that if you obtain the 'big guard' enemy skill, quite a few of the fights are trivialised. Aside from that, I still find the game to be spectacular, nostalgia goggles aside. I put 35 hours into the campaign without any of the side quests, and it completely flew by.Well you're welcome to believe that, I just gotta ask some others that you've played. I mean If you've only ever played FF7 then I can see why you think it's the greatest right.
Not that that's the case but that's the point I'm trying to make. Personally I think there's so many other ones out there that have no where near the fan base that are way more deserving of it than this overrated game. For example certain games in the Tales of series are way funner, and the persona series. Hell even FF6 doesn't get anywhere near as much love and it's a much better game all around but doesn't look as pretty. In my opinion, FF7 is not bad, but it's not great, it's simply an above average JRPG for the time.Wait, you think ff6 is good? The characters are flat, one dimensional archetypes.
Terra for example is an emo, who only feels despair, angst and loneliness all the time, kefka is a generic designated villain with no motivation for blowing up the world, and the characters almost constantly rely on 4th wall breaking attempts at comedy, which undercuts the drama, as well as sequences which simply do not make sense. Wow, that MIDI music is terrible! How hard could it of been for them to do it themselves properly? Lazy port.Agreed, the fact that I had to personally find a way to fix it is irritating.
Also its very picky with controllers, as in it wouldn't let me map the triggers of my DualShock3 when it emulated a 360 controller, and then wouldn't acknowledge it in game when I switched to another controller profile, I ended up having to key map the controller to make it feel right.A very lazy port indeed.
Updated: February 4, 2019Tifa's Final Heaven7th Heaven Modding TutorialComputer RequirementsIf you play WITH texture mods (field, battle, world), a dedicated GPU with OpenGL 2.0 support is needed. One with 512 MB is preferred. Anything without OpenGL 2.0 support or lower memory will glitch/crash often when using a lot of texture mods.If you play WITHOUT texture mods (field, battle, world), the game should be playable on most systems.Acquiring Final Fantasy VIIWe do NOT support piracy.