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  • kieron115@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I should play the newer FF7 pc port sometime… i played the original port published by Eidos and it’s such a trainwreck. It relied on midi sound and came with yamaha soundbank software you were supposed to use to load samples into your soundcard or something? I never got it working and the music sounded like it was being played on recorders and harmonicas.

    • Retro-Hax@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Holy Shit that sounds like a Mess X_X Itd assume the Steam Version is the newer Port? >.> I havent tried the FF7 STeam Version yet due to the Square Enix Requirement (yuck -.-) but from what ive read its honestly quite Amazing :D

      • kieron115@startrek.websiteEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        yeah the steam version is the newer port that doesnt have the issue. the one im talkin about came out in like 1999 or something, the steam version is based on the 2012 version. and yes it was a mess.

        The original PC port used MIDI music with a custom soundfont, however due to PlayStation and PC differences the resultant music is not the same. It can be replaced with the FFNx FF7Music mod. While the original PlayStation version outputs at 60 FPS with 3D elements running at lower frame rates, the PC port outputs at different framerates at different parts of the game: this causes the combat camera and some menu mechanics to have lower frame rates, but it can mitigated using mods.[2] Just like the PlayStation release, the resolution of the FMVs in the game are 320 x 224.[3]