When trying to play Final Fantasy VII on PC, you can encounter variety of problems. Here I’ll try to describe most common problems with their solution.
Before actual game
- ‘Error 112’ during installation
- I get some weird error about C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT when launching the installer
- I can’t select Hardware rendering in game configuration
- I get some error while starting game executable or game won’t run at all
- After pressing ‘New game’ I get only black screen or game crashes
During the game
- Game crashes when I try to enter Chocobo races
- Movies are played upside down
- I have Sound Blaster Live/Audigy card and problems with sound
- Game backgrounds or text looks crappy
- Game crashes after first fight in new game
- Bike minigame speed is way too fast
- Game crashes in some places
- Game crashes when entering a battle
- No movies are played at all