FF7 help (Technical, spoilers)

cell84 · 07-23-2004, 01:40 PM

Well..I got FF7 last year and held off on playing it until recently. I...I bought it preowned, so... Anyway, I got up to the room with the pipes and everything labeled "JENOVA" and Sephiroth told the age 16 Cloud to look into a glass. I did so, but when the screen faded out, nothing showed up. I assumed that the game froze, and the music kept playing. If I listened carefully, I could hear the "No/Can't do" sound playing every couple of seconds. I had my mom use a scratch cleaner, and the game worked a bit better, and it ran a little smoother, but it had no effect on that scene. Is there anything I can do without having to buy a brand new copy?

Sabrilocke · 07-24-2004, 12:08 AM

Oi .... this happens to me, too. There's nothing you can do about it, unless I'm wrong. Happens to me in random battles.

Ancalag the Black · 07-24-2004, 12:43 AM

Try cleaning your CD again. If it does nothing, and you have the PC version or have a Dex Drive, then you can try asking on GameFAQs to see if anybody has a save right after the Kalm scene.

Hiro Zer · 07-24-2004, 01:12 AM

Never happened to me, but since it's an FMV (and my FMVs are REAL laggy due to scratches on disc 1) that might be it. If you know a friend who ha sit, you could borrow their Disc 1. dunno about the PC version, I have the PS1 version.

cell84 · 07-24-2004, 01:50 PM

Ah...Well, I think my mom threw the cd cleaner stuff out x_x..And I don't have the PC version. BUT, oddly enough, I lent FF7 to my cousin a few months ago, and he got past the part. He got to some part with a berserker Cloud or something. I'd ask him, but then he'd come over to my house and ask to stay all day. I'd much rather have a broken FF7, then a cousin spending the day at my house.

Ancalag the Black · 07-24-2004, 07:37 PM

It could be your PSX. Clean the lens with a tissue lightly damped with rubbing alcohol.

Ighah · 07-24-2004, 11:20 PM

I have an unorthodox method to try. My PSX used to do crazy **** when FF7 was doing movies. The thing I heard to do was turn the system upside down and leave it like that for awhile. It worked for me. The old girl still works find even today...since I still use it for PSX games.

Though my problem was different. It didn't not play movies. It didn't play the right one. So the Junon FMV showed me the opening FMV, the Gold Saucer gave me the Junon FMV. And so on.

Tioma · 08-01-2004, 02:19 AM

that happens to me alot, coz i normaly leave my discs on the floor and they get scratched to hell ^^;
sometimes when it does that, you can leave it on that scene for about 30 mins and it will eventualy carry on as normal. this doesnt work all the time though

Erdawn Il Deus · 08-01-2004, 02:32 AM

Go to a game rental store that stills rents out PS games, rent FF7, switch CDs, and complain that it was defective to get a refund.

Goo-goo-g'joob!

AJ Middleton · 08-05-2004, 09:38 PM

Oh geez, on my PC version, it takes forever it initiate that cutscene.

07-23-2004, 01:40 PM	#1
cell84 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Jai Guru Deva Om Gender: Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,142.38 Bank: 1,359.39 Total Points: 4,501.77 Donate	Well..I got FF7 last year and held off on playing it until recently. I...I bought it preowned, so... Anyway, I got up to the room with the pipes and everything labeled "JENOVA" and Sephiroth told the age 16 Cloud to look into a glass. I did so, but when the screen faded out, nothing showed up. I assumed that the game froze, and the music kept playing. If I listened carefully, I could hear the "No/Can't do" sound playing every couple of seconds. I had my mom use a scratch cleaner, and the game worked a bit better, and it ran a little smoother, but it had no effect on that scene. Is there anything I can do without having to buy a brand new copy?

07-24-2004, 12:08 AM	#2
Sabrilocke Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: behind the toolshed Gender: Posts: 3,942 Thanks: 111 Thanked 42 Times in 19 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Points: 25,883.37 Bank: 68,763.65 Total Points: 94,647.02 Donate	Oi .... this happens to me, too. There's nothing you can do about it, unless I'm wrong. Happens to me in random battles.

07-24-2004, 12:43 AM	#3
Ancalag the Black Junior Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 301 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 5,481.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,981.00 Donate	Try cleaning your CD again. If it does nothing, and you have the PC version or have a Dex Drive, then you can try asking on GameFAQs to see if anybody has a save right after the Kalm scene.

07-24-2004, 01:12 AM	#4
Hiro Zer Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nibleheim Posts: 83 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,001.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,501.00 Donate	Never happened to me, but since it's an FMV (and my FMVs are REAL laggy due to scratches on disc 1) that might be it. If you know a friend who ha sit, you could borrow their Disc 1. dunno about the PC version, I have the PS1 version.

07-24-2004, 01:50 PM	#5
cell84 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Jai Guru Deva Om Gender: Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,142.38 Bank: 1,359.39 Total Points: 4,501.77 Donate	Ah...Well, I think my mom threw the cd cleaner stuff out x_x..And I don't have the PC version. BUT, oddly enough, I lent FF7 to my cousin a few months ago, and he got past the part. He got to some part with a berserker Cloud or something. I'd ask him, but then he'd come over to my house and ask to stay all day. I'd much rather have a broken FF7, then a cousin spending the day at my house.

07-24-2004, 07:37 PM	#6
Ancalag the Black Junior Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 301 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 5,481.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,981.00 Donate	It could be your PSX. Clean the lens with a tissue lightly damped with rubbing alcohol.

07-24-2004, 11:20 PM	#7
Ighah Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sitting on my ass Posts: 131 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 814.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,314.00 Donate	I have an unorthodox method to try. My PSX used to do crazy **** when FF7 was doing movies. The thing I heard to do was turn the system upside down and leave it like that for awhile. It worked for me. The old girl still works find even today...since I still use it for PSX games. Though my problem was different. It didn't not play movies. It didn't play the right one. So the Junon FMV showed me the opening FMV, the Gold Saucer gave me the Junon FMV. And so on.

08-01-2004, 02:19 AM	#8
Tioma Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lemon Land Posts: 36 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,053.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,553.00 Donate	that happens to me alot, coz i normaly leave my discs on the floor and they get scratched to hell ^^; sometimes when it does that, you can leave it on that scene for about 30 mins and it will eventualy carry on as normal. this doesnt work all the time though

08-01-2004, 02:32 AM	#9
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 2,990 Thanks: 4 Thanked 45 Times in 39 Posts Points: 24,315.11 Bank: 853.44 Total Points: 25,168.55 Donate	Go to a game rental store that stills rents out PS games, rent FF7, switch CDs, and complain that it was defective to get a refund. Goo-goo-g'joob!

08-05-2004, 09:38 PM	#10
AJ Middleton Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,269.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 2,769.00 Donate	Oh geez, on my PC version, it takes forever it initiate that cutscene.