HOW I CAN INSTALL MODS ON FFVII STEAM VERSION

[Anra]

i download some mods but dot know how to install

[Korana Noth]

I recommend using the Tifa's Final Heaven mod manager.

http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15520.0

You lose achievements and cloud saving, but it makes modding so easy that I think it's worth it. There is a workaround for getting achievements all the same, don't know about cloud saving. I think a save editor can probably manage that. Just peruse the forums there, again I recommend the Final Heaven mod manager and the compatible mod packs that you can download through the app.

[worstcaster]

Do you lose all of your achievements of you mod the game or are you simply unable to unlock ones you did not achieve?

[Alucard]

Originally posted by worstcaster:

Do you lose all of your achievements of you mod the game or are you simply unable to unlock ones you did not achieve?

You'll be unable to unlock Achievements while using mods.

[Korana Noth]

You miss out unlocking achievements and cloud saving due to the way the game is launched from what it seems to me at least. It doesn't launch the game via Steam but rather through the mod manager itself. So Steam can't see and record achievement progress.

You can work around it, though. I haven't tried loading up a save to see if it grants retroactive achievements, but I have tested opening a modded save through normal Steam gameplay, using a limit break, and got achievement credit. This is done by the following:

1. Open steam and launch the FFVII launcher. Go to settings and disable cloud saving. LEAVE STEAM AND THE FFVII LAUNCHER OPEN.

2. Navigate to your FFVII install folder, there's a saves folder where your modded saves wind up. COPY your save file from here to user\documents\square enix\FINAL FANTASY VII Steam\user_xxxxxxx. Again, do so with the launcher open. If you copy then open the launcher Steam will delete any saves that don't match the metadata file. This is why you copy, instead of directly move or cut/paste.

3. Start FFVII, open your save, get achievement credit, exit out, continue your modded playthrough.

Again I haven't tested it yet to see if I get retroactive credit. I'll do it right now and let you know if I get credit for Red XIII's first limit break because I already used it in my modded game.

[Korana Noth]

Okay. Opening a save did not grant retro-credit for limit breaks, I had to set limit level 1 and use sled fang to get credit. It did automagically give me the achievement for getting Yuffie.

If you want to collect an achievement, perform the achievement itself through the Steam browser i.e. limit breaks and probably getting final limit breaks.

[Kaldarasha]

There is an achievement.dat which stores the achievements you have gotten. It's probably updated in real time by the launcher, which will unlock an achievement if the corresponding var does meet a certain value.

In theory we only need a tool which is able to unlock the achievements by doing the same. Looking for the conditions and updatng the achievement.dat. My guess is that the launcher needs to be open to sync with SE's server and do the update.