Regan - FF7 Unity Development

Hi! This account is dedicated to my dev-work, recreating FF7 in Unity. It's going well! Follow for frequent progress updates :)

I am too busy lately. Progress has slowed but not stopped. I am only able to get a couple hours in a week at the moment, but for those wondering, I am currently working on the game's script-engine. It will possibly be a year before I can share anything!

Fixed an issue where colour palettes weren't ripping correctly and coming out with unsightly black artifacts ranging from extreme to "rather annoying". All better now ^^ See the before/after images.

Fixed an issue regarding image/walkmesh alignment. 200+ out of the 700+ fields were affected, but now all 200+ align without issues.

I literally just hit a button in Unity now and it sets up all 700+ scenes with camera, backgrounds, models, gateways, scripts ^^

Fixed up a ripping tool which was 60% reliable, but is now 100% reliable, which means I now get all 383 of the game's field models super quick :D Now I just have to apply my anim-fixes in Blender, then I have a few things I do in Maya, lastly the Unity setup.... 383 times :|

Got palettes working within the textures, which means I can now use the original and authentic approach to textures in Unity as opposed to skipping to a final image, which is not only cheating but would mean certain effects in the game can't be applied.

Original FF7 data importing to Unity. Essentially working but lots of loose ends to tidy up! Soon I can start moving all the interaction work I already completed into the new pipeline. #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt #Unity

Instead of building field scenes manually I'm going to import the original game data. This'll mean 700+ scenes done instantly, instead of the 20hrs it takes me to build 1 from scratch. Creating this system will take awhile, so I've been quiet lately and will continue to be!

Wrap-around effect so that the world now loops when you fly off the edge of the map.

A less exciting but necessary update. Map overlays with vehicle/chocobo/character markers and triangle FoV scope! I also made it really easy to add custom vehicles that assume their own marker in future. No reason ^^; #FF7 #FFVII #Unity #FF7Rebuilt

My latest World Map work! youtu.be/jexoCQDNfSk - Character/vehicle/camera controls - Triangle-info system for terrain behaviour - World-bend shader - Sky/camera transitions - Particle effects (water, dust, footprints) - Sinking in swamps, forests, rivers #FF7 #FFVII #Unity

Finally managed to get all the World assets ripped! Took a little more blood, sweat and crying-fits before they were usable in Unity. Now to move on to fun stuff like using vehichles & Chocobos :D #FFVII #FF7 #FF7Rebuilt #Unity

Sweet, got the texture anims goin

This might not be new to the modding community, but I really like having access to the source files so I can explore Gaia this way!

Back from Christmas travels and making a start on World Map! #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt #Unity

Et voila! Shops. Buy/Sell items/Materia. Still a few things for me to improve but it's in good shape! Visit family for Xmas/NuYrs & I'm not one of those people who own a laptop so no updates from me until the new year, but then it's World Map stuff! #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt #Unity

Have had to repost with fixes :S Currently implementing the game's shops. Had to expand my database editor to include em, now I can start working on the in-game UI and field operations used to access them. The game features 80 shops in total! #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt #Unity

"Save" has been fine for a short while, in theory, loading has too but I am only now trying it together after finally putting the start-menu together. #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt

Phew, parts of gamedev that are definitely more chore than fun. The series of splash screens before you get to the main menu. I skip through the credits but they're not video, had to animate the text/shadow slides from scratch D:

Bombing Mission done! This is actually as far as I wanted to go storywise. I'm mainly doing this to explore systems. I'll be moving on to the World Map and Battle systems now. I have a lot to research and setup, so it could be awhile before my next post! youtu.be/QPtCoWXooAI

The last of the events I still needed to get done to complete Bombing Mission! :D

Final chamber's scene done! I'm on the home-stretch now to completing Bombing Mission! :D I finally get to see if I set up all the events properly on the way back during the escape ^^; @bsky.app your 1min video limit is LITERALLY killing me! #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt #Unity

BoOM! - Countdown Timer test complete. Correct outcome when it reaches zero :D

Got Save/Load working real nice! Had this KINDA working earlier, saved for session, but now actually stores to disk & is in tip-top shape in adhering to the save-map, which is here if anyone's curious about what/how FF7 data is stored: wiki.ffrtt.ru/index.php/FF... #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt #Unity

More progress. Jessie leads Cloud downstairs before teaching him to jump/climb in the next scene. I've had jumping/climbing in for awhile now but only this evening got it working with AI/NPCs as well as just the player.

Elevator scene! :D @shinraarchaeology.bsky.social pointed out to me the wall-lights in OG were very broken, gave me complete instructions to get them working again ^^ Very awesome! Still a few things here to iron out, but loving it! And these graphs get crazy! #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt #Unity

Hi, all! For my more main-gig, I work on a Turn-Based 2-player strategy game called ThinkTanks. We're just firing up on the socials. If you're interested in following our development, we'd really appreciate the follow! All the best :D bsky.app/profile/thin...

Another down! I've also handled all the events for the way back as well but I'll wait till I finish setting the bomb before I test any of those :) #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt #FinalFantasyVII

Another down. I underestimated the 2nd scene. What you don't see is all the save-map management. The events in the 2nd scene also cover when you return immediately or later with/without Jessie & in-time or not before the reactor explodes. It gets surprisingly blown out! #FF7 #FFVII #FF7Rebuilt

2nd CS done for now, incl. character-rename :D Everything is accurate, the only disappointing bits are: - no menu SFX (TBC) - camera fly-in not accurate (I'm doing a separate pass on all of these later, TBC) Bsky doesn't lemme upload vids longer than 1min 🤨

Have actually had the field menu working for a long time. But here it is showing materia linking and status. Everything else is fully working too!

The battle swirl :D Based on the PSX version, not the PC version. It's a little different but mostly there. I'm happy enough with it to move on. See reference video in comments.