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Rockman X7[Note 1] is a singleplayer third-person action platform game developed by Capcom Production Studio 3 and published by Capcom. It is the seventh mainline entry in the Mega Man X series, which attempted to bring the series into 3D by featuring fully 3D graphics while mixing the series' 2D action-platforming with 3D third-person shooter gameplay. It was, however, was panned by critics and players alike for the game's poor execution of its interchangeable 2D/3D gameplay.
The game, also known as Mega Man X7 outside of Asian territories, was originally released on PlayStation 2 in 2003. It was ported to PC by Multi-Enterprise and released exclusively in South Korea and Taiwan on April 29, 2004. The PC version has been reportedly considered to be inferior to the PlayStation 2 version in many ways, such as missing visual effects and shadows, incorrect sound looping, and contain no video or sound settings. Despite being a PC port of a console game, it does not have gamepad support, and the default key bindings are awkward and only the hard-coded keys can be changed (see Input settings). The PC version is also region-locked to restrict the installations and functionality to Korean PCs.
The PlayStation 2 version served as the basis for the port of Mega Man X7 featured in Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2.
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
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Retail |
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Non-Korean systems needs to use Locale Emulator to install the game. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.02. If you cannot install it, see can't install patch for a guide.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Play in widescreen
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- Download ENBSeries DX8 to DX9 Convertor.
- Open the downloaded zip and copy
d3d8.dll and enbconvertor.ini to the installation folder.
- Download DXOverride or DX9res.
- Extract to the installation folder.
- Open
d3d9.ini (DXOverride) or d3d9.cfg (DX9res).
- Set the resolution values as needed.
- Optional, for DXOverride: Set ForceSMAAMode to any value you desire, between 0 and 4; 5 and higher will make the game refuse to boot.
Notes
- Certain elements, such as the fading transition or loading text, only appears in the upper left corner of the screen. Likewise, enemies will spawn once they enter the center 4:3 portion of the screen.
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Play in Borderless Windowed mode
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- Download and install 3D-Analyze.
- Launch 3D-Analyze as Administrator.
- In 3D-Analyze, click the SELECT button and choose
<path-to-game>\RMX7.exe
- Check "force windowed mode".
- Click the RUN button.
Notes
- This method requires a No-CD patch; an installed Korean executable can only be launched with a locale emulator.
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Input
Control settings; English text patch used, otherwise Korean would be used.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Korean, on by default. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
- Lacks the bilingual audio support from the PlayStation 2 release.
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Not all text is translated, and voices are allegedly incorrect. Download from here. |
Japanese |
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Although the PC version is only released in South Korea, in-game voice acting is in Japanese. |
Korean |
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Certain elements are in English, such as the title screen or button prompts. |
Issues fixed
Game cannot be installed on non-Korean versions of Windows
- As the game was released only in Korea, the installation will fail to proceed on worldwide versions of Windows.
Instructions
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- Download Locale Emulator and extact its contents somewhere convenient.
- Open
LEInstaller.exe and click Install for current user to install the locale emulator.
- Click Edit global profile list to create a Korean profile.
- Change Location to Korean (Korea), change Timezone to (UTC+09:00) Seoul, and check Run as an administrator, Fake registry, and Fake system UI language.
- Click Save As to save your profile.
- Go to
C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files .
- Delete or rename the existing InstallShield folder.
- Go to My Computer or This PC, depending on the version of Windows you're using, and open the disk drive, where Rockman X7 is located.
- Right click
setup.exe and highlight Locale Emulator to select the Korean profile you created.
- You will get an error message (#1628), this is not important, we did it just to create a new InstallShield folder, the specific one the game uses.
- Go back to
C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/InstallShield/Driver/7/Intel 32/ .
- Right click
iDriver.exe and select Properties, set compatibility mode to Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and check Run this program as an administrator.
- This step is important! Right click
iDriver.exe and run it with the Korean locale. Nothing will happen, but that's okay.
- Open the drive where Rockman X7 is and run
setup.exe with the Korean locale again, and it should now ask you where to install your game; feel free to choose your own directory and folder name.
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Can't install patch
- The 1.02 patch cannot detect the installation path
Instructions
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- Click Start and type in
regedit in the search bar, then open regedit.exe .
- Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SOFTWARE, then Wow6432Node.
- You will likely see two folders at the top with gibberish characters, as well as a folder named 록맨X7 at the very bottom.
- Two of these folders, the one with gibberish characters and 록맨X7, don't contain anything important (only (Default) REG_SZ (Value Not Set) keys), while a folder named ??X7 has the install directory the installer needs to fetch.
- Make sure to find the folder that has the
InstallDir REG_SZ <path-to-game> directory key, it might not be named ??X7 .
- Delete the unnecessary folders, and rename the ??X7 folder into 록맨X7.
- Run the patch with the Korean locale emulator. It should now install.
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Game refuses to start
- Game will not boot and will throw out error screens.
Instructions
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- See above to install Locale Emulator.
- Right click
RMX7.exe in the installation folder and select Locale Emulator and the Korean profile you created.
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Game freezes
- Upon booting the game up, the game will freeze and require a restart to terminate.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8.1 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 600 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Other |
8x CD-ROM Drive |
Notes
References