Rockman X7

Rockman X7

Developers
	Capcom
Windows	Multi-Enterprise
Release dates
Windows	April 29, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Platform, Shooter
Vehicles	Hovercraft
Art styles	Anime, Cel-shaded
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Mega Man X

Rockman X7 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	OS
Retail		Non-Korean systems needs to use Locale Emulator to install the game.

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

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savedata\

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Widescreen resolution.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Framerate capped at 60FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Play in widescreen

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.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Play in Borderless Windowed mode
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.

Input

Control settings; English text patch used, otherwise Korean would be used

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only allows you to redefine the existing keybinds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Korean, on by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Lacks the bilingual audio support from the PlayStation 2 release.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Not all text is translated, and voices are allegedly incorrect. Download from here.
Japanese				Although the PC version is only released in South Korea, in-game voice acting is in Japanese.
Korean				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

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.

Can't install patch

The 1.02 patch cannot detect the installation path

Instructions

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.

Game refuses to start

Game will not boot and will throw out error screens.

Instructions
See above to install Locale Emulator. Right click RMX7.exe in the installation folder and select Locale Emulator and the Korean profile you created.

Game freezes

Upon booting the game up, the game will freeze and require a restart to terminate.

Instructions
Set Compatibility Mode to Windows 98/Windows ME.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
Other	8x CD-ROM Drive