Final Fantasy VIIArchipelago randomizer mod

Playing with others

One single-player FF7 campaign per Archipelago slot. Separate players exchange items through a multiworld and can resume the same campaign across sessions. This does not turn FF7 into a shared co-op game.

Known scope and limitations

• Use the 0.0.6 APWorld and Gold Saucer 0.0.6 together, with Archipelago 0.6.7+, 7th Heaven/FFNx and the classic Windows FF7_EN.exe US1.02 target. This listing covers original Final Fantasy VII, not Remake or Rebirth.
• Keep Free Roam enabled. A linear-mode toggle remains visible in the source, but its own description says disabling Free Roam is unsupported. The sole supported victory target is Sephiroth.
• Generate the room, import that slot’s .apff7 into Gold Saucer and build a separate output folder. Import the output into 7th Heaven and keep shophook.dll beside FF7_EN.exe. Do not change randomizer options after importing the room configuration.
• The bundled patcher README is obsolete: its 1.0.0 heading and advice to copy over the installation do not describe the current AP workflow. Follow the source setup and use a distinct output folder; the path selector does not itself guarantee separation from your originals.
• The patcher mentions the newer Steam installation layout, but the AP client still uses a fixed classic executable memory map and a 32-bit shop hook. Do not assume the 2026 executable, unrelated mods or arbitrary game builds are compatible. Linux/Proton support was not established.
• Keep each patched output, save, seed and slot together, with backups of the clean installation and saves. Restart the game and client before switching campaigns; the client does not verify that a loaded native save belongs to the connected room.
• Keep the client connected while completing checks. A shop receipt can be consumed before server acknowledgement, and pre-existing pickup flags become baseline on reattachment. Reconnecting does not guarantee recovery of checks completed offline.
• Resync reconstructs inventory from AP grants and can restore consumed copies. Traps are marked as seen when queued, so an interruption before their effect can leave them skipped. This recovery is not an exact-once guarantee.
• The APWorld archive contains Python and tests that differ from the advertised source tag. This review used the code inside the actual 0.0.6 archive; no matching public commit was identified for all of those files.
• Gold Saucer’s source licence and toolkit licence are identifiable, but complete licence notices are absent from the distributed ZIP and the native programs were not independently rebuilt. Import seed files from trusted sources and use a password prompt rather than embedding credentials in the server address.