Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
The unfocusing glitch allows you to do every glitch from the Japanese pc version in the Steam version. Both version allow you to restart a game module, field, battle, main menu by abusing the way the game pauses. In the Japanese pc version you pause with the Status Max menu, while in the Steam version you pause by unfocusing the game. The Status max glitch has a few limitations but more skips are possible in the Steam version.
You need a controller for most skips but you can use x360ce to emulate a controller. If you use Steam input, your controller may not let you move when the game is unfocused. You can use x360ce instead of Steam input so that FF7 recognizes your controller.
Thanks to XeroKynos for finding the original glitch and skips, Jake for finding how to buffer input while unfocusing, xKira for posting about the chest with the poison materia, everybody who taught me things about glitches and the game. Thanks to everybody who did tests with the glitch, and every people who are interested in the glitch and the speedrun.
The Status Max glitch was found in February 2014 by XeroKynos. He's found some skips in the Japanese pc version and I found more glitches with it.
youtube.com/watch?v=rMuRHXreszg
My video about the Status max glitch in the Japanese pc version. It adds information to this video.
youtube.com/watch?v=U69sqh6Tgak
First any% run XeroKynos has posted with the Status Max glitch on February 8, 2014
In the beginning he says there are 6 skips total in the run with the Status max glitch.
at 35:56 playground skip
at 54:58 He says he found the Status max glitch a couple days before.
at 1:00:46 He says he tried opening the menu everywhere he could, until something would happen. It's exactly how he found it, but he also had an idea of what could possibly happen.
at 1:13:18 He skips the Hojo scene on floor 66.
at 1:35:28 XeroKyno' Kalm skip but I can't reproduce it.
at 2:55:25 He fails the skip in Rocket town.
at 2:57:59 He says he could skip Schizo but the setup is too heavy.
at 3:06:26 He explains what is the Status max, that's it's one more menu. When you add something more to a game like a menu, there's a chance that it allows you to do new things.
at 3:09:37 He skips a dialogue before the temple.
at 3:58:28 He skips Jenova Death.
at 3:59:00 He says it's hard to know what you can skip or not, you really have to try. He could have skipped Schizo but you'd have to walk a lot.
twitch.tv/videos/46498922
Schizo skip. The description says you can also duplicate materias with it. He doesn't explain how.
twitch.tv/videos/47861893
NG+ run from 31 August, 2014 in 1:47:01. I don't know if it's the last one he did.
twitch.tv/videos/47270253
Yuffie warp% run from 11 April, 2014. I don't know if it's the last one he did.
youtube.com/watch?v=ELaQM0RTVCc
XeroKynos' Kalm skip, but I can't reproduce it. Once I run after cancelling the Status Max, it triggers the small text and Cloud walks back to Kalm. XeroKynos used version 1.0.7 while the current version is 2.0.0. The game doesn't update automatically, you need to download the installer. Version 2.0.0 may have been already out at this time. I tried hacking to make a save and try it on an older computer on the cd version, but it also didn't seem to work.
twitch.tv/xerokynos/videos?filter=all&sort=time
XeroKynos' videos on Twitch
youtube.com/@XeroKynos/videos
XeroKynos' videos on Youtube
youtube.com/watch?v=a4Qsdd7a45A
death_unites_us' video explaining the wrong warp. It was made prior to the wrong warp through the reactor.
youtube.com/watch?v=2icC5Q5FgJg
death_unites_us' video about the wrong warp through the reactor.
youtube.com/watch?v=6t5SOTKg5OI
Invalid field warp. It'll help you understand better why after warping sometimes Cloud can walk and sometimes he can't.
finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Save_point_glitch
Save point glitch. It's used in the reactor to save at the bottom of the pipe.
x360ce.com
x360ce is an alternative to Steam input.
The unfocusing glitch allows you to do every glitch from the Japanese pc version in the Steam version. Both version allow you to restart a game module, field, battle, main menu by abusing the way the game pauses. In the Japanese pc version you pause with the Status Max menu, while in the Steam version you pause by unfocusing the game. The Status max glitch has a few limitations but more skips are possible in the Steam version.
You need a controller for most skips but you can use x360ce to emulate a controller. If you use Steam input, your controller may not let you move when the game is unfocused. You can use x360ce instead of Steam input so that FF7 recognizes your controller.
Thanks to XeroKynos for finding the original glitch and skips, Jake for finding how to buffer input while unfocusing, xKira for posting about the chest with the poison materia, everybody who taught me things about glitches and the game. Thanks to everybody who did tests with the glitch, and every people who are interested in the glitch and the speedrun.
The Status Max glitch was found in February 2014 by XeroKynos. He's found some skips in the Japanese pc version and I found more glitches with it.
youtube.com/watch?v=rMuRHXreszg
My video about the Status max glitch in the Japanese pc version. It adds information to this video.
youtube.com/watch?v=U69sqh6Tgak
First any% run XeroKynos has posted with the Status Max glitch on February 8, 2014
In the beginning he says there are 6 skips total in the run with the Status max glitch.
at 35:56 playground skip
at 54:58 He says he found the Status max glitch a couple days before.
at 1:00:46 He says he tried opening the menu everywhere he could, until something would happen. It's exactly how he found it, but he also had an idea of what could possibly happen.
at 1:13:18 He skips the Hojo scene on floor 66.
at 1:35:28 XeroKyno' Kalm skip but I can't reproduce it.
at 2:55:25 He fails the skip in Rocket town.
at 2:57:59 He says he could skip Schizo but the setup is too heavy.
at 3:06:26 He explains what is the Status max, that's it's one more menu. When you add something more to a game like a menu, there's a chance that it allows you to do new things.
at 3:09:37 He skips a dialogue before the temple.
at 3:58:28 He skips Jenova Death.
at 3:59:00 He says it's hard to know what you can skip or not, you really have to try. He could have skipped Schizo but you'd have to walk a lot.
twitch.tv/videos/46498922
Schizo skip. The description says you can also duplicate materias with it. He doesn't explain how.
twitch.tv/videos/47861893
NG+ run from 31 August, 2014 in 1:47:01. I don't know if it's the last one he did.
twitch.tv/videos/47270253
Yuffie warp% run from 11 April, 2014. I don't know if it's the last one he did.
youtube.com/watch?v=ELaQM0RTVCc
XeroKynos' Kalm skip, but I can't reproduce it. Once I run after cancelling the Status Max, it triggers the small text and Cloud walks back to Kalm. XeroKynos used version 1.0.7 while the current version is 2.0.0. The game doesn't update automatically, you need to download the installer. Version 2.0.0 may have been already out at this time. I tried hacking to make a save and try it on an older computer on the cd version, but it also didn't seem to work.
twitch.tv/xerokynos/videos?filter=all&sort=time
XeroKynos' videos on Twitch
youtube.com/@XeroKynos/videos
XeroKynos' videos on Youtube
youtube.com/watch?v=a4Qsdd7a45A
death_unites_us' video explaining the wrong warp. It was made prior to the wrong warp through the reactor.
youtube.com/watch?v=2icC5Q5FgJg
death_unites_us' video about the wrong warp through the reactor.
youtube.com/watch?v=6t5SOTKg5OI
Invalid field warp. It'll help you understand better why after warping sometimes Cloud can walk and sometimes he can't.
finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Save_point_glitch
Save point glitch. It's used in the reactor to save at the bottom of the pipe.
x360ce.com
x360ce is an alternative to Steam input.
