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Is it pointless to kill bad guys silently? I keep sneaking in to places and knifing the bad guys but it still alerts the camp and the lazer guided truck that always comes striaght at me.

Anyone using the buses they do take the tedium out of crossing the large expanses at the cost of a loading screen.
 
Despite pre-ordering (and paying!) this STILL has not arrived from that not so playful place. This was the first time I ordered form them so I think it will also be the last. Useless. At this rate, I'll be going to Africa before I play Far Cry 2.
 
I_M_Weasel said:
Is it pointless to kill bad guys silently? I keep sneaking in to places and knifing the bad guys but it still alerts the camp and the lazer guided truck that always comes striaght at me.

Anyone using the buses they do take the tedium out of crossing the large expanses at the cost of a loading screen.
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I always use the buses, Especially if a mission is right on the outskirts, takes too long otherwise.

I find knifing works, but only in certain areas, depending who's around you.
 
Rezident said:
Despite pre-ordering (and paying!) this STILL has not arrived from that not so playful place. This was the first time I ordered form them so I think it will also be the last. Useless. At this rate, I'll be going to Africa before I play Far Cry 2.
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Playful? As in minus the last three letters and you got it from there?
 
Im stuck! Im trying to clear a Guard Post but its not completing (its still got a lock sign on) - Ive killed all the guys, exploded the gas canisters, set fire everything, blew the barrels up!

Its the one where there is a buggy-type vehicle in a sorta garage

Ive spent an hour on it!?
 
I_M_Weasel said:
Is it pointless to kill bad guys silently? I keep sneaking in to places and knifing the bad guys but it still alerts the camp and the lazer guided truck that always comes striaght at me.

Anyone using the buses they do take the tedium out of crossing the large expanses at the cost of a loading screen.
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I don’t tend to knife much but I have used a silenced pistol a few times and that’s worked okay. I think the thing is that you have to kill them without them noticing you, if they spot you just before you kill them then even if they don’t make a noise their friends will know you are there.
 
mark43 said:
I don’t tend to knife much but I have used a silenced pistol a few times and that’s worked okay. I think the thing is that you have to kill them without them noticing you, if they spot you just before you kill them then even if they don’t make a noise their friends will know you are there.
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They're like the borg.
 
Kerplunk said:
Im stuck! Im trying to clear a Guard Post but its not completing (its still got a lock sign on) - Ive killed all the guys, exploded the gas canisters, set fire everything, blew the barrels up!

Its the one where there is a buggy-type vehicle in a sorta garage

Ive spent an hour on it!?
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I think to clear a guard post you have to collect whatever is stored there. So each guard post has something you can restock on, once you’ve cleared it your map will show this, so it might show a first aid symbol, an ammo symbol or an explosives symbol. When you clear the camp and go up to whatever is stored there, such as the first aid box it will then say guard post cleared.

That’s the way it seems to work from my experience.
 
Kerplunk said:
Im stuck! Im trying to clear a Guard Post but its not completing (its still got a lock sign on) - Ive killed all the guys, exploded the gas canisters, set fire everything, blew the barrels up!

Its the one where there is a buggy-type vehicle in a sorta garage

Ive spent an hour on it!?
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have you fount the ammo crates and the medical stuff? that seems to be what triggers it for me (although I've the odd one not clear)
 
Just had a car chase - got out to shoot them but luckily the driver drove into a rock and the car somersaulted throwing the people out. Finished them of with my guns. ;)

I'm loving this game :)
 
Kerplunk said:
Im stuck! Im trying to clear a Guard Post but its not completing (its still got a lock sign on) - Ive killed all the guys, exploded the gas canisters, set fire everything, blew the barrels up!

Its the one where there is a buggy-type vehicle in a sorta garage

Ive spent an hour on it!?
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Check all buildings and doors....I tried clearing a random post once, but it wouldn't clear...

So check all the buildings as well...

I can't figure out how to do the 'spoiler alert' thing on here, so I don't want to say anymore :p
 
Is it possible to change the difficulty level of a started game?

I want to up it so that it's a bit more challenging.
I tried messing with console commands but I haven't found the right one yet.
 
Squark said:
Is it possible to change the difficulty level of a started game?

I want to up it so that it's a bit more challenging.
I tried messing with console commands but I haven't found the right one yet.
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If your on XP, goto: C:\Documents and Settings\User (this might be different...)\My Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2\GamerProfile.xml

Open that up...in notepad I guess..there is a setting called: DifficultyLevel=

Mine is set to 2, which is Hardcore....So you might be able to change it there? Just back up your saves incase it does anything odd.

It 'might' change it where you go to load up a saved game? As it sates what difficulty level you are playing at there I believe.

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Just found this on tweakguides as well if anyone is having issues?

Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 SecuROM Fix
30 October 2008

If you are having problems launching Far Cry 2 or Fallout 3 due to a SecuROM error relating to the presence of emulation tools, and you have disabled such tools and still get the error, you can download this fix directly from SecuROM.
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It has the ATI hotfix patch on the front page as well.
 
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mark43 said:
I think to clear a guard post you have to collect whatever is stored there. So each guard post has something you can restock on, once you’ve cleared it your map will show this, so it might show a first aid symbol, an ammo symbol or an explosives symbol. When you clear the camp and go up to whatever is stored there, such as the first aid box it will then say guard post cleared.

That’s the way it seems to work from my experience.
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I've found that the only sure fire way of doing it is to mark them using the mini telescope you get on right clicking when using the map. Sometimes it just works by collecting the items though.

The reticule turns from red to green when you target the ammo/medkit/... click left button to mark it.

Edit: Once when I totally nuked one with a jeep mounted 'nade launcher, there was nothing there to mark until the place had respawned. Possibly the case here ?
 
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Apparantly the retail version of this game comes with a big foldout map - I bought it off Steam and have found the Manual but can't find the map... anyone know if the Steam version does actually come with a map? Preferably a decent printable one.



On another note, glad to see that all the nay-sayers have got bored and gone away. Just leaves the people who actually bothered to play the game for enough time to realise how good it really is ;)
 
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