Far Cry 64bit patch ?????

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Hi guys

I just got Far Cry and I heard that there is a 64bit patch is it worth getting it and do you need 64bit XP

Thanks in advance :)
 
Yeah it makes it draw the background about 50% further and is worth it. You should need a 64 bit os for it, but there is a patch to enable it to run on 32bit. Forget where you get it from, I'm sure someone here knows...
 
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@ rkb442

i,m also intersted in this, did the patch work?

and how did you install it? was the order like this:

1 farcry

2 latest patch

3 64patch

4 64-32 patch

5- noc* patch
 
I've got it working before on 32bit XP. I didn't use the patch linked above, i followed a manual method but i can't remember how i did it, i remember BrynS posted it.

I'm not sure if it works on Core 2. I remember there's a guy on here called CuZ (or something similar) who knows his FarCry stuff and might be able to help. Have a look around the Ubisoft FarCry forums.
 
ATI said:
hi

did you manage to play your farcry HDR with AA,

i have an x1900xtx and i cant get mines to work
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I never managed to get it to work with my 6600GT and haven't had a chance yet to try it with my X1800XT.
 
I've got it working on "normal" XP :)

How to install the AMD64 updates:

When released, these updates required an AMD Athlon 64 processor and Windows Professional x64 Retail Version to be installed, otherwise the updates could not be applied. However, it has since been discovered that is possible to apply these updates to FarCry on a system with a 64-bit CPU/32-bit OS (Win XP) and even a 32-bit CPU/32-bit OS (Win XP).

STEP BY STEP GUIDE:

1. Download the AMD64 Upgrade (486MB) and AMD64 Exclusive Content Update (422MB).

2. Before installing the files, make sure that you have the Windows Installer 3.1 package on your system. If you keep your system regularly updated via Windows Update it should already be installed, alternatively download and install the redistributable from Microsoft.

3. Extract each upgrade to a separate directory, e.g. C:\FC64U for the upgrade and C:\FC64ECU for the exclusive content.

4. Select the START menu and then Run... and in turn, browse to the directory to where the update/content executable was extracted, but don't run it yet. It doesn't matter in which order this is done.

5. So, for the upgrade, you would select C:\FC64U and select the farcry_amd64upgrade_us_uk.exe file and press Open, but do not press OK yet. Add /a to the line present in the Run... command and then press OK, i.e. you should have the following in the Run... command before pressing OK:
"C:\FC64U\farcry_amd64upgrade_us_uk.exe" /a

Press OK and the extraction process will now begin.

6. Do the same thing for the exclusive content update -- so, using the directories listed above, the following path would be indicated in the Run... command:

"C:\FC64ECU\farcry_amd64_ecu.exe" /a

Press OK and wait for the extraction to complete.

7. While extracting, both processes may appear to hang/stall, but you should notice that the HDD will be very active during the extraction and it will take a couple of minutes for each one to complete.

8. After both extraction processes have completed, go to each directory (again, it doesn't matter in which order this done) where the files have been extracted and then select all files and folders within ...\Far Cry folder and copy them over to your Far Cry install directory.

So, for the upgrade you would navigate to
C:\FC64U\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry

and for the exclusive content update you would navigate to
C:\FC64ECU\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry

and in turn select all the files within the ...\Far Cry directory and copy them over to your Far Cry game install directory, e.g.
C:\Program Files\CryTek\Far Cry

Ignore any warnings and select yes, overwrite all if prompted.

9. When done, run the game. If it has worked you will see an AMD64 animated video before the Far Cry menu appears.

What is FarCry 64-bit content?

The AMD64 Enhanced Content Update was released as an optional download in May 2005 to showcase improvements in FarCry made possible by AMD's 64-bit architecture.

These AMD 64 update additions include:

* Optimised and refactored code to take advantage of 64 bit architecture.
* Two AMD64 exclusive multiplayer maps – MP_Stronghold and MP_Gorge
* Added Offset bump mapping support.
* Added higher resolution textures and objects.
* Increased some viewing distances
* Updated the Pier level with new content

Thanks to Guinny at the OcUK forums who originally posted this there. He in turn thanks unstrain1969 from the Far Cry forums for originally getting this to work.
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Excellent post, thanks, but will it effect my online play at all? i.e issues with punkbuster. If there is even a chance i wont bother as multiplayer is where its at ;)
 
you dont even need to do that anymore, somebody released a file which installed the 64-bit patch on 32-bit windows by itself - no manual input needed :)
 
Hey thanks for getting that mrgubby but it says u need an Athlon64 will it not work on an Opteron a thats as I have an opteron.

And could you get me a link to the exact file/patch.

Thanks a lot :)
 
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