Far Cry

Squark · 1 Nov 2007 at 23:05

phew, I forgot to ask that, I'm running Vista x64

Heatsinked · 2 Nov 2007 at 11:02

I always get to the same part and loose interest. Have tried three times to complete this game now :rolleyes:

no_1_dave · 2 Nov 2007 at 11:15

HangTime said:
Install the two 64bit patches, then 1.4 cumulative, then 1.41 unofficial

1.4 and 1.41 aren't compatible with Farcry X64.
1.33 is the latest patch that works with the 64bit content :cool:

Squark · 2 Nov 2007 at 11:35

really?

So just what do I need to install?

no_1_dave · 2 Nov 2007 at 11:52

Farcry
Patch up to 1.33
X64 patch
X64 content

HangTime · 2 Nov 2007 at 13:01

no_1_dave said:
1.4 and 1.41 aren't compatible with Farcry X64.
1.33 is the latest patch that works with the 64bit content

I was under the impression that (at least some of) the enhanced content would still work even when running the later patches. I know there is no native 64bit exe for versions after 1.32 (that included in the 64bit patch) but I didn't think this was relevant.

jonislost · 2 Nov 2007 at 13:26

I can't get get this to install in vista

It erors on the setup file saying: "1628: Failed to Complete Installation" Any ideas? It used to work perfect in XP

NightSt@lk3r · 2 Nov 2007 at 13:36

Squark said:
Yea!
Thanks, everyone should have their leet post for posterity

i didnt even think about it till you mentioned it, then realised i missed it by a mile

CuZ · 2 Nov 2007 at 14:15

zytok said:
doesn't the 1.4 patch introduce the rather annoying feature/bug of being able to shoot (and be shot) through walls? Seem to remember reading that it was brought in as a multiplayer tweak but ended up getting left in the single player as well and never being removed by Crytek.

Very annoying to hide behind a wall or boulder for cover and then still die, I'm sure you'll agree.

Yeah we blew it, the idea was to allow bullets to pass through wooden or canvas structures, but unfortunately the game also used the same parameter to calculate occlusions.

We missed its effect in SP, as did Cryteks and UBIs QA...
Its only the huts and tents that are affected, cower behind your rock and your safe

@HangTime: 1.4 also changed the crygame.dll to remove access to CVARs that people were using as MP cheats, I'm not sure that the 64 bit binary can access the 1.4 DLL? Cant recall ever trying it...

The official way to patch Far Cry is to:
Install
Patch to 64
Add 64 Bit ECU
Add remaining patches up to the point you want to stop (1.33 for SP, 1.4 for MP)

Some more tips, walkthroughs and resources are available on the official forums

@jonislost: See if this helps for the 1628 error.

If it doesnt, there is an issue with the installer on some discs and 64 bit OS.
Only proven way to get around that is to copy a clean installation over from a 32 bit machine, then apply patch 1.3.
This fixes the registry.
Other patches can be added as required at that point.

jonislost · 2 Nov 2007 at 14:22

CuZ said:
@Jonislost: See if this helps for the 1628 error.

If it doesnt, there is an issue with the installer on some discs and 64 bit OS.
Only proven way to get around that is to copy a clean installation over from a 32 bit machine, then apply patch 1.3.
This fixes the registry.
Other patches can be added as required at that point.

Cheers mate, i'll give that a go.