Graphics problem in original Far Cry

Shaggy Alonso · 26 Dec 2009 at 11:43

Sorry, i'm new to this forum and was unsure whether to post this here or in the graphics forum.

I'm not sure if the problem is hugely common but I know it affects others. Here it is exactly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu_p83gdOqg

I left this comment regarding it:

"I have this exact same problem, I have a Geforce 8600 GTS card, and vista 32 bit. I have the up to date drivers. I noticed that when you change all the graphics settings to 'low' the problem is partially solved but it's still barely playable. What I really want to know is does the same thing happen in the full game or just the demo? I'm considering getting the game but obviously I won't if this happens in it."

Here is another example of this problem:

http://www.gametrailers.com/user-mov...-glitch/286986

Since leaving that post on youtube I have picked up a copy of the full game (was only a couple of quid on amazon so I thought what the heck), hoping that this problem would not occur in the most recent version of the game, but unfortunately it did.

Does anyone know how this is fixed, and if so please bear in mind that I am a bit useless with PC's so I'd need a fairly patronising explanation of how it is fixed

James1954 · 26 Dec 2009 at 12:04

there were x64 bit patches that you could intstall which for me got rid of the problem even when i was on vista 32bit

look our for a big patch like amd + 64 bit euro or something like that , then once installed it gives you a separate far cry exe which should work

** found it ! http://www.gamershell.com/download_9084.shtml

MeMeMeMe · 26 Dec 2009 at 14:12

I have a fresh install of farcry, the full version, and it looks fine. I'm running on 64bit Win7
I have an ATI card, so if it's a geforce driver issue that won't be of any help to you.
Edit: did the post above fix your problem?

chaparral · 26 Dec 2009 at 14:14

I just been playing farcry (steam version) for about 30minutes with no problems in windows 7 64bit with Nvidia 191.07 drivers

KNiVES · 26 Dec 2009 at 15:07

You need to patch it, I remember the game being the same for me - it won't work with cards later than GeForce 5900 and Radeon 9800s apparently on the retail/demo version.

Rroff · 26 Dec 2009 at 15:10

You might be able to tweak the fog settings in the advanced tweaking application (not ingame) I remember seeing stuff for changing vertex fog, etc.

Or just patch it.

psweeney123 · 26 Dec 2009 at 15:20

ye i had that problem aswel,just patch it and should be sorted

Hudzy · 26 Dec 2009 at 15:36

chaparral said:
I just been playing farcry (steam version) for about 30minutes with no problems in windows 7 64bit with Nvidia 191.07 drivers

Out of interest, is the Steam version at 1.4? I seem to remember the 1.4 patch being multiplayer improvements that completely messed up the singleplayer somehow.

KNiVES · 26 Dec 2009 at 15:51

Yeah, I stopped enjoying the single player when they applied the multiplayer weapon and movement behaviours to it.

You could only sprint for a few seconds, and the sniper rifle was annihilated and useless in single player.

MeMeMeMe · 26 Dec 2009 at 15:59

Hudzy said:
Out of interest, is the Steam version at 1.4? I seem to remember the 1.4 patch being multiplayer improvements that completely messed up the singleplayer somehow.

Oh oh. Do you have any more info on this? I have just reinstalled FarCry and it's the 1.4 version. It's not the steam version, but a DRM free version from GoG.com.

Hudzy · 26 Dec 2009 at 16:19

Well there was a mouse support issue where the mouse worked in menus but not in game. That very much killed it for me.

I didn't play long enough to see the balance issues KNiVES mentioned. There was also an issue with the AI becoming superhumanly good which a lot of people had.

I patch as far as 1.33 when I install it now but my DVD is pretty scratched, so I wouldn't mind it on Steam.

Shaggy Alonso · 27 Dec 2009 at 09:45

Oops. my bad. Thank you for your responses but I actually sussed the 'problem' myself, I installed the patch :rolleyes:

I thought when I installed it initially that it would automatically install the most up to date version but you need to explore the disc and install the v1.4 patch. It works perfectly now.

chaparral · 27 Dec 2009 at 09:48

Hudzy said:
Out of interest, is the Steam version at 1.4? I seem to remember the 1.4 patch being multiplayer improvements that completely messed up the singleplayer somehow.

Yes the steam version is 1.4

The singleplayer has worked fine for me so far...

MeMeMeMe · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:06

Shaggy Alonso said:
Oops. my bad. Thank you for your responses but I actually sussed the 'problem' myself, I installed the patch

I thought when I installed it initially that it would automatically install the most up to date version but you need to explore the disc and install the v1.4 patch. It works perfectly now.

Whew! That's good to hear.

snowdog · 27 Dec 2009 at 18:03

In 1.4 the AI can see you through tents and shoot you through them without you being able to see them. It's annoying in some levels, very annoying, but once you pass those buggy places it's ok, I mean it only happens rarely.