to play farcry 64 bit , do you need xp64 installed?
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Yes you need x64 installed.
Far Cry 64-Bit Additions/ Enhancements:
All Levels:
Improved terrain textures
Increased view distance
Offset bump mapping added for rock and stone objects
More insects and birds
On the Pier Level:
New beach road with additional vehicle
Barrel storage camp
Opened more space to explore
Pier and Boat:
New terrain textures with shader (next-gen technology)
Two New 64-bit only Multiplayer levels:
Stronghold
Gorge
Far Cry 64-Bit Additions/ Enhancements:
All Levels:
Improved terrain textures
Increased view distance
Offset bump mapping added for rock and stone objects
More insects and birds
On the Pier Level:
New beach road with additional vehicle
Barrel storage camp
Opened more space to explore
Pier and Boat:
New terrain textures with shader (next-gen technology)
Two New 64-bit only Multiplayer levels:
Stronghold
Gorge
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according to the last post, it will still work with xp 32-bit 
cheers for the link AWPC.
cheers for the link AWPC.
Soldato
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You can run it in 32 bit Windows, but I've forgotten how you do it!
I'm running it in Win XP, and I seem to remember the only difference in installation was that you had to unpack it manually, but I can't remember how...
I'm running it in Win XP, and I seem to remember the only difference in installation was that you had to unpack it manually, but I can't remember how...
the first link states this:
Also an ECU (Exclusive Content Update) with 420MB in size is available. It includes new texture sets, offset bumpmapping, 2 new AMD64 exclusive multiplayer maps, enhanced areas for the singleplayer campaign and improved physics. To play the 64bit version you need to have FarCry installed on your Windows 64bit. Then you easily can install FarCry 64bit and the ECU. To play FarCry in 32bit you just need to install patch 1.3 and patch 1.33.
which means a x64 bit os
installation instructions
stating:
"Both patches are scheduled to be available to gamers starting today, free of charge, but of course, you must already have a copy of Far Cry to utilize them. The patch and the exclusive content update will only install under Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, so 32-bit XP Professional users will not be able to even install the additional content patch. Despite being very tightly associated with AMD, the new Far Cry patches will work on Intel EM64T enabled systems as well."
Also an ECU (Exclusive Content Update) with 420MB in size is available. It includes new texture sets, offset bumpmapping, 2 new AMD64 exclusive multiplayer maps, enhanced areas for the singleplayer campaign and improved physics. To play the 64bit version you need to have FarCry installed on your Windows 64bit. Then you easily can install FarCry 64bit and the ECU. To play FarCry in 32bit you just need to install patch 1.3 and patch 1.33.
which means a x64 bit os
installation instructions
stating:
"Both patches are scheduled to be available to gamers starting today, free of charge, but of course, you must already have a copy of Far Cry to utilize them. The patch and the exclusive content update will only install under Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, so 32-bit XP Professional users will not be able to even install the additional content patch. Despite being very tightly associated with AMD, the new Far Cry patches will work on Intel EM64T enabled systems as well."
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Thats wrong. I and many other users have it running just fine under 32bit XP. Look @ post #4 on the URL below for full how to details:easyrider said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17515278&highlight=cry
Soldato
I thought you only got access to the additional content under 32bit, not the technical enhancements?
The following is a snippet from a post that I keep saved as a text file, as the the FarCry 64-bit installation request tends to pop up fairly regularly.
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
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).
How to install the AMD64 updates:
Firstly, thanks to unstrain1969 from the Far Cry forums for originally getting this to work, as well as Moth from the 3DGPU forums and the guys at Beyond3D, where I picked this up.
Where to download the AMD64 Upgrade and Exclusive Content Update:
3DGamers (Both)
GamersHell (AMD64 Upgrade)
GamersHell (AMD64 Exclusive Content Update)
FileFront (AMD64 Upgrade)
FileFront (AMD64 Exclusive Content Update)
Cheers,
BrynS
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
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).
How to install the AMD64 updates:
Firstly, thanks to unstrain1969 from the Far Cry forums for originally getting this to work, as well as Moth from the 3DGPU forums and the guys at Beyond3D, where I picked this up.
STEP BY STEP GUIDE:
1. Download the AMD64 Upgrade (486MB) and AMD64 Exclusive Content Update (422MB) -- see below for download links.
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. D:\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.
10. Enjoy!
Where to download the AMD64 Upgrade and Exclusive Content Update:
3DGamers (Both)
GamersHell (AMD64 Upgrade)
GamersHell (AMD64 Exclusive Content Update)
FileFront (AMD64 Upgrade)
FileFront (AMD64 Exclusive Content Update)
Cheers,
BrynS
Soldato
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Good work BrynS.
Sorry easyrider, couldn't resist!
easyrider said:
Sorry easyrider, couldn't resist!
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Soldato
Nah its not worth putting XP64 bit on. I was dual booting with XP and XP64, noticed no speed increase in any 32 bit apps, infact battlefield 2 ran noticably slower under 32bit mode. I also didn't have proper wireless driver support so in the end I have just binned the x64 install and am sticking with XP for a while.
Soldato
Driver support for X64 is dire. Loaded it up a while back, spent ages looking for a 64bit sound driver for my mobo's soundcard, found out HP didn't bother doing one for my printer, and the final straw was that there's no 64bit driver for iPods. Apple's workaround was to use a 32bit operating system 
Good solid operating system, everything ran really well on it, especially when I had two apps running at once, but there's just no support out there for it.
Good solid operating system, everything ran really well on it, especially when I had two apps running at once, but there's just no support out there for it.
