Problems with FarCry and 8800GTS

[Cheex]

I max everything and try to play FarCry and as you leave the first building, going outside for the first time, I see black patches all over the ground.

This used to happen with my X850XT as well but I'm not sure why. The XT could run FarCry maxed out so I don't see what could be causing that problem.

Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[Stumps]

Ask Dug777, he's right into Farcry and would probably be able to help you out.

 

[Noema]

Is the game fully patched? Far Cry couldn't originally run well on SM3.0 cards and looks like a mess unless you patch it.

 

[Cheex]

Patch it to what version?

 

[Stumps]

IIRC v1.4 is the latest patch

 

[Cheex]

Is that the 5MB file?

 

[Stumps]

no, it should be a 180+ mb file

 

[Cheex]

Oh. Hmm...

I PM'd dug777.

Let's see how it goes.

 

[BFG10K]

Why do you need to PM him? The solution is already here: download and install the 1.4 patch.

It's computing 101 to patch your games to the latest versions before you start playing them.

 

[Stumps]

Farcry v1.4 patch download

 

[Cheex]

Thanks for the link, I was feeling lazy.

I'm downloading this now at work. I hope it works because I really love FarCry.

Can you believe I still haven't beaten it yet? Am I a lame gamer?

 

[FullRoast]

Hey - please post back if the 1.4 patch fixes your problem. Thx.

 

[Cheex]

I have a strange problem...

When I start the installer, it gets to the part where you decide where to install it...C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\.....
but that is not where Farcry is installed.

It is at C:\Program Files\Far Cry

So I manually select that folder...
but whether or not I change it...the install goes no further....???

 

[Fraggable]

Just so you know, it will fix your problem. I had that problem with the same card.

I would say uninstall the game and reinstall it in the right folder. How did it get there anyway?

 

[Cheex]

That is where is was installed by default. I don't know why.

 

[Cheex]

I'm at the "Choose Destination Location" screen in the setup and it won't go ANY further when I click "Next".

 

[SonicIce]

It wont work even if you install the patch where the default is? then maybe u could copy the files manually

 

[Cheex]

That doesn't work. The problem is that when I click "Next"...Nothing happens???

Why is that? Are all the patches broken?

I have all the patches: 1.3, 1.31, 1.33, 1.4 & the 1.4 cumulative.

None of them work. They all stop at the same point. Why? :|

 

[*kjm]

Originally posted by: Cheex
I have a strange problem...

When I start the installer, it gets to the part where you decide where to install it...C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\.....
but that is not where Farcry is installed.

It is at C:\Program Files\Far Cry

So I manually select that folder...
but whether or not I change it...the install goes no further....???

Were is .....? "C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\<..... " try to install the patch to c:\program files\far cry"..."

I hope this makes sence but the ... has to be another folder, dir.

 

[Cheex]

Are you saying that the patch should NOT be installed in the same directory as the game?

 

[*kjm]

I'm not sure I have not ran the game in a long time. Im just saying if the patch wants to install to C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\a\b\c\folder and you renamed the directory to C:\Program Files\Far Cry you would have to point the patch to C:\Program Files\Far Cry\a\b\c\folder to point the patch were to install.

 

[Cheex]

I did all that...It just seems like the patch just simply DOES NOT DO ANYTHING when I click Next.

Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[BFG10K]

Has anyone else had this problem?

No. Are you running Vista? If so try running the patch as administrator.

 

[*kjm]

Ok the only thing I can say is make sure you downloaded the 1.40 cumulative patch [180.6MB] and if you did and it's not working you may want to download it again just to make sure you didn't get a bad download the first time.


Nevermind I missed the post were you said you downloaded all the patches and they all do the same thing. If BFG10K's post don't help I'm at a loss???

 

[TroubleM]

If your game came in the 3 cd-s version, none of the patches will work. Only the DVD version allows patches, IFAIK.