FarCry
Getting Started
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Minimum System Requirements Single Player Only
- Computer: AMD Athlon 1 GHz or Pentium III 1 Ghz (AMD Athlon XP 2000 / Pentium 4 2 Ghz recommended)
- Operating System: FarCry is supported on the following operating systems: Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
- Memory: The game requires 256 MB of RAM.
- Controls: A keyboard and mouse are required
- Drives: 4 Gb of free space on hard disc are required to install and play the game. 4x DVD or 16x CDROM is required to install the game.
- Video: A 3D accelerator video card with support for DirectX® 9.0b and at least 64 MB of video memory is required.
- Sound: A DirectX®-compatible 16-bit PCI sound card is recommended.
- Multiplayer Connectivity: Access to UBI.com online gaming service, requires a low-latency, active Internet connection, rated at 64 Kbps upstream or faster. Multiplayer games played over a LAN require an active connection to a TCP/IP network
For Multiplayer play only the following configurations are supported
Recommended System Requirements
- Computer: A 2GHz AMD GHz processor or better is recommended.
- Memory: We recommend 512 MB of RAM
- Drives: 4 Gb of free space on hard disc are required to install and play the game. 8x DVD or 32x CDROM is recommended to install the game.
- Video: A 3D accelerator video card with support for DirectX® 9.0b and at least 128 MB of video memory is recommended
- Multiplayer Connectivity: Access to UBI.com online gaming service, requires a low-latency, active Internet connection, rated at 64 Kbps upstream or faster. Multiplayer games played over a LAN require an active connection to a TCP/IP network. We recommend the use of cable or ADSL connection with 512 Kb/s in downstream and 128 kb/s in upstream. ESRB notice: Game Experience May Change During Online Play!
High System Requirements
- Computer: A 3GHz AMD GHz processor or better is recommended.
- Memory: We recommend 1024 MB of RAM
- Drives: 4 Gb of free space on hard disc are required to install and play the game. 16x DVD or 32x CDROM is recommended to install the game.
- Multiplayer Connectivity: We recommend the use of cable or ADSL connection with 512 Kb/s in downstream and 128 kb/s in upstream.
Multiplayer Server Requirements
Dedicated Server
- Computer: A 2.4 GHz AMD processor or better is recommended.
Non Dedicated Server:
Computer: A 2.8 Ghz AMD processor is recommended
Memory: We recommend 1 Gb of RAM, however we do not recommend connecting many players to a non-dedicated server.
Installation
To install FarCry, insert the FarCry ™ CD 1 into your CD-ROM drive. If your computer is AutoPlay capable, a FarCry splash screen will appear. Select "Install" from the list and follow the on-screen instructions.If your computer is not AutoPlay capable, open the "My Computer" icon found on your desktop or Start button. Open the drive letter that corresponds to your CD-ROM drive; double-click the "Install" icon; and follow the on-screen instructions.
Quick Start
MAIN MENU
Campaign: Click here to start the game
Options: Click here to choose options
Multiplayer: Click here to play online
Mods: Click here to load a MOD
Quit: Click here to quit the game.
Troubleshooting
Sound Cards
Q) I have sound issues...what should I do?
A) First of all make sure you have the latest drivers for your sound card.
The most satisfactory sound can be obtained by setting the main output volume fairly high in the Windows Volume Control and reducing the
WaveOutWave Out/DirectSound/Wave output volume to avoid saturation.
Creative SoundBlaster Live and Audigy, nForce2 and onboard AC97 users:
If some audio clicsclicks or saturation problems appear, try to reduce the hardware acceleration of your soundcard (advanced properties).
Set theSet the quality of the sampling rate conversion to “optimal”.
Try to disable EAX in the sound options game menu.
If audio clicks appear during the game, go in your configuration panel/sounds and multimedia/audio/advanced/performances) and set
the hardware acceleration to the second position (2 out of 4). Set the quality of the sampling rate conversion to "optimal".
Select the "Compatibility mode" in the sound options menu to help solve these driver issues.
Click Start, then Run. Type: dxdiag and then click “sound”. Move the hardware slider down one notch to Standard Acceleration, then close
DXDiag and try FC again. If this doesn't work, continue to lower the hardware acceleration until you can find a suitable setting.
If you continue to experience sound problems, please ensure you have the most recently updated and DirectX / DirectSound compatible sound
card drivers from the sound card manufacturer.
To verify that you have the latest DirectSound drivers available for your sound card, contact the sound card manufacturer.
If necessary, obtain and install the latest DirectSound drivers for your sound card. This is usually done by visiting the manufacturer'smanufacturers
website, or contacting their technical support for help updating drivers. For more information on obtaining drivers, please search
the Ubi Soft Solution Center at http://www.ubisoft.com/support for "update drivers”.
Once these drivers have been downloaded and installed, reinstall the version of DirectX that is installed on your system.
Some short sound losses can occur with the sound cards based on the NForce2 sound chipset.
When sound volume is set to zero, sounds are not played anymore. This may help game performance on slower computers.
Graphic Troubleshooting
We strongly recommend installing the latest versions of the drivers for your video cards.
When installing new graphics card drivers, use the Windows Uninstall program to remove and previous drivers.
Far Cry officially requires 800x600 resolution or higher.
Q) The game crashes on startup or after I have reinstalled Directx, what can I do?
A) The 3D acceleration option is not available or not supported by your video adapter. The machine thinks that Direct3D functionality is not available; the Microsoft knowledge base article 191660 explains how to solve this issue (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=191660)
Please check that your computer meets the minimums requirements for the game.
If your computer meets all the minimum requirements the problem is with your drivers.
Please make sure that you have the latest drivers available for your graphics card and soundcard.
Q) What DirectX version and graphics drivers should I have installed?
A)
· DirectX 9.0b, Retail version, must be installed
· NvidiaNVIDIA based cards must have latest NvidiaNVIDIA drivers (www.nvidia.com)
· ATI based cards must have latest Catalyst drivers (www.ati.com)
For more information on obtaining drivers, please search the Ubi Soft Solution Center at http://www.ubisoft.com/support for "update drivers”.
Q) My machine is overclocked and I have issues playing the game or the game doesn't start at all.
A) Overclocking the machine could cause a number of issue not only for FarCry but for other games and applications as well.
Ubisoft/Crytek are not responsableresponsible for machine crashes or slowdown caused by overclocking.
Contact the hwHW manufacturer of your machine for support.
Q) Looks like FC is running with 16 bits colorscolours...what should I do?
A) Make sure to set your desktop to 32 bits colorscolours
Q) When I enable AA or FAA, the game runs significantly slower...is it normal?
A) Yes it is normal. FAA uses a great deal of graphics power.
Other known issues:
- r_waterrefraction does not work on geforce 5900 fx card when Dualscreen is on. when users want to use HIGH spec and have dualview enabled they should type in the console r_waterrefraction 0
- There are issuses with dual monitor support (refractive shader)
- nVidia Quadro graphics cards are optimised for professional OpenGL applications, in our DX9 game environment Quadro cards may not be detected properly. Please set up manually.
- Alt-Tab mode is not 100% supported in Far Cry. There may be some instabilities caused when using it.
For NVIDIA Users of GeForce Cards up to GeForce 4 whose framerate feed choppy or slow, edit the file system.cfg and change the line r_Driver = “Direct3D9” to r_Driver = “OpenGL” to try the unsupported OpenGL Version. This may run faster in specific cases.-Some users with onboard sound may experience white noise “hiss” creep in after playing for a while. [4330]
-The enable fog table emulation box must be checked in the NVIDIA control panel on some NVIDIA chipsets. If this option is unchecked, the quality of the fog in game may be negatively affected. [4809]
-In some situations with FPS below 40-50 the mouse may feel laggy. [2286]
-Some nForce onboard sound cards can cause gun and environment sound to be lost. [2965]
-Some ladders do not behave correctly. The player may be able to move to the left or right of the ladder which may look odd in some cases when viewed in third person. [4733]
-Some combinations of terrain textures may cause graphical glitches when viewed from a distance due to the texture LOD. [4169]
-In some cases, users with Geforce 3 cards using low graphic settings may experience odd colorization of environments and characters. [7091]
-r_waterrefraction does not work on geforce 5900 fx card when Dualscreen is on. when users want to use HIGH spec and have dualview enabled they should type in the console r_waterrefraction 0.
-There are issuses with dual monitor support (refractive shader).
-nVidia Quadro graphics cards are optimised for professional OpenGL applications, in our DX9 game environment Quadro cards may not be detected properly. Please set up manually.
-Alt-Tab mode is not 100% supported in Far Cry. There may be some instabilities caused when using it. This includes shooting at an enemy in Win ME...
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