Far Cry

What works

Singleplayer & Multiplayer worked without problems.  Played for 1 hour.

You can switch to the opengl rendering, althought the directx seemed fast enough.

What does not

Exiting the game freezes the application. 

Workarounds

What was not tested

n/a

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

­Far Cry ­HOWTO­­

Installation:­­
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If ­you use the CD/DVD version run the setup program on the DVD or the first CD, and be sure it doesn't install Adobe Acrobat or DirectX.
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Patching:

Version 1.4 is required for multiplayer and contains many engine improvements. The version downloaded from Steam is also 1.40.

http://www.ubi.com/US/Downloads/DownloadFile.aspx?dfId=3429

The 1.6 community patch is available and contains many bug fixes and improvements, particularly for multiplayer.

http://www.farcrypatch16.de/

Optional OpenGL Renderer:­

There is an OpenGL renderer that has most of the visual effects present in the Direct3D one, but should run faster. To enable it, change "r_Driver" from "Direct3D9" to "OpenGL" in the 'system.cfg' file.

The older OpenGL renderer in version 1.0/1.1 exhibits less artifacts, whereas 1.33 and above have a problematic water shader, and portions of far-off terrain render incorrectly. Regardless of the game version, set the shadow quality to 'medium' and the lighting quality to 'high'.