Please read this and follow the directions carefully and if you still have trouble post a question.

Congratulations, you have purchased the best FPS (First Person Shooter) in the world. Far Cry has amazingly detailed outdoor and indoor environments, deadly clever AI (Artificial Intelligence), non-linear gameplay with clear objectives and addictive replay value. Multiplayer Far Cry is a small, friendly community by video game standards.

You will need a fairly beefy computer to play the game, especially the video card.
Bare Minimum System Requirements are in the link but in actual practice you need at least the following just to get low resolution with low graphics details.

- Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2000 / Pentium 4 2 Ghz
- Memory: 512 MB of RAM.
- Controls: A keyboard and mouse are required
- Video: A 3D accelerator video card with support for DirectXâ® 9.0b and at least 128 MB of video memory is required.
- Sound: A DirectXâ®-compatible 16-bit PCI sound card is recommended.

To get high graphics and the full effect of the AI you need at least:

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ / Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
1024 MB system memory
ATI X800 or better / Nvidia 6800 or better

- 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.
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Installing Far Cry

Far Cry comes in two formats, a 5 CD set and a single DVD. If you have the DVD, you need to have a DVD ROM or DVD burner to install the game. Most optical drives come with software to copy data to a blank disc. Some of these programs may interfere with the installation of Far Cry because of copy protection reasons.

Make sure you have 4 GB of space on your hard drive and defrag the drive before you install. Defragging should be done on a regular basis (like once a week)

Put CD-1 into the drive and select "Install" you will be prompted for a location to put the game. You can install it on any disk or partition in any folder you want, just remember where it is.
The default location is: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry
but this will work just as well if you have a second drive like D:\games\Farcry
Follow the instructons to swap out disks when the installer asks for the next disk.

Q. What if my drive does not work with Far Cry?
There are some drives that are known to have issues installing the game. The only thing to do is find another optical drive to do the installation with. In some cases, you might try updating the firmware for your drive or running the installation at a slower speed.
Unofficial list of unsupported drives

When you are done you should have CD-1 back in the drive and be ready to launch the game. But wait. Many of the newer video cards on the market were released after the game came out so they will not work properly. This can be scary for a gamer new to Far Cry since they have a top of the line computer but Far Cry looks horrible. The answer is to use the patches. A patch is a small program that adds information to the game that changes the way the game runs. There have been several patches for Far Cry but the latest patch for Single Player is 1.3. This patch changes some things in Single Player like run speed and stamina and alters the strength of some of the weapons but it also configures the game to support newer graphics cards like Nvidia 6600, 6800, 7800 series and ATI X600, X700 X800 and X850 series.
If you want to go online and try Multiplayer Far Cry you will also need two other patches. 1.31 and 1.33 should be installed in order to get online. These patches have some anticheating measures and check to make sure that both client and server are running the same version.


YOU MUST HAVE THE 1.33 PATCH TO PLAY ON a 1.33 SERVER ONLINE
YOU MUST HAVE THE 1.4 PATCH TO PLAY ON a 1.4 SERVER ONLINE

Patch 1.4 readme file

Get the patches here:
Patch 1.3
Patch 1.31
Patch 1.33
Patch 1.4 (stand alone)

Patch 1.4 Cumulative

DocSEAL's all-in-one patch
!!If you used this all-in-one patch to go from 1.0 to 1.33, you will not be able to upgrade to 1.4 normally. You must uninstall all the patches and add them one at a time or use the 1.4 cumulative patch.

Q. How do I install the patches. I downloaded them but they did not work.
After you download the patch, it must be installed to work properly. Install the patches buy double clicking the patch icon and following the instructions. You must "point" the patch installer to the farcry.exe file on your hard disk (remember the location?) Use the browse feature to find your farcry.exe file. The default location is C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry\Bin32

Far Cry is now installed on your computer and ready for use.

Q. I installed as above but when I try to run the game, I get the picture of the guy and girl and then nothing happens
This is a common problem and there are a few causes. It could be that you do not have a powerful enough computer to run the game. If you do not have at least a Radeon 9200 or FX5200 video card or if you have on-board video, you cannot run Far Cry.
You might need to update your video drivers.
Get Catalyst drivers from ATI here: ATI downloads
Get Forceware drivers here: Nvidia downloads
Use driver cleaner to remove all traces of old drivers before you install new ones.



Single Player

So you finished the game and are looking for more? Try a new Map or Mod created by another gamer. Check this sticky post. How to install Maps and Mods


Multiplayer

Once you have installed Far Cry and have played the Single Player campaign you might want to try Multiplayer. If you think the Mercs were tough on realistic, you ain't seen nuttin until your try to capture and hold a flag in Assault or try to stay alive in Free-for-all.
Take a look at this sticky Tips For People new to Multiplayer

Click the multiplayer tab on the main menu
Here is where you log onto the UBI.com server to get a list of game servers. If this is your first time, select a username and password to create an account. If you are reading this, you may have already created an account with UBI and you can use that same one. Now you will be asked for the first time to input the CD Key that is displayed on the back of your instruction manual. This is the only time you should have to input this code. There are situations where your key will be "stuck" in a server after you leave it, but if you wait a few minutes, the key will be released on its own.

Q. It says my CD Key is invalid, why?
The key should be input in all caps and there are some capital letters that look like numbers and vice versa. a common mistake is to input the letter "O" instead of the number 0 (zero) Make sure you type the key in correctly with the dashes.

Q. It says its logging onto UBI.com but never does, why?
You may have a problem with your firewall not allowing access to the internet. Some firewall solutions are not compatable with Far Cry online and must be removed to play the game.
See this post Configuring Windows Firewall

More Information on CD key problems
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/170106891/m/1851035272
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/170106891/m/7071052462

Once you are connected, you should see a list of servers and other information. The first thing you should do is click on the column heading labeled "ping". Ping is a measure of how good the connection is between your computer and the server running the game. Always pick the lowest ping number you can when you join a server (under 100 is good).
The next thing to do is look on the list for a server that is running the kind of game you would like to play. The three types of game are:
Assault - Red and Blue teams compete to capture or defend flags
FFA - Free-for-all Every man for himself. Compete for highest number of kills
TDM - Team deathmatch Red and Blue teams compete to get the most total kills.

Finally, and very important, Make sure the map that is being played on the server you select is in your levels directory on your hard drive.
The default location for Far Cry maps is:
C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry\levels


DO NOT ENTER A SERVER THAT IS PLAYING A MAP THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE

If you do not have the map that the server is running, you will be kicked out of the server and it will retain your CD key for a few minutes. If you try to join another server before your key is released, you will get a "CD Key in use" error message or it may prompt you to re-enter the key. You do not need to re-enter the key. Just wait, or log out of UBI.com and try again in a few minutes.

Q. OK, so where do I get new maps?

We are very lucky to have dedicated mapmakers, server admins and community leaders who provide access to new maps FREE OF CHARGE.

Go to http://www.farcry-maps.com and register. Please do not download every map at one time. Most maps that are running on servers can be found in one of the 4 mappacks that are available. They are called Unofficial Mapack, Unofficial Mapack #2, Unofficial Mapack #3, Springcreatures Mapack. After downloading, install the maps by double clicking on the installer icon and pointing the installer to the ..\farcry\levels folder.

Uninstalling the Game.

If you would like to remove the game from your hard drive, follow these steps.

1. Run the most recent patch installer by double clicking the icon. Select "remove" and click OK to remove the patch.
2. Do this for each patch you have installed until you are back to the original installation of the game. (So 1.33 then 1.31, then 1.3)
3. Uninstall Far Cry using the original disk in your optical drive.
4. Delete the Far Cry folder (if it is still there)
Reboot the computer and defragment the drive. Far Cry is no more.

If a file gets corrupted and you need to repair the game do the following:

1. Save the following items to a different folder.
Profiles folder
Downloaded maps
Patches
Screenshots
2. Run the most recent patch installer (ie. 1.33) by double clicking the icon. Select "remove" and click OK to remove the patch.
3. Do this for each patch you have installed until you are back to the original installation of the game. (So 1.33 then 1.31, then 1.3)
4. Run the Far Cry installer disk in your optical drive and select "repair"
5. Repatch the game as explained earlier in this post.
6. Copy back the saved items (Profiles folder, patches, maps, etc.)

Q. I uninstalled the game but now when I try to add a patch, it says the patch is already installed.
Q. I uninstalled Far Cry and now I want to play again but it will not let me re-install.

You did not remove the patches before uninstalling the game, or you did not use the uninstall program to remove the game from the windows registry. There are Far Cry entries in the registry that are blocking you. You need to "clean" the registry and/or repair windows installer. Here are some things to try.

Download CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/) and run it to remove Far Cry registry entries.
Download Windows Installer cleanup utility and run it. Remove Far Cry files from the list.
Reinstall Windows Installer 3.1 by downloading from the link and running the program.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: fabulouscoops,

this is a definite sticky that needed to be made!

I get this as error !!

****ed ... the picture can't load ... i'll type the error :

Error 1305.Error reading from file C:\MyGames\Ubisoft\FCDate\_ocalized\english.pak. Verify that the file exists and that you can acces it !


( It does exist ) can't complete the install !!!! S.O.S. !!! I used to have it on my pc, and now i can't play it anymore :S SOS !!! SEND HELP !!!!!

My problem is that I can load the game but it immediately dumps me straight back to the desktop without any error notice.
My specs are:
AMD 3000+ 939 Winchester o/c to 2005Mhz
ECS Extrem mobo
Elixir 512Mb DDR 400
Nvidia FX 5500 128Mb
DirectX 9.0c
Maxtor 40Gb and Excelstor 40Gb HDD
WinXP Pro SP2

i have i athlon 64 3700+ running windows xp (but not the 64bit version} with 512 ram, nvidia 7800gt and asus a8n. i installed farcry then ran the game and it was all running smoothly untili tried to start a game and after the starting film( the one with the boat n stuff) it just closed the game. plz can u help

I think this forum contravenes the trades description act! It is supposed to be a place to get solutions to technical problems but so far I have seen very few. Mostly no one replies to our many woes concerning the running of this game. As someone else said in another thread "it's a good job I got it for free". I actually got as a bonus when buying another game but now I know why - they had to give it away because it's so bad

somebody please help me out. I am almost crazy.
I swear I did everything, but everytime I tried to start the game, always saw that guy and the girl for 5 minute, then gave me this information

AppName: farcry.exe AppVer: 1.1.0.1230 ModName: ~df394b.tmp
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0008d86b

My PC: Dell E510, P4 3.0G/1280M Ram/Gforce 6800
I played Prince of persia 2/3 and NFS 9 without any problem.

So can anyone help me out. thanks a lot

I have tried relentlessly to install Far Cry. Everything I have tried leads me up to this error...Error 1335. The cabinet file 'Datacab.1' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. Easy enough. So, I go get my roommates copy of Far Cry and, guess what? I get the same error! I have defragged before installation. Tried installing the game from my desktop, etc. to no avail!
What gets me the most is, I had installed the game before and it installed fine. I reformatted my hard drive after an unsuccessful run with TruImage which didn't exactly give me a true image. My OS started to fall apart. So, I dumped it and installed all of my programs, blah, blah, blah and, went to reinstall Far Cry on the same CDROM drive I used to install it before(Toshiba 52x) and I get nothing but errors. I am thinking this is an issue with Ubisoft since I got frustrated and tried installing Rainbox Six 3(also by Ubisoft) and got errors with that too! Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. I am running Xp Pro with SP2, completely updated except for Microsoft Net Framework which has a compatibility issue with my Sound Blaster Audigy ZS Platinum...Thanks!

quote:

Originally posted by customkramer:
and, went to reinstall Far Cry on the same CDROM drive I used to install it before(Toshiba 52x) and I get nothing but errors. !

There's your problem. I bought a bunch of those drives from Mwave.com
and every one of them failed. I got a BIOS update for them, and actually
had one working, but the noise just drove me crazy. I'm having much
better all-around results with the Sony drives. Toshiba .. just like
Plextor .. was slow in updating their "ASPI layer" something or other
that makes the drives WinXP compatible.

quote:

Originally posted by Galgoth:
My problem is that I can load the game but it immediately dumps me straight back to the desktop without any error notice.

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/170106891/m/5801031593

Did you ever get any resolution on this? I have seen several posts complaining about this. I have not seen a solid answer and there is not identifiable hardware trend.

Now how do you tell in the installer where the game is when it doesn't even ask.

Anyway my problem is installing patch 1.33. 1.31 one is one but 1.33 says I've got install patch 1.3

Now what???

Easy solution if you have this problem.

Uninstall the game and delete the directory. The uninstaller doesn't remove the entries in the registry so delete these using regedit. Then use another program like registry mechanic to make sure you got everything.

Re-install the game and don't play it. I did this once and once again couldn't install past patch 1.3

Install the patches and it's done.

first of im new to the PC gaming arena so excuse my stench of n00bYness.

i already downloaded the 3 required patches for online play. however when i installed them i did not know i had to direct them to the farcry.exe file. so they are installed wherever they default to install to. (i imagined CryTek/ Ubi would make them default to the proper location but nobodies perfect). so now i dont know what to do to A. find the patches and B. direct the patches to the farcry.exe file.

should i just uninstall, redownload and install them properly?

Oddness. I installed the game, and then all 4 patches. And my game version IS 1.33. It never asked where to install the patches to. But they all installed to where they should.

At first i thought my problem may be what i posted before. turns out thats not the case. the problem im having is the seemingly all too popular "CD Key timed out" problem.

I turned off ALL my firewalls, (windows, went straight through the modem instead of the router, turned off McAfee.....) and still says CD key timed out.

I pre-ordered, played and loved FC:I for the xbox and figured id go buy a PC mainly to check out FC on the PC since ive heard its even better. campaign is way better, actually a challenge which i like. So i move onto multiplayer, which was kinda like a road trip.... you start out on the road, tire blows out so you put on the spare, then another tire blows out and your seemingly lost with out a clue.
and i must ask, wouldnt it have been possible to implement the CD key into the registration or the game CD itsself?

Customkramer, it sounds like you may have one of two hardware problems:

1. A flaky CDROM drive. Replace it.
2. Flaky RAM.

For point 2, try this: if your roommate has the same type of RAM as you, try them in your computer. But DO NOT put your RAM in his computer, because, if your RAM is really faulty, it may corrupt his OS installation too.

You may find that your PC is still unstable even with his RAM, but that is most likely because you installed your OS while you had flaky RAM in your computer. I suggest you reload your PC with your roommate's RAM in your computer.

Remember to backup your important data first!

I am haveing problems downlaoding and have noidea why i have games that far exceed this things computerpower toplay and i have way more than minimul and most of the recomended (and everything is up to date) and i put in disk one evryrthing starts fine......then i get to disk 2 it goes fine it asks for three i put it in it loads for a minute i get an aerror saying its the wrong volume i check its 3 and its wromng i put it back in and says the same thing and it says to put in "FAR_CRY1 so i assule disk 1 and put that in and just get the orginal window to install so i try to do it again and then it opsn like normal i hit next to install and it just says "fatal error" and i have checked for viruses and spy ware ot make sure its nothing like that interfering

"I need somone who cares please"
I have the program for some months now but i have not been able to go in to multiplayer some one is using my key number. What can i do? get one on the internet, or someone is giving me another?
Please help
ps yes i have downloaded all the patches and my router is configured and i have no virus...

Hey Fellas,
The PC i bought last year has FarCry on it, and seems to be patched v1.1
I'd like to uninstall the game so as to install my PURCHASED version. After reading the thread i know to uninstall patch first- but i dunno which file to run;
In my Farcry>bin32 exists:
-Original_Farcry.exe(1200kb)
and
-FarCry.exe (32kb)
I azsume one of these is the patch result,yet earlier in thread it said to point a patch to 'FarCry.exe' (not 'Original_Farcry.exe')so i have no idea which!? Could someone let me know how to uninstall cos Im not likely to be seeing the previous owner anytime soon...
Thnx for any aszistance,
Sic0.