Original_Farcry.exe is not a file the game uses. It is likley that the previous owner backed up the farcry.exe file and gave it this name before patching. I would say that you can simply delete this file but it is the right size to be the executable file. The previous owner did something strange to the installation and I am not sure it can be uninstalled in the normal way.
Try using windows uninstaller then windows installer cleanup utility.

Thnx 'coops- will do.
I suspected some strangeness also, but really i have no idea when it comes to PC gaming, so thnx again.

"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."

Ive got a similar problem and Im almost desperate. The error says that the data D:\Data1.cab cannot be found.
I don`t know that to do! Ive bought this game today looking forward to have a fun time with it on my vacations. PLease help me!

Hello I'm wondering if someone can help me? I've been having
problems installing farcry, let me explain I insert the disc #1
to install the game, and I get the little farcry square and press
install the wizard starts to take over to install it for about 10-sec
and it just dissapears to the lower info bar, and I can do anything
its almost like it gets stuck'
please heLp!!!

im on installign it to the locatio nwhere the far cry exe file is but it just wont install it stays on location screen do i have to delete the exe fiel or something

You said "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"

that is true, when I first installed the game on my laptop:
acer travelmate 4401LMi AMD Turion 64 ML-28, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,
15" XGA TFT, ATI Mobility Radeon X700 64MB, 512MB pc2700 DDR RAM. the game did that thing where you see the main characters and then it puts you back onto windows, even on the lowest settings. But when I installed the 64 bit patch, it worked fine! I have now added more ram, and it's pc 3200 1GB. The game works with all settings on high, some on very high with temporal anti aliasing 4x and anisotropic filtering on 2x. the frame rate stays smooth throughout, but sometimes gets slow (no loss of frame rate, just slow motion) sometimes. I think its to do with the memory bus speed between my system ram and the graphics card (which uses 256mb of it as video ram)

i got error -1610 the data of configuration of this product has been broken.Please contact the personal support

i installed the game,patched to 1.3...to 1.31 and finally to 1.33 then i got sound problems(creppy sound) then uninstalled far cry(wrong metod i see) i tried to clean registry with ccleaner...windows install clean up(deleted all registry) and then i reinstalled sp2 with windows installer 3.0 or new...even i deleted all traces of ubisoft cryteck or far cry manually in regedit....

now i cant even install far cry version 1.0
i got two version of far cry(all buyed) my cd version in spanish(50 euros),and the dvd version found on my geforce 7800 gt...cant install farcry ..please help

I have much more than all system requirements.
I get this error while trying to install the game. Error comes up during disk 2 installation.

Error 1305. Error reading from file C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry\FCData\Music.pak. Veriy that the file exists and that you can access it.


Any suggestions? Please help.

I have probably the worst problem

D:\Setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

Is there any way past that? Thanks.

I noticed today that the link for my Unofficial 1.0 to 1.33 patch was dead. Many thanks to slayersofadmin for hosting it for so long. I submitted it to Gamers' Hell today:

http://gamershell.com/download_14104.shtml

i downloaded and installed the AMD64 patches because I am running Windows 64 Professional and also have a dual core system. I'm guessing this is not enough to play multiplayer on the internet? The Ubi.com login screen never goes past the enter login/password screen.

anyone have msn im ganna need remote assistance cuz this is WAY TO COMPLICATED my screename is marshall12_92@msn.com

I bought the jewel case retail version of Far Cry. It came pre-patched on version 1.1. The game works fine untill I installed patch 1.3. It wont get past the splash screen. Im using the latest catatlyst drivers and i even used old drivers to try to get it working. I tried patch 1.31 and 1.33, still nothing.I really want to play the mutiplayer aspect of Far Cry but I cant do that without having to patch it to the latest version.

"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."

Whenever I install the patches on my brand new, self-built computer, this problem keeps happening. The picture of the guy and girl show up and nothing happens. I'm running a pretty nice rig with a ATI X1600 Pro, so I'd like to know why the patches make this game unplayable (I can play version 1.0). Here are my specs:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 8/11/2006, 20:48:08
Machine name: HEY-SUS
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/22/06 21:20:06 Ver: 08.00.12
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 467MB used, 3475MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X1600 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: Radeon X1600 Series (0x71C2)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71C2&SUBSYS_23421002&REV_00
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1152 x 864 (32 bit) (85Hz)

And yes, I already have the latest video card drivers from ATI.

Never mind. All I had to do was wait a few minutes for it to start. Works great now!

quote:

Originally posted by fabulouscoops:
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.

OK that sounds... ludicrous lol. I don't know what it is. guessing bad maintenance and not really setting up a system to work at it's optimal performance. Because if you need this (from my point of view) drool config just to play at low settings then why am I playing it at medium settings without a hitch on this system:

AMD Athlon 1333c (10x133) Socket-A
MSI 746F Turbo mainboard
512Mb 333MHz DDR RAM
and a mere Geforce3 Ti-200 64MB AGP

Graphics all set to medium in advanced/custom, bilinear filtering, 1024x768x32bit, anisotropic filtering and FAA ofcourse off with my low spec pc.

Really wondering if anyone can give me an explanation why peeps are having probs on uber-pc's and i still run most games w/o problems and often enough graphics on high with my old heap o' junk.

puzzled

Cheers, Kael

quote:

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.

I have done all 3 ans still I am not able to reinstall the Patches. I get the following error:

Error 1316.A A network error occurred while attemtping to read from the file c:\windows\Installer\Far Cry (Patch 1).msi

What do I need to do now?

Please Help

I have a amd 64x2 4200 with windows vista beta and was wondering if anyone knew how to install it on this os? I've tried to the normal way but it says that i need to install setup64.exe not setup32.exe. I have the 64 bit version of vista so it dont help none. I've looked all throught the cd and cannot find anything but 32. So im completley lost. i love this game and i was really looking forward to seeing it being played with my new ati x1900 xtx 512 mb card. it runs everything great so far but this vista has finally made me mad for maybe the last time.

I have found the solution for those people who can't reinstall the patch 1.3. I found this by trying to install the patch (which dind't work because i forgot to deinstall it) the following way: I opened the Setup file thats been put in you're temp folder when you try to install the patch (Documents&Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp). Then i found the PRODUCT CODE and the following number: {21A127AE-2DAF-40B7-8374-34C3E629521C}
Let windows do a search for that folder and delete it. Now you can reistall patch 1.3. I think it also works for other patches.