I just purchased the game, upgraded to 1.4 and for the first time ever loaded Editor.exe. I recieved this error:

did you download the Cumulative 1.4 patch or the stand alone one? You need the Cumulative patch if you're installing from version 1.0 far cry.

Actually, I purchased the game from www.direct2drive.com which has the latest build already applied to it, so when you install it it has 1.4. I was just saying my build of the game is update to date

im also having the same problem buying the game from direct2drive. Sandbox errors when opened with the same error. Please advise with any fix for this issue. Thanks in advance

FarCry doesnt seem to be on the list for download on that site?

Anyway, Critical Exception screenshot are pretty much useless as UBI nor Crytek keep a Database of the Stop Errors and what they mean.

In your main FarCry folder, you will have a editor.log text file. Upload it to somewhere and post the URL to it. This will help us more than a CE Screenshot. Dont copy and paste the log here as the file is massive!

I also downloaded it from direct2drive and have the same problem. I sent ubi the error report, still haven't heard back from them.

Same problem here. The error is exactly the same too, so while it may not be very informative, it is obviously a specific problem. Is someone looking into this?

Hmm... me too.
I was hoping to find a little info here...
Anyone tried downloading the full 1.4 patch and running it? (I'm doing that as I write.. but its a big file so it may be a while...



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OK so the patch didnt work... i kinda expected that... said a newer patch was already installed.
Here is the Editor.log file found in my Far Cry folder:

Editor.log

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fyi... direct2drive is not very helpful either... they are passing it off to UBI.
they wont even tell me what version of the 1.4 patch they used...
but i used a benchmark utility i found on the web HERE and it stated something along the lines of 'ver. 1.4 pre-release,' whatever that means.


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If its the 1.4 pre-release you have, that means its the leaked buggy version that's 9 months old. The version you have downloaded isnt the official update and for such a company to distribute/charge for leaked unofficial unsupported updates is disgraceful

I would go back to direct2drive and ask for your money back or have the ability to download 1.33 version and install the official 1.4 patch.

One way to be sure is to check the date of the scripts.pak file in the FCData folder. It should say it was created on the 4th August 2006. If its a date before that, then afraid your in for a long arguement with direct2drive.

As for passing it off to UBI or nutella's "is someone looking into this", the answer is no. The only people that have helped the FC community, are the FC community and forum moderators. UBI staff haven't shown their faces since the game was launched, actually they werent here then either.

The date is 8/4/06.
Is there a way to trick the patch installer into thinking it is looking a previous version... say, replacing the FarCry.exe with one from from a previous release or some such thing?

I have contacted UBI, and gotten a reply, unfortunately it was a fairly generic PC game troubleshooting response, not aimed at my particular issue...
Im in the process of replying and attempting to dig deeper with them. (I'll keep updating as we go)
If UBI can't/won't help I will have to try to get some sort of satisfaction from D2D, and/or get my ass out the door to pick up a hard copy of the game from Wal Mart.
Oh well...the price we pay for convenience, eh?

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Fixed it!! see thread:

Direct2drive fix

Dan

I tried your solution of changing the value to "10030" and my sandbox editor still doesn't work and still keeps giving me the "Critical Exception" error when I start the editor.

I bought the download version from the Ubi store.

Anyone have any new ideas of how I can fix this error?

Well I called the Ubi help line for this "Critical Exception" error and they said its because my video card is too new and doesn't support the editor. Grrrrrrrrrreeat.

Then they proceed to tell me that even though the game is working fine it going to crash on me at some point. OH even better! lol.

Anyone have any solutions?