Farcry Installation error 1305. Help please. | Forums

[BOOGIEMAN01]

I just purchased Farcry but it gives me an error 1305 installation.

I searched the forum but didn't find anything very helpful.

I have:
ASUS A7V8X-X mb
GF6800oc Vid card
512 DDR
ATA drives(2)
XP pro
and a Samsung SW-248F CD-R/RW

The discs are brand new and do not have any smuges or scratches.
I've mapped a network drive to a different model CD-ROM on my network and had a different error, in the range of 1600s.
I've also updated my firmware on my CD drive with no luck.
I'm going to try to copy the 5 discs onto my harddrive and see if it will install then.
If that doesn't work what would you suggest I try next?

Thank you... the BOOGIEMAN.

[BOOGIEMAN01]

I just purchased Farcry but it gives me an error 1305 installation.

I searched the forum but didn't find anything very helpful.

I have:
ASUS A7V8X-X mb
GF6800oc Vid card
512 DDR
ATA drives(2)
XP pro
and a Samsung SW-248F CD-R/RW

The discs are brand new and do not have any smuges or scratches.
I've mapped a network drive to a different model CD-ROM on my network and had a different error, in the range of 1600s.
I've also updated my firmware on my CD drive with no luck.
I'm going to try to copy the 5 discs onto my harddrive and see if it will install then.
If that doesn't work what would you suggest I try next?

Thank you... the BOOGIEMAN.

[BOOGIEMAN01]

Didn't work.

It will not let me copy the English.cab file from the cd. AT ALL! I tried to copy the file to a different PC too. It says:
Cannot copy English: Data error (cyclic redundancey check). when I tried to copy the file.

What next?

P.S.
There 1305 error it gave me before pointed to the English.cab file also.

[BOOGIEMAN01]

HELP!

I guess the files corrupt. If this is due to copy protection **** then thats the last straw with that mess. I've been burned to many times with legal copies of software. Illegal isos seem so much more reliable. I guess since I'm not getting replies on here I'll have to get a pirated version of my legal software to play.

WOW! Thanks UBISOFT

[BOOGIEMAN01]

LOL

C-R-A-P is not a bad word is it? Weird? Mabe I should have said dung to be more politicly correct.

Copy protection = aggrivating dung.

[fabulouscoops]

Do you have CD or DVD copy software installed? If so disable or remove it and try again.

[gain967]

Dude your problem may be a simple 1 to solve so lets try something very simple. 1st completely uninstall all parts of the game you have installed. then go back to a restore date from before you 1st installed the game. Defrag your hard drive , then restart your pc. install the game and let us know how you make out.

[BOOGIEMAN01]

Fist off, thank you for responding guys. I wasted quite a few hours today with this. Time is money and I lost a bit.

Its the 5 CDrom version not the DVD.

After the error it undoes the installation and removes the entire directory. Is their anything else I should remove. Registry entries or something?

I have a fairly fresh install of XPpro on here already. Fairly. I'm a techie so my system is pretty clean. I'll run the defrag, and/or try to install to a different hard drive. However, since my second computer cannot copy the English file either, wouldn't that imply that its a problem with the CD (disc 5)?

(Note
I forgot to mention I also have SP2 installed. Incase that is relavent.

Plus, I disabled my antivirus and tried that too.

Let me try again. I'll try to install on the 2nd pc also.

[gain967]

yeah well if it does the same thing on another pc then its the cd....

[BOOGIEMAN01]

Yep. Its the English.pak file. When opening it with winrar if I run a test on it (Test option) or try to extract the file it hesitates on about 4% then says the archive is corrupt.

Anyone know where I could get a copy of that one file. All thats keeping me from installing this game is the English.pak file.