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[Qoatl]

I am having a technical problem with Far Cry that indirectly keeps me from playing mods. Basically, I can only run Far Cry once after booting my computer. The second and all subsequent times I try to run Far Cry, it crashes out immediately after the splash screen. If I restart my computer, it works again (once). Because Far Cry has to restart when you choose a mod from the main menu, I never actually manage to get the mod loaded (Far Cry crashes, as always, when it restarts).

There must be a way to designate a mod to use from either the command line or a config file. Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!

[Qoatl]

I am having a technical problem with Far Cry that indirectly keeps me from playing mods. Basically, I can only run Far Cry once after booting my computer. The second and all subsequent times I try to run Far Cry, it crashes out immediately after the splash screen. If I restart my computer, it works again (once). Because Far Cry has to restart when you choose a mod from the main menu, I never actually manage to get the mod loaded (Far Cry crashes, as always, when it restarts).

There must be a way to designate a mod to use from either the command line or a config file. Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!

[jwill58]

Yes , you can fix your desktop shortcut to look like this.(You "right click" your FarCry shortcut, then click on "properties".) There you will see the following.... "C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry\Bin32\FarCry.exe" -MOD:matto3 -devmode. Now where this has " Matto 3 " you just insert your Mod's name . There is a space between "FarCry.exe"_-Mod name . Understand ? Then hit "apply" to close the shortcut proerties. If you've done everything right , it will close. If any of it is incorrect , you will get a pop up message informing of the mistake. Let me know if this helps.
jwill58

[Qoatl]

Thanks for the reply. I know how to modify shortcut command strings. I just didn't know the appropriate argument to use. I'll give it a shot.
-Q

[jwill58]

You're welcome ! I actually had the same question a few years ago. I knew right where to look to make sure of the answer before I posted. It was great to help someone else with the same problem. Good luck !
jwill58

[Qoatl]

Worked like a charm. This still doesn't solve the problem of only being able to load Far Cry once without restarting my computer, but at least I can get mods working now.

[jwill58]

Hey...I just had an idea....could your problem be connected to a virtual memory setting ? Just for curiosity , I Googled "Virtual Memory causing game to crash PC". Give it a try and tell me if these problems are what you were experiencing. Let me know how this works out.....jwill58

[Qoatl]

Nope, it wasn't a virtual memory problem. I did eventually figure out why it was crashing on subsequent game loads. I had a virtual drive mounted via Daemon Tools and Far Cry didn't like it. I just unmounted the drive and now Far Cry works fine.