FAR CRY

Thinice · Post by **Thinice** » 31 Mar 2004, 08:13

I have just finished a stage called Regulator where you begin in a hanger
The pipes have a ribbed effect which just eat my machine up

That was at 1280 x 1024
So I dropped the settings to 800 x 600 - then it was ok

But with this card - should I really have to drop the setting
I mean what did I just pay R5000 for - for a card that I have to run all games at 800 x 600 in???
Not to mention Deus Ex on full detail - what a joke
Had to drop it there as well - Game was not smooth at all

If you own this card and are having the same problem as me - please PM me...
Thanks

halo · Post by **halo** » 31 Mar 2004, 08:24

Thinice

have just finished a stage called Regulator where you begin in a hanger
The pipes have a ribbed effect which just eat my machine up

That was at 1280 x 1024
So I dropped the settings to 800 x 600 - then it was ok

But with this card - should I really have to drop the setting
I mean what did I just pay R5000 for - for a card that I have to run all games at 800 x 600 in???
Not to mention Deus Ex on full detail - what a joke
Had to drop it there as well - Game was not smooth at all

If you own this card and are having the same problem as me - please PM me...
Thanks

my friend i think you got a faultly card or your system may hve a problem... im not sure im looking for some benchmarks for you card and farcry to see what the fps should be, when i get them ill b sure to post.

Thinice · Post by **Thinice** » 31 Mar 2004, 08:43

If it is a faulty card - then why do all the benchmarks turn out fine

Did a bench now on 3d and got 6397
Am I going mad here or what???

Guess it really doesn't matter - am returning the card in about 3 hours time for a brand new one

Will have to check then what happens
If it does happen again - what should I start looking for then???

LONEWOLF · Post by **LONEWOLF** » 31 Mar 2004, 13:45

Where can I buy Far Cry apart from take2

My local CNA and Incredible Connection store don't stock it

For what it's worth, I know that Far Cry is a nVidia "the way it's meant to be played" game so maybe that has an impact on the performance of the ATI card

I think Deus Ex 2 is the same 8O But if I paid R 5000 for a new card I would be very cross if that was the case

Thinice · Post by **Thinice** » 31 Mar 2004, 13:51

Im not sure how else your going to get the game...Sorry

Apart from that, I have spoken to the support team for Far Cry and it turns out that the NVIDIA Cards are not doing so well compared to the ATi Cards.

All in all, they have pushed the boundaries way too far with this game, to think you have to have the best card in order to enjoy a game and even then you can not turn it full blast.

Wondering if Doom 3 and HL2 are going to run the same,
One thing I have noticed is that the game runs smoother out side than inside, must be all the polybuming or surface reflections, which makes you wonder how NFSU ran so well..

Games, Who knows what will happen in the years to come

amdretard · Post by **amdretard** » 31 Mar 2004, 14:25

You said the dribver were of the cd try downloading the new ones from ATI and that might hel pbecause you said no other games had the problem except ut2004 both are new games and maybe the driver issues

one last thing

Is your far cry legal because some antipiracy degrade proformance

Thinice · Post by **Thinice** » 31 Mar 2004, 14:31

Well I did make mention of the fact that the driver was off the ATI site - so yes it is the new one 4.3

And no I do not support pirate software - that's what is so disappointing, to think people are so stupid to buy illegal copies and hurt the industry just makes me sick

I must say that all other games are indeed fine, so I leave it all up to the engine of the game it self, PS - played around in my settings a bit more and got UT 2004 to run 100% now..

: )

Boesman · Post by **Boesman** » 31 Mar 2004, 14:35

Far Cry doesn't work on my PC, I think its incompatibility issues or something, neither the demo nor the full worked

Thinice · Post by **Thinice** » 31 Mar 2004, 14:37

Sorry to hear!!!

Thinice · Post by **Thinice** » 31 Mar 2004, 15:49

Have any of you noticed that even though the game is supposed to have this very advanced AI, the AI still act a bit stupid, get stuck trying to move up a hill, get stuck behind trees, as well as when they see or hear you, they find you right away, I think they are a bit too alert.

As well as - how many hits does it take to put one of them down, I have noticed that some time I can empty an entire magazine on a bot and they still don't die

Very odd indeed

Post by **OnlyOneKenobi** » 31 Mar 2004, 16:07

Thinice wrote:Have any of you noticed that even though the game is supposed to have this very advanced AI, the AI still act a bit stupid, get stuck trying to move up a hill, get stuck behind trees, as well as when they see or hear you, they find you right away, I think they are a bit too alert.

As well as - how many hits does it take to put one of them down, I have noticed that some time I can empty an entire magazine on a bot and they still don't die

Very odd indeed

Yeah they do take a lot of hits to the body. Aim for the head, that puts em down quickly...

style121 · Post by **style121** » 31 Mar 2004, 16:34

You probably find that the guys taking the most hits are the ones you can collect body armour from....

Seems strange how everyones having these problems with the game. If you've got a good net connection, try downloading the first patch for the game. Brings it to 1.1 i think. Maybe that might sort out some compatability issues.

LONEWOLF · Post by **LONEWOLF** » 06 Apr 2004, 20:57

Far Cry auto detected my graphic settings as follows:

Machine spec: Medium

Renderer: Direct3D9
Resolution: 1024x768x32
Anti Aliasing: None
Vertical Sync: Enabled
Renderer Mode: Default

Texture quality: Medium
Texture Filter quality: Trilinear
Anisotropic Filter level: 1
Particle count: Medium
Special Effects quality: Medium
Environmental quality: High
Shadow quality: Low
Water quality: Medium
Lightning quality: Medium

I've been playing the game on these settings and it runs very smoothly with only minor mouse lag indoors. But are these settings par for my machine (spec in my sig below)

If I turn anything up it starts to lag very badly

Post by **OnlyOneKenobi** » 07 Apr 2004, 08:21

I'd turn up a few settings a little higher if I were you, obviously not all of them but maybe texture quality or something else... it detected my system the same as yours and I have 2000+ XP, 512 ddr 266 RAM, Geforce 4ti 4200... it runs at about 30FPS on average...

CALE24 · Post by **CALE24** » 09 Apr 2004, 00:15

Turn Trilinear to bilinear and push 'particle count' one setting lower to raise f/ps. Most machines are read as 'medium' so don't worry too much about it.

amdretard · Post by **amdretard** » 14 Apr 2004, 12:57

i am stuck in the place with the first encountewr with these elite guard

the reason why is my machine lags in nightvision and the elite guards are let say elite

any ideas on how to make it run faster with out spending money on hardware

my machine
1ghsz 512mb sdram
9600xt
xp home

Nitroflea · Post by **Nitroflea** » 14 Apr 2004, 14:31

turn down all the settings

or try getting the omega ati drivers. I think they speed things up a little.
Then oc ur graphics card.

amdretard · Post by **amdretard** » 14 Apr 2004, 15:51

Even with all the settings low on the game and in my drivers are all on preformance

even my windows setting are low

can some one send me their saves who played on the middle diffuctly

plz help a poor person

halo · Post by **halo** » 15 Apr 2004, 10:26

hi all, i bought far cry just after the holidays started hoping that it would work. thank goodness that it runs well enough to play but i need you help. im at the outskirts of the temple ruins looking for the PDA, im not stuck but i just wana now how close to the end i am. just play time or number of levels would be good. shoot

Thinice · Post by **Thinice** » 15 Apr 2004, 10:29

You have about 5 levels left i think

Enjoy

halo · Post by **halo** » 15 Apr 2004, 12:20

my word, that long... i see if i can... i just started school so i cant play any more, will not till the week end... how many of you guys thought that battle on the sinking boat was the most legend thing ever in a game?
i loved that part..

but i noticed one little thing, the story. will thats the problem, there is no story or at least a very, very, very simple one at that. the game doesnt explain anything... you just do what that guy wants you to do... i find that wierd

Thinice · Post by **Thinice** » 15 Apr 2004, 13:04

All I can say is wait and find out

I cannot wait for the second one - thats all

He He

halo · Post by **halo** » 15 Apr 2004, 13:24

thanx bru

Post by **ryanrich** » 15 Apr 2004, 20:40

hey, just got Far Cry today and damn is it good! works fine on my system at 1024x768 HIGH... so with that 9800XT it shouldn't cause any lag...

CALE24 · Post by **CALE24** » 02 May 2004, 18:30

PCF reviewed Far Cry this month. Apparently they tested the game without a screen, cause a score of only 71% is simply bollocks! A revolutionary game in many aspects, I'm sure many will agree it deserves a better grade. Not that it really matters, but still. 8O