PG_Raptor 0 Posted March 25, 2004 This one looks like it might be worth getting. Tell me if it's good at all (especially multi-player) and I'll probably get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PG_Raptor 0 Posted April 2, 2004 no responses? is it that bad? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zagnut 0 Posted April 2, 2004 (edited) Well, yes, It looks great, the gameplay is wonderful, and the AI is fanfrikintastic. I wish I could get it to run. Since loading this thing, I've gotten countless BSOD's for the first time that I've ever had Win XP! If you have an ATI card, and want to play this game; be sure to check out the ubi.com forums under farcry and go into the technical support postings. I don't know if it's bugs or just hardware conflicts, but I spent 7 hours trying to get this thing going on low graphics and still no dice. My specs: P4 1.8 ghz 1gig rdram 10 free HD space ATI 9200 256 mb 8X agp card SB live All drivers updated from catalyst to bios - the whole she-bang dxdiag - turned sound acceleration to minimum loaded Farcry 1.1 patch, still no luck Disabled disk shadowing and pagefile, running apps acceleration according to program only. Some errors: Numerous VPU errors (ATI thing)- when disabled, my pooter would just freeze up. countless BSOD's (first time ever since having XP) after uninstalling and reinstalling/ wiping everything out of the registry related to Crytek, I get a splash screen with a logo and then no activity. (when re-installed) I know the sys specs were steep, but I also knew that it would atleast run on my system. Since getting the card, I can play LOMAC w/out probs! That's an achievment for me. It's kinda sad when one can't even run a game when the specs even far exceed the so-called minimum requirements without all 'the pretty'. I don't know about the others, but I feel cheated. At least until another patch comes out the make this crap work. Edited April 2, 2004 by zagnut Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Fates 63 Posted April 2, 2004 My Apologies PG_Raptor, I think I'm still getting that bug where the buttons don't show new posts. I've also been completely immersed in FarCry for about 8 days straight, and I'm currently writing the review for it. Is it worth getting...Hell ya. It has it's problems, but what game dont today. I'm positive that will be fixed, and it's good to see Crytek post a patch 2 days after release in comparison to LOMAC which took several months if I remember right. Zagnut, I have the Radeon 9700 Pro AIW. I have had minor graphical problems with everything at medium. I have had 3 VPU errors and Computer locked each time during the entire game. There is a great amount of information on the technical forums at UBI for FarCry. Here's a great link to solutions (for now) on typical ATI problems. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=...891&m=428107813 This game is now where near as messed up as BattleField: Vietnam is to ATI users. And from what I'm reading it's mostly the lower end cards. Some have tried the OMEGA drivers with some success, but I'm gonna stick with CAT drivers all the way. <C> Fates Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zagnut 0 Posted April 2, 2004 Thanks for the link Fates, I'll give it another shot. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
