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No you don't have to move the config file ...
You are using vista ... you may have to change the DEP settings on your pc to disable protection on the farcry.exe and the fc2FOV3.exe executables. (using the Racer_S tool)
From another thread ...
racer_s's fix did not work for me until i changed the DEP settings on my pc to disable protection on farcry.exe and the fc2FOV3.exe executables.
Once this was done i was able to modify the horizontal and vertical fov as i wished.
to disable dep for these exe's goto my computer's rpoperties , then advanced system settings, then the advanced tab, then settings on the performance section, then data execution prevention tab, then change the dep options to the bottom one and select the executables using the add dialogue.
Restart your pc and profit.
or ...
You could try this tool ... http://raven.is-a-geek.net/post/FwO_FarCry2_FOV_v2.zip ... by NightRaven which does not require the changes to DEP .
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