Far Cry 2 ... TripleHead Fix ...

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 26 Oct 2008, 19:51

racer_s - my own personal Jesus :)

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Mud · Post by **Mud** » 27 Oct 2008, 11:05

Quick video of Far Cry 2 fixed with Paddy's recommended settings. No action I'm afraid, FRAPS stutter makes playing near-impossible.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rrie9c

Post by **Downtown1** » 29 Oct 2008, 03:08

Has anyone tried playing online yet? Does Punkbuster kick/ban you?

The Beard · Post by **The Beard** » 29 Oct 2008, 17:13

First: Hello all! (am new)

I've not got it to work yet. I don't have to move the config file that created somewhere do i?

I'm runnning in Dx9 (dx10 isn't working). Also in full screen global hotkeys dosn't work - they work in windowed mode.

Any help would be grand!

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 29 Oct 2008, 17:43

Hello ... welcome to the forum ... :D

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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The Beard · Post by **The Beard** » 29 Oct 2008, 18:53

Thank you!

Post by **wazoo** » 29 Oct 2008, 22:39

I'm curious about how others feel about the TH2Go experience in FC2.

Recently I played Bioshock, COD4 and Crysis Warhead in TripleHead (COMPLETELY enjoying all three), and am now playing FC2.

I'm using Racer_S's fix with the correct FoV.... but I'm finding that I'm not enjoying the experience. I think it might be a minor form of motion sickness; something I've never experienced in a game before.

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

Post by **MobsterOO7** » 29 Oct 2008, 22:50

You might not have the FOV quite right. Or if your getting low frames that could be it. Or maybe its the effect that happens when you sprint too long?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 29 Oct 2008, 22:51

I had the same feeling ... try these settings ...

X FOV: 4.8
Y FOV: 1.0

I think they improved things for me.

4.8...1.0
48:10
3x16:10

Post by **MobsterOO7** » 29 Oct 2008, 22:52

4.8? Wow, mines only at 2.94. Is the difference really that much between regular triplehead and triplewide?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 29 Oct 2008, 22:54

I think it is a combination of the two figures ... I edited that last message ... adding ...

4.8...1.0
48:10
3x16:10

Dunno if it is significant ... must be ... :lol:

Post by **wazoo** » 29 Oct 2008, 22:58

I don't *think* it is an FPS issue.... although at first I thought it might be.

In DX 10 with options cranked, I'm usually above 30 (50% of the time in the 40-50 range).... although sometimes I do dip into the high 20's (SLI seems to make little difference in frames for me when things are in the high-20's low 30's....).

I tried switching to DX 9.... which gave me about a 20% boost in FPS... but the visuals where noticably less vibrant to me.

Paddy... I'll try those settings. I've been running with the ones you had posted in the beginning of this thread: 3.85 & 1.253. My monitors are native 1600x1200.... so I'm not sure how that might affect things (I suck at math....).

Thanks!

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 29 Oct 2008, 23:08

Ah ... those settings will probably be wrong then ...

You could try this tool ... http://raven.is-a-geek.net/post/FwO_FarCry2_FOV_v2.zip ... by NightRaven which auto sets the height ... you just have to do the horizontal.

Billes · Post by **Billes** » 31 Oct 2008, 00:12

5040x1050 is not showing up as an option for me in Far Cry 2's Display configuration screen.... Any ideas?

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 31 Oct 2008, 00:21

Yep DX10 only does a max of 3840x1024. Select DX9. restart FC2 and select 5040......

..and if it is anything like mine it will CTD after a few seconds then it'll freeze in the loading screens until you have deleted the user XML file. Rinse and repeat and see the first few seconds of the intro jeep ride as often as you want...but nothing else :evil:

Mud · Post by **Mud** » 31 Oct 2008, 00:23

I have had 5040x1050 both shown and not shown in the options, only by changing options in FC2. I think putting it in dX9 mode and restarting the game made it show up for me.

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 31 Oct 2008, 01:06

Oh and I fixed the start error, replace the farcry.exe in the bin folder with the one you get here : http://farcry.uk.ubi.com/download/

rename it FarCry2.exe if you want your NV profiles to work properly as well.

starfighter · Post by **starfighter** » 03 Nov 2008, 21:53

is the performance better than crysis to get playable fps at th resolutions with an gtx 260?

(Crysis was bad even at 1680x1050 with that card)

Mud · Post by **Mud** » 03 Nov 2008, 22:05

is the performance better than crysis to get playable fps at th resolutions with an gtx 260?

(Crysis was bad even at 1680x1050 with that card)

Yes, but it's also uglier and boring :lol:

tricky · Post by **tricky** » 04 Nov 2008, 08:11

FYI: So far us SoftTH users have not got FarCry 2 working triplewide, just get the splash logo on the Windows desktop...then...nothing...not even a crash.

Ah well...one of very few games that only work TH2GO so far...

I wonder if GTA IV will work triplewide (none of the previous games have), we will see soon...(though its delayed a bit)...

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