Far Cry 2 ...

[Paddy the Wak]

My copy arrived today ... yippie
The aspect ratio and resolution are ok though ... BUT ... the FOV is not right for TH ... :(
Looking for ways to increase that FOV which is currently vert-.

The games graphics look better than I was expecting from screens I have seen posted by others on the net ... but it is early in the game, I haven't played very far at all because of that FOV issue.

[Mud]

Bummer, mine's in the post...a fov fix is critical :x

[Paddy the Wak]

Yeah it is a bummer ... :(
What it does is it takes your aspect ratio from your desktop res.

To play it in single screen until we get a FOV fix is also a bit akward ...

If you try to use a single screen res in the game but your desktop is a TripleHead res you will have a messed up aspect ratio.

You need to set your desktop to a single screen resolution then use that resolution in the game.
The FOV and AR will then be correct.

I'll try to post some screenshots later today ... I have to get on with some work right now.

[Mud]

That's worth knowing...thanks.

[Paddy the Wak]

1280x1024 desktop res ... 1280x1024 in game ...


1680x1050 desktop ... 1680x1050 in game ... vert- compared with 1280x1024 ...


It seems to take the aspect ratio from the desktop resolution and the FOV is fixed horizontally to that aspect ratio/resolution ... i.e. vert-

1680x1050 desktop ... 5040x1050 in game ...


5040x1050 desktop ... 1680x1050 in game ...


5040x1050 desktop ... 5040x1050 in game ...


Now that messes with my head ... :lol:

[Mud]

I notice 1680/1680 has the same FOV as 1680/5040, could you try a 16:9 desktop resolution to see if further squashes the FOV?

[MobsterOO7]

Looks like we're in for another "bioshock spike". This may be good enough to get us onto digg and kotaku again.

[skeeder]

this uses the same engine as crysis's right? could we use the same fix?

[Paddy the Wak]

It's not the same engine and Crysis ... and Crysis worked in WS and TH out of the box.

[Mark B]

This reminds me of Medal of Honor, or indeed Bioshock.

This one is definitely worth lobbying the devs for ;)

[Billes]

Weird, just downloaded the game via Steam but when I run it I can hear the game music but I just get a black screen. I'm running the 180.42 drivers right now since supposedly they're optimized for Far Cry2, but I'm going to try downgrading back to 178.24 to see if that'll work...

[Paddy the Wak]

Billes ... I just happened to have seen this on another forum ... 2 mins ago ...

The fix for that black screen windowed when you first load the game. Go in your (user)DocumentsMy GamesFar Cry 2 folder and open up GamerProfile.xml.
Find (Maximized="1") change it to a 0 and save. Problem solved almost. Now load game and go to options and change dx9 to dx10 and accept then quit game. load game and go back to options and change your resolution to what ever you like then accept and play. Now the 180.42 drivers work great!

PS:I could not enable dx10 and change the resolution at the same time because game would go back to that black window mode.

Hope it helps ... 8)

[Paddy the Wak]

This one is definitely worth lobbying the devs for ;)

Just done it ... http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1521068375/m/5461017696

Guys ... please tell em .... :WWTH2Go ... politely of course ... :D

[Mach1.9pants]

I am soooo looking forward to this game, I hope it is sorted by the time it arrives here in NZ!

Off to do some lobbying :)

[Stec]

Added my +1 to that thread.

Sorry for the duplicate topic in the Widescreen Solutions forum...not really sure if we need one in the Widescreen and a separate one in the Surround Solutions forum.

[garcol]

I put in my 2 cents...hehe :D

[wazoo]

Me too.... and not to sound too Princess Leia-ie.... but....

"Help us Racer_S and Dopefish..... you're our only hope!" :shock:

[njracer]

its a great game, looks amazing and the game itself is fun. i hope we get a fix for it, 1 screen really stinks. i posted in their forum as well. hope they get around to fixing it for us

[ben@scan]

Added my request for TH support :D

[wazoo]

Yes... this one is VERY fun.... and so far... quite polished.

An absolute SHAME that it won't run correctly in TH. I tried to stick it out.... but the FOV is like sitting in the front row of a movie theatre. :evil:


Hey Mark, were you all in contact with the devs prior to release? If so, they honestly have no excuse for this oversight. I can't imagine it would have been a huge resource sink to add correct FOV.

Thanks,

Wazoo