Far Cry 2

Post by **Abram** » 22 Oct 2008, 15:34

Decided to go and grab this ting and install it before i go beddy-byes.

Vert-

Console is ON but there are few commands i could see with the console help feature.

As for config files, i could only find a .xml file created in a MyDocs folder. No ther useful .ini or .cfg files that i could see, Maybe more are elsewhere.

Here be my bench with newly created Nvidia drivers that supposedly offer Far Cry 2 performance boosts that i installed yesterday:

3 runs on farm medium demo.

http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=benchxt5.jpg
(how do i insert image again?)

Using the rig in my sig, everything to highest except 2xaa and "very High" shading at 1680x1050. Better than i expected. Can't wait to get home later and play.

PS - this DRM shit is ridiculous. Ya, it works, but i hate the idea.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 22 Oct 2008, 16:19

My copy arrived today ... shouldn't be out here in the UK until Friday ... anyway ...

FOV is vert- in widescreen ... :(

Red bit is what is missing if you use a widescreen ...

:(

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:

Post by **GeneralAdmission** » 22 Oct 2008, 17:07

I guess that last shot is called "Gun-barrel cam". Sheesh.

I nominate Ubisoft for a Narrow-Minded Award.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 22 Oct 2008, 17:14

Yeah ... it's been .... Bioshocked !

::TrueWS ... and ... :WWTH2Go

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » 22 Oct 2008, 17:35

PS - this DRM shit is ridiculous. Ya, it works, but i hate the idea. I've seen a non-working pirated release but no crack ....yet.

As of your post there was a crack. Down with DRM!

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 22 Oct 2008, 18:30

BTW ... I posted the vert- screens on the UBI forums ... go tell them what you think ... politely of course ... :D

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&f=1521068375&m=6911036696&r=4421036696#4421036696

Please ... no more talk of cracks or pirated releases.

yogibbear · Post by **yogibbear** » 22 Oct 2008, 19:54

Yeah totally ruins the driving (makes you feel dizzy), and there's a lot of driving.

Also it makes you want to holster your weapons... but i couldn't find a holster button. (Maybe i'm stupid?)

Anywho... explains why it felt a bit weird.

yogibbear · Post by **yogibbear** » 22 Oct 2008, 21:38

Okay noticed some things...

If you open C:usersDocumentMy GamesFar Cry 2GamerProfile.xml in notepad

you can see some settings.

ForceWidescreen = 0, if you change it to = 1 it makes it 16:9 anamorphic just from a 10 second test.

Also i noticed that i'd set everything to very high except for shadows and shaders, except some things were set as medium in here, and my resolution was not listed correctly. It listed 1680x1050 as 800 x 600....

Going to play around with these settings.

Chepito · Post by **Chepito** » 22 Oct 2008, 21:41

I hope that we can find a fix soon :(

JohnnyWakko · Post by **JohnnyWakko** » 22 Oct 2008, 23:23

Console-afornication again.

Post by **MobsterOO7** » 22 Oct 2008, 23:43

I can't wait for the widescreen/triplehead fix. There is a absolutely delicious benchmarking tool, that's just begging me to make a comparison video.

Post by **Abram** » 22 Oct 2008, 23:58

Looks like I'll be putting off playing this until a fix comes out...

God damnit.

Checked out that Ubisoft forum thread and it's nice to see someone from Ubi answering instead of just sitting there dumbfounded.

But I expect action from the WSGF community long before Ubi gets off their asses.

Now i expect the same problem with the new Prince of Persia..but i won't be a big shock, as NO PoP game has native support.

Destroy · Post by **Destroy** » 23 Oct 2008, 00:48

Looks like I'll be putting off playing this until a fix comes out...

God damnit.

Same here. I don't own a wide screen monitor to play games in cut down screen view.

If the come out with some bs answer that 'we made it that way on purpose' I'll do something....I dunno...not nice.

Post by **GeneralAdmission** » 23 Oct 2008, 00:54

If the come out with some bs answer that 'we made it that way on purpose' I'll do something....I dunno...not nice.

I normally advocate a good, old-fashioned riot. :wink:

Post by **MobsterOO7** » 23 Oct 2008, 01:33

[quote]If the come out with some bs answer that 'we made it that way on purpose' I'll do something....I dunno...not nice.

I normally advocate a good, old-fashioned riot. :wink:

How about a hanging?

By the testicles?

Post by **dopefish** » 23 Oct 2008, 02:38

Game is default 16:9.

Vert+ for 15:9, 16:10, 4:3, 5:4
Vert- for 3x5:4, 3x4:3, 3x16:10, 3x15:9, 3x16:9

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » 23 Oct 2008, 03:20

Game is default 16:9.

Vert+ for 15:9, 16:10, 4:3, 5:4
Vert- for 3x5:4, 3x4:3, 3x16:10, 3x15:9, 3x16:9

It doesnt matter what the default is.

Vert- in Widescreen resolutions when compared to 4:3.

Post by **dopefish** » 23 Oct 2008, 04:59

Sure, but that implies that 4:3 is the default.

It will want to make people "correct" it to match 4:3, when they should be correcting it to match 16:9.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 23 Oct 2008, 09:26

The issue and my screenshot has been posted on .... Kotaku ... please go Digg it !

http://kotaku.com/5067446/far-cry-2s-widescreen-is-all-cropped-up

Also mentioned here ...
http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-220141.aspx
here ...
http://www.examiner.com/r-3067584~Far_Cry_2_s_Widescreen_Is_All_Cropped_Up__Far_Cry_2_.html
here ...
http://clintisageek.com/news/far-cry-2s-widescreen-is-all-cropped-up-far-cry-2
here ...
http://www.xanapa.com/en/n-341588.html
and here ...
http://feedmoo.com/2008/10/22/far-cry-2s-widescreen-is-all-cropped-up-far-cry-2/

Post by **Abram** » 23 Oct 2008, 09:45

Way to get the word out, Paddy. Hopefyll with a stink comparable to teh Bioshock wank, this will be remedied.

But.. i'd settle for a hack. I find it really hard to not play this game, it looks like lots of fun.

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