The far cry 2 thread!

[ShadowFold]

Anyone know how to make single player maps in the map maker? I cant get online yet*COUGH COUGH* and I have some good ideas for some campaigns.

[oli_ramsay]

I still can't understand how they've made it look as/more beautiful than Crysis and maintain a decent framerate.

Anyways, can someone please help me. I keep finding these tapes and I don't know where the guy is who needs them. There was a writer/author who was in 'Mike's Bar' who said he wanted them, but I have no idea where he is now

Thanks

[ShadowFold]

Originally Posted by oli_ramsay

I still can't understand how they've made it look as/more beautiful than Crysis and maintain a decent framerate.

Anyways, can someone please help me. I keep finding these tapes and I don't know where the guy is who needs them. There was a writer/author who was in 'Mike's Bar' who said he wanted them, but I have no idea where he is now

Thanks

I think you take them to those power tower things.

[johnnyfiive]

DX9 + Ultra High + 2xAA = Awesome results for my setup.





1440x900 - DX9 - Ultra High - 4XAA - Average FPS is: 38FPS. Not too shabby.

[ShadowFold]

Crytek didn't even have an open world. They were just levels.. Open them up in the map maker, each level is different and its not even that open. FarCry 2 is one huge map and it still runs 10x better which is pitiful on crytek's part.

[entsyymi]

Originally Posted by batmang

I know. I feel so sad everytime I see the logo.

Who mentioned my avatar? D

Anyway, the game rocks. Only thing that bothers me is that it randomly just shuts down to the desktop, with no errors. Great to lose an hour of not saving the game =/. Might be because my "real" version is still on mail ^^.

[johnnyfiive]

^^^ Doh, thats a crappy problem! Very nice avatar btw!

[rampage]

hmmm it looks like my rig is running this like shit, i dont have screenies of the bechmarks as i am at work, but from what i rember with my e8600 @ 4.33 ghz and gtx280 at stock with 8 GB or ram with the test ran at 1680#1050 i was scoring a max of 57fps, Min of 20 and average of 30 .... i am on slightly dated drivers so it looks like i will have to give the new beta's as go when i get home - - - are they ment to give much of a boost ?

bty im about 2 hrs in and haveing lost of fun with the flare gun ... ... dose anyone know what the ammo upgrades do ??? i thought they added more to the MAX you could carry but i havent seen what it dose

[CY:G]

Anyone else having problems loading custom maps in the editor?, mine throw a weird error when i hit continue it loads the stage without any of the scenery changes i have made, it only shows the objects...

[twicksisted]

Originally Posted by rampage

hmmm it looks like my rig is running this like shit, i dont have screenies of the bechmarks as i am at work, but from what i rember with my e8600 @ 4.33 ghz and gtx280 at stock with 8 GB or ram with the test ran at 1680#1050 i was scoring a max of 57fps, Min of 20 and average of 30 .... i am on slightly dated drivers so it looks like i will have to give the new beta's as go when i get home - - - are they ment to give much of a boost ?

bty im about 2 hrs in and haveing lost of fun with the flare gun ... ... dose anyone know what the ammo upgrades do ??? i thought they added more to the MAX you could carry but i havent seen what it dose

ahve you tried running your system at stock speed?
Ive been reading issues with the game the whole day and a lot of people seem to have issues with overclocked gfx cards... (cpu's possibly too not sure)

[johnnyfiive]

My 3870's are running at 840/1141 and it seems to be working fine for me. I wonder if its just an NVidia issue? Thats really strange how an overclocked card can hinder performance in a specific game.

[rampage]

Originally Posted by twicksisted

ahve you tried running your system at stock speed?
Ive been reading issues with the game the whole day and a lot of people seem to have issues with overclocked gfx cards... (cpu's possibly too not sure)

GfX card is at stock and i have played and tested with stock cpu speed (3.33 ghz) and benchmark scores were down buy a few fps with the slower cpu

[olithereal]

The game is freaking amazing and the graphics are great as well.

[Kwod]

Originally Posted by entsyymi

Who mentioned my avatar? D

^^.

Another fan of your avatar

[DrPepper]

Well it certainly runs better than crysis but it doesn't look half as good.

[Psychoholic]

I think it does, in some ways i think it looks better than crysis.

Originally Posted by DrPepper

Well it certainly runs better than crysis but it doesn't look half as good.

[johnnyfiive]

Originally Posted by Psychoholic

I think it does, in some ways i think it looks better than crysis.

I agree.

[newconroer]

Originally Posted by Kursah

TBH, didn't bother me that much at all...it's noticable, but could've been worse. I was too busy enjoying the game. Doesn't have to be perfect, and no game ever will be! But I bet it'll be patched sooner than later!

Yes, but it's also a matter of principle. It's about time developers stopped using this method to filter textures; I suppose it's not as bad as the sprites popping up.

Originally Posted by ShadowFold

Crytek didn't even have an open world. They were just levels.. Open them up in the map maker, each level is different and its not even that open. FarCry 2 is one huge map and it still runs 10x better which is pitiful on crytek's part.

Can't agree there on two fronts.

1. "Open world," is an over-used term, that's never really true. And it should never be a selling point except for an adventure or MMO type game. The majority of people are not going to be 'exploring,' and for those that do, they eventually tire of doing nothing but running around the same old scenery.

2. Crysis came out well before FC2 as you know, enough time has passed for them to learn about and make necessary adjustments regarding DX10. Warhead for me runs a tad smoother than FC2, but they both run at acceptable/competitive frame rates. Which shows Crytek has capitalized just as much as Ubisoft.


I'm still surprised at how many people think FC2 looks better than Warhead. Maybe in their 'minds eye,' but in reality, it has now where near the attention to detail, depth or density that Warhead does. The fact that Warhead can provide that much content and have comparitive frames to FC2 I think says more positive about the CryEngine than it does Dunia.


The more I play, although I enjoy it a lot, the weapons and the action and movement feels like it's a total conversion mod for one of the older Call of Duty games - except with modern physics properties. So it doesn't impress me, but it doesn't have to Tacos don't impress me, but I sure like eating them.

[DrPepper]

Originally Posted by Psychoholic

I think it does, in some ways i think it looks better than crysis.

Originally Posted by batmang

I agree.

You two are on my hitlist for disagreeing with me So far imo the game didn't wow omg this is better than cocaine kinda intro and when I started playing i was kinda like where is it going is it linear or open ended story mode.

[Kwod]

Originally Posted by newconroer

2.

I'm still surprised at how many people think FC2 looks better than Warhead. Maybe in their 'minds eye,' but in reality, it has now where near the attention to detail, depth or density that Warhead does. .

I like Warheads graphics, but gameplay and weapons didn't thrill me.........so I'm curious whether you prefer WH or FC2 for gameplay and weapons?

[jaxxxon]

I'm very impressed so far, game runs fine at high settings on my X1900XT! Upgrading to HD4850 tomorrow, I'll be able to go DX10 then

Is there much diff between dx9 & 10? Can anyone do a comparison?

[erocker]

So far for me DX10 results in stuttering. DX9 works fine.

[olithereal]

the game crash for no reason every 10-15 mins for me, it doesn't show any of the usual window you get when something crash, the game just close to desktop for no freaking reasons.

[EviLZeD]

I had a few issues with the game crashing after an hour or so sometimes while during a quick load and whenever i attempted to change resolution but ever since i downgraded back to the 178.24 drivers its been perfectly fine again

[AphexDreamer]

Originally Posted by newconroer

I'm still surprised at how many people think FC2 looks better than Warhead. Maybe in their 'minds eye,' but in reality, it has now where near the attention to detail, depth or density that Warhead does. The fact that Warhead can provide that much content and have comparitive frames to FC2 I think says more positive about the CryEngine than it does Dunia.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.