Far Cry 2 Crashing at start...

[AphexDreamer]

They are both definitely enabled and 2x AA is there too... no crashing, no issues. Also, this card runs the game like butter at these settings. Framerate claims between 30 and 45 fps (seems faster).

Tip: 'showFps 1' will enable the framerate if you type it into the console.

WOW how interesting.

How did you get it to do that. I've been tinkering with it and can't get both Bloom and HDR on.

To be honest, why would you want both on at the same time anyways. Isn't HDR a replacement for Bloom to begin with.

I'm currently getting the same frames as you, at the same settings, just that HDR's check mark isn't bolded.

 

[LanPartyGuide]

Not sure what I did... it was just there. Here's my setup:

Windows XP 32bit
180.42 beta ForceWare Driver (optimized for Farcry 2)
DirectX 9.0c August 2008
Evga GTX260 Core 216
(I also have a PhysX card I got for $25 but that shouldn't have anything to do with it)

Both ATI and Nvidia released stuff specifically for this game. Perhaps you aren't using one of the two? I posted the links to them on my website www.lanpartyguide.com/farcry2.html

 

[AphexDreamer]

Not sure what I did... it was just there. Here's my setup:

Windows XP 32bit
180.42 beta ForceWare Driver (optimized for Farcry 2)
DirectX 9.0c August 2008
Evga GTX260 Core 216
(I also have a PhysX card I got for $25 but that shouldn't have anything to do with it)

Both ATI and Nvidia released stuff specifically for this game. Perhaps you aren't using one of the two? I posted the links to them on my website www.lanpartyguide.com/farcry2.html

You know what, maybe its cause you are running it in DX9. I'm using 10. Just noticed that. I'll try dX9 I suppose see whats its like.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Yeah If I run in DX9 I can enable both HDR and Bloom, I guess DX10 is default HDR enabled.

By the way DX9 runs soooo much better then DX10 FPS wise, Just trying to figure out whats changed graphically. Since DX10 was playable to begine with, now I can max out aa though.

You can have all of one thing or all of another but you can't have everything at once.

 

[Bytor]

Installed SP1 and everything seems to work great now in game...

Thanks to everyone for your help...

 

[johnnyfiive]

^^^ awesome to hear that. FC2 is great!

 

[twicksisted]

man i cant ait to go home and run my copy
I have it sitting on my desk here at work lol!!!!!!!
(been reading all these threads now so that if i have any probs I know how to fix them )

 

[Bow]

This blows I'm still waiting for mine

 

[snipingkid]

I am having the same problem. I am 99.9% sure that this is an SP1 problem. Installing it should fix it.

I am currently downloading SP1 for Ultimate x64, so I will be able to give you a clean answer within the hour. I basically got to the same point as Bytor.

Updating DX10 did NOT fix the issue.
Disabling Anti Aliasing did NOT fix the issue.
Reducing Resolution did NOT fix the issue.

Only test remaining is SP1. I'll keep you posted.

 

[snipingkid]

um... AphexDreamer, how much do you pay for internet?

These are pretty cool numbers. I barely get 8000 kb/s download and 600kb/s upload. I ping 8ms, and am over 50 miles away from server.

Explain yourself!

 

[snipingkid]

I successfully installed Windows Vista SP1. The immediate quit of the game is no longer happening, however, the game will quit every ten minutes saying the driver has stopped responding.

I have the latest drivers for my GTX 280. Hasn't happened in any game so far.

I've also noticed some stuttering, maybe I should have kept my 9800GX2 after all.

Any idea of what's causing the error?

 

[twicksisted]

I successfully installed Windows Vista SP1. The immediate quit of the game is no longer happening, however, the game will quit every ten minutes saying the driver has stopped responding.

I have the latest drivers for my GTX 280. Hasn't happened in any game so far.

I've also noticed some stuttering, maybe I should have kept my 9800GX2 after all.

Any idea of what's causing the error?

perhaps youve tried this... but i would reccommend if the SP1 fixed the crashing problem to uninstall your nvidia drivers... and do a re-install... this should fix that error

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I dont have SP1 installed on Vista x64 and when I enable AA with the game, it crashes at the fork in the road in game. If I turn off AA it works fine. But now as soon as I get to Pala, it gets to the loading screen and stays there while I can still hear everything going on in the background.

 

[dimmerlight]

Damn, for a "much antecipated game" it sure brings in a lot of headaches :Wtf:

 

[twicksisted]

Damn, for a "much antecipated game" it sure brings in a lot of headaches :Wtf:

have you played it?
-well i have... and have no issues with it... and i think it rocks
I was worried that id have problems... but i dont (for a change as most games give my rig issues)

 

[Sajon]

Hey guys, I also have a problem.
At first I got the problem when just trying to get through that ridiculous intro.. I got to the hotel where "The Jackal" talks to you and it crashed.. and after that it kept crashing before I even got that far..

Then I reinstalled it and it got me far enough to save, that enabled me to play for about 2 - 10 minutes.. until it crashed to desktop.

so obviously that was very annoying, I came here.. read up a bit.. updated my drivers...made sure DX9 was updated.... I ran the game.. and now i get into the game.. and it crashes to desktop INSTANTLY I can't do a thing.

Any ideas?


Windows XP 32-Bit
180.43 beta driver - 8800 Nvidia GT 512mb DDR3
2 gigs OCZ RAM

 

[twicksisted]

Hey guys, I also have a problem.
At first I got the problem when just trying to get through that ridiculous intro.. I got to the hotel where "The Jackal" talks to you and it crashed.. and after that it kept crashing before I even got that far..

Then I reinstalled it and it got me far enough to save, that enabled me to play for about 2 - 10 minutes.. until it crashed to desktop.

so obviously that was very annoying, I came here.. read up a bit.. updated my drivers...made sure DX9 was updated.... I ran the game.. and now i get into the game.. and it crashes to desktop INSTANTLY I can't do a thing.

Any ideas?


Windows XP 32-Bit
180.42 beta driver - 8800 Nvidia GT 512mb DDR3
2 gigs OCZ RAM

go to windows update and update your service packs... thatll cure it for you

 

[Sajon]

The only update my pc can find is
"Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB936181)"

Which I just updated..

Nothing else..

 

[snipingkid]

Yeah, windows rarely finds that SP1 is missing right off the bat.

Windows Vista SP1 x64
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=874A414B-32B2-41CC-BD8B-D71EDA5EC07C

Windows Vista SP1 x86
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B0C7136D-5EBB-413B-89C9-CB3D06D12674

Mine has crashed twice (driver not responding) since getting SP1 on there. Half is fixed, but like another user said, I should just reinstall it.

 

[Sajon]

I wasnt using Vista.

However, I have had a few problems with my pc lately so I decide to bite the bullet, format my drive a few times and install vista ultimate.

now I start the game... and pretty much the exact same thing happens.. O_O

I say pretty much because sometimes it says "Far Cry 2 has stopped working blah blah..
No error message.

I HAVE updated vista until there where none left. Including SP1.


Any ideas?

Starting to get on my nerves

Vista is pretty though.

 

[Sajon]

I just installed the DirectX update aswell and it made no difference.

 

[killer173]

I was having the same issue in Vista 64 bit, I was able to fix it by allowing FarCry 2 to run as administrator.

1. In the games window, right click and click Customize
2. Click edit on the default play mode
3. Click the Compatibility tab
4. Check the run as administrator box
5. Apply and Close

This worked for me, hopefully it works for you too.

 

[Sajon]

Ok, so I ran it as administrator ( Don't know why I didn't think of that before)

And it worked!!!

For about 10 minutes... then it crashed again.... only thing different is that when it crashes it just freezes on whatever I was doing in far cry and then I have to open task manager or press the windows key for it to say "Far cry 2.exe has stopped working.. blah...blah"

I appreciate the help from everyone, and I apologise that it is being such a B**** and not doing as its told xD

 

[LanPartyGuide]

Maybe it has to do with a sound driver or something. I think you can set the sound to a 'safe mode' or something. I know for UT3 that using the wrong sound mode can result in crashing like this.

Also, like I posted on my site, try completely disabling Anti Aliasing. It worked for my buddy.

 

[twicksisted]

Ok, so I ran it as administrator ( Don't know why I didn't think of that before)

And it worked!!!

For about 10 minutes... then it crashed again.... only thing different is that when it crashes it just freezes on whatever I was doing in far cry and then I have to open task manager or press the windows key for it to say "Far cry 2.exe has stopped working.. blah...blah"

I appreciate the help from everyone, and I apologise that it is being such a B**** and not doing as its told xD

uninstall... then re-install the game as administrator...
So basically rightclick the setup.exe file and run that as administrator aswell... ive done it this way in my vista 64bit and have no issues