miller11568 wrote on 2024-12-13, 17:08:

Can anyone analyze this screenshot I've uploaded for bugs? Tried dgVoodoo but it failed.

Dege tried, but he failed to help:
Re: dgVodooo 2.8.x and related WIP versions

Can you modify Cry3DEngine.dll, XRenderD3D9.dll or other DLLs to fix the empty scene and fog bug using a hex editor?

Oh it's Mr Hex edit again.

Everything can be solved with a hex editor.

Always. 0xdead

What file offset or address from XRenderD3D9.dll or cg.dll do I find and hex edit to fix this?

Try a random one. You might get lucky and the hex editing genie will appear.

miller11568 wrote on 2025-01-08, 14:30:

What file offset or address from XRenderD3D9.dll or cg.dll do I find and hex edit to fix this?

One thing you can do is keep the newer DLLs of these files and put it over to the older game. And maybe same with the executable hoping the main issues disappear?
(genuine advice)

I've got this problem in Windows 7. I could never successfully run the 64bit patch however, despite installing from the US retail release. I know from experience, that localized releases (like Czech and Polish) will fail on amd64 because the installer is tardy.

Alright I just tried it with a different release of Far Cry that comes on CDs. From what I read, this is the real retail release and what I had was, what I later discovered, a poorly stitched together DVD iso with parts stolen from Deus Ex.
These are the files you're looking for, for a good Far Cry experience:

1f5db7f6797170d07118920326ca0aac9325db9917d3caebc99c51742ba5516af  farcry1_1.iso
2d1663c145bb858f99385cc566ccf85d4429c2d53a5021f77d150f98f6332fb04  farcry1_2.iso
3dc042625c4c9174485951e0a57cc50a401d69cf144f8853216876d0295e86eb8  farcry1_3.iso
457822524c577e3ff5f8aef2977978b9305922eb605ff3257008e2fb0d4df3ad6  farcry1_4.iso
5a83288481235b5784a644cf03f9e347396d8ad5d34ff160c53b6af530297db84  farcry1_5.iso
6c4a097bc27a6472b0babffcdf8d530ae84efcfe8d6b5589b28a65c093f618e7c  farcry_amd64upgrade_us_uk_fp.exe

The patch in there provides 1.32 for amd64 and guess what - it doesn't have the fog issue. And it probably doesn't have the AI issue by virtue of not being 1.4.