HOWTO: Far Cry 2

[Sugi]

HowTo: Far Cry 2



The installation went smooth. I just loaded up Far Cry 2 within the explorer "wine explorer /desktop=..." (wine explorer /desktop=Far_Cry_2,1440x900 setup.exe) and I did not install PunkBuster or Desktop Shortcut. The game may work with PunkBuster and Desktop shortcut, but I haven't tested that and I wanted to make sure the installation and the basics of the game worked first.

Then I loaded up the game, (wine explorer /desktop=Far_Cry_2,1440x900 /home/USR/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Ubisoft/Far\ Cry\ 2/bin/FarCry2.exe) and I got a few errors about missing dlls. And those are: d3dx9_38, gdiplus, iphlpapi, psapim, and xinput1_3. So I applied them to them to the bin folder and I also applied a No-CD Patch because of SecuROM. But After that, I loaded up Far Cry 2 again and it worked.





Shorten Version:

cd /media/cdrom0/ && wine explorer /desktop=DEFAULT,1440x900 setup.exe

Untick PunkBuster and Desktop Shortcut
use default installation path "Program Files/Ubisoft/Far Cry 2/"
Finish

After installation, use the dll files I uploaded within this thread "FarCry2.HOWTO.TheDLLp1.tar.gz" & "FarCry2.HOWTO.TheDLLp2.tar.gz".
and extracted them to the bin folder:

cd /home/USR/Desktop/
tar xvf FarCry2.HOWTO.TheDLLsp1.tar.gz && tar xvf FarCry2.HOWTO.TheDLLsp2.tar.gz
wget http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/d3dx9_38.zip?0VEgWFWDkS

Extract the dll file form "d3dx9_38.zip?0VEgWFWDkS" to the "TheDlls" folder

cd TheDLLs && mv * /home/USR/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\Ubisoft/Far\ Cry\ 2/bin\

Load the Game:

cd /home/USR/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Ubisoft/Far\ Cry\ 2/bin && wine explorer /desktop=Far_Cry_2,1440x900 FarCry2.exe

TWEAKS:
Within the Regedit:
wine regedit
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
"UseGLSL"="enabled"

Enjoy

Troubleshooting:
- FarCry2.exe
Make sure you are loading FarCry2.exe not the FC2Launcher, because the launcher isn't working at the moment.
- Video Drivers are too old
I get this error "Your Video Drivers are too old..." when loading FarCry2.exe. I hit OK and it loads the game. I am unsure on how to fix this yet.


PS: I will continue to update this thread to fix any issues and slowness with the Game.



Spec:
Nvidia Card - 7700 GO
Wine 1.1.4 (Not Compiled)
Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Gnome i386




As always,
Enjoy
Sugi

[Jepperen]

Nice! thank you for this guide! Hope i get the game with the mail on monday.

[LokeTheDog]

Hmm, doesn't seem to work for me. This is what I get:

fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x90f6a8,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 53 (SPI_SETTOGGLEKEYS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 51 (SPI_SETFILTERKEYS)
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
fixme:dxgi:CreateDXGIFactory riid {7b7166ec-21c7-44ae-b21a-c9ae321ae369}, factory 0x90f4bc partial stub!
fixme:dxgi:dxgi_factory_EnumAdapters iface 0x1bd6a8, adapter_idx 0, adapter 0x90f4d4 stub!

Which says nothing to me, but maybe someone can translate?

[Sugi]

LokeTheDog, are you running FarCry2.exe or FC2Laucher.exe? Because I couldn't get the Launcher working for some reason. Make sure you got your Video drivers updated and have those dlls in your bin folder. I am using a Nvidia Card 7700 GO. ATI cards are a pain in the butt to get working with Linux and Wine (at least for me and a lot of other people.) Be sides from that, are you using a correct version and working copy of a No-CD patch?

Also, does anyone know how to enable frames per second within the game? console key (~) comes up, but I don't know the command for enable FPS.

[relaxedcrazyman]

thx for the info, just wondering how is the gameplay working? like does it run smoothly or are their problems with it?

[Sugi]

relaxedcrazyman, it's kinda slow, but it's maybe my specs. I am unsure. i am working on some kind of fix or workaround. nice -20 could help, but it's just a crappy workaround. I am working on the some regedits right now.

for nvidia user try the following:
OffscreenRenderingMode = fbo
DirectDrawRenderer = opengl
VideoMemorySize = 512
Let me know if it helps or makes it worse. I am currently using OffscreenRenderingMode = fbo but It doesn't seem help much.

Please, if anyone knows how to enable FPS within the game Far Cry 2. Let me know, I can test my FPS before.

[lundman]

Thanks for all the files, trying with Crossover on Osx, but alas, it ends with:

wine: Call from 0x102e26df to unimplemented function iphlpapi.dll.IcmpCreateFile, aborting

Thanks for the Howto though.

[LokeTheDog]

LokeTheDog, are you running FarCry2.exe or FC2Laucher.exe? Because I couldn't get the Launcher working for some reason. Make sure you got your Video drivers updated and have those dlls in your bin folder. I am using a Nvidia Card 7700 GO. ATI cards are a pain in the butt to get working with Linux and Wine (at least for me and a lot of other people.) Be sides from that, are you using a correct version and working copy of a No-CD patch?

Also, does anyone know how to enable frames per second within the game? console key (~) comes up, but I don't know the command for enable FPS.

I am using a cracked (razor 1911) FarCry2.exe, I've got the files in the right places, I'm using Nvidia 8800 GT (later edition). I think I've got the latest drivers, not sure how to check that.

[knurpht]

anybody knows why i cannot download the tarballs? Have the game, would like to try on openSUSE

[opsi]

Hello,
You don't have an issue with the MSVCR80.dll ? I install it by using winetool, but it doesn't work ...
Someone can provide me help ?
Thx,
Opsi