Far Cry problem

[Guest]

Alright, I just recently installed Windows Vista Ultimate RC 1, and for the
most part, 99% of programs that I have been installing have worked great so
far. The only 2 things that haven't worked so far is:

1. Messenger Mate for AIM
2. Driver installation for my HP 5150 printer

I tried playing FAR CRY, and it loads up fine but once it tries to load a
level, i just get a black screen and it freezes. I recently updated my video
card drivers to the latest NVIDIA Windows vista beta drivers. I have a
Geforce 5500 FX OC (256 MB).

My pc specs are as follows:

COMPAQ Presario with AMD Athlon 64 3400+ processor with 1 GB of RAM and
plenty of hard drive space.

Do you think this has to do with the drivers? Because as far as I can tell,
Far Cry should work in Windows Vista...especially with the claims they make
about games working better.

 

[cbhacking]

Far Cry is not a DirectX 10 game, it uses DX9 (like XP). Try setting Far Cry
to use Compatibility Mode: XP (it's a tab in Properties) and give it another
shot. If necessary, uninstall it and reinstall using Comaptibility mode on
the setup.exe program.

None of my games have failed to work so far, but some have had low
framerates and long load times if I don't set comaptibility mode. I'm also
using ATI, though not a particularly powerful card. I wish you luck, but
YMMV. Vista and its video drivers are still pre-release software.

 

[Guest]

Far Cry works on my system. I asked in your previous post what version of Far
Cry you have. The reason is this: I had the same problem you have when I
installed it on Windows XP initially. This game was bundled with my video
card. I had a version 1.0 of the game. I think when I went to Ubisoft.com the
current patch was 1.12, which I installed and the game worked from that
point. I then later updated to the most current, at the time, 1.13 patch.

Let me reiterate, it works on my copy of Vista RC1 that I used to upgrade
over my existing installation of Windows XP. It may be possible, then, that
Vista automatically used compatibility mode when it upgraded my system, I
don't know and haven't checked.

 

[Chuck]

The usual suggestion is to update the video drivers.
New computers often come with outdated drivers.

Beyond that, you did not list enough information about your new computer to
obtain perhaps more useful or specific comments.