Vista - Far Cry problem

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.

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.


"Joseph Cavallaro Jr." <Joseph Cavallaro Jr.@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:6B4C3F43-DB86-47B6-A987-86372C33D6A9@microsoft.com...
> 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.

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.

"Joseph Cavallaro Jr." wrote:

> 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.

i had recently bought a new computer with vista and install Far Cry and it runs but with one big problem everything is grey, there are no textures or anything does anyone have any solutions?

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.

"eagleheart666" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:a3437d92ade88239e18507001ef49d7a@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

WRONG!!!

FC2 can run DX10 or DX9.....

though for a mid range rig i recommend running it DX9, high to very high 0xAA, if your rig can take it..
this game is UBER intensive on components, i have to make sure the room is cool before i start playing as it just cooks my RAM & causes BSODs (even crysis never heated my machine up like this)

im currently running it on x64 vista with 0 issues, it runs like a dream, so look to your H/W before you blame the OS.

SK