Far Cry Patch Error - Please Help!

Warpy · Nov 7, 2004, 04:22 AM

Guys I am at a huge loss here, been trying to work through this for the past 3 hrs....

I have just installed Far Cry and applied the new 1.3 patch and I get this error msg:

Does anyone know how to fix this? It occurs during install of the new patch. I have ran reg scans and removed dead Far Cry links after a total uninstall and still no joy, I have also downloaded the 1.3 patch from 5 different sources

~~Darkoz~~ · Nov 8, 2004, 03:02 AM

I don't know exactly what's causing that error Funky Monkey, but I do know that even after un-installing the game and running a reg. cleaner, there was still a large amount of stray FarCry files left in the registry.

I found over 80 left over files in the registry after un-installing it, so I manually searched through the registry and removed all the files.
If all else fails, try un-installing the game again and manually search the registry yourself and delete all the stray files.
After doing this, I've had no problems with the game and 1.3 patch.

Warpy · Nov 8, 2004, 08:58 AM

Hello Darkoz.

I have discovered what the error is due too. Its a Windows XP installer corruption. I have tried to repair Windows XP, but I ran into many problems since; inc IRQ conflicts during bootup which led too blue screens. I have reinstalled Windows XP from a ghost image I made several weeks back and Far Cry works now with the latest patch applied.

I must have installed that game at least 7 times.