Farcry with AA patch released

[McArra]

I mean, AA seems to work in nvidia

Downloading, will report back

This is a long awaited HDR + AA patch for Farcry.

Good news, we are seeing feedback on the fact that this patch works for both nVidia graphics cards (GeForce series 6 & 7) as well as the ATI X1000 family Radeon X1300, X1600 and the mighty Radeon X1800 XL and XT series.

To enable HDR and AntiAiasing:

1) Copy/overwrite the files to your existing Farcry game.
2) Start the game and Select your desired FSAA mode (2-4-6) in the Farcry video menu.
3) Go to the console (~) and ...

* type \r_FSAA 2 now press Enter.
* type \r_HDRRendering 1-11 ("7" looks best, "2" is also nice and has better performance) again press Enter, exit the console (~) and enjoy.

Tip: for best performance in outside levels, don't change your "e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio" value, leave it at default = "1.000000"

Issue's with this patch; this is a pre-release beta patch, if you find any issue's you can't hold anyone responsible for this. Use it at your own risk, no support!

Link

 

[nRollo]

Good news for all I guess.
(Far Cry is going to have that "Go Daddy" girl in HDR+AA to get me playing it again)

The thing that is interesting to me about this is possibility for future games I may want to play more.

 

[McArra]

It doesn't work with AA LOL. It works with my 7800GT, but not with AA. Back to normal scenario.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: McArra
It doesn't work with AA LOL. It works with my 7800GT, but not with AA. Back to normal scenario.

Hmmm no one seems to care about this but you and I McCarra. I guess FarCry's time has past.

 

[Matt2]

Doesn't work for you guys? I was just about to blow the dust off my FarCry DVD

 

[CP5670]

Does the patch do anything else? It would be nice if they fixed the performance issues with HDR and SLI.

 

[DeathSlayer]

so they lied?

 

[Ackmed]

AA doesnt work for me either with HDR on a GTX, sadly. Just got a bunch or artifacts.

I agree CP5670, I would be nice if HDR benefited from SLI in Farcry, but it doesnt. Which is pretty ironic, with the "Power of three" PR campain. SM3? Check. SLI? Check. HDR? Check. Yet SLI doesnt speed up HDR in Farcry, a NV stamped game. Oh well. :/

edit, perhaps they thought it worked in Farcry with NV cards, because they have a HL2 screen shot in the link... where NV cards do support HDR+AA.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

I tried it out. For some reason, the AA in Far Cry doesn't work at all anymore, even without HDR. 2X in game artifacts everything, 4X looks the same as none. I tried forcing AA in the Nvidia panel, but it was disabled when I turned on HDR in game. I don't think we have anything concrete until the official patch comes out. Theres no reason for 2X AA to artifact everything without HDR.

 

[RobertR1]

HDR+AA does not work on the 7800 series card, no matter what files you change. The patch works fine for me. I'm going to try to add the 64bit content and see if this patch will still work. If it all goes well, FarCry will be a whole new game (appearance wise)

 

[BFG10K]

I mean, AA seems to work in nvidia

I doubt that very much given nVida hardware cannot support AA while running FP HDR.

To my knowledge Crytek have not implemented an alt form of HDR like HL2.

 

[Sc4freak]

Originally posted by: RobertR1

HDR+AA does not work on the 7800 series card, no matter what files you change. The patch works fine for me. I'm going to try to add the 64bit content and see if this patch will still work. If it all goes well, FarCry will be a whole new game (appearance wise)

Yes, no matter what you do, a 6x00/7x00 card simply can't do HDR + AA due to a hardware limitation.

I think SSAA works though?

 

[Xenofin]

Yeah, tried this patch yesterday with my 7800GT and AMD64 X2 3800+ and noticed it is HDR OR AA. HDR is sometimes beautiful, especially when looking into bright scenes inside buildings or caves. However, I do not like the jagginess and overly sharp objects when not having AA. Forest looks messy and I miss that mist in large outdoor scenes. Also, I noticed few peculiarities with some weapons: Missile launcher missed proper targeting window, rifles got full ammo all the time etc. I'm definitely going back to version 1.33 and trying next that 64-bit enhancement hack for 32-bit XP. I am disppointed that NVidia did not apply HDR+AA in their 78XX seried GPU. Seems that I have to look for those new GPUs in H2/06 but I'm not willing to pay over 500$.

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: Sc4freak

Originally posted by: RobertR1

HDR+AA does not work on the 7800 series card, no matter what files you change. The patch works fine for me. I'm going to try to add the 64bit content and see if this patch will still work. If it all goes well, FarCry will be a whole new game (appearance wise)

Yes, no matter what you do, a 6x00/7x00 card simply can't do HDR + AA due to a hardware limitation.

I think SSAA works though?

There is no type of AA that can be used with this style of HDR on any current nvidia card. This only applies to th HDR style implemented in FarCry, Serious Sam2 and SC:CT, although there is no HDR+AA patch for SC:CT for Ati cards yet.
You can, however run HDR + AA in Source based Valve games on your nvidia card.

 

[BFG10K]

I think SSAA works though?

I don't believe any form of AA works with FP HDR.

 

[RampantAndroid]

Can someone truly confirm or deny whether this works on nV cards?

I've seen some people say it does elsewhere....and here McArra posted it doesn't....

If it doesn't....WAHHHH!

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: RampantAndroid
Can someone truly confirm or deny whether this works on nV cards?

I've seen some people say it does elsewhere....and here McArra posted it doesn't....

If it doesn't....WAHHHH!

It's a 100% guarantee that this does not work on nvidia cards because the hardware doesn't support it. It's like hoping for Heated seats when the car doesn't even have the option for it.

 

[RampantAndroid]

They can be heated if you light a fire under them using the useless included cigarette lighter....crap that was an option too!

OK, thanks. I won't even bother installing. I thought it was all about how the HW did it, go ATi for coming up with the solution. Question is, will that method of HDR catch on with the one Valve did out there that has a smaller performance hit?

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: RampantAndroid
They can be heated if you light a fire under them using the useless included cigarette lighter....crap that was an option too!

OK, thanks. I won't even bother installing. I thought it was all about how the HW did it, go ATi for coming up with the solution. Question is, will that method of HDR catch on with the one Valve did out there that has a smaller performance hit?

Valve implementation doesn't seem as good as FarCry's in my opinion. Valve's seems more like bloom effect and it does have a pretty high hit. Example: lost coast.

 

[RampantAndroid]

yeah, it does look better....but they aren't going to be able to sell to only half of the market out there (although I think nV holds a little bit more that half the market from what I'd seen in some surveys?)

It'd be like writing a game to only work with SLI or Crossfire (though not as severe). I imagine not many people would buy if one of the new fandangled features doesn't work for them. And I'm not about to buy a new $400 card just to play some newer games...I upgrade spareingly.

EDIT: Its WELL less than half the market, its only the next x1x00 cards that can do AA+HDR, right? That'll never get a developer any great number of sales.

 

[Sc4freak]

You could argue the exact same thing when HDR first made its appearance in FarCry. Back then, only Nvidia cards supported it. But now, Nvidia cards can at least run it. Just without AA.

And Nvidia holds nowhere near 50% of the market. Neither does ATI. Most of the graphics market is held by Intel's integrated graphics.

 

[RampantAndroid]

Well, I'm reall yonly encluding enthusiast graphics. I know Intel is trying to get there, but AFAIK they aren't there yet. So, I put it at ATi vs nV.

Well, I also place the intial Far Cry HDR different: it was added after the game was released. It was in no way something that Ubisoft marketed to gain sales.

I am refferring to games that will try to sell by having HDR added in...

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Sc4freak
And Nvidia holds nowhere near 50% of the market. Neither does ATI. Most of the graphics market is held by Intel's integrated graphics.

When people talk about the video market, they tend to refer to video cards, not all video chipsets. Gamers don't use intel graphics, as they aren't supported nor work for most games properly. ATI, on the other hand, has an onboard graphics chipset you can use in some games, but you still don't count that.