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Wine version: 1.1.8
Distribution: Debian
Distribution version: Lenny X86_64 (Testing)
Graphic card: Nvidia Geforce 7800GS (512 Mo version)
Graphic card driver: 177.82
Comments:
-The Geometry option must be set to high to prevent the "brown shadow" bug that takes up the whole screen when you get near water.
-The resolution should not be changed in-game. you should edit the GamerProfile.xml to change it.
-A tool to configure both the geometry and resolution will be available with POL 3.1.4.
-Setting everything to "high" will make the FPS drop sharply, I wouldn't recommend it.
-HDR does not work for this game.




Have a good game

by Gnu_Raziel

Edited by Salvatos

i have a problem.. it does not work.. or at least.. zip files are invalid:

[code=console]--2008-11-20 23:36:31-- http://www.playonmac.com/script_files//setups/FarCry2/left.jpg
Risoluzione di www.playonlinux.com... 91.121.67.171
Connessione a www.playonlinux.com|91.121.67.171|:80... connesso.
HTTP richiesta inviata, in attesa di risposta... 200 OK
Lunghezza: 16853 (16K) [image/jpeg]
Salvataggio in: "left.jpg"

100%[======================================>] 16.853 64,0K/s in 0,3s

2008-11-20 23:36:32 (64,0 KB/s) - "left.jpg" salvato [16853/16853]

wine: created the configuration directory '/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/FarCry2'
Could not load Mozilla. HTML rendering will be disabled.
wine: configuration in '/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/FarCry2' has been updated.
Setting Program Files' var
Note: wineprefixcreate is deprecated and shouldn't be needed anymore.
WINEPREFIX creation and updates now happen automatically when needed.

Could not load Mozilla. HTML rendering will be disabled.
wine: configuration in '/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/FarCry2' has been updated.
Archive: /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_dll_update.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_dll_update.zip or
/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_dll_update.zip.zip, and cannot find /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_dll_update.zip.ZIP, period.
Archive: /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/gdiplus.dll.zip
inflating: gdiplus.dll
Archive: /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/dxgi.dll.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/dxgi.dll.zip or
/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/dxgi.dll.zip.zip, and cannot find /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/dxgi.dll.zip.ZIP, period.
wine: cannot find 'c:\windows\temp\D3DX9_dll_update\Install\DXSETUP.exe'
Archive: /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_38_dll_(32Bit_2008_06_June).zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_38_dll_(32Bit_2008_06_June).zip or
/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_38_dll_(32Bit_2008_06_June).zip.zip, and cannot find /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_38_dll_(32Bit_2008_06_June).zip.ZIP, period.
wine: cannot find 'c:\windows\temp\/D3DX9_38_dll_(32Bit_2008_06_June)\Install\DXSETUP.exe'
Archive: /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/X_dll_update.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/X_dll_update.zip or
/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/X_dll_update.zip.zip, and cannot find /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/X_dll_update.zip.ZIP, period.
wine: cannot find 'c:\windows\temp\X_dll_update\Install\DXSETUP.exe'
wine: cannot find 'd:\setup.exe'
--2008-11-20 23:37:57-- http://www.playonmac.com/script_files//icones/FarCry2.xpm
Risoluzione di www.playonlinux.com... 91.121.67.171
Connessione a www.playonlinux.com|91.121.67.171|:80... connesso.
HTTP richiesta inviata, in attesa di risposta... 200 OK
Lunghezza: 14919 (15K) [image/x-xpixmap]
Salvataggio in: "FarCry2.xpm"

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anubis@Hp-Linux:~> playonlinux
PlayOnLinux v3.1.3

Checking python : [ Ok ]
Running Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2: line 4: cd: /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/FarCry2/drive_c/Program Files/Ubisoft/Far Cry 2/bin/: No such file or directory
wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\FarCry2.exe": Module not found
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Edited by Anubis

Retry the installation, it must workd now

i remove .PlayOnLinux folder and refreshed repository too.. nothing change...

i'm sorry

Should be fixed now, test it and report plz

Sorry for that, i'm not at home so I can't test it myself.

Edit : fixed a link problem (without cofee i'm not fully operationnal) ^^

Edited by GNU_Raziel

it wont work

hi, problem is not the link.. but installations does not start at all... that are my steps...

rm -rf .PlayOnLinix

then i lunch playonlinux (3.1.3)

i get fonts... then i choose to install.. i refresh repository than i start far cry installation.

cd mount point: /home/anubis/Desktop/farcry (i have no cd, is an iso, but should be the same, installing using the "simple" wine, infact, works)

i followed all instructions... it download some .zip files THAT ARE DEMAGED i think... infact...

Archive: /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_dll_update.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_dll_update.zip or
/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_dll_update.zip.zip, and cannot find /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/D3DX9_dll_update.zip.ZIP, period.

if i try to manually extract, ark tell me that files are invalid zip files. any way going on with instructions far cry installation does not start at all..

"wine: cannot find 'd:\setup.exe' "


it maybe usefull:

anubis@Hp-Linux:~/Desktop/cd> ls
app.ico autorun.inf data2.cab ISSetup.dll _Setup.dll setup.inx
autoplay data1.cab Executables layout.bin setup.exe Support
autorun.exe data1.hdr Far Cry 2 Razor setup.bmp setup.ini

Edited by Anubis

What framerates do you have?

My pure-wine installation keeps stable 15-20fps 1680x1050 all details to low/medium (except geometry to high due to brown fog), 2.4 GHz Quad core, GF 8800 GT.

I noticed that:
- FPS is almost constant under every resolution
- game is hardly playable due to lagging mouse (which is VERY annoying), do you also experience that?

tip:

open console (~) and type "showFPS 1"

@ bbkr:

it dows not works.. faile here:

anubis@Hp-Linux:~/.wine/drive_c/Programmi/Ubisoft/Far Cry 2/bin> wine FarCry2.exe
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x90f6c8,0x00000000), 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 0x148d80, adapter_idx 0, adapter 0x90f4d4 stub!

It is now tested and fixed

And for the record, i have ~30-40fps with ALL settings on "low" (expect the geometry to avoid the brownish shade problem) but as soon as I up an option my fps drop to ~10-15fps.

I do not have particular problem with mouse, if you have some, try setting the MouseOverride option to force with the Advanced Wine Configuration plugin.

directx stuffs looks fixed, but is still not able to find setup.exe so it is not installed:

wine: cannot find 'd:\setup.exe'

anubis@Hp-Linux:/media/cdrom> ls
app.ico autorun.inf data2.cab ISSetup.dll _Setup.dll setup.inx
autoplay data1.cab Executables layout.bin setup.exe Support
autorun.exe data1.hdr Far Cry 2 Razor setup.bmp setup.ini


have to set up winecfg?

work around creating a simlink between /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/FarCry2/dosdevices/d: and /media/cdrom...

anyway it wont start... i can see a small black windows and then nothing..

any way this file: dxgi.dll.zip seems to be the last invalid zip file

Edited by Anubis

ok, now, all should be fixed (god I hate thoses "working when i want" links)...

Try it and report plz.

dxgi zip archive still invalid:

Archive: /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/dxgi.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/dxgi.zip or


i got a working version here:

http://www.down-dll.com/dll/d/dxgi.dll.zip

anyway you fixed "d: drive" problem.. farcry installation start and succeded...

farcry starts too but crash after a couple of minutes (when the taxy driver how me the airplain...)

wine version 1.1.9 how can i debug it?

---edit---

even using wine 1.1.8 (from manage wine version tab) it crash .. some seconds later... but still crash

Edited by Anubis

np, this link is also bad (it's the first i used), because, this site too use cookies to disable direct dl (in other words, you cannot dl the file until you open the related webpage with your browser), it will be hosted tomorrow on MulX server, you can dl this file and place it in the $HOME/.PlayOnLinux/ressources/ folder by yourself until then, the installer will detect it and skip the download.

And sorry Anubis, i do not have crash during the "road trip" scene, the game never crashed for me (I played 2 hours in a row). Maybe some regression with wine 1.1.9, try with wine 1.1.8 (test version for this game)using Manage Wine Versions option in POL.

we wrote in same time:

even using wine 1.1.8 (from manage wine version tab) it crash .. some seconds later... but still crash

nvidia drivers 173.14

nvidia GE forceGO 8400 512MB

---edit---

i have that debug:

http://pastebin.com/f67d0150d

maybe old video drivers?

i got this too:

anubis@Hp-Linux:~/.PlayOnLinux/configurations/installed> ./Far\ Cry\ 2
Could not load Mozilla. HTML rendering will be disabled.
wine: configuration in '/home/anubis/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/FarCry2' has been updated.
Trying to load PE image for unsupported architecture (AMD-64)
Trying to load PE image for unsupported architecture (AMD-64)
Trying to load PE image for unsupported architecture (AMD-64)
Trying to load PE image for unsupported architecture (AMD-64)
WARNING: Trying to use ICMP (network ping) will fail unless running as root
Trying to load PE image for unsupported architecture (AMD-64)

and i am on a 32 bit system

---edit---

even upgrading drivers to last version still crash

Edited by Anubis

There indeed something wrong with your system...

BTW, the last link problem is solved

Fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10, wine 1.0.1, POL 3.1.3 (installed about 4 hours ago)
Using a GeForce 7600 GS I get two error messages:

"Your video drivers are too old. Please update them."
I get the same message when running the game in WinXP and clicking OK allows me to play the game for hours without any problems.

But under wine I get another one:
"Could not find suitable display settings!"
I click ok and the show ends.

floyd@prodigit:~$ env WINEPREFIX="/home/floyd/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/FarCry2/" wine "C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Far Cry 2\bin\FarCry2.exe"

I have left out a TON of 'fixme' lines, see below...

err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1
err:ole:CoUninitialize Mismatched CoUninitialize

I'm an absolute newbie to wine/POL so I have no idea what you need. The full dump can be found here: http://floyd.atc.no/share/fc2.txt

You need wine 1.1.8 to make Far Cry 2 working, use Manage Wine Versions option in POL to download and assign this version to FC2.

Used 'Manage Wine Versions' to install 1.1.8, assigned it to FC2: Same result.
Upgraded to POL 3.2, reinstalled FC2, re-assigned wine 1.1.8: Same result.