Far Cry dev on leaked 1.4 patch

By Tom Bramwell Published 3 January, 2006

Whatever it is, it's not supported.

Far Cry developer CryTek has cautioned fans who may have gotten their hands on a pre-release 1.4 patch not to apply it lest bad things happen.

The patch, which has been circulating forums and such, allegedly enables newer Radeon graphics cards to play the already-very-pretty tropical first-person shooter using HDR (the shiny stuff Valve whacked in Half-Life 2: Lost Coast) and anti-aliasing, and potentially has some other features. Like a different number.

But CryTek's keen to point out that it's a bit naughty and could be hazardous. Speaking to the Crymod forum, community manager Alexander Marschal said "[t]he pre-release of patch 1.4 is not supported by either CryTek and/or Ubisoft. So it is not recommended to install it since it may damage your Far Cry installation in an unknown way."

The most recent official patch was v1.33, which you can download from the game's official website.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Xerx3s #1 6 years ago

    "...So it is not recommended to install it since it may damage your Far Cry installation in an unknown way."

    Bull. Either it does something wrong and they know what or its fine. You cant say: "It does something wrong, but we dont know what." If they havent tested & QM certified it yet, then they should just say so and point that out.

  • Furbs #2 6 years ago

    Why not? The key word there is "may". Its a non-story, they're just using the standard line when it comes to non-official patches.

  • kangarootoo #3 6 years ago

    "If they havent tested & QM certified it yet, then they should just say so and point that out."

    Considering it hasn't been officially released they aren't really obliged to say anything.

  • Talha #4 6 years ago

    Crytek sure have an illustrious tradition of patches.

  • Pirotic #5 6 years ago

    When they eventually do release the patch you'd have to reinstall the game anyway to take this leaked patch out - and from i recall Farcry takes about 23 hours to install. :p

  • Ryuken #6 6 years ago

    So it's a beta patch, no shock that it ain't supported.

    Ah well, game itself still reigns supreme in that first singleplayer half. Too bad mp still has some bugs.