The inclusion of CD images in this release leads me to wonder if this is the original retail version? Or have they somehow patched the images? Can anyone reveal which version the game is at?
Also, there was originally a 64bit patch for FarCry. Is that included, or can the original 64bit patch be applied to the GOG version?

Hey I had that on my Geforce 4 back in the day. It fluctuated between that and no textures with torn polygons, seemed to depend on where I was at the time.
Thanks, I'll catch weclock yet!

Hi Grah. Sorry for replying to an older entry, but I read through this and thought I'd mention that I think Wishbone is referring to an optional 64-bit patch that was released for Far Cry. The 64-bit patch increased view distance and changed textures slightly. It was designed to take advantage of 64-bit AMD CPUs (hence why it was an optional install). It can be made to run on 64-bit Intel CPUs too, but it is not a requirement to install the patch if you have a 64-bit OS. I have it installed from a Sold-Out installer and my machine is 64-bit, but I use the 32-bit game.
I don't think you'd apply this by default in case it stopped 32-bit OS users from playing, but it would be interesting to know if the 64-bit patch works.

Yes the original 64bit updates work. Yes there are 2 of them, 1 is the 64bit upgrade and the other is a content update. I am running the GOG version with both 64bit upgrades installed in Vista Ultimate 64bit. I have had zero issues. I replaced my old 5 CD retail copy with GOG's version for ease of install when I Reformat my system. The 64bit upgrade does remove the CD check for those wondering, but we don't worry about that with GOG. I hate switching in and out CD/DVDs almost as much as DRM. I want to send a HUGE thanks to the GOG Team for this great site.

i have vista 64 and i cant get the game to work with the patch applied. i put the latest 1.4 patch and when i start the game everything looks white. if i run the game from the bin32 folder i get the msvcr71.dll error. when i download the dll and drop it in the sys32 folder it still tells me the dll file is missing.

ok, how about the mutilplayer opening all the browser windows?

Still have this problem...on teh multiplayer select an then selecting "internet" a bazillion browser windows open. How to fix this?

The latest patch, on Steam and elsewhere, makes the enemies see and shoot through tents and such. You guys are saying that is NOT true of the GOG release?

If that's true I'll re-buy it.

I had enemies shooting at me through tents on the gog version. They also tried to shoot through trees but that might be the original AI.

Use the FCAM mod to get rid of that. ;)

so can this gog version be repatched with FCAM and also, is it compatible with Delta Sector (presumably DS2?)

FCAM works with the GOG version.

FWIW, I did not patch it, and this only occasionally happened to me. That said, I mostly cleared camps at sniper range, but on several occasions I was able to hide in a canvas-walled building as enemies approached along the side [and at least once, I got *them* through the wall]. I think it's just that they can get a fix on you if you make too much noise, although it seemed that their accuracy was poor when firing through walls. The game might just be treating canvas walls as heavy cover.

yeah i'm desappointed that crytek did not fix this bug about the enemies shootin through the tents, is really annoying.
i keep downloading fcam and is confusing as there is alot of versions and patches plus my anti-virus detects a malware on them.
gosh! i wish there was a simple small hotfix for this bug

FCAM is currently a work in progress and so there are a number of patches.
First off, if you want to use the currently available version of FCAM, download the FCAM 1.7 and use that. There is also a smaller patch to update it to 1.81. The third file is only there for some botmatch maps.

I think on the FCAM moddb page that some others have mentioned about a false positive virus notification with the 1.81 patch, and I think it was Avira that flagged it. The author is aware of it, though, and will check it out.

I know this is an old thread but anyway.

In short the GOG version of FarCry is 32bit only, not 64bit.

Just because it's working on a 64bit system doesn't mean the 64bit patch has been applied. Pretty much all Win 32bit applications run fine on a Windows 64bit operating system.

Also the following from Grah (GOG.com Team) indicates that it is the 32bit version of the game, since v1.4 of FarCry is for 32bit only as stated in the changelog for FarCry patch v1.4. As far as I remember FarCry 64bit is only with v1.32. Though a sure way to check if it's 32 or 64 bit, on a 64bit version of Windows. Start the game then open the Windows Task Manager and check the Processes tab for FarCry.exe, if it has *32 next to it then it's only 32bit, if not then it's a native 64bit application.

If you're on a 32bit version of Windows running a 64bit application simply won't work. Though FarCry 64bit should have a folder called "Bin64" in the game folder with the 64bit exe inside, if that isn't there then it's only the 32bit version and it's using the exe in the "Bin32" folder.

Unless you're able to apply the old v1.32 64bit patch to the GOG version you're pretty much stuck with a GOG 32bit version which means you won't have things like... I know the FCAM mod has better textures included so that could help improve the 32bit version, but I don't know if it includes the other benefits of the 64bit version of the game.

Fortunately FarCry is an old game so a 32bit system should be able to handle almost anything FarCry will throw at it, the only real benefit to 64bit games is potentially having access to more memory (RAM) as a 32bit system can only handle 4GB of memory (this includes both system RAM and graphics card RAM), if you have more than 4GB installed it won't be used. However many 32bit applications won't be able to use all the memory unless they're Large Address Aware (LBA), you could use something to make the 32bit FarCry.exe LBA so it can access more memory.