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Background:
Having used the Graphical Enhancement Suite on moddb.com to improve Far Cry 2's graphics I knew that this game could do better than what Ubisoft delivered the public those many years ago.
However, I wasn't entirely happy with the Graphical Enhancement Suite mod - contrast was too high, shadows and indoors were too dark and overall, while good, it wasn't perfect.
I then found CeeJay (of guru3D.com)'s SweetFX Shader Suite package. SweetFX is similar to FXAA injectors that have been used for the last year or so but instead uses SMAA anti-aliasing and a whole lot of other technologies to change the look of games.
I spent hours upon hours customizing the configuration file in SweetFX to best suit Far Cry 2. I think what I have arrived at is truly excellent and makes the game look amazing. Better still, the mod runs buttery smooth with high FPS.
Installation:
- Copy all files and folders into the bin folder in your Far Cry 2 directory. For steam users this can be found in C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/far cry 2
- The mod will run automatically when you launch the exe or from Steam. I advise against fiddling with settings in-game except for graphical quality.
Troubleshooting:
- Make sure all overlay software is disabled. Overlay software includes FRAPS or other software that displays or records FPS, or in-game video and screenshots.
- I do not believe this mod will work with DirectX 9 so make sure you have DirectX 10 enabled in the game settings.
- If you are getting the Far Cry 2 splash screen but the game doesn't appear to be launching open your nVidia/AMD control panel settings and restore everything to default. Far Cry 2 doesn't like the control panel trying to force its settings on the game.
- It goes without saying but make sure you have the latest patch from Ubisoft installed if you are using a non-Steam version.
- Press SCREEN LOCK on your keyboard to disable/enable the mod in-game. If there is no change then the mod probably isn't running.
- You can take in-game sceenshots using the PRINT SCREEN button which is saved under the Far Cry 2/bin folder as a bitmap image.
Editing:
- You can further modify the config by editing SweetFX_settings.txt in your Far Cry 2/bin folder. If you want to alt-tab and do this in-game you may have to press PAUSE BREAK to reload the changes once you save the txt file
Having used the Graphical Enhancement Suite on moddb.com to improve Far Cry 2's graphics I knew that this game could do better than what Ubisoft delivered the public those many years ago.
However, I wasn't entirely happy with the Graphical Enhancement Suite mod - contrast was too high, shadows and indoors were too dark and overall, while good, it wasn't perfect.
I then found CeeJay (of guru3D.com)'s SweetFX Shader Suite package. SweetFX is similar to FXAA injectors that have been used for the last year or so but instead uses SMAA anti-aliasing and a whole lot of other technologies to change the look of games.
I spent hours upon hours customizing the configuration file in SweetFX to best suit Far Cry 2. I think what I have arrived at is truly excellent and makes the game look amazing. Better still, the mod runs buttery smooth with high FPS.
Installation:
- Copy all files and folders into the bin folder in your Far Cry 2 directory. For steam users this can be found in C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/far cry 2
- The mod will run automatically when you launch the exe or from Steam. I advise against fiddling with settings in-game except for graphical quality.
Troubleshooting:
- Make sure all overlay software is disabled. Overlay software includes FRAPS or other software that displays or records FPS, or in-game video and screenshots.
- I do not believe this mod will work with DirectX 9 so make sure you have DirectX 10 enabled in the game settings.
- If you are getting the Far Cry 2 splash screen but the game doesn't appear to be launching open your nVidia/AMD control panel settings and restore everything to default. Far Cry 2 doesn't like the control panel trying to force its settings on the game.
- It goes without saying but make sure you have the latest patch from Ubisoft installed if you are using a non-Steam version.
- Press SCREEN LOCK on your keyboard to disable/enable the mod in-game. If there is no change then the mod probably isn't running.
- You can take in-game sceenshots using the PRINT SCREEN button which is saved under the Far Cry 2/bin folder as a bitmap image.
Editing:
- You can further modify the config by editing SweetFX_settings.txt in your Far Cry 2/bin folder. If you want to alt-tab and do this in-game you may have to press PAUSE BREAK to reload the changes once you save the txt file
