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    far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Some one help me, i got far cry 2 and when i load it all i get is a window with no picture but the full sound (you can even hear the menu if you use the arrows but no picture). Any one else had this problem.

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    Every other game runs at max settings (inc crysis).

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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    I had this problem with my old Radeon 9600, it told me to update my drivers ( I uninstalled it instead because i have a new pc coming next week) but i'd recommend trying some different drivers.

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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Did you do a clean before installing the 180.42s? i.e. uninstall, reboot to safe mode, run driver sweeper (http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/), reboot, install 180.42's in normal mode (and inevitably reboot).


    I've not tried FC2 yet but i will do tomorrow (same card, same drivers, same OS). Lots of people have benched with that card/drivers so i'd expect it to work.
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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Hello guys thanks for the replys, i had to roll back to the previous driver (178.) and it finnally worked, i wonder why that is?
    I managed to bechmark the game with 180 driver, just couldnt get an image when trying to play the game.

    Dangel: I'm gona try driver sweeper later see if that works, i would rather use the 180 drivers as it gave me roughly 2000 points more on 3dmark vantage.


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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Played it a bit last night on 178.24 - 4X AA with everything thing to absolute max and smooth as butter! If I can stop playing it this morning i'll try the 180.42 set lol
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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Same here, it runs alot better than crysis


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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Just managed to get it working on the 180 drivers (used driversweeper) but it crashes then auto recovers when back on the desktop.
    Tried benchmarking them and the 180 beta seems to be worse than the 178.

    180.43 - 55.65 fps AVG
    178.24 - 61.02 fps AVG

    I'l wait for you to try the 180


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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Find the farcry2.exe in the game folder, right click>properties.

    Disable desktop composition>check.
    Should do the trick.
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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Alternatively:

    Edit the file 'C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2\GamerProfile.xml', and change the setting Maximized="0" to Maximized="1".
    This should get you into the game then you can change settings as you see fit.

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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Quote Originally Posted by NinjaChimp View Post
    Alternatively:

    Edit the file 'C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2\GamerProfile.xml', and change the setting Maximized="0" to Maximized="1".
    This should get you into the game then you can change settings as you see fit.

    Hello !

    I have this same problem and finally found this "GamerProfile.xml'" but i cant change the Maximized="0" to 1 !!

    How can i do it ??

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    Re: far cry 2 HELP black screen only with sound

    Quote Originally Posted by IdiotwithPC View Post
    Hello !

    I have this same problem and finally found this "GamerProfile.xml'" but i cant change the Maximized="0" to 1 !!

    How can i do it ??


    One more thing. is my ATI Radeon 9600 too slow for Far Cry 2 ?

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