Farcry 2 issue

duezeone · 03-22-2009, 08:14 PM

When I play Far cry 2 I use the alt+enter to put it at full-screen. When it goes to full-screen everything is green with slight changes in color that allow me to decipher what the menu says and stuff. When it is in windowed mode it is perfectly fine. Any ideas? NVidia drivers are up to date. I am running a 9800GTX+ with 2GB RAM and AMD Athlon X2 4200+

<Syntax> Zero · 03-22-2009, 10:18 PM

Does it look normal before you use Alt+Enter to go fullscreen?

Mcninjaguy · 03-22-2009, 10:48 PM

post your GPU temps
http://www.filehippo.com/download_gpuz/

duezeone · 03-23-2009, 02:30 PM

yeah it looks normal in windowed mode. My GPU temp will idle around 50 Celsius.

Tiber Septim · 03-23-2009, 07:18 PM

Have you tried running the game as fullscreen normally (no windowed mode).

Are you able to test what your GPU temp is under load, any game will do.
Are you able to take a screenshot of the green menu? It may help us narrow down the problem.

duezeone · 03-24-2009, 12:11 AM

yeah it runs fine in fallout 3 and COD4. im not sure how to get it to not run in windowed mode. when I take an SS and try to paste it into my photo program it is pure black

**RockmasteR** · 03-24-2009, 05:40 AM

try this fix :
Go in your (user)\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2 folder and open up GamerProfile.xml. (to open that, right click on it and choose open with, open it with notepad)
Find (Maximized="0") change it to a 1 and save
try the game

duezeone · 03-24-2009, 02:00 PM

Just tried it. When i set maximize to 1 the game was like 4x too large for my screen and I could only see 1/4 of the game, but everything was the correct color. Then i tried fullscreen=1 and it started in full screen, but again everything was green.

P.S. dont think i was clear enough earlier but my GPU temp under load is 50 celsius. when browsing internet/whatever else it is around 35

duezeone · 03-24-2009, 02:01 PM

decided maybe if i just post the entire gamer profile maybe you guys can pick out a setting that is messing it up.

<GamerProfile>
<SoundProfile MusicEnabled="1" MasterVolume="100" />
<RenderProfile MultiSampleMode="2" AlphaToCoverage="1" ResolutionX="1280" ResolutionY="720" Quality="customd3d10" Fullscreen="1" Maximized="0" ForceWidescreen="0" WidescreenFOV="1" AspectRatio="0" VSync="0" RefreshRate="60" DisableMip0Loading="0" MaxDriverBufferedFrames="0" Platform="d3d10a" ShowFPS="0" ClustersZPassMaxLOD="1" Brightness="1" Contrast="1" GammaRamp="1.085" GammaRampR="1" GammaRampG="1" GammaRampB="1" AllowAsynchShaderLoading="1">
<CustomQuality>
<quality ResolutionX="800" ResolutionY="600" EnvironmentQuality="high" AntiPortalQuality="high" PostFxQuality="high" TextureQuality="high" TextureResolutionQuality="high" WaterQuality="high" DepthPassQuality="d3d10" VegetationQuality="high" TerrainQuality="high" GeometryQuality="high" AmbientQuality="high" ShadowQuality="high" Hdr="1" HdrFP32="0" Bloom="1" id="custom" />
<quality ResolutionX="800" ResolutionY="600" EnvironmentQuality="high" AntiPortalQuality="high" PostFxQuality="high" TextureQuality="high" TextureResolutionQuality="high" WaterQuality="high" DepthPassQuality="d3d10" VegetationQuality="high" TerrainQuality="high" GeometryQuality="high" AmbientQuality="high" ShadowQuality="high" Hdr="1" HdrFP32="1" Bloom="1" id="customd3d10" />
</CustomQuality>
</RenderProfile>
<NetworkProfile CustomMapMaxUploadRateOnline="10240" OnlineEnginePort="9000" OnlineServicePort="9001" FileTransferHostPort="9002" FileTransferClientPort="9003" LanBroadcastPort="9004" ScanFreePorts="1" ScanPortRange="1000" ScanPortStart="9000" SessionProvider="" DetectPublicAddress="1" MaxUploadOnline="768">
<Accounts />
</NetworkProfile>
<GameProfile Sensitivity="0.8" Invert_y="0" UseMouseSmooth="1" Smoothness="1" Smoothness_Ironsight="1" HelpCrosshair="0" UseCompassMiniMap="1" UseRoadSignHilight="1" UseSubtitles="1" UseAmbx="0" Autosave="1" Machete="0" DifficultyLevel="2" ClanTag="">
<FireConfig QualitySetting="High" />
</GameProfile>
<RealTreeProfile Quality="High">
<CustomQuality />
</RealTreeProfile>
<EngineProfile>
<PhysicConfig QualitySetting="High" />
<QcConfig GatherFPS="1" GatherAICnt="1" IsQcTester="0" />
<InputConfig />
</EngineProfile>
</GamerProfile>

**RockmasteR** · 03-24-2009, 02:18 PM

it's OK i have the game, so I can see the game profile.
retry the last attempt and when it's 4x bigger or something, try to go to the game's option and try to set a higher or lower resolution and see what happens.

duezeone · 03-24-2009, 02:43 PM

interesting. so i started to mess around with it like you said and i figured out that 1280x720 is the only resolution that goes green when i enter fullscreen mode. 1440x900, 1680x1050, 800x600 all work in full screen. any idea? might be my monitor....? thanks a lot rockmaster. sometimes i dont think too far outside the box

**RockmasteR** · 03-24-2009, 05:36 PM

try to lower the refresh rate of your monitor
maybe that could be causing the problem...

03-22-2009, 08:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
duezeone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8 OS: Vista	Farcry 2 issue When I play Far cry 2 I use the alt+enter to put it at full-screen. When it goes to full-screen everything is green with slight changes in color that allow me to decipher what the menu says and stuff. When it is in windowed mode it is perfectly fine. Any ideas? NVidia drivers are up to date. I am running a 9800GTX+ with 2GB RAM and AMD Athlon X2 4200+

03-22-2009, 10:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
<Syntax> Zero Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Winthrop, NY Posts: 48 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1	Re: Farcry 2 issue Does it look normal before you use Alt+Enter to go fullscreen?

03-22-2009, 10:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Farcry 2 issue post your GPU temps http://www.filehippo.com/download_gpuz/

03-23-2009, 02:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
duezeone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8 OS: Vista	Re: Farcry 2 issue yeah it looks normal in windowed mode. My GPU temp will idle around 50 Celsius.

03-23-2009, 07:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,877 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: Farcry 2 issue Have you tried running the game as fullscreen normally (no windowed mode). Are you able to test what your GPU temp is under load, any game will do. Are you able to take a screenshot of the green menu? It may help us narrow down the problem. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

03-24-2009, 12:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
duezeone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8 OS: Vista	Re: Farcry 2 issue yeah it runs fine in fallout 3 and COD4. im not sure how to get it to not run in windowed mode. when I take an SS and try to paste it into my photo program it is pure black

03-24-2009, 05:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,211 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Farcry 2 issue try this fix : Go in your (user)\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2 folder and open up GamerProfile.xml. (to open that, right click on it and choose open with, open it with notepad) Find (Maximized="0") change it to a 1 and save try the game __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

03-24-2009, 02:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
duezeone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8 OS: Vista	Re: Farcry 2 issue Just tried it. When i set maximize to 1 the game was like 4x too large for my screen and I could only see 1/4 of the game, but everything was the correct color. Then i tried fullscreen=1 and it started in full screen, but again everything was green. P.S. dont think i was clear enough earlier but my GPU temp under load is 50 celsius. when browsing internet/whatever else it is around 35 Last edited by duezeone; 03-24-2009 at 02:04 PM.

03-24-2009, 02:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
duezeone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8 OS: Vista	Re: Farcry 2 issue decided maybe if i just post the entire gamer profile maybe you guys can pick out a setting that is messing it up. <GamerProfile> <SoundProfile MusicEnabled="1" MasterVolume="100" /> <RenderProfile MultiSampleMode="2" AlphaToCoverage="1" ResolutionX="1280" ResolutionY="720" Quality="customd3d10" Fullscreen="1" Maximized="0" ForceWidescreen="0" WidescreenFOV="1" AspectRatio="0" VSync="0" RefreshRate="60" DisableMip0Loading="0" MaxDriverBufferedFrames="0" Platform="d3d10a" ShowFPS="0" ClustersZPassMaxLOD="1" Brightness="1" Contrast="1" GammaRamp="1.085" GammaRampR="1" GammaRampG="1" GammaRampB="1" AllowAsynchShaderLoading="1"> <CustomQuality> <quality ResolutionX="800" ResolutionY="600" EnvironmentQuality="high" AntiPortalQuality="high" PostFxQuality="high" TextureQuality="high" TextureResolutionQuality="high" WaterQuality="high" DepthPassQuality="d3d10" VegetationQuality="high" TerrainQuality="high" GeometryQuality="high" AmbientQuality="high" ShadowQuality="high" Hdr="1" HdrFP32="0" Bloom="1" id="custom" /> <quality ResolutionX="800" ResolutionY="600" EnvironmentQuality="high" AntiPortalQuality="high" PostFxQuality="high" TextureQuality="high" TextureResolutionQuality="high" WaterQuality="high" DepthPassQuality="d3d10" VegetationQuality="high" TerrainQuality="high" GeometryQuality="high" AmbientQuality="high" ShadowQuality="high" Hdr="1" HdrFP32="1" Bloom="1" id="customd3d10" /> </CustomQuality> </RenderProfile> <NetworkProfile CustomMapMaxUploadRateOnline="10240" OnlineEnginePort="9000" OnlineServicePort="9001" FileTransferHostPort="9002" FileTransferClientPort="9003" LanBroadcastPort="9004" ScanFreePorts="1" ScanPortRange="1000" ScanPortStart="9000" SessionProvider="" DetectPublicAddress="1" MaxUploadOnline="768"> <Accounts /> </NetworkProfile> <GameProfile Sensitivity="0.8" Invert_y="0" UseMouseSmooth="1" Smoothness="1" Smoothness_Ironsight="1" HelpCrosshair="0" UseCompassMiniMap="1" UseRoadSignHilight="1" UseSubtitles="1" UseAmbx="0" Autosave="1" Machete="0" DifficultyLevel="2" ClanTag=""> <FireConfig QualitySetting="High" /> </GameProfile> <RealTreeProfile Quality="High"> <CustomQuality /> </RealTreeProfile> <EngineProfile> <PhysicConfig QualitySetting="High" /> <QcConfig GatherFPS="1" GatherAICnt="1" IsQcTester="0" /> <InputConfig /> </EngineProfile> </GamerProfile>

03-24-2009, 02:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,211 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Farcry 2 issue it's OK i have the game, so I can see the game profile. retry the last attempt and when it's 4x bigger or something, try to go to the game's option and try to set a higher or lower resolution and see what happens. __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

03-24-2009, 02:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
duezeone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8 OS: Vista	Re: Farcry 2 issue interesting. so i started to mess around with it like you said and i figured out that 1280x720 is the only resolution that goes green when i enter fullscreen mode. 1440x900, 1680x1050, 800x600 all work in full screen. any idea? might be my monitor....? thanks a lot rockmaster. sometimes i dont think too far outside the box

03-24-2009, 05:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,211 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Farcry 2 issue try to lower the refresh rate of your monitor maybe that could be causing the problem... __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!