Cool Far Cry Tweak

Right, firstly I apologise if this has been posted already.

Look inside (installation location permitting)

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry\Levels

There should be a folder for each level. Inside each folder there is a file named level.pak. Open with Winzip or whatever, then look for file named mission_xxx.xml (xxx being the mission name). Search the file for the line named

Water="TerrainWater_OnlySky"

and replace with

Water="TerrainWater"

Save the file, update the zip and now everything should be reflected in the water, including Jack himself, trees, smoke and explosions. I haven't had time to test it yet myself but it sounds good :)

[Edit] Duh!

You could actually do this in the two demos as well. However, it does lower your frame rate by 7-10 fps I think. Personally, I think the jump in quality is worth it. :)

Sounds like an awsome tweak!

im gonna need a x800 pro before i try this out

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Originally posted by kpxgq
im gonna need a x800 pro before i try this out

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Yep, as it is, my 9800Pro struggles to give me acceptable FRs, don't wanna add to its burden. ;) I'd try this out with a 6800GT/x800Pro and up.:D

i have a mx440 and i have fun with it. how do you open it???

wordpad/notepad.

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Originally posted by Paladine
i have a mx440 and i have fun with it. how do you open it???

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You actually get reflective water with the mx440? :eek:
Impossible.
I thought it doesn't support pixel shader.

I couldn't get reflective water eventhough I have the same card.

What's your secret? :)

well i did it but corrupted my level.pak and lost my save game for that lvl

So has anyone really got this to work yet? What's the FPS hit like? And is it worth that frame loss?

tbh, no. I didn't notice much of a difference. Trying to see your character reflected in the water works, seemingly, at random and doesn't appear there when it should. It still doesn't reflect things like rocks - ie when a rock is clearly in the way of the background, the reflection shows only the background with no rock etc.

And I get about a 10 - 15 fps hit... which isn't good.

Can we get a screenshot of that goodness? :)

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Originally posted by Vizer
tbh, no. I didn't notice much of a difference. Trying to see your character reflected in the water works, seemingly, at random and doesn't appear there when it should. It still doesn't reflect things like rocks - ie when a rock is clearly in the way of the background, the reflection shows only the background with no rock etc.

And I get about a 10 - 15 fps hit... which isn't good.

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Well aside from the peformance hit, maybe this is why it isn't enabled as default.

ha im magical...i dunno luck maybe?