Hi guys.

Anybody here played Farcry?

I am getting *hacked off* with playing the same 2 minutes of the game, 
endlessly, over and over. I'm on a large boat with a radio jamming tower 
that I'm supposed to blow up. The trouble is, as soon as I blow it up, a 
hellicopter appears and starts shooting at me. And, as far as I can 
tell, the helicopter is indescrustable. No matter how much ammo I pummel 
it with, it just keeps shooting at me. Better still, the ship is 
sinking, and apparently you can't shoot and swim at the same time.

In other words, you've got 30 second to take down this chopper, or you 
die. Except that no matter how much I shoot it, it won't come down.

There's a very large cache of rockets on the ship [which conviniently 
dissappears as soon as you blow up the tower]. I had thought maybe 
that's a hint. But even if you use the rocket launcher the helicopter 
cannot be destroyed. I counted 10 direct hits, and it's still in the air.

(All the other helicopters I've met so far, you just need to shoot the 
gunner and you stop being shot at. For some reason that doesn't work here.)

I am now seriously loosing my temper with the game. This isn't fun at 
all - it's *boring*! The enemy is invulnerable, and that doesn't make 
for a very fair fight.

Can *anybody* tell me how to get rid of the damn chopper?! >_<

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Hi guys.
>
> Anybody here played Farcry?

Sure. I admit, I used cheats for over half the game. I suck at FPS, but was
enjoying the story.

The battle you describe is a boss battle well over 2/3 of the way through
the game. If you're playing hrough the game, you'll have a large abount of
rockets and a lot of other advanced weapons. It's still hard though.

You're playing the demo?

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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>
> Can *anybody* tell me how to get rid of the damn chopper?! >_<
>

Here's a little advice. As soon as you blow up the transmitter, abandon the
ship. Swim as fast as you can to shore and fight the helecopter from there.
There's some cover on the beach you can use.

Staying on the ship is a loosing prospect.

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> Sure. I admit, I used cheats for over half the game. I suck at FPS, but was
> enjoying the story.

I had to cheat a little to destroy the final land-based tower. I 
discovered that due to some kind of glitch in the game engine, it's 
possible to "walk" up an apparently vertical sea cliff. From there, you 
can take out all the guys with rocket launchers. (I spent 4 hours 
trying, and every time I got near I just got hit by so many rockets I 
couldn't get within 4 miles of my objective before I was dead. And I 
have no sniper bullets left, so only short-range guns.)

> The battle you describe is a boss battle well over 2/3 of the way through
> the game. If you're playing hrough the game, you'll have a large abount of
> rockets and a lot of other advanced weapons. It's still hard though.

Well, no, you can only carry 4 weapons at once. This is the first battle 
where I've actually put down a weapon I'm already carrying. (I haven't 
used the pistol for ages, so I figured I'd leave that and try the rocket 
launcher.) I have 24 rockets in total. The vast majority of them never 
hit their target. But even when they score a direct hit, no damage is 
evident. It appears that the helicopter can't be destroyed by rockets, 
and you're supposed to do something "else". I have no idea what though.

[I did try swimming off the ship and making my stand from the land 
(which won't sink). But that doesn't work either. The explosion takes 
almost all your health off you. And if you start swimming *after* the 
explosion, you just get shot to pieces.]

I find it extremely unfair that the enemy can see you underwater when 
*you* can't see anything underwater!

> You're playing the demo?

I'm playing the full game. Got it from PC World for £4.99.

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> But even when they score a direct hit, no damage is
> evident. It appears that the helicopter can't be destroyed by rockets,
> and you're supposed to do something "else". I have no idea what though.

Keep hitting it. It will blow up eventually. As I said, it's a boss battle.
It's not supposed to be easy.
The guy in the helecopter is the guy behind everything. You'll meet him
again once.

> [I did try swimming off the ship and making my stand from the land
> (which won't sink). But that doesn't work either. The explosion takes
> almost all your health off you. And if you start swimming *after* the
> explosion, you just get shot to pieces.]

It does work. It's the recommended strategy. Jump and swim immediatly, don't
wait for the count down to finish or anything. If you take the direct line,
you can almost be at the beach before the ship explodes

> I find it extremely unfair that the enemy can see you underwater when
> *you* can't see anything underwater!

You get hit a lot less underwater than swimming on the surface. Go deep.

Or just use cheats.

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> Keep hitting it. It will blow up eventually. As I said, it's a boss battle.
> It's not supposed to be easy.

Hmm, I've only got 24 rockets. And I'm usually dead long before I get to 
use 'em all anyway. If I can see him, he can see me. And his aim is far 
better than mine...

[After all, he has a gun, I'm using slot rockets.]

>> [I did try swimming off the ship and making my stand from the land
>> (which won't sink). But that doesn't work either. The explosion takes
>> almost all your health off you. And if you start swimming *after* the
>> explosion, you just get shot to pieces.]
> 
> It does work. It's the recommended strategy. Jump and swim immediatly, don't
> wait for the count down to finish or anything. If you take the direct line,
> you can almost be at the beach before the ship explodes

Well, I tried that, and I unded up with 80% health, 0% armour, and a 
chopper shooting at me. There's also very little cover...

> You get hit a lot less underwater than swimming on the surface. Go deep.

Doesn't seem to make any difference.

> Or just use cheats.

Now what would be the point of that? ;-)

Seriously. Load up Quake II. Open the console. Type "map boss2". Kill 
the Makron. Congratulations, you just completed Q2 in, what, 120 
seconds? Woo.

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> > Keep hitting it. It will blow up eventually. As I said, it's a boss
battle.
> > It's not supposed to be easy.
>
> Hmm, I've only got 24 rockets. And I'm usually dead long before I get to
> use 'em all anyway. If I can see him, he can see me. And his aim is far
> better than mine...

What other weapons do you have? P90? AG36? OICW?

> Well, I tried that, and I unded up with 80% health, 0% armour, and a
> chopper shooting at me. There's also very little cover...

More than in the middle of the ocean. You can run a bit inland, if you want.
Here's the suggestion from Gamespot

" Since Crow's on a helicopter, you're going to be at a marked disadvantage
if you actually stay on the ship; his minigun will cut you to pieces as soon
as the water rises enough to force you to swim, and even before that occurs,
you'll have a tough time dodging his fire without getting hit. The thing is,
although Jack seems to think the front of the ship is the safest spot to
survive the explosion, you're actually better off jumping overboard as soon
as you plant your explosives, and swimming towards shore. You may take a bit
of damage from the explosion, since you won't be able to move as quickly,
but you should survive, at any rate.
When you're ashore, pick a sizable palm tree and stand next to it as Crow
flies in. Crow's attack heli moves in the same fashion as the previous
choppers you've seen; it'll swoop around until it's close, and then it'll
start strafing around your position, so that Crow can fire on you from the
minigunner's position. If you picked a big enough palm tree, though, you
should be able to simply hide behind the trunk whenever Crow fires, thus
rendering you able to survive the fight without taking any damage at all, in
most cases. All you need to do is sit behind the tree, moving so that Crow
is on the opposite side, and occasionally pop out and fire a rocket at the
helicopter. You'll obviously want to do this when the chopper is moving
slowly; you only have a maximum of 14 rocket rounds, and the helicopter can
take nine or so hits before it flies off and explodes. If you run out of
rockets, switch over to your OICW and use its HE rounds to finish the
helicopter off. "

> > Or just use cheats.
>
> Now what would be the point of that? ;-)


If you're stuck and want to get past that point so you can get on with the
rest of the game, why not?

> Seriously. Load up Quake II. Open the console. Type "map boss2". Kill
> the Makron. Congratulations, you just completed Q2 in, what, 120
> seconds? Woo.

Yay. What's the point? I don't know about you, but I play games because I
enjoy them, not because I want to boast I beat the game in some record time.

I'm suggesting cheating through one (difficult) section, so you can get on
with the rest of the game (which I assume you're enjoying).
If you're not enjoying the game, however, and you don't want to go further,
take the CD out and use it as a coaster.

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> Hi guys.
>
> Anybody here played Farcry?


     Yep, again and again and again...  ;)  It's not impossible, just make 
sure you hit it 14 times with the RL and the chopper will makes it's escape 
because it's too damaged. You can't bring it down and you can't kill the 
bossman because he comes back later in the game. You'll enjoy the rest after 
that episode, but if you think that's hard, wait until you get to the 
volcano.  :)

    ~Steve~



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St. wrote:
> but if you think that's hard, wait until you get to the 
> volcano.  :)

Yeah. Even the sniper rifle isn't very useful against a volcano. ;-)

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> St. wrote:
>> but if you think that's hard, wait until you get to the volcano.  :)
>
> Yeah. Even the sniper rifle isn't very useful against a volcano. ;-)

   Heh, yeah, the volcano being all powerful an' all...  :)

  Actually, that last level is the easiest of the lot when you know how, but 
I won't spoil it for Andrew.  ;)

    ~Steve~


>
> -- 
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>     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
>          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
>     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:47dd53e3@news.povray.org...
>
>   Actually, that last level is the easiest of the lot when you know how,
but
> I won't spoil it for Andrew.  ;)

Run like hell?

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>
> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:47dd53e3@news.povray.org...
>>
>>   Actually, that last level is the easiest of the lot when you know how,
> but
>> I won't spoil it for Andrew.  ;)
>
> Run like hell?

    Dum-de-dum-de-dum-de-dum...  ;)

    ~Steve~


>
>

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Andrew, if you get REALLY hacked off with FC, remember that you can download 
a whole stack of free custom maps. Some of them are *way* better than FC 
itself made with 'other' professional game producers. Try the 'Matto' 
series. Man, that's good with hard levels that you can finish (in a real way 
from what I remember) without hitting a chopper 14 times. Just tryin' to 
help because I know what you're going through - I must have tried to beat 
that level more than 50 times myself. It's a bu88er, but it isn't 
impossible - Gails' answer is the best to swim ashore and hide behind that 
palm tree, although you can still beat it from the ship itself if you're a 
good shot with the RL.   :)

    ~Steve~

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Gail Shaw wrote:

> What other weapons do you have? P90? AG36? OICW?

 From the last checkpoint, I have a pistol, a P90, a sniper rifle, and 
some kind of SMG with a zoom scope on it. (Seems to be more damaging 
than the other SMG I had...) I'm standing in front of a rocket launcher 
and several boxes of rockets though...

> " Since Crow's on a helicopter, you're going to be at a marked disadvantage
> if you actually stay on the ship; his minigun will cut you to pieces as soon
> as the water rises enough to force you to swim, and even before that occurs,
> you'll have a tough time dodging his fire without getting hit. The thing is,
> although Jack seems to think the front of the ship is the safest spot to
> survive the explosion, you're actually better off jumping overboard as soon
> as you plant your explosives, and swimming towards shore. You may take a bit
> of damage from the explosion, since you won't be able to move as quickly,
> but you should survive, at any rate.
> When you're ashore, pick a sizable palm tree and stand next to it as Crow
> flies in. Crow's attack heli moves in the same fashion as the previous
> choppers you've seen; it'll swoop around until it's close, and then it'll
> start strafing around your position, so that Crow can fire on you from the
> minigunner's position. If you picked a big enough palm tree, though, you
> should be able to simply hide behind the trunk whenever Crow fires, thus
> rendering you able to survive the fight without taking any damage at all, in
> most cases. All you need to do is sit behind the tree, moving so that Crow
> is on the opposite side, and occasionally pop out and fire a rocket at the
> helicopter. You'll obviously want to do this when the chopper is moving
> slowly; you only have a maximum of 14 rocket rounds, and the helicopter can
> take nine or so hits before it flies off and explodes. If you run out of
> rockets, switch over to your OICW and use its HE rounds to finish the
> helicopter off. "

What's an OICW? And... it has HE rounds?

>>> Or just use cheats.
>> Now what would be the point of that? ;-)
> 
> 
> If you're stuck and want to get past that point so you can get on with the
> rest of the game, why not?

Yeah, well, it's getting that way. Always seems a pitty to do it though.

[For example, this is the only way I could complete Disposable Hero. 
Damn that game is hard!]

>> Seriously. Load up Quake II. Open the console. Type "map boss2". Kill
>> the Makron. Congratulations, you just completed Q2 in, what, 120
>> seconds? Woo.
> 
> Yay. What's the point? I don't know about you, but I play games because I
> enjoy them, not because I want to boast I beat the game in some record time.

Indeed.

> I'm suggesting cheating through one (difficult) section, so you can get on
> with the rest of the game (which I assume you're enjoying).

Well, I'd prefer not to, but we'll see...

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> What's an OICW? And... it has HE rounds?

    You haven't picked up an OICW yet? I might be wrong, (it's some time 
since I've played FC, I'm in Crysis mode atm - wait till you play this 
game!), but look for a guard tower on top of a 'high' hill. If you have to 
go back, then do that for the OICW. It's worth it. It's a powerful rifle 
with a good hit score. Two or three rounds instead of ten bullets+ to kill 
with the AK47. Of course, the Sniper rulez if you're clever enough, and I'm 
sure you are.  :)


>
>>>> Or just use cheats.
>>> Now what would be the point of that? ;-)
>>
>>
>> If you're stuck and want to get past that point so you can get on with 
>> the
>> rest of the game, why not?
>
> Yeah, well, it's getting that way. Always seems a pitty to do it though.

    Of course! Because it's a GOOD game! You have to do the distance to 
realise this.


> Well, I'd prefer not to, but we'll see...

      Go hide behind that tree if you haven't done it already.  :)


  ~Steve~


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> Can *anybody* tell me how to get rid of the damn chopper?! >_<

Ah-hah... palm tree FTW!

OK, I *finally* got off that part where I've been stuck for the past 3 
days. Yay.

Oh, neat. That's not the end. There's even more. And now I have *four* 
choppers and several patrol boats chasing me down the river. Superb! o_O

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Orchid XP v7 escribió:
> Oh, neat. That's not the end. There's even more. And now I have *four* 
> choppers and several patrol boats chasing me down the river. Superb! o_O

And I'm just fine playing Bejeweled... lol

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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>
> Oh, neat. That's not the end. There's even more.

The part with Crow and the helecopter was chapter 14. There are 20.

> And now I have *four*
> choppers and several patrol boats chasing me down the river. Superb! o_O

Get off the river. It's safer to walk than use a boat.

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>> Can *anybody* tell me how to get rid of the damn chopper?! >_<
>
> Ah-hah... palm tree FTW!
>
> OK, I *finally* got off that part where I've been stuck for the past 3 
> days. Yay.

     Heh... :)


>
> Oh, neat. That's not the end. There's even more. And now I have *four* 
> choppers and several patrol boats chasing me down the river. Superb! o_O

      Oh, that's a good level, yes, definately walk/stealth it.

     ~Steve~


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>> Can *anybody* tell me how to get rid of the damn chopper?! >_<
>
> Ah-hah... palm tree FTW!
>
> OK, I *finally* got off that part where I've been stuck for the past 3 
> days. Yay.

I got stuck on that bit for ages too, I hid inside the boat at the top, then 
took shots out the side doors with the rocket launcher.  If you hit the 
helicopter enough times before the boat sinks then it will fly away.

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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> 
>> Oh, neat. That's not the end. There's even more.
> 
> The part with Crow and the helecopter was chapter 14. There are 20.

GAH! o_O

OK, so I'm actually nowhere near the end. I wonder just how hard this 
game is going to get... heh. The underground temple was pretty damn 
hard. [Night vision is great, but only for a few seconds...]

> Get off the river. It's safer to walk than use a boat.

I was beginning to get that impression, yes.

[Like that time where you're supposed to use the hang glider. I found 
that every time I touch that thing, I get shot to ribbons. Much better 
to creep through the jungle...]

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And lo on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:26:42 -0000, St. <dot### [at] dotcom> did spake,  
saying:

>
> "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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>> Hi guys.
>>
>> Anybody here played Farcry?
>
>      Yep, again and again and again..  ;)  It's not impossible, just make
> sure you hit it 14 times with the RL and the chopper will makes it's  
> escape because it's too damaged.

Ah good to see realism alive and well in video games; 14 direct hits from  
a RL and *then* it gets damaged. Does it have force fields or something?

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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message 
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> And lo on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:26:42 -0000, St. <dot### [at] dotcom> did spake, 
> saying:
>
>>
>> "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
>> news:47dcfa45$1@news.povray.org...
>>> Hi guys.
>>>
>>> Anybody here played Farcry?
>>
>>      Yep, again and again and again..  ;)  It's not impossible, just make
>> sure you hit it 14 times with the RL and the chopper will makes it's 
>> escape because it's too damaged.
>
> Ah good to see realism alive and well in video games; 14 direct hits from 
> a RL and *then* it gets damaged. Does it have force fields or something?

    Heh, that particular chopper may well have a force field, well, no it 
didn't, but it was a silly ending to that level really. They could have cut 
to a cutscene where the chopper does get damaged and starts to fall, and 
then you see Crow (still alive, and possibly injured), being picked up by 
his mercs in a boat and then make their escape. End of level.

     ~Steve~



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>
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> Ah good to see realism alive and well in video games; 14 direct hits from 
> a RL and *then* it gets damaged. Does it have force fields or something?

Even better is the dude standing in the doorway of the helicopter who 
manages to stay alive while 5 rockets hit him in the face.

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And lo on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:35:25 -0000, scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> did  
spake, saying:

>> Ah good to see realism alive and well in video games; 14 direct hits  
>> from a RL and *then* it gets damaged. Does it have force fields or  
>> something?
>
> Even better is the dude standing in the doorway of the helicopter who  
> manages to stay alive while 5 rockets hit him in the face.

Definitely a force field then, presumably a flicker one tuned to the  
weapon's fire rate to allow the bullets to pass through ;-)

Thinking about it though if you did project a force field around a  
helicoptor (or aeroplane for that matter) would it still fly? I presume if  
an object hits it then all energy is absorbed or redirected so you  
wouldn't rattle around like a ice-cube in a glass?

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Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> Oh, neat. That's not the end. There's even more. And now I have *four* 
> choppers and several patrol boats chasing me down the river. Superb! o_O

OK, I just spent, like, 20 minutes slowly battling my way through the 
next section. Finally I make it to the place where I'm supposed to go, 
and I get killed.

Guess where the last checkpoint is?

No, really, guess.

Yeah, that's right. The entire 20-minute advanture is now precisely as 
if it never happened at all. I've got to do the entire thing all over again.

I am *not* happy. In fact, screw it, I'm not playing any more Farcry 
tonight. It took me *ages* to get through that lot alive, and I am *not* 
going through the whole damn thing again. Not today.

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>
>> Oh, neat. That's not the end. There's even more. And now I have *four* 
>> choppers and several patrol boats chasing me down the river. Superb! o_O
>
> OK, I just spent, like, 20 minutes slowly battling my way through the next 
> section. Finally I make it to the place where I'm supposed to go, and I 
> get killed.
>
> Guess where the last checkpoint is?
>
> No, really, guess.
>
> Yeah, that's right. The entire 20-minute advanture is now precisely as if 
> it never happened at all. I've got to do the entire thing all over again.
>
> I am *not* happy. In fact, screw it, I'm not playing any more Farcry 
> tonight. It took me *ages* to get through that lot alive, and I am *not* 
> going through the whole damn thing again. Not today.

     20 minutes?! It took me around 1 to 2 hours... But I survived!  ;)

      Hit the key left of '1' to bring up the console. Type: save_game

     Do this when you know it's going to get hairy-scary!

        ~Steve~



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But don't give up Andrew. Apart from Crysis, it's one of the best games 
ever! (And yes, FarCry2 is coming out fairly soon too). I think after the 
river level, it's all land, up hills and down dales, and oooh boy, you'll 
like that!  :)

  Damn, I want to play the whole thing myself again now! (But if I do that, 
I won't get any work done).  :o/

    ~Steve~

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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> I am *not* happy. In fact, screw it, I'm not playing any more Farcry 
> tonight. It took me *ages* to get through that lot alive, and I am *not* 
> going through the whole damn thing again. Not today.

One of the first things I did after installing it was to bind save_game 
to one of the function keys :)

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>  Damn, I want to play the whole thing myself again now! (But if I do that, 
> I won't get any work done).  :o/

I'm not even going to install it.  Last time I just installed it to see what 
the graphics looked like on my new system, and then I ended up playing it 
through to the end again!

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Chambers wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> I am *not* happy. In fact, screw it, I'm not playing any more Farcry 
>> tonight. It took me *ages* to get through that lot alive, and I am 
>> *not* going through the whole damn thing again. Not today.
> 
> One of the first things I did after installing it was to bind save_game 
> to one of the function keys :)

Wait - I thought you *can't* save the game except where it lets you save?

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Chambers wrote:
> > Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> >> I am *not* happy. In fact, screw it, I'm not playing any more Farcry
> >> tonight. It took me *ages* to get through that lot alive, and I am
> >> *not* going through the whole damn thing again. Not today.
> >
> > One of the first things I did after installing it was to bind save_game
> > to one of the function keys :)
>
> Wait - I thought you *can't* save the game except where it lets you save?

*You* can't. It's one of those cheats you hate. *g*

But if you want....

~ to bring up the console, then type save_game

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And lo on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:46:10 -0000, Gail Shaw sa dot com>  
<"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:

>
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:47e23ff6$1@news.povray.org...
>> Chambers wrote:
>> > Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> >> I am *not* happy. In fact, screw it, I'm not playing any more Farcry
>> >> tonight. It took me *ages* to get through that lot alive, and I am
>> >> *not* going through the whole damn thing again. Not today.
>> >
>> > One of the first things I did after installing it was to bind  
>> save_game
>> > to one of the function keys :)
>>
>> Wait - I thought you *can't* save the game except where it lets you  
>> save?
>
> *You* can't. It's one of those cheats you hate. *g*
>
> But if you want....
>
> ~ to bring up the console, then type save_game

Which makes you wonder why it exists at all. For testing and demo purposes  
you're going to want level warps and AI toggles, but a save_game command  
smacks to me of a developer getting fed-up of trudging between sections to  
test things out. Good enough for them, not good enough for us :-P

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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message 
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> And lo on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:46:10 -0000, Gail Shaw sa dot com> 
> <"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:

>>> Wait - I thought you *can't* save the game except where it lets you 
>>> save?
>>
>> *You* can't. It's one of those cheats you hate. *g*
>>
>> But if you want....
>>
>> ~ to bring up the console, then type save_game
>
> Which makes you wonder why it exists at all. For testing and demo purposes 
> you're going to want level warps and AI toggles, but a save_game command 
> smacks to me of a developer getting fed-up of trudging between sections to 
> test things out. Good enough for them, not good enough for us :-P

     Well, not really, at least not in FarCry and Crysis because in both 
editors 1 and 2, you can set your camera speed to whatever you want. 1 is 
default and anything above that doubles incrementally (I think). Well, at 
least, 5 is fast enough to shoot you over to the other side of  a 4048x4048 
map in no time at all.

      In FarCry though, I think it was a user that developed the save_game 
code, not sure about Crysis yet.

     ~Steve~



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