Far Cry 2 180.42 Black Screen Fix

Hi all, been playing Fary Cry 2 yesterday and today, and today i decided to update to the 180.42 drivers for my 8600M GT, from Laptopvideo2go

After installing these drivers, i proceeded to start up the game, only to find it running in windowed mode, and fully blacked out (you can tell it is running though... the sound is still playing and you can hear it changing menu selection etc.) Others have reported these problems too i believe.

So, i Alt-Tabbed out of the game and closed it.

Not thinking much of it i checked the files properties, and tried enabling one of them called, "disable desktop composition"

And this fixed it!

So, in short here are the instructions for this fix.

1. Locate shortcut to game, right click and slecet properties.
2. Navigate to Compatibility tab
3. Under the Settings heading, check "disable desktop composition"
4. Run the game!!

Let me know if this works for you!

Good luck everyone

 

Yes, it does works for me, but not for the editor. It crashes.

 

Yeah i see what you mean... no use!

Anyone any ideas why it crashes with this new driver release?

Isnt it supposed to be optimized for far cry 2?

 

Supposed...

 

I dont think the 8600M GT is supported w/ 180.42 drivers. On laptopvideo2go this is the list they give:


GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 9500 GS
GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce 9400
GeForce 9300
GeForce 9200
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS

And a post taken from the forums:

"This driver did not work on my XPS 1350 with a 8600M GT 512
I extracted the UK beta driver from the Nvidia site from the link then replaced the INF file with the modded one and ran the setup.exe. Once i started to play a game the screen freaked out on me."

 

Most of the drivers on laptopvideo2go are desktop drivers, that is nothing new. If you look on the nvidia website you'll see very few official drivers for mobile graphics cards.

This driver is optimized for FC 2 on desktop GPUs. If you read the fine print on just about any gamebox, it will tell you that mobile graphics cards may not be supported etc... etc..

So in short, until a better fix comes our way, this may be as good as it gets.

 

Have you tryied to press Alt+Enter while it's in window mode?
this should make the game back to full screen...

 

The fix i posted above works for me in this case! It removes windowed mode and blacked out screen.

Is it working for everybody else?

When trying to run the editor it still crashes though...

 

any performance increase ingame guys?

 

Good find. Thank you!

 

Im not sure, its hard to say really! Nothing noticeable with me anyway, however i am running the game in DX9 mode, and i think these drivers ae supposed to give a performance boost in DX10.

It is my opinion that if you havent upgraded to the 180.42 drivers yet, it maybe best to stick with the drivers you currently have and ait for something more stable (?) to come out. This is just my opinion anyway guys.

Is everyone getting the game to run ok with the fix in the above?

 

well, this driver gives me a hell of a boost in COD4 and Assassin's creed.. how weird.

 

no, even if you have a desktop 8600 gt it probably won't work because it is only for 8800's and 9 series and 200 series, so nothing below or older than a 8800 is supported by the driver, desktop or laptop.

 

Which driver were you on before?

I didnt notice a difference in CoD4 (although i wasnt really looking for one...)

 

This is a better fix as you don't have to disable Aero and it works with any instance (i.e. benchmark tool):

1) Open C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2\GamerProfile.xml in Notepad

2) Replace Maximized="0" with Maximized="1"

3) Save and exit

 

was on 179.13 from alienware

 

That's true, thanks , but the editor keeps crashing...

 

Thanks, OP, I have this issue on a desktop, 9600 GT. This fixes the problem for now.

Just read the animal's fix. That works too!

 

No problem! anyone got any ideas about the editor though??

The animals method works too and is probably better so im gonna use that method! rep the the animal lol

 

This works for me too. I'm on the 8800M GTX and I had the black screen issue while using the 180.42 drivers. I started out with the 177.92 drivers though and those were totally fine.

 

Hi guys ! I have a 9300gs, and when i play far cry 2 it gives me the blackscreen to, I have tried de 2 fix's ( gameprofile.xml and disable bla bla..)
With the official nvidia drivers for this gpu, it says that the gpu is to old.!

The 180.42 drivers doesn't work here....

Help me plzz

 

The 180.42 works fine with me until I change the resolution to my native laptop screen which 1400x900 for my P-6860FX .
Once I change the resolution I get the black screen window .
Anybody suggest to downgrade the driver to something else ?

 

So the most up to date drivers have issues, use the 177.92 then mohjarr

 

Thanks Vehement .. I was checking laptop video 2 go site before I give the 177.92 a try and I found out that there is a new driver which should fix the problem ... I am downloading it now and then will give it a try and will keep you posted ... The driver is 180.43 http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/vista64/180.43

 

The new driver did it guys .. Just installed it and everything is working fine .. No black window and the game is running smooth on 1440 x 900 .
For anybody having the black window problem or low performance the solution is in the driver 180.43 which you can grab it from this link http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/vista64/180.43

 

can someone HELP i tested the 2 fixes and they DONT WORK FOR ME and i checked the processor is ok but the graphics card not sure my graphics card is ATI radeon X1200 series but im having the black screen problem all i get is sound can someone help plz

 

hey guys,
if you are on vista then i can fix ur problem but my editor still doesnt work and i am very mad. i really want editor and i have an 8800m gts.

Go to My Documents/My Games/Far Cry 2/
and open GamerProfile.xml in notepad and change "Platform="d3d9" to "Platform="d3d10" and it should work except editor.

 

If you are using an ATI card how can you be using the Nvidia drivers???

currently downloading the 180.43 drivers... does anyone know if it fixes the editor issue?

 

Yes it does!!!

 

Hey

I just installed Far Cry 2, and I keep getting the blank screen yet i can hear the promos and adds and eventually the menu
i've searched and searched on the net to look for a solution, and i figured you guys seem to know whats goin on

i have a laptop with a 9500m GS, updated my driver to 180.43
and i have tried all the little in and out options
edit the gamerProfile
did 'disable desktop composition'
AND i still have a black screen with sound

im pretty pissed off lol
please does someone have an idea?

 

You might want to revert to an old driver as the disable desktop composition option has worked for many of us. Or try reinstalling FC2?

 

hmm... I used to have random crashes with FC2 but I found a solution from other forums and fixed it.

I did that and I got no more crashes after that...

 

Thank you Ennea
you've just made me a happy man
i re-installed it and it worked, how werid
thanks again

 

Confused, 9600 GSO = 9600 GS?