Fry Cry 2 not running

I just bought Far Cry 2 on Steam.

I ran the benchmark utility and it passed and did just fine everything passed. Actually recommended some pretty high settings I was surprised about.

But when I click to launch the game it hangs up on the first fry cry 2 screen (the one where it first loads up) and I have to force close (waited over 5 minutes).

I have tried restarting and everything is up to date.

I have an intel care 2 duo with integrated 3000 series graphics using Windows 7 64bit.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

I don't know what that benchmark utility told you, but your graphics are not even close enough to play FarCry 2. I really doubt it could even do 10+ fps at 640x480. And I'm not saying it to be mean. I remember it was barely playable on my laptop's ATI HD4330 in single player with minimum settings, and that is leaps and bounds ahead of your Intel GMA.

But besides that, I as well as others had that problem with FarCry 2. I completely forgot what the fix was since the last time I played was like 2 years ago, but it was simple. It just took a lot of detective work on google.

 

did you check the Steam forums for FC2? Lots of times many people have the same errors.

But I agree with the poster above that you'd best try to play it at the smallest resolution available with lowest settings far Cry 2 was a pretty demanding game

 

there isnt a chance of it running on intergrated graphics it would be a slide show. dont know what benchmarking tool said you could

 

In order to run Far Cry 2 properly, your PC MUST meet or exceed these minimum requirements:
Supported OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista (Only) (windows 7 wasnt released when this spec was posted)
Processor: 3.2 GHz Pentium 4, 2.66 GHz Pentium D, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better (Pentium Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better recommended)
RAM: 1 GB (2 GB recommended, 2 GB minimum for Windows Vista)
Video Card*: 256 MB DirectX 10.0 / 9.0c-compliant video card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (512 MB recommended)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended)
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included on disc), DirectX 10.0
DVD-ROM: 12x DVD-ROM
Hard Drive Space: 12 GB
Peripherals Supported: Windows-compliant mouse, keyboard, headset
Multiplayer: 128 kbps Broadband or LAN connection required (256 kbps connection or better needed to host)

* Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
ATI Radeon 1650-1950 / HD 2000 / HD 3000 / HD 4000 series
Nvidia GeForce 6800 / 7 / 8 / 9 series, GeForce 8800M / 8700M

Laptop versions of the cards listed above may work but are NOT supported.

Notice: Internet connection is required to install the game.
Notice: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disc and virtual drives.

 

I was going off of performance from this, have an HD 3000, it says 62fps on low settings.
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - Notebookcheck.net Tech

 

You got confused with the names; you don't have Intel HD 3000 graphics. On that page you linked to it says it is the graphics integrated into Sandy Bridge. This is what you have: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 - Notebookcheck.net Tech

 

Ahh, I thought desktop integrated and laptop integrated were the same... This might happen to be a desktop.

 

If you're playing on a desktop, you at least have the option to add in a cheap GPU. If you don't care about settings, almost anything should handle it on low.

 

It should run anyway.

But it still wont launch. Steam sent me this but it did not work:
-If you are running in Windows Vista or Windows 7, please completely exit Steam, and right-click on the shortcut which you use to launch Steam and select "Run as Administrator."

-If you are running in Windows XP, take the following steps (ignore these if you are using Windows 7 or Vista):
1) Exit Steam.
2) Go to the "Start" menu, select "Run", type "regedit" and click "OK".
3) Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\VALVE
4) Right click and select "Permissions"
5) Check the "Allow" boxes for "Admin" and "System" for both "Full control" and "Read".

The remaining steps apply to *all* versions of Windows.

Then verify the GCF for this game:

Title: Verifying Game Cache Files (GCF)
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335


If the issue persists, you may need to manually run secondary installers required by this game.

Exit Steam entirely.

Browse to your Far Cry 2 installation folder (Usually C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\far cry 2\)


You will need to run the following installers:

...\steamapps\common\far cry 2\installers\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe

...\steamapps\common\far cry 2\installers\VCRedist\vcredist_x86.exe

...\steamapps\common\far cry 2\installers\DotNetRedist\dotnetfx.exe

...\steamapps\common\far cry 2\installers\DotNetRedist\NetFx64.exe


Then, restart your computer and test the issue again.


Should you still have difficulty, please contact the support team for this title:

Title: Far Cry series
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4360-ESKV-1507

 

Search on google for the fix for this. I promise you it exists, you just need to look for it. This happened to me as well when I used to play FarCry 2. I had to reinstall the game to fix it the first time, but the second time I found the fix.

But either way, I don't see why you are wasting your time, because it will simply not be playable on your GPU. FarCry 2 is too demanding a title for your integrated graphics. Unless you plan on throwing in a cheap graphics card, your whole problem is entirely academic.

 

clutch is your graphics card a gma 950, if so I don't think it can run it.

 

If you have a C2D, you more than likely have the Intel X3100 video card. It's not going to be playable.

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