Modders blazen Far Cry 2 nieuw leven in

De reacties op Far Cry 2 waren bijvoorbeeld enorm gemixt toen die daadwerkelijk verscheen, al waren de meeste reviewers het erover eens dat het een aangename ervaring was. Iets wat die anno 2022 weer kan zijn, dankzij het harde werk van een groep modders. Zij hebben de game van de grond af aan opnieuw opgebouwd met wat hun Realism+ Redux hebben gedoopt, welke onder andere 60FPS, nieuwe textures en opnieuw gebalanceerde vijanden toevoegt. De volledige lijst met veranderingen kun je vinden onder de afbeelding van dit artikel óf op Nexusmods, waar je het ook direct kan downloaden.

‘Realism+’ and ‘Redux’ tags have been added to show the specific implementation of each feature, ‘Both’ has only been used where the features were already identical. ‘New Mix’ shows brand new combinations.

Improved graphics

• 'Colourful Far Cry 2' reshade configuration. This is Far Cry 2 with vibrant colours, very simple with no extra post-processing. You can easily customise the saturation of the colour with included instructions. (Realism+)
• 60 FPS cap - prevents various bugs. (Both, credit to Fox Ahead)
• Removed rim lighting - the blue light at night that makes the player look like an alien. (Both)
• Lifetime of most decals maintained at default values. (Realism+)
• Increased number of physics items. (Redux)

The following graphics settings have been improved, the default settings for these have been moved down a tier, so Ultra High is now Very High, High is now Medium etc: (Realism+)

Geometry (Ultra High) - This setting has a huge performance impact. Turn this down to Very High if you have low fps!

• Increased draw distance for trees. 
• Increased draw distance for minor terrain details (rocks etc). 
• Enhanced LOD for objects/trees/vegetation. 
• 8x max number of decals (bullet holes etc).

Geometry (Very High) - This setting replaces the original ultra high setting as it has a small 1-2 fps impact.

• Increased draw distance for trees. 
• Enhanced LOD for objects/trees/vegetation. 
• 4x max number of decals (bullet holes etc).

Shadows (Improvements have been added to every setting)

• Softer, more realistic shadows.
• Trees and vegetation cast more shadows.
• The original game had a line ~10m from the player where high quality shadows became low quality shadows. This has been fixed.

Ambient (High)

• Increased draw distance for static shadows.

Terrain (Ultra High)

• Enhanced terrain LOD.

New textures

• AI-Enhanced textures for the UI/HUD, weapons, vehicles, and small objects such as posters, billboards and other minor world details. (Realism+)
• Road signs have a new a high resolution hand-painted style font. New signs have been created for weapon shops and safehouses. Weapon shop road signs are no longer green. (Realism+)
• Hand-drawn map icons in the style of the originals. (Realism+)
• Detailed, full-colour weapon icons, made using pre-existing game art. (Realism+)
• Syrette icon is now an actual syrette, not a syringe. (Realism+)
• M16 is now black, and the FAL’s stock and grip are wooden. (Redux)

Weapon improvements

• Extra gadget slot for the flare gun, accessible by pressing the machete button twice. (Redux)
• Weapons can be holstered by pressing 'n' on keyboard (rebindable). Most actions will holster your weapon automatically, exceptions being healing or throwing grenades which will lead to your weapon being drawn. (Redux). On controller weapons can be holstered by holding Y. (Realism+)
• Weapons can be inspected by pressing ‘i’ on keyboard (rebindable). (Redux). On controller weapons can be inspected by holding X. (Realism+)
• Weapon animations have been tweaked so weapons are held lower when standing, and are fully lowered (safe zone style) when crouched. (Redux)
• Weapons found in safehouses (mission related, not from safehouse weapon crates) are now in better condition. They now have 50% durability remaining, increased from the default 25% durability remaining. (Realism+)
• Weapons do not automatically reload. (Redux)
• Increased ironsight FOV. (Realism+)
• Weapons have been renamed to have names realistic to their real world versions. (Redux)
• DLC weapons have been added to the ammo upgrades. (Realism+)
• DLC weapons are more reliable and accurate to account for them lacking performance upgrades. (Realism+)
• The flare gun is available to purchase during the tutorial, and has been removed as a reward from convoy mission 1. (Redux)
• AR-16's sight has a red dot. (Both)
• Sawed-off shotgun uses shotgun ammo. (Both)

Weapon rebalances

Machete

• 'Creeping' has been added to the machete so you can walk at half speed by holding the iron sight button. (Realism+)
• Machete stealth kills aren’t silent. (Redux)

Pistols (Realism+)

• Makarov & Silenced Makarov - +25% damage, 3x max ammo, magazine size increased to 12, -15% accuracy.
• Star .45 - +40% damage, 3x max ammo, +33% effective range.
• Desert Eagle - +50% damage, 2x recoil.

SMGs (Realism+)

• The MP5 is a secondary. As such it's ammo upgrade has been changed to the light assault webbing and it now gets ammo pickups from the other SMGs.
• Some of the weapon upgrades have been changed to accommodate the MP5 as a secondary. The MP5 is automatically available at the start of Act 2. The Uzi is available as a reward from convoy mission 4 and the SVD is available as a reward from convoy mission 3. This has been done because the MP5 is the best SMG and the natural progression is MAC-10 -> Uzi -> MP5.
• MAC-10 - +50% recoil.
• Uzi - +50% recoil, improved reliability.
• MP5 - +50% recoil, reduced reliability, reduced effective range.

Shotguns (Realism+)

• All shotguns are more accurate with improved effective range.
• SPAS12 - reduced magazine size to 9.
• Silenced shotgun - reduced magazine size to 4.

Assault rifles

• All assault rifles effective range increased by 33%. (Realism+)
• G3KA4 and FAL magazine sizes corrected to realistic 20 round capacity (Redux)
• AR-16 - Now fully automatic (Both), +15% accuracy. (Realism+)
• Golden AK-47 - -50% Recoil. (Realism+)

LMGs (Realism+)

• PKM recoil reduced by 20%.

Flamethrower

• Flamethrower range tripled to 30m. (Realism+)
• Various tweaks to make enemies use flamethrowers more effectively. (Redux)

Rocket launchers (Realism+)

• RPG/Carl G - Rocket speed increased 2x.

Explosive crossbow (Realism+)

• Crossbow projectile speed increased 2x, projectiles fire in an arc.
• Crossbow ammo increased (+1 infamous, +2 hardcore/normal, +3 easy).

Mortar (Realism+)

• Mortar max ammo increased by 50%.

Vehicle improvements

• Vehicle and boat speed increased, reduced the damage vehicles take from crashes. (Realism+)
• Permanent windshield bullet holes. (Both)
• DLC vehicles come in a variety of colours. (Both)
• Improved hang glider stability when shot - you will lose some control and altitude but only be pushed into a nose dive under very heavy fire. (Realism+)
• Increased look angle for the swamp boats so you can look behind you while driving. (Realism+)
• Added 'v' as a dedicated keyboard button to look back when driving (rebindable). (Realism+)

Weapon/Upgrade shop improvements

• Reorganised shop so the order of everything makes more sense (unfortunately this has broken the Upgrades section of the pause menu, you need to use the shop computer to see which upgrades you have bought). (Realism+)
• All ammo, health and repair upgrades are available early in the game. (Both)
• Weapons in the armoury don't respawn instantly - there will be fresh stock next time you visit. (Both)
• New vehicle upgrades have been added for the DLC vehicles. (Realism+)

Gameplay improvements

• Deadly combat - Increased player (Redux) and enemy damage (Realism+).
• Increased range for outpost respawns - credit to Scubrah.
• Infamous Redux difficulty – a rebalanced version of Infamous difficulty with a more forgiving amount of ammo. There are similar improvements for Hardcore difficulty too. (Redux)
• Limited navigation - removed the player arrow from the map and other map/GPS/road sign tweaks for an extra immersive experience. (Redux)
• Play as the female mercenaries. (Both)
• Play as an 'Anonymous Mercenary', randomly generated using the same system that generates enemies. (Realism+)
• Improved player agility - Increased stamina (Realism+), increased sprint speed (Realism+), reduced sprint turn penalty (Realism+), increased jump height (Realism+), increased slop climbing capability (Realism+), reduced fall damage (New Mix)
• Reduced stamina drain when exploring the desert. (Realism+)
• Improved stealth - reduced enemy perception pre-combat by 20%. (Realism+)
• Controls changes – ‘Tab’ now uses the map, tap ‘Shift’ to sprint. (Redux)
• Shortened the taxi ride during the intro. (Redux)
• Changed the malaria pill animation to an existing rare animation, where the player pours out two pills and puts one back. (Realism+)
• The HUD fades out 3x faster. (Redux)
• Reduced monocular sensitivity. (Both)
• Briefcases that previously contained one diamond now contain two. (Realism+)
• Explosive barrels now start fires. (Realism+)

Enemy and Buddy improvements

• Enhanced enemy arsenal - enemies can use almost every weapon and go through loadout progressions over the course of the game. (New Mix – Based on Realism+ but with reduced silencers and increased flamethrowers from Redux)
• Buddies also use more weapons and will go through their own progression curves. (Realism+)
• New buddy rescue – The Dogon Village buddy rescue in map 2 has been replaced with the Black Mamba rescue, found in a wrecked train in the North-West desert. (Redux, credit to Lasercar)
• Enemy infighting - patrols and camps will fight each other. (Redux)
• Enemies shout out and communicate more often during combat. (Redux)
• Patrol vehicles have been swapped to a more interesting variety and they now include the ATV and utility truck. (Redux)
• Specops enemies now have a unique appearance fitting for being 'foreign commandos'. (Realism+)
• More unpredictable enemies - behaviours such as rescuing injured comrades, using mounted weapons or closing distance using vehicles are no longer guaranteed to occur. (New Mix)
• The chance for enemies to chase you when driving through checkpoints has been reduced to 25%. (New Mix)

Bug fixes

• A new game executable is included that has been patched to use 4GB of RAM, this improves load times and game stability. (Realism+)
• Restored missing big truck engine sounds. (Both)
• Restored missing critical healing animations on Infamous difficulty. (Both)
• Fixed bouncing NPCs. (Both, credit to Fox Ahead)
• Fixed the silent phone call bug (mostly, use DirectX 9). (Both)
• Fixed being able to see the edges of your arms when using the hang glider. (Realism+)
• Fixed the hang glider bouncing on water - it is now buoyant and you can climb onto it while it is floating. (Realism+)
• Fixed assassination targets having the same vision as snipers. (Realism+)
• Fixed a sniper that often gets stuck inside a rock in map 2, at the ammunition outpost between the Crash Site and Sepoko. They are now stood next to the rocket enemy at the same outpost. (Realism+)
• Fixed the MAC-10 being silent. (Realism+)
• Fixed mouse speed clamping. (Both)
• Improved a slight misalignment of the vehicle GPS. (Realism+)