Far Cry 1 Source Code Hits the Web
The source code for the first part of Far Cry has hit the web. This could result in major advances in mods for this game.
The web has unexpectedly seen the source code of Far Cry, a 2004 first-person shooter developed by Crytek.
- The files were uploaded to Archive.org. They contain only the source code itself, without the game's graphics and music elements.
- For the casual gamer, these files will not be very useful. Instead, they should prove to be of great interest to other developers, as well as mod maker, who will thus be able to develop more impressive fan projects.
Recall that Far Cry was released in March 2004 on PC. It was the only installment of the series developed by Crytek. The ideas contained in it were later developed by the team in the Crysis series.
However, the Far Cry brand itself was taken over by Ubisoft. First its Montreal branch developed heavily reworked ports of the first part in the form of various versions of Far Cry Instincts, available exclusively on consoles, and then in 2008 the studio release Far Cry 2, which took the brand into the open world and offered a style of gameplay that remains the foundation of subsequent installments to this day.
How to improve FarCry with mods
The release of the source code should result in better modifications, but you don't have to wait for the fruits of that if you want to play Far Cry today. In the nearly two decades since its release, many fan projects improving the game have been released. The most important of them have been collected in a package called Far Cry Fix, which is available in 32- and 64-bit variants.
The project, among other things, improves the screen aspect ratio and the FOV width, fitting this shooter to modern monitors. Far Cry Fix also fixes bugs causing, among other things, the game to freeze and the AI seeing our character even when hidden behind objects. It also adds a quick save option and improves graphics, activating engine settings higher than those offered by the game's standard menu.
