farcry installer error issues

hi newbie at forums but here goes i bought farcry genuine copy and tried to instal it but keep getting error message ( ERROR -1603 FATAL ERROR DURING INTALLATION CONSULT WINDOWS INTALLER HELP OR MSDN ) i managed to install it once by using compatability mode but for some reason it wouldn't disply graphics properly so tried reinstall but now it wont install at all i know my comps good enough to play it as it almost triples the recomended spec please help

cheers looking into that now i can install now and play but on very low spec so will see how the patch goes

downloading 1.4 cumulative patch but says only works for 34 bit is that the game or o/s?

cheers for that it works a treat and runs fine... thanks again

Thorsen said:

FarCry is not native 64x, but it runs fine in Win7 64x so the 32x update will be ok

Actually there's this patch - News: Far Cry AMD 64 Patches - GamersHell.com. However If you install it, do not install the 1.4 patch. At least that's my case. Under Vista x64 and now Win 7x64 If I install the 1.4 patch on top of the AMD 64 patch Farcry will give graphical glitches and crash. Running just the AMD 64 patch works without issue. And the AMD 64 patch is 1.3

I also read this somewhere else as well but don't remember where so...

You can also get the Exclusive Content Update Patch there as well. (422MB)

This upgrade optimises the game for the AMD 64-bit processors under Windows XP Pro x64

Good luck.

You could probably run the game on x64 without the AMD 64 patch, but I wouldn't know since I automatically installed the patch when I installed the game.

I usually install the patches one at a time (no reason), so that's how I found out that the 1.4 screws things up when you install it on top of the AMD x64 patch.

My suggestion though (for 64-bit) would be to install the game, patch 1 & 2, then the AMD 64 patch and contents. That's it, Leave the 1.4 patch out and you should be good to go.

Or you could just intall the game and the cumlative 1.4 patch and leave the AMD 64 patch alone, but I haven't done it this way so...

thanks for the responses. but all fine now the 1.4 patch worked a treat