Far Cry 2: Jackal Fix

Installation

The latest version of Far Cry 2: Jackal Fix can be found in the Releases page.

Game Setup

• After downloading Far Cry 2: Jackal Fix, extract the contents to your Far Cry 2 directory and overwrite all existing files when prompted.
• You can adjust the mod settings inside the in-game options menu whilst the game is running or alternatively inside FC2JackalFix.ini located in the bin\Plugins folder.

Note

Linux / Steam Deck will need the following command to launch the game:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" %command%

Features

Display

• Display Type - Allows you to change between Fullscreen, Borderless and Windowed modes.
• FPS Limiter - Caps the game's frame rate using the built-in engine limiter, either at your monitor's refresh rate automatically or at a value you pick.
• Internal Resolution - Added the option to change the internal resolution to a custom value, to allow for supersampling and downscaling.
• Scaling Filter - Sets the internal resolution scaling filter.
• FPS Counter - Shows the engine's built-in frame rate counter.

Graphics

• Improved Utilisation - Improves GPU and CPU utilisation, increasing performance across the board.

Improved Utilisation Off	Improved Utilisation On

• Anisotropic Filtering - Forces the selected anisotropic filtering level on all textures instead of using the game's inconsistent defaults.
• No Rim Lighting - Removes the rim lighting glow on the edges of characters, mainly visible at night.
• No Sprint And Aim Blur - Removes the screen blur while sprinting and while aiming down sights.
• Saturation - Adjust the saturation levels from the game's 0.5 default, range: 0.0 - 1.0.

Beyond Ultra

• Beyond Ultra Geometry - Increases past the Ultra High geometry values: (0) default, (1) 2x, (2) 4x, (3) 6x, (4) max draw distance.
• Beyond Ultra Shadows - Increases past the Ultra High shadow values: (0) default, (1) max draw distance.
• Beyond Ultra Terrain - Increases past the Ultra High terrain values: (0) default, (1) 2x, (2) 4x, (3) max draw distance.

Gameplay

• Remove Mouse Speed Cap - Removes the engine's mouse movement speed limit.
• Mouse Look Sensitivity - Adjusts mouse look sensitivity beyond the in-game slider.
• Sprint Turn Modifier - Controls how much horizontal look speed is reduced while sprinting.
• Aim Toggle - Toggles aiming down sights with a tap instead of requiring the button to be held.
• Sprint Toggle - Toggles sprinting with a tap instead of requiring the button to be held.
• Limited Saving - Enables console-style saving by removing Save Game from the pause menu and disabling F5/F9 quick save/load.
• Console Autosaves - Displays the save box after mission completion, matching the console versions.

• No Blinking Items - Prevents weapons, ammo, health boxes, diamond cases, beds, and other interactables from flashing.
• No Hit Indicator - Disables the directional hit indicators.
• Custom Binds - Adds Inspect Weapon, Holster Weapon, Walk and Look Back binds to the Controls page. Hold reload to inspect, hold a weapon switch button to holster on controller.
• HUD Fade Out - Sets how many seconds the health, ammo and equipment counters stay up before fading out, or keeps them always visible, or always hidden.

Field of View

• Field of View - Adjusts the base gameplay field of view.
• Viewmodel Field of View - Adjusts the first-person weapon and arms field of view.
• Ironsight Field of View - Adjusts the field of view while aiming down sights without affecting magnified scopes.
• Vehicle Field of View - Adjusts the field of view while driving vehicles.

Controller

• Controller Look Sensitivity - Adjusts controller look sensitivity beyond the in-game slider.
• Aim Assist - Enables or disables controller aim assist.
• Vibration - Restores controller vibration support.
• Prompts - Restored Xbox 360 button prompts.

Jackal Fixes

• Fixed an issue where jump height was reduced at high FPS.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs would bounce at high FPS without disabling rigid characters.
• Fixed an issue where sound effects stuttered or went silent at high FPS.
• Fixed an issue where the diamond counter rolled up faster at high FPS.
• Fixed an issue where character's hair, glasses and water rendered over certain smoke, dust and other 2D effects.
• Fixed an issue where road textures would break when increasing the LodScale config.
• Fixed an issue where foliage flickered in and out of existence at higher geometry draw distances.
• Fixed various HUD and menu UI elements being stretched in widescreen and ultrawide, in addition to restoring console HUD offsets.

Before	After

• Fixed an issue where leaving a mounted weapon stayed on E instead of following the rebound interact key.
• Fixed an issue where the "press any key to bind it" prompt had no way out, escape now closes the prompt.
• Fixed an issue where the game could crash when changing the resolution at the main menu.
• Fixed an issue where alt tabbing out of exclusive fullscreen returned to the game windowed and at a lower resolution.
• Fixed an issue where borderless did not fill the screen at resolutions below the desktop, shrinking the window into the top left corner.

Community Fixes

• Fixed an issue with hang gliders falling out of the sky when shot.
• Fixed an issue gliders bouncing on water.
• Fixed an issue with bug truck sounds being silent.
• Fixed an issue with the MAC-10 not being heard by enemies while shooting.
• Fixed an issue with player not walking slower when using ironsights with the M79.
• Fixed an issue where the GPS was misaligned in vehicles.
• Fixed an issue with assassination targets having the same vision as snipers, allowing them to see you further than regular enemies.
• Fixed an issue where small scattered objects and vegetation would draw without casting a shadow.
• Fixed an issue where road textures broke up at higher geometry LOD scales.
• Fixed an issue where the DLC ATV and Utility Truck only ever spawned in one colour, while their multiplayer counterparts came in the full range.
• Fixed a case where the player could no longer save their game after completing certain missions.
• Fixed an issue where buddies were not considered missing if the player helped Father Maliya at the church.
• Fixed an issue with tape 9 repeating .

Content Unlocks

• Predecessor Tapes Unlock - Unlocks the seven Predecessor Tape missions, which were originally bonus content available through Ubisoft's servers.
• Machetes Unlock - Unlocks the Primitive and Homemade machete skins, which were originally bonus content available through Ubisoft's servers.

General

• Skip Intro - Skips the Ubisoft, Dunia, and rating screens.
• Skip Title Screen - Skips the "Press any key" title screen and boots straight to the main menu.
• Skip Tutorials - Skips tutorial messages: (0) default, (1) the pop-ups that interrupt gameplay, (2) also the floating on-screen hints
• CPU Affinity - Limits the game to the first logical processor (may improve performance on systems with many CPU cores).
• High Precision Timer - Forces 1ms timer resolution in Window, so the loading screen reaches the proper 30 FPS.
• Skip System Detection - Skips redundant hardware detection, making game startup up much faster.
• Large Address Aware - Patches the executable to increase the memory limit from 2 GB to 4 GB (may improve stability).

Debug

• Debug Options - Apply these to FC2JackalFix.ini beneath the [Debug] section:

[Debug]
Invincibility = 0
InfiniteAmmo = 0
UnlockAllWeapons = 0
Diamonds = 0
Noclip = 0
NoclipKey = F1
Freecam = 0
FreecamKey = F2

Credits

• Boggalog - Various fixes and An Almost Complete Guide to Far Cry 2 Modding
• scubrah - Various fixes
• ThirteenAG - Ultimate ASI Loader
• FoxAhead - Various Far Cry 2 Multi Fixer improvements