Archive: 2008
Getting Far Cry 2 online multiplayer to work
Posted 30th November 2008 in Games
The online key is really just your CD key. I think you have to type it in with hypens, but not in caps.
You need to register at ubi.com for it to work. The password form don’t accept certain characters, so I wouldn’t use non-alphanumeric characters if I were you.
If you get a PunkBuster error while loading an online map, you must update it (PunkBuster, not the game). For some reason it didn’t work updating it with the PBSetup client, so I had to download the actual update instead. Go to the Far Cry 2 page on the PunkBuster website, download the latest file for your operating system, and put it in the “Far Cry 2/bin/pb/htm” folder.
Edit: Do not ask me for a CD key.
Sound Blaster problems with Vista SP1
Posted 11th May 2008 in Hardware, Software
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After I downloaded and installed Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista Home Premium (x64), it could no longer play sounds. If I for example tried to play an mp3 file, WinAmp would start, but the song wouldn’t begin.
I reinstalled the drivers for my Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty card, and sound now works as it should.
There was nothing about sound card drivers in Windows Update (possibly because they weren’t really new), and I found no errors in the Device Manager.
Creative sound card drivers: http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/
I have had no other problems after installing SP1 — yet.
On a semi-related note: I recommend using a program called X-Fi Mode Changer, which makes changing modes (Entertainment and Gamer) less of a headache.