Getting Far Cry 2 online multiplayer to work

Posted 30th November 2008 in Games

Ubisoft decided they wanted it to be difficult to play online in Far Cry 2.

“Online key??” What online key?

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.

PunkBuster problem

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.

Now you’re set to play a fairly boring and generic online shooter. Enjoy.

Update: The article was unnecessarily long and cluttered, so I cut it down a bit.

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31 comments to “Getting Far Cry 2 online multiplayer to work”

  1. Anonymous – 29th December 2008 23:28

    Great thanks that really got me through :)

  2. Dj – 6th February 2009 19:09

    I hate bloggers. Get a life.

  3. LH – 9th March 2009 22:01

    ty its worked i couldnt get it to work before lol

  4. Isaac C. Hammond III – 17th March 2009 06:17

    truthful article thank you

  5. lol fail – 7th April 2009 09:19

    what Dj said.

  6. Help – 15th April 2009 20:00

    what do mean with hyphen give me a example of how it should be

  7. Inglorion – 15th April 2009 20:44

    This is a hyphen: -

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen

  8. Wronger – 18th May 2009 19:30

    seriously, whats ur cd key? is it the “install keycode”?

  9. Inglorion – 19th May 2009 18:41

    Yes. Your CD key is what you had to type in when you installed the game. In Steam you can right-click the game title and select “View game CD key.”

  10. Thisisgay – 10th June 2009 16:28

    Like my Nickname this is gay

  11. Urm – 17th June 2009 09:14

    CD key didn’t work for me.. any help? I put in hyphens no caps…

  12. i still cant play multiplayer – 6th July 2009 08:23

    i did everything it says in the article and yet it still doesn’t let me create an online user. It says that ”The far cry 2 server is not available at this time. Please try again later.” Any advise on what i can do?

  13. Inglorion – 6th July 2009 14:11

    Well it sounds like you should try again later. It’s the server, not you.

  14. tamer – 8th July 2009 14:34

    fuck you all

  15. help – 17th July 2009 08:09

    it gives me the “The far cry 2 server is not available at this time. Please try again later” although I input the cd code right…
    I have a USB 3G modem ,does it cause the problem or it’s the server?
    please help

  16. Inglorion – 17th July 2009 11:45

    Make sure you’re playing on a dedicated server.

  17. Your mother – 28th July 2009 10:13

    OKay ive tried everything, no caps, shift caps, numpad. And yet the FC2 server still wont connect. Dont say “Try next time” BECUASE I HAVE BEEN FOR 2 MONTHS NOW.

    Whats with all the /b/tards here anyway?

  18. Inglorion – 28th July 2009 11:55

    Ask on the official forums. It’s not like you’re missing out on a great multiplayer experience anyway.

  19. your mother stinks – 17th August 2009 12:04

    xD

  20. woah – 27th August 2009 01:29

    >Whats with all the /b/tards here anyway

    Cause we love Far Cry 2 bitch

  21. jhon – 3rd September 2009 11:01

    i have made a account before and it all work but i uninstaled the game and reinstalled it and now it wont let me play can any one help

  22. lolz – 18th September 2009 18:14

    Love the game far cry 2, been told to register on ubi.com and activate far cry 2 with CD key and then click “copy to clipboard” and write what appears down on a piece of paper… XD whatever lol :D

  23. amzprol0l – 29th December 2009 12:20

    why they even make this muda fueknen install code fucken cd nigga shit fucken pissn the bullsheit outae beh

  24. Arse God Of Anal – 20th January 2010 11:19

    what if we downloaded the game?

  25. shahrooz2010 – 31st January 2010 13:32

    onlone key please

  26. shahrooz2010 – 31st January 2010 13:33

    online key please

  27. the dude man – 5th February 2010 16:30

    pleaseeeeeeeeeee someone online key please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  28. ANONYMOUZ – 16th February 2010 12:06

    FC2-FE5F-FE56-EG8G-EGD6

  29. RD – 17th February 2010 18:29

    SD

  30. TOBIAS – 18th February 2010 14:38

    ANONYMOUZ THE KEY DONT WORK

  31. ~~~~~SQUIGGLY~~~~~ – 19th February 2010 19:01

    WTF I R CONFUSE!

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