Getting Far Cry 2 online multiplayer to work

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.

48 comments to this post

  1. Anonymous wrote on 29th December 2008 23:28

    Great thanks that really got me through :)

  2. Dj wrote on 6th February 2009 19:09

    I hate bloggers. Get a life.

  3. LH wrote on 9th March 2009 22:01

    ty its worked i couldnt get it to work before lol

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

    truthful article thank you

  5. lol fail wrote on 7th April 2009 09:19

    what Dj said.

  6. Help wrote on 15th April 2009 20:00

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

  7. Inglorion wrote on 15th April 2009 20:44
  8. Wronger wrote on 18th May 2009 19:30

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

  9. Inglorion wrote on 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 wrote on 10th June 2009 16:28

    Like my Nickname this is gay

  11. Urm wrote on 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 wrote on 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 wrote on 6th July 2009 14:11

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

  14. tamer wrote on 8th July 2009 14:34

    fuck you all

  15. help wrote on 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 wrote on 17th July 2009 11:45

    Make sure you’re playing on a dedicated server.

  17. Your mother wrote on 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 wrote on 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 wrote on 17th August 2009 12:04

    xD

  20. woah wrote on 27th August 2009 01:29

    >Whats with all the /b/tards here anyway

    Cause we love Far Cry 2 bitch

  21. jhon wrote on 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 wrote on 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 wrote on 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 wrote on 20th January 2010 11:19

    what if we downloaded the game?

  25. shahrooz2010 wrote on 31st January 2010 13:32

    onlone key please

  26. shahrooz2010 wrote on 31st January 2010 13:33

    online key please

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

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

  28. ANONYMOUZ wrote on 16th February 2010 12:06

    FC2-FE5F-FE56-EG8G-EGD6

  29. RD wrote on 17th February 2010 18:29

    SD

  30. TOBIAS wrote on 18th February 2010 14:38

    ANONYMOUZ THE KEY DONT WORK

  31. ~~~~~SQUIGGLY~~~~~ wrote on 19th February 2010 19:01

    WTF I R CONFUSE!

  32. TOBIAS wrote on 12th March 2010 18:27

    I CAN”T PLAY ONLYNE FAR CRY 2 I DOWNLOAD IT:-(

  33. alex lam wrote on 13th March 2010 17:58

    thank you for helping me

  34. Taylor wrote on 25th March 2010 02:15

    OH MY GOD thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
    it really works.
    type the CD key in, without caps but with the hyphens.

    thanks dude!!!!

  35. jvang wrote on 31st March 2010 08:33

    i lost my key ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

  36. ممكن wrote on 1st April 2010 18:10

    ممكن بالعربي

  37. jvang wrote on 9th April 2010 05:46

    ?

  38. someone wrote on 15th April 2010 18:17

    my friend gived the game to me. he didn’t have a key on the cd.i can’t tipe the key now because i don’t have it!where can i get it?

  39. someone wrote on 15th April 2010 18:32

    pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me and give me a valid online key code pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

  40. someone wrote on 16th April 2010 13:22

    online key?? pleeaaase

  41. someone wrote on 17th April 2010 11:18

    pleeease someone give me a valid key code for far cry 2

  42. someone wrote on 17th April 2010 11:19

    GRRRR 5

  43. hi450 wrote on 3rd May 2010 08:17

    wat is a cd code im shit wif computers and i just wonna play online were do i get it from???

  44. Planta-Santa wrote on 11th June 2010 14:07

    أريد مفتاح القرص المضغوط بعيدة كل البعد 2

  45. النباتات سانتا wrote on 11th June 2010 14:08

    أريد مفتاح القرص المضغوط بعيدة كل البعد 2

  46. man-man wrote on 15th June 2010 14:13

    i got the cd in and i want to play the game

  47. help needing person wrote on 12th July 2010 17:00

    i got the game, in stlled it and everything, but then the case with the cd and boook in got stolen!!
    PLEASE!!! HELP please , where can i get a online key?

  48. Савва wrote on 26th July 2010 20:34

    Очень хороший и актуальный блог! Постоянный житель моего ридера :)

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