Crysis Warhead
 |
|
Crytek Budapest |
|
Electronic Arts |
|
CryEngine 2 |
| Windows |
September 17, 2008 |
| Metacritic |
84 |
| Modes |
Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing |
Real-time |
| Perspectives |
First-person |
| Controls |
Direct control |
| Genres |
Action, FPS, Shooter |
| Vehicles |
Automobile, Flight, Helicopter, Hovercraft, Naval/watercraft, Tank, Transport, Truck |
| Art styles |
Realistic |
| Themes |
Asia, Sci-fi |
| Series |
Crysis |
|
Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Key points
- Very taxing, even on modern computers, due to limited threading capabilities.[1]
- Crysis: Warhead is the single player campaign while Crysis Wars is the multiplayer section of the game.
- Installation of Punkbuster etc. can be skipped / canceled without problems.[2]
General information
- Crysis Website
- MyCrysis Forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Installation of Punkbuster etc. can be skipped / canceled without problems.[2]
Essential improvements
Patches
Latest version for Warhead is 1.1. Latest versions for Wars is 1.5. Patch can be found here.
New executables for Crysis Wars
- See the cw-launcher project. Read this Steam guide to get it working.
Skip intro videos
|
Skip company logos[citation needed]
|
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Game\Localized\Video\
- Delete or move these files:
CryTek.sfd
Trailer_Crytek.sfd
Trailer_CrytekC.sfd
Trailer_DemoLegal.sfd
Trailer_EA.sfd
Trailer_Intel.sfd
Trailer_NVidia.sfd
Trailer_PEGI.sfd
Trailer_Rating_Full.sfd
Trailer_Rating_Logo.sfd
|
Game data
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings (Crysis Wars).
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game general video settings (Crysis Wars).
In-game advanced video settings (Crysis Wars).
In-game graphics settings (Crysis Wars).
Resolution
|
Edit game.cfg[6]
|
- Edit
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Crysis_WARHEAD\game.cfg
- Change r_Height and r_Width to the desired resolution
|
- This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
|
Edit configuration files[citation needed]
|
- Create
System.cfg file in the installation folder with a text editor.
- Add lines
con_restricted=0 (if not existing) and cl_fov= followed by a desired FOV value.
|
- Crysis: Warhead by default disables AF because the engine as-is does not support using AF with parallax occlusion mapping (POM). This mod allows the engine to use AF and POM at the same time.
|
Install the POM+AF mod to allow anisotropic filtering[citation needed]
|
- Download the POM+AF mod from here.
- Open
zz_GlobalAmbientLighting_POMAf.pak file using WinRAR or an equivalent tool.
- Inside
zz_GlobalAmbientLighting_POMAf.pak, navigate to Shaders\HWScripts\CryFX and extract fragLib.cfi somewhere.
- Go to Crysis Warhead's installation directory and open the "Game" folder (Crysis Warhead\Game).
- Open
Shaders.pak using WinRAR or an equivalent tool.
- Inside
Shaders.pak, navigate to Shaders\HWScripts\CryFX and drop the previously extracted fragLib.cfi file into the CryFX folder.
- Force anisotropic filtering in your graphics card control panel.
|
Input
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game keyboard/mouse settings (Crysis Wars).
In-game gamepad settings (Crysis Wars).
|
Mouse acceleration[citation needed]
|
- Open the console (~).
- Enter
con_restricted=0 to enable all console commands.
- Enter
i_mouse_accel X where X is 1 or 0. Default 0 disables acceleration.
|
Audio
In-game audio settings (Crysis Wars).
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
|
|
| Surround sound |
|
Up to 7.1 |
| Subtitles |
|
|
| Closed captions |
|
|
| Mute on focus lost |
|
|
| EAX support |
|
DirectSound can be restored with Creative Alchemy and Game Mode - set XP SP2 compatibility mode and admin rights, then 3D positional audio can be restored by CMSS3D[7][citation needed] |
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
|
|
|
|
| Traditional Chinese |
|
|
|
Only on GOG version |
| Czech |
|
|
|
|
| French |
|
|
|
|
| German |
|
|
|
|
| Hungarian |
|
|
|
|
| Italian |
|
|
|
|
| Japanese |
|
|
|
Only on GOG version |
| Polish |
|
|
|
|
| Brazilian Portuguese |
|
|
|
Fan translation; Gamevício. |
| Russian |
|
|
|
|
| Spanish |
|
|
|
|
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
| Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
| TCP |
80, 443, 6667, 28910, 29900-29901 |
| UDP |
27900-27901, 29910, 64087 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Hangs on startup
|
Run the 64-bit version of the game[citation needed]
|
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Bin64.
- Launch the
crysis64.exe file to play the 64-bit version of the game.
If you still can't get the game working, run it in Vista SP2 compatibility mode.
|
|
Stop your antivirus or add the game to its exceptions[8]
|
Game crashes on machines with AMD CPUs
|
Replace CrySystem.dll with fixed one (32-bit)[9]
|
- Download a fixed CrySystem.dll and extract it.
- Move it to
<path-to-game>\Bin32\ and override existing one.
- It should make the game use SSE/MMX code paths instead of now deprecated "3D Now!" instruction paths.
|
|
Alternatively - Run the 64-bit version of the game[9]
|
|
If 64-bit version also crashes, run it in Vista SP2 compatibility mode.
|
Remapping dual wielding secondary fire to other keys
By default, mouse2 (mouse right click) is permanently mapped to the dual wielding secondary fire command, regardless of what mouse2 is actually mapped to in-game. The only way to remap the command is to manually edit the profile key map file.
|
Remapping the dual wielding secondary fire command[citation needed]
|
- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Crysis_WARHEAD\Profiles\<user-id>\
- Open
actionmaps.xml with Notepad.
- Go to the lines with
<action name="attack2" onPress="1" onRelease="1"> <key name="mouse2" />
- Set the
key name variable to another key.
Ex. <key name="mouse3" />
- Save the file and launch the game.
|
Game uses incorrect refresh rate
- The game may set your monitor's refresh rate to its lowest supported refresh rate when in fullscreen mode, resulting in a lowered FPS when Vsync is on, and heavy screen tearing and/or stuttering even if FPS is high.
Crash to desktop when using MSI Afterburner's On Screen Display
|
Config file edit[11]
|
- Open the MSI On-Screen Display Server program (RivaTuner Statistics Server).
- Click the plus sign (or newly "add" button) and navigate to where you installed Crysis: Warhead and add Crysis64.exe
- Once you have that added go to
C:\Program Files (x86)\RivaTuner Statistics Server\Profiles
- Edit
Crysis64.exe.cfg
- Change
EnableDynamicOffsetDetection=0 to EnableDynamicOffsetDetection=1
- Change
HookDirectDraw=0 to HookDirectDraw=1
|
Crash when saving or loading
|
Lower your graphics settings / resolution.
|
Low performance (Linux)
Steam Play / Proton
- By default Proton will use ESync to synchronize game threads. This does not work well with Crysis Warhead.
|
Disable ESync[12]
|
|
Add as a Launch option PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%.
|
Lutris / Wine
- By default Lutris Wine builds will use ESync to synchronize game threads. This does not work well with Crysis Warhead.
|
Disable ESync
|
- Open up the game configuration dialog
- Navigate to Runner Options
- Turn
Enable Esync to off
|
Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
9, 10 |
DX10 by default. Use -dx9 parameter to change API. |
| Shader Model support |
3, 4 |
|
| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
|
|
64-bit executable can be found under <path-to-game>\Bin64. |
Middleware
Console commands
The console can be opened with ~, but the available commands are limited. This limitation can be bypassed by the con_restricted=0 command or by adding -devmode to the game's shortcut. A thorough list of console commands can be found here.
Instead of re-entering console commands every time the game starts, the file <path-to-game>\system.cfg can be created to apply console commands automatically. The commands need to be formatted differently in the file, using an equal sign instead of a space. For example, to change the FOV to 80 you would use cl_fov=80 rather than "cl_fov 80" like in the console.
Persistent corpses
- By default dead enemies disappear after a short delay.
|
Increase the delay[13]
|
- Enable all console commands by adding
con_restricted 0 command to System.cfg file in the installation folder (create if the file doesn't exist).
- Set higher
g_ragdollmintime= value, such as g_ragdollmintime=10000.
|
System requirements
| Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP SP2, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) |
2.8 GHz (XP)
3.2 GHz (Vista) | |
| System memory (RAM) |
1.0 GB (XP)
1.5 GB (Vista) | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
15 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
256 MB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS/640 |
- Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.
- Supported chipsets: Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/17330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (17330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
