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Toquita Jun 25, 2016 @ 1:40pm
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[TUTORIAL] How to PROPERLY run Crysis on Windows 10 64-bit
If you read this forum you'll see lots of threads with suspicious content (to say the least), like unofficial "patches", or even cracks for the game.

Well, now your problems are gone. No need to install shady programs, patches or cracks, or create bat scripts. You can start Crysis through Steam, all it takes is one simple command.

I assume the launch problems happen only on 64-bit machines, but let me know if you're having problems on 32-bit Windows.

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To start, open your Crysis Launch Properties.

If you have an AMD processor with 8 cores, set the following launch command:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity FE "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crysis\Bin32\Crysis.exe" %command%

I have a 6-core AMD (FX 6300), so my command is:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 3E "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crysis\Bin32\Crysis.exe" %command%

If you have a 4 core FX, try this:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity E "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crysis\Bin32\Crysis.exe" %command%

Done!

https://i.imgur.com/WeRv7fY.png

(Most of the credits go to: http://germancrysis.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=1740)
Last edited by Toquita; Jun 29, 2016 @ 2:56am
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Originally posted by aveamurechi:
I have a Ryzen 9 3950x on Windows 10 2004. For me I had to use the command in initial post with affinity set to FFFE. The game would then start. In order to get a resolution that does not appear in the game menu (1920x1080) I had to go to the Crysis folder in the Documents/MyGames folder on C and change the width and height parameters in the game.cfg file I found there. After that the game runs nice with my native monitor resolution of 1920x1080.

Since this seems to be not widely known:
the /affinity command receives a parameter as HEX value, which converted into binary specifies to Windows which cores to use to run the game.

E.G:
- on a 4 core system if you set the affinity to 3 (HEX) then you get in binary 0011 which means that cores 0 and 1 will be used and cores 2 and 3 will not be used.
- in my case by specifying an affinity FFFE, I get in bynary: 1111 1111 1111 1110. Which means that basically just core 0 will not be used, but all other cores will be used. (The Least Significan bit - LSB is always rightmost in binary, and core counting starts from 0)

The initial post in this thread seems to follow the rule that the core 0 should never be used. And their examples also adhere to this rule. Why that is I do not know, but I extended the same rule to a 16 core processor, and it worked for me.

Oh, and don't install the GameSpy Comrade thing; it's not necessary for the core game (it's just a multiplayer middleware) and the GameSpy servers are long offline.

Personally I did not try the other way of making it run (with the BIN32/64 folders taken from the warhead expansion... yuck). This affinity thing seems much cleaner to me, and it worked, so...

Hope this helps.
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Spacecrazy Jun 25, 2016 @ 6:06pm 
Doesnt work for me, im on a 8 core FX cpu
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Toquita Jun 25, 2016 @ 8:31pm 
Have you tried both commands?
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Spacecrazy Jun 26, 2016 @ 12:11pm 
lol just realised i am an idiot!!!! Crysis isnt installed on C: !!!!!
i'll try again
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Spacecrazy Jun 26, 2016 @ 12:15pm 
ok it works, Thank you !
i just had to make sure the path was correct for where my Crysis installation was located. thanks again! :)
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Toquita Jun 26, 2016 @ 1:08pm 
No problem! :D Glad it helped.

This should be made into a Stick IMO.
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Voodoo_S3 Jun 27, 2016 @ 2:01am 
What if Steam isn't allowing me to set launch options. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HATE STEAM, WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOX.
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June Panteez Jun 27, 2016 @ 12:29pm 
omg it worked thank you so much :D never wanted to use those unofficial cracks ..
i have amd fx 6300
you only mentioned amd processors .. what if i upgrade my processor to intel ?
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Toquita Jun 27, 2016 @ 2:37pm 
Originally posted by S3mt3X:
What if Steam isn't allowing me to set launch options. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HATE STEAM, WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOX.
Why wouldn't it allow? It makes no sense at all.



Originally posted by June47:
omg it worked thank you so much :D never wanted to use those unofficial cracks ..
i have amd fx 6300
you only mentioned amd processors .. what if i upgrade my processor to intel ?
You're welcome :)

I think these problems don't happen with Intel processors.
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cricketlenny Jun 27, 2016 @ 3:56pm 
Question, if I have an Nvidia card do I have to input a different command?
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Toquita Jun 27, 2016 @ 4:15pm 
Originally posted by cricketlenny:
Question, if I have an Nvidia card do I have to input a different command?
Probably not, since this problem is related to the processor. However, if one of the 3 commands doesn't work, I'd obviously try the other two ones ;-)
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SantaObama Jun 28, 2016 @ 4:14am 
run only on wind10? or there is a chance that it will work on wind8.1?
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June Panteez Jun 28, 2016 @ 4:15am 
Originally posted by Funny Memes:
run only on wind10? or there is a chance that it will work on wind8.1?
worked for me in windows 7
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SantaObama Jun 28, 2016 @ 4:58am 
this man is a legend, deserve a nobel prize 100%
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Admiral Dinosaur Jun 28, 2016 @ 11:46pm 
My pc has 2 cores. Can you add something for that?
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Mimona Jun 29, 2016 @ 2:41am 
Read ORIGINAL guide at German Crysis[germancrysis.com] and ask them if need

original GermanCrysis.com guide say: 2 Cores CPU are not supported !!!


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Last edited by Mimona; Jul 1, 2016 @ 10:35am
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