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Post by mikeweeks2346 on Jul 16, 2015 18:18:20 GMT
Should a decision be made to move to patch 1.10, it appears all patch 1.8 files have a Feb. 5, 2015 date stamp.
Those are the only files which need to be saved in the event of rolling back to 1.8, correct?
My count is:
2 files in main FC4 directory 8 files in the bin folder 6 files in the data_win32 folder
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Post by mikeweeks2346 on Jul 22, 2015 21:02:16 GMT
Is it possible to get some feedback to my question? Am I on target that the files which "run" 1.8 are those with the same date (basically Feb. 5, 2015)?
The total size is listed as 1.35GB, which is a bit less than that of the zip file posted in other parts of this forum. For that zip, I can not find any detail info which states what actually is contained within.
thanks
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Post by JRavens on Jul 22, 2015 21:37:42 GMT
Sorry Mike I missed this when you first posted it. I will double check these tonight for you against my backups.
I do know though that I have not backed up the executable or DLL files in the main directory only the .dat files. Foolishly it didn't occur to me that some day I might need to wind those back as well...
Edit - ok so I have done a poor job on tracking what I consider the "non-essential" files in the bin folder. There are a huge assortment of supplemental DLL files used for things like optional shaders, nvidia hairworks, ubiplay, etc. and that aren't directly tied to core Far Cry 4 game itself. So I can't really say for absolute certainity on all of these.
The two CRITICAL files however in the BIN directory are FarCry4.exe (the main game excutable) and FC64.dll (which BTW is the file I refer to when saying it can't be edited without crashing the game - it should contain a lot of supplemental game code like it did in FC3)
Additionally the files IGE_WPF64.exe & IGE.WPF.Core64.dll are for the map editor if that's important to you (IGE standing for "In Game Editor" sic - neither truly in game nor a proper editor, but one could argue for both I guess)
The main directory files are FarCry4.dll (a smaller DLL that handles I believe the front end launcher of the game) and uplay_install.manifest (self evident from the name)
The data_win32 is where the good stuff is. These are the effected files:
patch.dat
patch.fat
patch_hd.dat
patch_hd.fat
shadersobj.dat
shadersobj.fat
I also backed up ige.dat / .fat and common.dat / .fat, but I don't think therse were affected by v1.09 or v1.10...
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Post by mikeweeks2346 on Jul 22, 2015 23:05:48 GMT
Thanks Jeff. I had forgotten that the IGE files dealt with the map editor, and so would not be critical for standard SP gaming.
It appears I've got it covered as to what I need to have saved if I decide to try 1.10, and then revert back to 1.8.
Thanks again.
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