Far Cry Legacy mod Episode 5 "The Beach"
Filesize        27.01 MB    
Date        01 May 2014
Author        Jcas2K14

Description:  "Legacy is a Far Cry mod that pays tribute to one of the best games ever.  The same will have 30 new missions with different scenarios, new objects, objectives and music.  The team has provided mod 10 episode 5 called "The Beach" which is an island of about 4 km of coastline full of dangers and challenges to be overcome.  In the coming months will advance other levels that anticipate the 10th anniversary of the franchise."

Wherever Tnlgg found this MOD, it is incomplete and he has added the necessary file.  As there was a lot of discussion about how to get it working, I have included a photo guide below with instructions.
My experience, with patch v1.33 and my weak old computer with WinXP, was all good: a painless install and load; no missing textures; no grey balls.
It would be nice to see the other levels that celebrate 10th Anniversary of FarCry release, but there is no sign of them to date.

Comment by Realia_libre:
"This keycard was hard to find to get through the final door.
I found two bombs. First one created an amazing amount of black smoke.
I finished the game with one bomb unused?
I don't know why this merc in the screenshot has a green marker and is non-aggressive?
The red ground is missing only a detail, from a distance it looks OK. You can put in your own surface type detail with the editor.
I estimate killing 200+mercs, slightly repetitious.
I can warn you if you are considering playing this that after killing all the mercs, there is no rewarding ending, only an empty box canyon.
This map or mod is very incomplete and was last modified in June of 2012 so I'm not hopeful that the missing bits will be fixed by the uploader. All the files for the grey balls are there, but mostly cables, signs, barriers etc and nothing that affects the gameplay.
I kept hitting TAB but there are no objectives, the Mission Script is missing or lost.
Playable but only if you are not bored by killing hundreds of cloned mercs."



 06 May : 23:54
Eviltimes replies:
"The keycard didn't always appear the first or even several times I went into that building. Especially if there had been a firefight to gain access, especially with grenades or other explosives. This happens all the time with PX44, but I didn't expect it here.
I have a full list of goals (I use the A key) and no problems with that part of the game. All the big signs make it easy to find the explosives and pick up weapons, ammo, etc. It can be tricky to say, run in and get a sniper rifle you need while you are right at the edge of enemy snipers - but it can be done.
I notice a lot of red Replace Me in your pix, try turning down your settings. For once I have a kick ass machine around here and only get the occasional grey ball. So I get it to play on very high Paradise and 300 sec corpse stay. There are so many Crysis rocks and plentiful wildlife and small, overlapping sound files playing even I have some lag on the swinging shadows and leaf/bush rendering. FC's paintball guns, Yuck."
Pvcf suggests the reason for the paintballs, the modder gave tmercs a too high health/damage number.

My suggestion, the missing textures and grey balls won't be a problem if you follow Tnlgg's instal instructions.  

See pics below.
Playing through on Realistic was just fine, without any Godmode or no-clip required, but maybe a little Quicksave/Load.
The M_4 on single shot was good for sniping mercs and conserving ammo and the sniper rifle was there for long distance sniping.

Special Ops: Urban Assault.
Author:       Sniper_m4
Date:          11OCT2014
Filesize:       630.78 mb

Description: "An unfinished mod by sniper_m4 with new weapons and models.  Two (2) levels included."
Intense building-by-building urban warfare, citizens vs the government.  "New weapons and models" is a serious understatement.












News of this mod first appeared on the forum in June of 2009.
Quote sniper_m4,  "Here is a video of my new mod. I have many new weapons and models I will post here. Enjoy the video."

 

Then an update in August 2009, some tantalizing screenshots and another video.
Quote, "Here are some new pics and a link to a video of some test weapon systems

 

Now fast-forward to 10th September, 2014.
Quote pvcf, "OK, we got our hands on Urban Assault ... / renamed to HAARP / ...    / this MOD is not dead, and an absolute must have for the community. / "
Sniper_m4 did an immense amount of work on SOAU.  If you look at his levels in the editor, they are almost entirely grey spheres and red replacemes without the files loaded,  because it is ALL modded objects and textures.  

Props to Tnlgg and pvcf for getting it to the community.  You can read more of their contributions here:

http://crymods.net/s1t3plug1ns/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?91

However, the mod remained unplayable to players using patch v1.33.  Also there were problems with the AK47U and the Uzis, with missing animations and pickup models. 
Purifier made the missing animations and pickup models, and then made the discovery that removing a superfluous Bin32 folder from the mod directory solved the "Critical Exception" problem for patch v1.33 users.  Those players patched to v1.4 of course, had no problem.  I'm still scratching my head about that one, and why some modders use the v1.4 multiplayer patch?  
His fix is available here:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/hr7vqa
Quote Purifier, "I've included the necessary files along with detailed instructions on how to insert them into the mod."  And clear instructions they are.

Thanks to sniper_m4 for this landmark mod.  Thanks also for making the .cry files available.
Thanks to Tnlgg and pvcf for fixing bugs and scripts, and whatever it took to get this mod to the community.
Thanks to Purifier for final weapon fixes and making SO:UA playable on v1.33.

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btw Purifier's fix of removing the extra Bin32 folder from the directory of mods made with patch v1.4 makes them playable for players with v1.33.  eg Singularity mod by Skr1pt.

Also ...  I noticed some of the links in the O.P now misdirect, since we were hacked back in the day.
As El would probably say, "Broken links are a pain in the ass!"
I've fixed a bunch of them, please PM me if you find any more.

Nice mod review, VET. And thank you for mentioning my bug fixes.  Everybody should be able to enjoy the full potential perks of that mod.  Especially us 1.3 patch users.

 

 

Umm...I forgot to mention this though -  the sendspace download is limited to 30 days. So I uploaded it on Oct. 14, 2014, so 30 days after that it will probably be gone. But have no fear to anybody who reads this in the future and wants to download my bug fixes, just PM me and I'll put up a new Sendspace download for ya or just ask members in the chat box for it. Somebody else will probably have it as well.

 

  

OK, here is Purifier's bugfix for the AK47U and UZI animations and pickups.

soua_bug_fix.rar

Well hot damn! Thanks guys!

Didn't know ya'll could do that.

 

( Learn something new everyday.)

I posted this in ESCAPE comments but it showed up here???
Triggers are completely linear, else stuff will not work correctly, find and read all notes and don't break the sequence then everything will work. Trigger order" ***************************************************** Village Far Cry Cave Quarry Silent Hill Delta Ruins Alpha Prison Village Far Cry Resident Evil Omega Prison Helipad ****************************************************** Good idea to attack the helipad before game ending! Don't go in, just eliminate resistance. At the second Prison visit when Valerie is released a 4wheeler (cut scene)is supposed to arrive by AI. They have been driving it around and ramming trees & stuff and it is always severely damaged. Sometimes it doesn't appear which means they destroyed it with their wonderful driving skills and you DIE after the cut scene. In case you wondered!