The solution to the graphics problem in Far Cry and mod on Windows 7 and (possibly) 10 (Far Cry)

I welcome all the participants of the forum Far Cry. In this topic I want to share with you my experience of solving some problems with the graphics in the game Far Cry and its Addons and mods on modern graphics cards GeForce 10 series (my graphics card - ASUS GeForce GTX 1070, the video driver - 384.80) and new operating systems, replacing Windows XP, which is the recommended for this game (my operating system currently is Windows 7 SP 1 64-bit). The relevance of this topic due to the fact that it's been quite some time since the release of the game and it became difficult to buy a graphics card that supports the recommended for the game operating system. In particular, relevant in the present time of the GeForce 10 series there is not even an official driver for Windows XP, so the user, who wants to play Far Cry, I have to install the game on Windows 7 or Windows 10. However, he may face a number of graphical bugs with the new operating systems for which the game was not designed for.
1. The most common bug associated with incorrect, or incomplete reflection of landscape in water (in the game settings must be set to the water quality of super high), when, for example, shows the vegetation and bushes, but you don't see the land, mountains, coastline. The problem seems to be connected with the incorrect Shader (Shaders) on new operating systems and manifests itself on patched to newer versions of the game.
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Recently created an unofficial patch (Silent Patch for Far Cry, Build 2, Last update - 06.07.2018) that addresses this issue (available on this website). It is a 2 file (SilentPatchFarCry.asi and version.dll) to be placed in a folder with a game Bin32 or Bin64 folder (the other 2 files with the same name). However, the patch only works with the game patched to version 1.32 or higher (recommended version Far Cry 1.4.). For example, I have installed and licensed the game unpatched Far Cry from the beeches of similar graphical bugs I've seen, so have to install this unofficial patch was not. However, the patch has eliminated the problems described above at installed I have the unofficial Addons: Far Cry Antiterror, Far Cry Blood Range, Far Cry Collateral Damage, Far Cry - Anti Terror (Kommando), Far Cry - Matto 4, SpecOps. In the expansion of Far Cry - War Zone to apply the patch not necessary, because it was installed in the early version of the game Far Cry (as in a license from Buki).
2. Separately had to work hard to get to run properly Addons Return to Paradise (Back to heaven) and From dusk till dawn (Illusion of War), because in addition to the improper display of reflections in the water present a problem of incorrect display of textures.
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Work for me was the following method. The second problem was resolved by probatiune the game to version 1.4 using the cumulative patch far_cry_v1.4_cumulative.exe (without the AMD64 Exclusive Content Upgrade patch located on the site). However, the patch had to be set optionally, since the full installation changed the menu language to English, and also changed the time of day and sky background on the game levels. Therefore, there is need to unpack the patch, which I did using the program Universal Extractor (unofficial version, because the official has not been updated). By method of trial and error managed to figure out the required number of files and folders from the unpacked patch to copy in a folder with the specified add-ons to solve the second problem. So, from the folder Far Cry from the extracted patch I copied in the same folder of the Addons folder Bin32 (completely with all its contents, with replacement of files) and Shaders (completely with all its contents, with replacement of files) and from the FCData folder in the Addons folder, only the file Shaders.pak (with replacement). In addition, after unpacking the 1.31 patch for the game Far Cry (also present at this website), from the FCData folder of the extracted patch in the same folder of the Addons I added with the replacement of the Scripts.pak. (Scripts directory.pak from the patch 1.4 can lead to the issue of artificial intelligence in the game (AI) when the mercenaries will be able to see through walls and shoot). That was enough to fix the problem with incorrect displaying of textures. It only remained unofficial Far Cry patch (Silent Patch) copy 2 files (SilentPatchFarCry.asi and version.dll) in the Bin32 folder of these Addons to fix the problem of incomplete reflections of the landscape in the water. After that, the graphics in the addon began to work fully correctly. Also, be aware that for correct operation of the save games it should start from the beginning.
3. It should be noted that Silent Patch for Far Cry can cause graphical artifacts on the monitor that occurs when you start the game, in which it was copied, if the game is run repeatedly. This problem is eliminated by turning off the system unit and restart. Probably the patch is not yet entirely stable, although it usually works without fail, and may be modified in the future. In any case, the unofficial patch does not give any guarantees stable operation of the game and should be used at your own risk.