From the Almost Complete Guide

This page reproduces a section of "An Almost Complete Guide to Far Cry 2 Modding" by Boggalog, verbatim, with attribution. See the guide index for the full attribution note.

UI/HUD

In-game text

\patch_pack\languages\ - Each language has its own folder and “oasisstrings.rml” file

It’s possible to change the in-game text for each language independently. This includes all text: menus, tutorials, subtitles, weapon names, vehicle names etc.

The instructions for handling the files are in the “File Management” section.

Here are my tips:

1. When you open it you’ll see that the subtitles are numbered and everything else has a description.
2. If you change the name of something make sure you Ctrl-F for every use of the old name. They can be used for a few different things.
3. It’s possible to add entries to this file, just make sure your new entry is in the correct section (e.g. menu items go with the others).

Weapon images

Each weapon image file has a relevant hex string and these are linked to the ui weapon files which are found in your common.fat/.dat files (\common_unpack\ui\textures\hud\icons_weapons\). These hex strings are listed below, in brackets I have included extra values that are only needed when editing the convoy reward popups. I wasn’t able to find the bracketed values for every weapon image, I don’t know how essential they are so you’ll need to do your own experimentation if you want to use them.

Makarov - 72 A5 F8 24 (1F)
Silenced Makarov - 44 C2 75 53 (1B)
Star .45 - 5E 97 08 17 (1E)
Eagle .50 - BC 19 47 CE (1A)

Mac 10 - 71 95 5D 26 (1D)
Uzi - 8B 2E 0E B3 (1B)

Ithaca - BE 5F 29 D6
Spas 12 - 8F DF A1 99 (1E)
USAS 12 - 76 E7 24 AB (1E)
Silenced Shotgun - CC 5E 7E 2D
Sawed-off Shotgun - 46 76 30 4F

G3KA4 - 4A CF 24 D2
AK47 - 30 10 68 48 (1C)
FAL - B7 0C 32 74
M16 - 82 02 88 E7
MP5 - B3 CB 99 C7 (1B)

M1903 - 4A 7E A8 CD
Dragunov - 19 63 FC B5 (20)
AS50 - 1A 46 22 DD (1C)
Dart Rifle - 45 48 B7 D2 (21)

PKM - 69 0B 71 E1 (1B)
M249 SAW - 50 D1 26 BE (1C)

M79 - 75 FE 20 19 (1B)
MGL 140 - 0F BF A3 2C (1D)
RPG - E5 8E A5 1E (1C)
Carl G - A3 8E 25 0C (22)
Crossbow - EF 1C B9 5B
Mortar - 07 4E 49 C9 (1E)
Flamethrower - 81 76 50 C7 (1D)
IED - 16 C9 1E 41
Flare Gun - 2D 5C 4F 4E

M67 - D3 A4 CE DF
Molotov - 93 13 80 48

Machete - 88 9E 61 5D

Syrette - 29 4C 97 79
Bullets - 3B 1B 88 CA

Tutorial images

hud.mgb (\patch_unpack\ui\)
There are different folders for widescreen/non-widescreen aspect ratios and the different languages, it’s pretty self-explanatory when you see it.

In the tutorial each weapon type (primray, secondary, special, machete) has its own section with a few example weapons. Similarly, within “hud.mgb” each weapon type has its own section with its own title. To edit the tutorial weapons you must only change the weapon hex strings directly under these titles. This is relevant because when you Ctrl-F the values each weapon can show up multiple times.

These are the titles and their hex codes:

Machete
T.U.T.O.R.I.A.L._.W.E.A.P.O.N._.M.A.C.H.E.T.E
54 00 55 00 54 00 4F 00 52 00 49 00 41 00 4C 00
5F 00 57 00 45 00 41 00 50 00 4F 00 4E 00 5F 00
4D 00 41 00 43 00 48 00 45 00 54 00 45

Primary weapons
TU.T.O.R.I.A.L._.W.E.A.P.O.N._.P.R.I.M.A.R.Y._.3
54 00 55 00 54 00 4F 00 52 00 49 00 41 00 4C 00
5F 00 57 00 45 00 41 00 50 00 4F 00 4E 00 5F 00
50 00 52 00 49 00 4D 00 41 00 52 00 59 00 5F 00
33

Secondary weapons
T.U.T.O.R.I.A.L._.W.E.A.P.O.N._.S.E.C.O.N.D.A.R.Y._.3
54 00 55 00 54 00 4F 00 52 00 49 00 41 00 4C 00
5F 00 57 00 45 00 41 00 50 00 4F 00 4E 00 5F 00
53 00 45 00 43 00 4F 00 4E 00 44 00 41 00 52 00
59 00 5F 00 33

Special weapons
T.U.T.O.R.I.A.L._.W.E.A.P.O.N._.S.P.E.C.I.A.L._.4
54 00 55 00 54 00 4F 00 52 00 49 00 41 00 4C 00
5F 00 57 00 45 00 41 00 50 00 4F 00 4E 00 5F 00
53 00 50 00 45 00 43 00 49 00 41 00 4C 00 5F 00
34

Within these sections you can ctrl-f the weapons you want to swap and replace their hex strings with the ones i have listed about. For reference the default tutorial screen looks like this:

Convoy mission reward images

hud.mgb (\patch_unpack\ui\)
There are different folders for widescreen/non-widescreen aspect ratios and the different languages, it’s pretty self-explanatory when you see it.

There are 8 total reward screens for the different convoys but unfortunately they aren’t numbered within this file. To navigate each convoy entry they each have a reference to “TU70A message” (54 00 55 00 37 00 30 00 41) and the weapons for each convoy are listed below this. It is possible to navigate between each weapon by searching for “W.E.A.P.O.N.B.A.Z.A.A.R” (57 00 45 00 41 00 50 00 4F 00 4E 00 42 00 41 00 5A 00 41 00 41 00 52) but as you will see it will be useful to be able to navigate each convoy also.

The structure for each convoy is the same throughout. There is a lot of other hex between the listed sections but this is the order they appear as you go further down the file:

1. T.U.7.0.A._.M.E.S.S.A.G.E

2. Hex strings for the relevant weapon images

3. Sections for each weapon rewarded by the convoy mission

To edit the images there are three things to edit:

1) The hex string for the relevant weapon. The same that are listed above for every weapon.

2) Each weapon section has a title that looks like this: W.E.A.P.O.N.B.A.Z.A.A.R._.U.Z.I._.C.R.A.T.E
This title needs to be changed to the new weapon.

3) Directly before the title for each weapon there is a value that needs to be changed. This is always four hex values before the title. I have listed these above in brackets for each weapon for those I could find it for.

Once all three of these have been changed for the new weapon the image will be updated in game.

For reference these are the convoy rewards:

Weapon shop advert images

weapon_bazaar.mgb (\patch_unpack\ui\)
There are different folders for widescreen/non-widescreen aspect ratios and the different languages, it’s pretty self-explanatory when you see it.

For these images you can simply swap out the hex strings with those listed above. Each advert has a title at the end of it’s section and it looks like this, with the number directly after: C.O.M.P.U.T.E.R._.A.D.V.E.R.T (43 00 4F 00 4D 00 50 00 55 00 54 00 45 00 52 00 5F 00 41 00 44 00 56 00 45 00 52 00 54). There are nine adverts, not all of them show weapons and there are a few weapons that appear multiple times.

These are the different adverts:

Computer advert 1

Computer advert 2

Computer advert 3

Computer advert 4

Computer advert 5

Computer advert 6

Computer advert 7

Computer advert 8

Computer advert 9

HUD fade time

gamemodesconfig.xml (\patch_unpack\engine\gamemodes\)

HUD fade time is controlled by the “fadeOutDelay” stat in the line that starts with “UI name="CFCXMainHudUI”.

It is a countdown measured in seconds, with a default value of 3.

<UI name="CFCXMainHudUI" class="CFCXMainHudUI" fadeOutDelay="3.0" reloadPromptAmmoRatio="0.25" maxRockets="4" />

Reload prompt

gamemodesconfig.xml (\patch_unpack\engine\gamemodes\)

The reload prompt is controlled by the “reloadPromptAmmoRatio” stat in the line that starts with “UI name="CFCXMainHudUI”.

It is a proportional value which describes the amount of ammo left in a weapon’s magazine, so the default value of 0.25 means the reload prompt appears when there is 25% or less of a magazine remaining.

<UI name="CFCXMainHudUI" class="CFCXMainHudUI" fadeOutDelay="3.0" reloadPromptAmmoRatio="0.25" maxRockets="4" />

Removing the flashing save reminder from map/GPS safehouse icons

Dunia.dll (\Far Cry 2\bin\)

1. Open Dunia.dll in your hex editor.
2. For the GPS safehouse icon search for “gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SaveDiskGPS” or the hex bytes “67 61 64 67 65 74 73 2E 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 69 76 65 49 63 6F 6E 73 2E 53 61 76 65 44 69 73 6B 47 50 53”. There’s only one instance of this.
3. Directly below this there is “gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SaveDisk” or the hex bytes “67 61 64 67 65 74 73 2E 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 69 76
   65 49 63 6F 6E 73 2E 53 61 76 65 44 69 73 6B”.
4. We’re going to remove either one of “gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SaveDiskGPS” or “gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SaveDisk” or both by entering 00 over all of the hex bytes. Put your zeroes in the hex section to the left, don’t put them in the section to the right. If removing both it should look like this:

Limited navigation

Removing markers from the map/gps

xx_gadgets.xml < entitylibrarypatchoverride.fcb (\patch_unpack\generated\)

Each item shown on the map, GPS and vehicle GPS has a separate entry in this file. You can remove as many as you prefer, for a comprehensive limited navigation feature I suggest removing the following:

Map icons:

gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.GuardPost_Locked
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.MissionArrow
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.PlayerPosition
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SubvertArrow
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.UnderGroundArrow

GPS/Vehicle GPS icons:

gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.CompassObjective
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.CompassObjective_VEH
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.CompassSubvertAnte
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.CompassSubvertAnte_VEH
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.CompassUndergroundObjective
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.CompassUndergroundObjective_VEH
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.MissionArrowGPS
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.MissionArrowGPS_VEH
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.PartnerMissionObjective_GPS
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.PartnerMissionObjective_GPS_VEH
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SafeHouse_Locked_GPS
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SafeHouse_Locked_GPS_VEH
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SafeHouse_Unlocked_GPS
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SafeHouse_Unlocked_GPS_VEH
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SubvertArrowGPS
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.SubvertArrowGPS_VEH
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.UnderGroundArrowGPS
gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.UnderGroundArrowGPS_VEH

To disable these you need to remove the small section of each that starts with “<object type="object">”:

<object type="object">
     <value name="hidIndex" type="UInt32">0</value>
     <value hash="BF9B3A5C" type="String">graphics\objects\mapcompass\icon_playerpos.xbg</value>
     <value name="objModel" type="Hash">4311B3CD</value>
     <value name="hidMeshName" type="String"></value>
     <value hash="E1A0EE56" type="String">Icon_PlayerPos</value>
     <value name="hidNodeName" type="Hash">BEDD52CA</value>
     <value hash="0D9C8B1A" type="String">Icon_PlayerPos_LOD0</value>
     <value name="hidNodeNameLOD0" type="Hash">591F2AD4</value>
     <value name="hidDetailObject" type="Bool">False</value>
</object>

For example, here is the entry for the map player arrow with the section removed:

<object hash="256A1FF9">
    <value name="Name" type="String">ObjectiveIcons.PlayerPosition</value>
    <object type="Entity">
      <value name="hidName" type="String">gadgets.ObjectiveIcons.PlayerPosition</value>
      <value name="disEntityId" type="UInt64">367</value>
      <value hash="D2B3429E" type="String">CEntity</value>
      <value name="hidEntityClass" type="Hash">50C95067</value>
      <value name="hidResourceCount" type="UInt32">1</value>
      <value name="hidPos" type="Vector3">
        <x>0</x>
        <y>0</y>
        <z>0</z>
      </value>
      <value name="hidAngles" type="Vector3">
        <x>0</x>
        <y>0</y>
        <z>0</z>
      </value>
      <value name="hidPos_precise" type="Vector3">
        <x>0</x>
        <y>0</y>
        <z>0</z>
      </value>
      <value name="hidConstEntity" type="Bool">False</value>
      <object type="Components">
        <object type="CFileDescriptorComponent">
          <value name="hidHasAliasName" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value hash="2A7BCA49" type="String">graphics\objects\mapcompass\icon_playerpos.xml</value>
          <value name="fileName" type="Hash">535B768A</value>
          <value name="hidDescriptor" type="Rml">
            <hidDescriptor>
              <component class="GraphicComponent" version="2" detail="0">
                <object index="0" boneName="Icon_PlayerPos_LOD0" bboxMin="-0.00730638,-0.00612232,-5.82406e-007" bboxMax="0.00712985,0.0116253,-5.82406e-007" />
                <resource fileName="graphics\Objects\MapCompass\Icon_PlayerPos.xbg" bboxMin="-0.00730638,-0.00612232,-5.82406e-007" bboxMax="0.00712985,0.0116253,-5.82406e-007" />
                <skeleton name="Icon_PlayerPos" pos="0,0,0" rot="1,-0,-0,-0" />
              </component>
            </hidDescriptor>
          </value>
        </object>
        <object type="CGraphicComponent">
          <value name="hidHasAliasName" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value name="bIntelHackGliderOn" hash="599225A9" type="Bool">False</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00" -->
          <value name="bCastShadow" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value name="bReceiveShadow" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value name="bCastAmbientShadow" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value name="olgLightGroup" type="Hash">00000181</value>
          <value name="bAllowCullBySize" type="Bool">True</value>
          <value name="agAmbientGroup" type="Hash">00000000</value>
          <value name="bBehaveLikeAPickup" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value name="bShowInReflection" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value name="bAlwaysShowInReflection" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value name="bOverrideLODSphere" type="Bool">False</value>
          <value name="fLODSphereRadius" type="Float">0</value>
          <value name="hidSkyOcclusion0" type="Hash">FFFFFFFF</value>
          <value name="hidSkyOcclusion1" type="Hash">FFFFFFFF</value>
          <value name="hidSkyOcclusion2" type="Hash">FFFFFFFF</value>
          <value name="hidSkyOcclusion3" type="Hash">FFFFFFFF</value>
          <value name="hidGroundColor" type="Hash">FFFFFFFF</value>
          <value name="hidObjectHeight" type="Float">3</value>
          <value name="hidHeightAbove" type="Float">0.0</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00000000" -->
          <value name="hidHasAmbientValues" type="Bool">False</value>
        </object>
      </object>
    </object>
  </object>

Removing coloured road signs

Decoding required
xx_OA_StreetSigns.xml < entitylibrarypatchoverride.fcb (\patch_unpack\generated\)

This file has separate entries for every road sign that can have a different colour, there are quite a few:

MissionObjectiveSigns.AfriQaTelecomSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.AirfieldSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.CallingCardandPhoneRechargingStandSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.CattleXingSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.ClaesProductsSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.DentalClinicSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.DogFightsSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.DogonVillageSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.FortSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.FreshFishSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.GeneralStoreSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.GokaFallsSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.HardwareStoreSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.LumberSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.MarinaSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.MertensSegoloCo
MissionObjectiveSigns.MikesBarSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.MokubaSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.MosateSelaoSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.MsPipeline
MissionObjectiveSigns.NorthRailyardSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.OGCSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.PalaSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.PetroSahelSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.PoliceStationSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.PolytechnicSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.PostOfficeSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.RailXingSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.RangerStationSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.SakoBreweries
MissionObjectiveSigns.ScrapSalvageSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.SedikoSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.SefapaneSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.SehlakalaseSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.SepokoSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.ShwasanaSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.SlaughterhouseSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.TaemoCoSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.TobaccoandNewsStandSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.UndertakerSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.VeterinarianSign
MissionObjectiveSigns.WeaponShop
MissionObjectiveSigns.WeelegolVillage
MissionObjectiveSigns.WellandWindmillShopSign
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A1BU00
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A1LM01
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A1LM02
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A1LM03
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A1LM04
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A1LM05
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A1LM06
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A2LM07
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A2LM08
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A2LM09
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A2LM10
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A2LM11
MissionObjectiveSignsSafeHouse.SafeHouse_A2LM12

To remove the colours they change to for missions, we are going to edit their sections with the title “Colors”.

By default this section looks like this:

<object hash="C512C6A9" type="Colors">
     <value name="None" hash="DFA2AFF1" type="BinHex">0000803F0000803F0000803F0000803F</value>
     <value name="Main" hash="1F1A625A" type="BinHex">0000803F000000000000000000000000</value>
     <value name="Subvert" hash="7D65CCD1" type="Vector4">
        <x>0.0</x>
        <y>0.2</y>
        <z>1.0</z>
        <w>0.0</w>
     </value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00000000CDCC4C3E0000803F00000000" -->
     <value hash="590E69F7" type="BinHex">9A99593F9A99593F000000000000803F</value>
</object>

We are going to edit all of these sections so the signs have no colour for every mission type. The subvert section needs to be edited to be the same as the ‘None’ and ‘Main’ lines. You can copy and paste this completed “Colors” section over the same for each sign you want to edit:

<object hash="C512C6A9" type="Colors">
     <value name="None" hash="DFA2AFF1" type="BinHex">0000803F0000803F0000803F0000803F</value>
     <value name="Main" hash="1F1A625A" type="BinHex">0000803F0000803F0000803F0000803F</value>
     <value name="Subvert" hash="7D65CCD1" type="BinHex">0000803F0000803F0000803F0000803F</value>
     <value hash="590E69F7" type="BinHex">0000803F0000803F0000803F0000803F</value>
</object>

Guide - Limited saving

This guide will cover how to remove quicksaving and saving from the pause menu. The player will be restricted to in-game save points.

Step 1: Removing quicksaving
inputactionmapsingle.xml (\patch_unpack\config\)

There is a section of this file that controls quicksaving and quickloading, with the title “quicksaveload”. It looks like this:

<ActionMap name="quicksaveload" resendOnChange="0" >
    	  <Import actionmap="quicksaveload_remap" optional=""/>
        <Binding input="kb:f5" action="release" signal="quicksave"/>
        <Binding input="kb:f9" action="release" signal="quickload"/>
</ActionMap>

To remove quicksaving we can just delete the line that references it, so your finished section looks like this:

<ActionMap name="quicksaveload" resendOnChange="0" >
    	  <Import actionmap="quicksaveload_remap" optional=""/>
        <Binding input="kb:f9" action="release" signal="quickload"/>
</ActionMap>

Step 2: Removing saving from the pause menu
Dunia.dll (\Far Cry 2\bin\)

This is going to involve two edits. The pause menu has the option to “Save Game” and one edit will remove the save screen that would appear when you select it, and a second edit will remove that option so it appears blank.

To remove the save screen, find the section that says “CSaveGamePage” (43 53 61 76 65 47 61 6D 65 50 61 67 65). Once you’ve found it, replace all its hex values on the left side of the screen with zeroes. It should look like this:

To remove the “Save Game” label, find the section that says “PAUSE_SAVEGAME” (50 41 55 53 45 5F 53 41 56 45 47 41 4D 45). Once you’ve found it, replace all its hex values on the left side of the screen with zeroes. It should look like this: