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First Crysis patch arrives

Bug fixes and gameplay tweaks star in v1.1

Words: Stuart Bishop, CVG UK
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Jan 8, 2008

The first patch for Crysis is now available, updating the game to v1.1 and featuring bug fixes and gameplay and performance tweaks.

Weighing in at a tasty 139MB, the patch can be downloaded here.

A full rundown of patch content follows:

Fixes:
- Damage dealt to vehicles when shot by LAW has been made consistent
- F12 (screenshot) now works in restricted mode as well
- When player melees during gun raise animation, their gun will not be in a permanently raised position anymore
- Memory leaks and potential crashes

Updates:
- Improved SLI / Crossfire support and performance
- Improved overall rendering performance (DX9 and DX10)
- Enabled VSync functionality in D3D10

Tweaks:
- Reduced grenade explosion radius in multiplayer
- Clamped water tessellation to avoid cheating in MP
- Reduced LAW splash damage vs. infantry in PowerStruggle mode
- Slowed Rocket projectile speed down in MP slightly

No doubt there are more Crysis patches to follow. You can read a review of the first-person shooter here.

Courtesy of CVG.

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Crysis
Crysis

Genre: Shooter
Release date: Nov 16, 2007
Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: Crytek
Multiplayer Modes:
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Min system requirements: PIII 1.6GHz or equivalent, 256MB RAM, 3.5GB HD space, 64MB DirectX 9.0c video card
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