Crysis in Vista 64

I don't know if any of you guys have had this problem, but my install of Crysis did not install any shortcuts or place anything in the Start menu. The only way I can run it is to go directly to the file location in the bin32 directory. I'm running Vista 64 on a 8800gt, and yet I can't seem to get any of the programs under the bin64 directory to work. There are two icons, a Crysis.exe, and a Crysis64.exe, neither of which will run without some type of crash. Am I missing something here? The Crysis.exe under the bin32 directory runs fine.

Actually no, they are both on the same disk, and there are two executables--one for each.

I get the same problem and I am using Vista X64 Ultimate, it done it with the beta test, it also done it with the demo and now it’s done the same with the retail version of the game. You will need to go to the NVIDIA game control screen and set the crisis.exe to force off triple buffering and force off vsynk also. The 64Bit version should work after that. Also make sure you have the latest NVIDIA beta drivers installed, as that could possibly be the problem.

Well, tried all of that, and I do have the latest drivers, but no luck. It goes to black screen then crashes as always. Any more thoughts?

you can find out which version you got running by using console ~ and typing r_displayinfo = 1 (I think it's 1 or 2).

Hey guys; thanks again for your help. No, I'm not using a no cd fix. I've tried the console command, but didn't get anything about the version. I'm hoping others more knowledgable than myself can come up with some kind of solution. I can run the 32 bit version fine with everything on very high and at high resolutions, but I intentionally went with 64 bit because it was supposed to be advantageous. So much for that.

Thanks again. I thought of that and checked my "games" group -- nothing. I checked on the EA forums and all sorts of people are having the same problem, so hopefully there will be a fix soon. I only found a couple of people who got it to work, and they all had a direct download, not the installed from a cd version.

Oh, and I've tried both the exe files under the bin64 menu.

Thanks, I'll try that as well.

Find the Crysis folder and in it go into the 64 bit folder. Make sure the Crysis DVD is already in your DVD drive. Find the launch64 tool for SecuROM which is 4394KB and says the name CRYSIS (not the one that says Crysis64!) and click it.

Well, I got it working. I was reading on the forums at EA and someone suggested trying to run the built-in benchmarks under the bin64 directory. They ran fine, and then the 64 bit version has run fine since then. Go figure. It even runs without the annoying glitches I was having in the 32 bit version. I have no idea why, but I'll not question it. Word is there will be a patch soon to fix some of these things. Thanks for the help guys. Incidentally, no real difference in the framerate, but it does run without any hiccups whatsoever.