Crysis Warhead

Crysis Warhead

Developers
	Crytek
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	CryEngine 2
Release dates
Windows	September 17, 2008

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Crysis
Crysis	2007
Crysis Warhead	2008
Crysis 2	2011
Crysis 3	2013
Crysis Remastered	2020
Crysis 2 Remastered	2021
Crysis 3 Remastered	2021
Crysis 4	TBA

Key points

Crysis Wars is the multiplayer section of the game, Crysis: Warhead is the single player campaign.

Comes bundled with modding tools

Very taxing even on some modern computers

GameSpy online server browser stopped working on May 31, 2014 due to GameSpy services being shut down. Unofficial Crysis Wars Multiplayer Mod is available.

General information

Crysis Website

MyCrysis Forums

Crysis Wiki - A wiki for everything Crysis related

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM, five machine limit. A De-Authorization Tool is available.
GOG.com
Origin		SecuROM PA DRM, unspecified machine limit. A De-Authorization Tool is available.
Steam		SecuROM PA DRM, 50 machine limit. A De-Authorization Tool is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version for Warhead is 1.1. Latest versions for Wars is 1.5. Patch can be found here.

Crysis Wars Multiplayer Mod

This mod updates the game to use new multiplayer master servers, re-enabling online support lost by the GameSpy service shutdown.

Full details and download links can be found on the German Crysis Forums.

Skip intro videos

Skip company logos[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Game\Localized\Video\ Delete or move these files: CryTek.sfd Trailer_Crytek.sfd Trailer_CrytekC.sfd Trailer_DemoLegal.sfd Trailer_EA.sfd Trailer_Intel.sfd Trailer_NVidia.sfd Trailer_PEGI.sfd Trailer_Rating_Full.sfd Trailer_Rating_Logo.sfd

Game data

In-game general settings.

In-game general settings (Crysis Wars).

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Crysis_WARHEAD
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/17330/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Crysis_WARHEAD
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/17330/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

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  In-game general video settings (Crysis Wars).

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  In-game advanced video settings (Crysis Wars).

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  In-game graphics settings (Crysis Wars).

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Edit game.cfg[citation needed]
Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Crysis_WARHEAD\ Open game.cfg with a text editor. Enter the following line with the desired value: cl_fov=<value> Right-click game.cfg -> Properties -> Set the file's attribute to Read-only as this keeps the desired value from changing to it's default value every time you exit the game.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Crysis: Warhead by default disables AF because the engine as-is does not support using AF with parallax occlusion mapping (POM). This mod allows the engine to use AF and POM at the same time.

Install the POM+AF mod to allow anisotropic filtering[citation needed]
Download the POM+AF mod from here. Copy zz_GlobalAmbientLighting_pom_Af.pak to <path-to-game>\Game Force anisotropic filtering in your graphics card control panel.

Input settings

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

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  In-game keyboard/mouse settings (Crysis Wars).

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  In-game gamepad settings (Crysis Wars).

Mouse acceleration

Mouse acceleration[citation needed]
Open the console (~). Enter con_restricted=0 to enable all console commands. Enter i_mouse_accel X where X is 1 or 0. Default 0 disables acceleration.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

In-game audio settings (Crysis Wars).

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Dedicated server software is available for Windows and Linux.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 443, 6667, 28910, 29900-29901
UDP	27900-27901, 29910, 64087

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Issues fixed

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.

Hangs on startup

Run the 64-bit version of the game[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Bin64. Launch the crysis64.exe file to play the 64-bit version of the game.

Stop your antivirus or add the game to its exceptions

Remapping dual wielding secondary fire to other keys

By default, mouse2 (mouse right click) is permanently mapped to the dual wielding secondary fire command, regardless of what mouse2 is actually mapped to in-game. The only way to remap the command is to manually edit the profile key map file.

Remapping the dual wielding secondary fire command[citation needed]
Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Crysis_WARHEAD\Profiles\<user-id> Open actionmaps.xml with Notepad. Go to the lines with <action name="attack2" onPress="1" onRelease="1"> <key name="mouse2" /> Set the key name variable to another key. Ex. <key name="mouse3" /> Save the file and launch the game.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

The game may set your monitor's refresh rate to 24/59/60 Hz, resulting in a lowered FPS when Vsync is on, and heavy screen stuttering even if FPS is high.

Set screen refresh rate

Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation may work better. Start the game with the -dx9 command line argument once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\Bin64\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Crysis.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate]. Play the game with the -dx9 command line argument.

Game is shifted to the right on the screen/runs in 59Hz mode/wrong refresh rate

Change refresh rate - automate with QRes[citation needed]

You can change your refresh rate manually each time you open and close the game. OR You can automate this with QRes: Download QRes from Softpedia or Software.Informer Extract QRes.exe into the Crysis Warhead Bin64 or Bin32 folder depending on whether you're using the 64-bit or 32-bit executable Open Notepad Copy and paste: @echo off qres.exe /r:59 timeout /t 10 > NUL start crysis64.exe timeout /t 60 > NUL :_loop tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq crysis64.exe" | findstr = > NUL || goto _cleanup timeout /t 5 > NUL goto _loop :_cleanup qres.exe /r:60 Go to File and then Save As... Name it Crysis Warhead.bat, and then change Save as type from .txt to All Files Save into the same Bin64 or Bin32 folder Right-click Crysis Warhead.bat and click Create shortcut Move this shortcut to wherever is easiest, say the desktop, replacing the original shortcut Right-click the shortcut, click Properties, click Change icon, click Browse, navigate to the same Bin64 or Bin32 folder, select Crysis64.exe, and click OK twice When you run this using the new shortcut, your screen will flash off and on again, shifted to one side. Press the Auto button or equivalent on your monitor to realign the screen before the game starts When you exit the game, wait a few seconds, the screen will flash again, the command window will close, and you can press the Auto again

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 10	DX10 by default. Use -dx9 parameter to change API.
Shader Model support	3, 4

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Multiplayer	GameSpy, PunkBuster

Console commands

The console can be opened with ~, but the available commands are limited. This limitation can be bypassed by the con_restricted=0 command or by adding -devmode to the game's shortcut. A thorough list of console commands can be found here.

Instead of re-entering console commands every time the game starts, the file <path-to-game>\system.cfg can be created to apply console commands automatically. The commands need to be formatted differently in the file, using an equal sign instead of a space. For example, to change the FOV to 80 you would use cl_fov=80 rather than "cl_fov 80" like in the console.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista
Processor (CPU)	2.8 GHz (XP) 3.2 GHz (Vista)
System memory (RAM)	1.0 GB (XP) 1.5 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS/640

Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.

Supported chipsets: Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.