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So, you have tried all those methods for unlocking Predecessor missions and tired of their instability?
After finishing working on my patcher for Jackal Tapes I thought: why not to just change game behavior to let me play Predecessor missions without headache of connecting to online account (besides this method seems to no longer work). Why should I suffer in trying to play free content? Moreover the retail version unlocks Predecessor missions just by adding some registry keys. But registry way does not work for Steam version. Don't you think it's unfair?

So the situation now is:

• connecting to online account is not working
  
• editing registry is not valid way for Steam version
  
• using Dunia.DLL from retail version brings some bugs (it is not good idea to mix files from different versions)

I think it is time to just break the Steam version Dunia.DLL to let us freely play to what is free.

We need to change two bytes in the Dunia.DLL file.

In order not to change the file physically, I recommend using the utility to start the game with various fixes right in the process memory. Read more:
https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1620638035

To edit file as usual there are two ways:


If you are confident in what you are doing and are familiar with hex editors, then this is what you need to do. Find where the game is installed - the desired file is located in the BIN subfolder. The path should look like this for Steam-version:
...Steam\steamapps\common\Far Cry 2\bin\

Open Dunia.DLL and find byte sequence

Change it so it will looks like:


If you do not want to bother with manually editing the file then you can try an easy-to-use patcher:

https://github.com/FoxAhead/Far-Cry-2-Steam-Predecessor-Tapes-Unlocker/releases/latest

Download and run the file FarCry2SteamPredecessorTapesUnlocker.exe. Use the Browse button to select the Dunia.DLL file. Click Patch!



The program will try to automatically determine the installation path of the game, so the Browse button should immediately take you to the desired folder, and all that remains is to select the Dunia.DLL file and click Patch! button.

After applying the patch, you no longer need to select Additional Content in the main game menu. Missions are already unlocked! Just start the game or load the save. A sure sign of successful unlocking will be the presence of the "Predecessor Tapes" line in the pause menu (pressing Escape button during the game).



And also the letter-icon "Special mission" in the lower right corner of the map legend ("Legend" in the pause menu).



Remember that this is an unofficial patch. Nevertheless, I tried to fully test its performance.

After patching, I found save where I was just heading to South. It was already Act 2 but I was still in North map. So I returned back to Pala and immediately after entering the town I received the phone call. After completing all 3 tapes in the North, I passed to the South and headed straight to the Port Selao. And there again received second phone call. After completing 3 more tapes I returned again to Port Selao and received third call for the last 7th tape.

Just remember that to open the next mission you need to return to the central town every time.

The bonus pack also includes new machete skins. But luckily their unlocking remained the same as in the retail version - using the registry. Therefore, I think it makes no sense to change Dunia.DLL even more. After all, you can simply add to the registry the following entry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\Far Cry 2]
"MachetesKey"=dword:00000001