Far West

So I found out why there is no music. One needs the .cue and .bin
I learned this from another game and I recall this as a child that some games had music tracks on the CD themselves, not as data but as actual tracks that even your car CD player can play (just skip track 1). I was playing Force21 and realized there was no music and yet the iso was 200mb smaller than the cue/bin I ripped it from.
Lo and behold it had tracks on the CD.... so just a heads up that we're missing music unless we find the .cue and .bin
Man what a journey

I'm still facing the problem with unlocking next mission in campaign. I'm playing only on ISO Version. I had several attempts on tutorial and yet nothing happen. I have switched the file like advised earlier and still same. Any ideas?

The ISO file provided here is broken, but you can fix it using Daemon Tool Pro, just install as usual. You dont need any Ripped Version. The SFX from iso is works fine.

If you want to unlock all levels in campaign mode or single player mode, make sure you replace original file with No CD Fix and the find "config.ini" in "Far West\Data" folder, edit with your favorite text editor and paste text below and save and reload your game again:

"showmessages"; "all";
"graphicsdetails"; "high";
"music"; "on";
"musicvolume"; 50;
"soundeffects"; "on";
"soundeffectsvolume"; 85;
"showcutscenes"; "on";
"campaignlevelcode"; "QREalsdk038u8uxcv";

In case if nothing happened, just play it normal at least once, reload your game, and the campaign and single player mode will unlock successfully.

QUICKSILVER.... I swear I had a friend who used that name and QuickHeal and QuickX etc. Back in the Soldat days.

To be fair I crash all the time when I complete a mission but it does unlock the next mission in the menu. I'm not sure why it doesn't for you. Have you tried using saves? Load when almost near the end of a mission and try to transition to the next level. I find that if you play for 40 minutes to an hour there is a good chance of a crash when going to the next mission. Maybe its a write permission thing, try putting the folder somewhere outside of C: drive so it can read and write files without admin.

I found out recently there might actually be music to the game but for the life of me I can't seem to get them to play in game or elsewhere. Its just banjo music and harmonicas in your Western shindig style dance but... yeah....

UPDATE-
So the ISO worked and installed correctly after I used Daemon Tools (instead of Power ISO)
The game worked following BiggerBrain's instructions. (Thanks BiggerBrain)

However Mission 2 does not seem to get unlocked after completing Mission 1. Next mission does not show on the List.

I tried a campaign unlocker method on the config.ini per GameCopyWorld- Did not work.

Any idea how to play beyond Mission 1?

The RIP Version worked but does not go beyond Mission 1. The next mission simply does not show on the list after completing the first mission.

The ISO version's installation dies at 99% for some reason.

The Alt RIP version doesn't run. Blank screen and back.

I'm on Win 11.
Please help!

I figure it out, it took some trial and error:

1. Get the rip version and the official ISO
2. Extract the .ISO and install the game into a folder
3. Extract the rip
4. In the rip there is a No CD crack, apply that folder to the officially installed Far West from the iso. Chances are Windows 10 already virus blocked the original farwest.exe
5. This is important, you need to create a shortcut but the Start In must be pointing to Far West. Not Far West\win32 or whatever. But the Far West folder just after JoWood (ie "C:\Jowood\Far West" The Target HOWEVER must have the following after the quotation marks bin\farwest.tcl (ie: "C:\JoWood\Far West\bin\win32\farwest.exe" bin\farwest.tcl)

The game generally has no music but you will get all the SFX and videos from the official install while using the crack from the RIP (The new alternative RIP). Also the voice acting for the little cut scenes

Thats it. No resolution control. DO NOT USE dgvoodoo, I learned the hard way that it was causing my crashes. You do not need to set any compatibility either, doing so tends to crash the game.

Game is working fine but there is no sound, both music and game sounds are at 0% and stay at 0 even when i change them. Anyone know a fix? (i have the config file and everything installed correctly)

PLEASE TELL ME HOW CAN FIND THIS GAME. MY CHILDHOOD GAMES. ANY GOOD SOULS HERE TO SUGGEST ME WHERE CAN I GET THE GAME.PLEASE

The new RIP gives "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error". Even after replacing the "Farwest.exe" and "nFarwest.dll" from NoCD crack.

The new version works by deleting the farwestRUN, extracting the NOCD fix and pasting the new files over it

Received an alt RIP version shared by Daky, give it a try

The reason people are having trouble with this is the hard fact the game shipped with a virus. It's not the NOCD. The actual legit bought-and-paid-for CD will have a trojan on farwest.exe. So when you install and it says "installation is corrupt" that's because your anti-virus (or whatever OS post Windows 7) will detect it as malicious when it tries to copy over farwest.exe. Whether it or not it is I'm not qualified to say. Though to be fair the fact this game is abandonware and hard to get should be an indicator.

This game has LOTS of script issues. You'll be replaying missions over and over and over just to trigger the scripts. The most stable you will ever get is running a Windows 98 virtual machine with an emulated ATI Rage Pro graphic card. You'll basically hire cowboys, graze cows, ward off bandits, buy supplies like whisky to keep the morale of your cowboys up, sell cattle and that's it. It's more of a management game than an RTS. I've only grown a town once and never again because of aforementioned scripting issues.

If the .ISO is giving you corrupted file you need to open it up with Daemon Tools or PowerISO extract all files into a folder. You can install the game from the extracted files. Though in Win10 you will get the "install corrupted" at the end when FarWest.exe is copied over and basically craps the bed.

So BE CAREFUL

I have a completely different problem
the camera is stuck i can not move from left to right and barely up and down
I think i has something to do with widescreen

Andreas, Becareful, how did you get it to work?

Works like a charm on Windows 7, although the menu is a bit skewed. On Windows 10 even more graphics seem to be missing (mostly the GUI when playing).

i got the disc version and even that contains a virus. i played it multiplayer and it is exceptionally difficult.

The iso works with other tools, for example DAEMON Tools Lite

Also getting the abort on install error.