In case anybody is having problems with a "Black screen of death," do this:
Go into your My Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2 (For XP, for Vista it'll be Documents\Games\Far Cry 2), and there should be an XML file in there. Open it with any text editor, and find the spot called "Maximized=" and make sure that is set equal to 1. Save it, close it, and re-load the game.
Go into your My Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2 (For XP, for Vista it'll be Documents\Games\Far Cry 2), and there should be an XML file in there. Open it with any text editor, and find the spot called "Maximized=" and make sure that is set equal to 1. Save it, close it, and re-load the game.