There is no automated updater to take you from Farcry 3 to Farcry 4. No problem!

Ok. so that was a bit of an overconfident assertion. but in our case (5 Farcry sites to consider. 3 of which we're moving) it really was simple. None of these sites contained any custom objects which undoubtedly would have made things more difficult.

So far I have migrated one over and it's running great. I like the revised admin - it's cleaner and feels much faster too.

All I needed to know was contained in this comment by Michael Sammut. Basically. run the 4.0 installer. migrate your data over. merge your templates with the 4.0 deployment code (shout out to BeyondCompare for that step). tweak the display templates (bunch of annoying path changes. but they do make sense). then make sure the COAPI checks out completely. I really didn't run in to trouble anywhere. Start to finish was probably just over an hour for one site.

Next one to move is countermarch.com. That'll be a treat. I'm sure. Haven't been as diligent as I should have been about keeping our www directory clean and orderly :-/

Anyway. just wanted to share. Didn't see a need to reinvent the wheel by retyping step-by-step directions that worked perfectly. Thanks. Michael!