Difference between revisions of "Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon"

Revision as of 07:45, 27 July 2016

Far Cry
Far Cry	2004
Far Cry 2	2008
Far Cry 3	2012
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon	2013
Far Cry 4	2014
Far Cry Primal	2016
Far Cry 5	2018
Far Cry New Dawn	2019
Far Cry 6	2021

Blood Dragon
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon	2013
Trials of the Blood Dragon	2016

Key points

Most fixes and settings for Far Cry 3 should also work with Blood Dragon.

Many users are reporting that the in-game cutscenes are broken.

General information

Official game site

Ubisoft Forums

Far Cry Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GamersGate
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Origin
Steam		Can be run without the Steam client by passing the `-uplay_steam_mode` command line argument to the main executable.^[1]
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.

All versions require Uplay.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/233270/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/233270/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Custom/unlisted resolutions can be set manually in GamerProfile.xml.

Instructions

Disable ambient occlusion

Ambient occlusion can't be disabled completely through the in-game settings when playing in DirectX 11, only switched to various techniques available (SSAO, HBAO, HDAO).

Instructions

Disable Scanlines

Instructions

Disable Parallax Occlusion Mapping on Dirt Roads

Instructions

Improve Draw Distances

Instructions

Instructions

Input settings

In-game general control settings.

In-game key map settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings.

Template:Input settings

Manually bind enter key to an action

Instructions

Manually bind mousewheel to weapon switching

Instructions

Toggle aiming down sights (ADS) for weapons

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See FarCry3: Blood Dragon (DX9 only) - 3D Vision fix for better support.
TriDef 3D

Issues unresolved

Cutscenes extremely laggy

Many users are reporting in game cutscenes are very slow, often causing the audio to go out of sync.

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Fails to save progress

In the LOAD menu, all but the first autosave are displayed as "LOCKED". The first autosave is the one created during the first run, at the very start of the game.

Issues fixed

Cap frame rate

This is the best method to eliminate microstuttering - especially with the DX11 executable.^{[citation needed]}

Instructions

Negative mouse acceleration

Negative mouse acceleration prevents fast mouse movements.

Instructions

Video artifacts

Video artifacting occurring in game.

Instructions

No voice acting

Instructions

Game Crashes Randomly

Instructions

Game crashes on Windows 10

The game tends to crash after about 20 minutes of playing on Windows 10 devices

Instructions

Crash when installed in a Windows 8 Storage Space

The Game will refuse to run when installed on a drive which is managed by a Windows 8/8.1 Storage Space.

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11
Shader Model support	3, 5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Dolby Digital, Speex
Interface	Adobe Flash
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.00 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66 GHz	AMD Phenom II X2 550 3.10 GHz Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (233270) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Ubisoft Forums :: Steam and Uplay, possible way to start with just Uplay?

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (233270) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (233270) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Ubisoft Forums :: Steam and Uplay, possible way to start with just Uplay?

[1]

[Note 1]

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+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go to <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon</code>
 # Open <code>GamerProfile.xml</code> in text editor (notepad for example).
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-{{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go to <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon</code>
 # Open <code>GamerProfile.xml</code> in text editor (notepad for example).
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 ===Disable Scanlines===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Edit FC3.dll}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit FC3.dll|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go into <code>{{p|game}}\bin</code>
 # Open <code>FC3.dll</code> and <code>FC3_d3d11.dll</code> in hex editor (HxD for example).
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 ===Disable Parallax Occlusion Mapping on Dirt Roads===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go into <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon</code>
 # Open <code>GamerProfile.xml</code> in a text editor(Such as Notepad++).
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 ===Improve Draw Distances===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Grab Mod Tools}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Grab Mod Tools|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # [http://svn.gib.me/builds/dunia2/ Download Mod Tools here]
 # Get the latest version and extract them to anywhere you'd like. Remember where.
 }}
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Extract "Common.dat"}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Extract "Common.dat"|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 #[http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/687-far-cry-3-blood-dragon-extended-draw-distancelods/ Download the modded "defaultrenderconfig.xml"s here]
 #Extract it to anywhere you like. Remember where.
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 ===Manually bind enter key to an action===
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-{{Fixbox/fix|Edit InputUserActionMap.xml}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit InputUserActionMap.xml|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go to <code>{{p|localappdata}}\My Games\Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon</code>
 # Open <code>InputUserActionMap.xml</code> in text editor (notepad for example).
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 ===Manually bind mousewheel to weapon switching===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Edit InputUserActionMap.xml}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit InputUserActionMap.xml|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go to <code>{{p|localappdata}}\My Games\Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon</code>
 # Open <code>InputUserActionMap.xml</code> in text editor (notepad for example).
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 ===Toggle aiming down sights (ADS) for weapons===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml to add IronsightToggleMode}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml to add IronsightToggleMode|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go to <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon</code>
 # Open <code>GamerProfile.xml</code> in text editor (notepad for example).
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 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Negative mouse acceleration fix}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Negative mouse acceleration fix|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Download the latest version of the [http://svn.gib.me/builds/dunia2/ Far Cry 3 Mod tools].
 # Extract the files anywhere.
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 ===No voice acting===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|No voice acting fix}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|No voice acting fix|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 * Change your speaker settings from 5.1 to stereo.
 # right click the volume icon on your Windows taskbar (if it isn't visible just click on <code>show hidden icons</code> to make it appear.)
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 ===Game Crashes Randomly===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Disable the Steam overlay}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Disable the Steam overlay|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Right click the game icon on steam and select properties.
 # Uncheck the <code>Enable Steam Community In-Game</code> box.
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 The game tends to crash after about 20 minutes of playing on Windows 10 devices
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Disable TabletInputService in Task Manager}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Disable TabletInputService in Task Manager|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Press {{key|Ctrl|Shift|Esc}} to open the [[Task Manager]].
 # Click on Services.

Developers

	Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Dunia 2
Release dates
Windows	May 1, 2013