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Revision as of 11:41, 15 May 2020
Developers | |
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Crytek | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
CryEngine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 23, 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 89 |
IGDB | 88 |
Far Cry | |
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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 |
Key points
- 64-bit version is available for separate download. See Patches.
- Water reflections are broken on Windows Vista and later. Use SilentPatch on modern systems.
General information
- Ubisoft Forums
- Far Cry Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Crymods - Active community website with extensive mod database.
- Far Cry Addon Mod (FCAM) - Various improvements to graphical and gameplay elements.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. Not in every region[citation needed] | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | not available in Germany | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v1.4 (32-bit only) - The latest patch available for the game (A bug you may encounter like the AI can see you through walls and kill you, use unnoffical 1.41 to fix it)
- 64-bit Upgrade Patch - Upgrades the game to take advantage of 64-bit architectures, allowing for higher frame rates and other optimizations.
- 64-bit Enhanced Content Patch - Adds exclusive features such as higher resolution textures and objects as well as increased viewing distances in some cases.
Skip intro videos
Instructions[3] |
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Notes
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Unofficial Patch 1.41
- Fixes issues with AI and other stuff
SilentPatch
- Fixes the water reflections for landmasses not working on Vista and newer systems
- Fixes the in-game Vsync option and common crashes
- Implements the
-64bit
command line argument to launch 64-bit version directly from Steam
How to install[4] |
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Extract the contents of |
Tent AI Bug Fix
- Fixes AI seeing through tents. Standalone version of GOG fix.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13520/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Profiles\player\<user-id>\savegames[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13520/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Vert-. Use Far Cry Widescreen Fix or FarOut Widescreen. | ||
Multi-monitor | Vert-. Use Far Cry Widescreen Fix or FarOut Widescreen. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Vert-. Use Far Cry Widescreen Fix or FarOut Widescreen. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Vert-. Use Far Cry Widescreen Fix or FarOut Widescreen. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use FarOut Widescreen or Far Cry Widescreen Fix and set FOVFactor = 1.0 to desired value in the FarCry.WidescreenFix.ini |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Far Cry Widescreen Fix while in windowed mode. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 8 samples. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x FSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use SilentPatch[4] | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Both mouse acceleration and mouse smoothing. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Options go up to 5.1, but outputs to up to 7.0 speaker configurations.[5] May require DirectSound 3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 2, EAX 3[6][7] |
- See the description of this video on how to reenable EAX 2 on non-Creative hardware for use with DSOAL; this allows OpenAL Soft HRTF to be used. May not work on some versions of Windows 10.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Only available in the retail version. See here for the Steam version translation. | |||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Spanish | Only available in the retail. Go to here to get the Steam version translation. | |||
Czech | ||||
Polish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 | Official master list has been shutdown but direct IP connect is still possible to servers on versions < 1.33, or 1.33/1.4 with a modified CryNetwork.dll file. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | A full guide on how to setup a dedicated server can be found at <path-to-game> | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Direct IP connect for versions < 1.4 requires a console command. Type \connect <ip address of server:port> . |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 40000-42999 |
UDP | 41005, 41006, 44000, 49001 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | ||||
TriDef 3D | ||||
vorpX | G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues unresolved
Blurry rock textures
- After applying the 64-bit Enhanced Content Patch, the mountain rock textures appear extremely blurry in-game.
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Mouse not working
Instructions |
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AI can see you through walls and kill you
- The patch 1.4 (32 bit only) introduces this bug.
- This has been fixed in the GOG.com version.
Use Tent AI Bug Fix[8] |
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Game crashes with very high lighting
- When setting the Lighting Quality option in-game to Very High you may experience a crash/freeze every time you launch the game. This is easily resolved:
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Broken water reflections
- Reflections on water are broken by default in Windows Vista and higher. Foliage and other objects are reflected, but landmasses are missing altogether.[9][10]
Install SilentPatch[4] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2 | Experimental renderer. Cannot be selected via in-game options. See Enable the OpenGL renderer. |
Shader Model support | 1.1, 2, 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit needs to be downloaded separately. See Patches. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Anti-cheat | PunkBuster |
Enable the OpenGL renderer
Modify the system.cfg file[11] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE | 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz |
AMD Athlon 2.0-3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.0-3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512-1024 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT 128 MB of VRAM |
- Windows ME, while it can work with Far Cry, is not supported.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 (13520) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ TweakGuides.com - Far Cry Tweak Guide
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Verified by User:Blackbird on 2018-04-10
- Works.
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ EAX Featured Game: Far Cry - Creative.com (retrieved)
- ↑ EAX Showcase: Far Cry™ - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)
- ↑ [citation needed]
- ↑ Far Cry - Missing Landmass Reflections on Water - YouTube
- ↑ VOGONS • View topic - Far Cry
- ↑ TweakGuides.com - Far Cry Tweak Guide