Difference between revisions of "Far Cry 3"

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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

Key points

PC version features high resolution textures, tessellation, high quality shadows and more PC specific features.

Large number of issues reported on multiple hardware configurations, including texture problems, falling through the world, etc.

General information

Official game site

Ubisoft Forums - PC Discussion

Ubisoft Forums - Technical Community Help

Far Cry Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All versions require Uplay.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/220240/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/220240/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		Save games automatically sync.

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Instructions

Disable depth of field

Enhances antialiasing on forests and objects that are near, stabilizes the frame rate fluctuation, fixes the low-res textures on the background and can give a huge FPS boost in open view areas, for example, on the top of a tower.

Instructions

Disable HDR

Disabling improves fps.

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).

Use of SSAO makes MSAA useless because the way it's implemented^[1]

Instructions

Disable motion blur

Disabling also helps to reduce input lag.

Even if motion blur is handled by PostFX setting, completely disabling PostFX doesn't seem to work. It can be disabled with <post> in configuration file but game seems to remove it with every launch.

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

Toggle aiming down sights (ADS) for weapons

Instructions

Negative mouse acceleration

Negative mouse acceleration prevents fast mouse movements. Mouse acceleration option in the Options menu does not fix the negative effect.

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		18

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 443, 13000, 13005, 13200
UDP	9000-9005, 21800-21845

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Game stuck on skill tree

Game stuck on the first time you enter the skill tree. The game will not exit from the skill tree no matter what key is pressed.

Crash after first cutscene and random crashing

Crashes can randomly happen in all parts of the game.^[2]

Crash are more frequent after first -unskippable- cutscene.^[3]

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Textures and artifacting

Artifact blocks appear on screen.
Random lights appear.
Escaping to menu and returning and geometry has failed to load correctly.
Stretched, hollow blocks of the ground appearing randomly. (Possible Fix for this particular one at least for me is to change to direct X 9. Also going offline in Uplay may rectify the issue.)

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. Reinstalling on the C:\ drive will fix this issue.

Issues fixed

Change UI language

For some reason Far Cry 3 will sometimes have a (poorly) translated interface.

Instructions

Microstutter

Instructions

Multi-GPU crash

If your game freezes and crashes when entering a saved game, you must disable the Post FX option.

Instructions

Game stuck on splash screen

Game splash screen pops up on desktop and freezes, doing nothing until the process is ended.

Instructions

Parachute will not open

Game reports wrong button for opening parachute when jumping with wing-suit. There seems to be link between crouch binding and change vehicle seat binding. Make sure that these actions are bound to same key.^[4]

Multiplayer weapons will not level up

Weapons earn EXP and level up during matches, but do no retain EXP post-game; weapons stay at level 1 indefinitely.

Instructions

Installation Issues

When using a C:\ drive with limited space such as an SSD, the game will not install onto a secondary drive even if you have sufficient free space.

Instructions

First loading screen stalls or takes excessive amounts of time

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Intel Core 2 Duo E6700	AMD Phenom II X2 565 Intel Core i3-530
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 8800 AMD Radeon HD 2900 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 AMD Radeon HD 5770 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 (220240) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SSAOMSAA
↑ Far Cry 3: Game crashing randomly - Steam Users' Forums
↑ Twitter / botherer: I know the game's going to ...
↑ Wing suit unable to deploy parachute | Ubisoft Forums

[Proton_path_note-1] 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 (220240) 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 (220240) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[SSAOMSAA-2] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SSAOMSAA

[3] Far Cry 3: Game crashing randomly - Steam Users' Forums

[4] Twitter / botherer: I know the game's going to ...

[5] Wing suit unable to deploy parachute | Ubisoft Forums

[Note 1]

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@@ Line 90: / Line 90: @@
 |anisotropic notes          = The game doesn't have any Anisotropic Filtering option, but it's possible to force AF through Nvidia/AMD Control Panel.
 |antialiasing               = true
-|antialiasing notes         = Changeable [[MSAA]] from 0 to 8, '''Post FX''' handles [[FXAA]].<br/>Because the way [[MSAA]] is implemented it may leave some aliasing.<ref>[http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/81890 Far Cry 3 : Screenshot Comparison], most noticeable antialiasing is in the books at the corner.</ref>
+|antialiasing notes         = Changeable [[MSAA]] from 0 to 8, '''Post FX''' handles [[FXAA]].<br/>Because the way [[MSAA]] is implemented it may leave some aliasing when [[#Disable ambient occlusion|used with SSAO]].<ref name="SSAOMSAA">[http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/81890 Far Cry 3 : Screenshot Comparison], most noticeable antialiasing is in the books at the corner.</ref>
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 255: / Line 255: @@
 }}
-==='''Performance boost!''' Disable depth of field (on background/when not aiming), and enhance near objects/forest Anti Aliasing.===
+===Disable depth of field===
-{{++}}This stabilize the frame rate fluctuation, fix the low-res textures on the background and can give a huge FPS boost in open view areas, for example, on the top of a tower.
+{{ii}} Enhances antialiasing on forests and objects that are near, stabilizes the frame rate fluctuation, fixes the low-res textures on the background and can give a huge FPS boost in open view areas, for example, on the top of a tower.
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml}}
@@ Line 265: / Line 265: @@
 ===Disable HDR===
-{{++}} Disable this to improve fps.
+{{ii}} Disabling improves fps.
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml}}
@@ Line 273: / Line 273: @@
-===Disable ambient occlusion==={{--}} Ambient occlusion can't be disabled completely through the in-game settings when
+===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).
-playing in DirectX 11, only switched to various techniques available (SSAO, HBAO, HDAO).{{Fixbox|1={{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml}}# Open <code>[[#Configuration file(s) location|GamerProfile.xml]]</code> with a text editor.# Locate <code>SSAOLevel="x"</code> and change x to 0.{{ii}} Whenever you change graphical settings in-game SSAOLevel="0" is changed back to the default 1 (SSAO).}}
+{{--}} Use of SSAO makes [[MSAA]] useless because the way it's implemented<ref name="SSAOMSAA" />
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit GamerProfile.xml}}
+# Open <code>[[#Configuration file(s) location|GamerProfile.xml]]</code> with a text editor.
+# Locate <code>SSAOLevel="x"</code> and change x to 0.
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} Whenever you change graphical settings in-game SSAOLevel="0" is changed back to the default 1 (SSAO).
+}}
 ===Disable motion blur===
-{{ii}} Also helps to reduce input lag.
+{{ii}} Disabling also helps to reduce input lag.
+{{ii}} Even if motion blur is handled by PostFX setting, completely disabling PostFX doesn't seem to work. It can be disabled with <code><post></code> in configuration file but game seems to remove it with every launch.
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Edit config}}

Developers
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	Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Dunia 2
Release dates
Windows	November 29, 2012