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Far Cry 3

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Far Cry 3
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Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Dunia 2
Release dates
Windows November 29, 2012
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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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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GamersGate
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Steam
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Both Steam and Uplay run while playing.
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Ubisoft Store
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All versions require Uplay.

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition (Deluxe Edition) is a complete edition containing the base game and all DLC.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-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.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Disable depth of field

This only disables depth of field on background and when not aiming.
This 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 HDR improves performance.
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.

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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.
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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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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
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Connection types

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

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
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Textures and artifacting

Issues fixed

Change UI language

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

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Multi-GPU crash

If your game freezes and crashes when entering a saved game, you must disable the Post FX option.
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Game stuck on splash screen

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

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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.
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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.

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First loading screen stalls or takes excessive amounts of time

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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.

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Resolution issues before launching

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System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
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

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/220240/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (220240) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

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