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Revision as of 20:40, 23 October 2014

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
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Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Dunia 2
Release dates
Windows May 1, 2013
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Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon on Wikipedia
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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

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
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Amazon.com
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Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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GamersGate
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Green Man Gaming
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Humble Store
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Steam
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Ubisoft Store
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All versions require Uplay.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/233270/pfx/[Note 1]
Saves might be alternately stored in %PROGRAMDATA%\Orbit\205

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

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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

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

Manually bind mousewheel to weapon switching

Instructions

Toggle aiming down sights (ADS) for weapons

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

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

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.

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.

Issues fixed

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8
Processor (CPU) 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 or 3.00 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 2.93 GHz Intel Core i3-530 or 3.10 GHz AMD Phenom II X2 550
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		1024 MB of VRAM
DirectX 11 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>/233270/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (233270) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References