Difference between revisions of "Far Cry 4"

Revision as of 12:36, 17 December 2014

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

General information

PC Report

Tweaking Guide at GeForce

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Not available in the United Kingdom.
Ubisoft Store

All versions require Uplay.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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Instructions

Game data

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/298110/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Video and graphics settings.

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Input settings

Keyboard, mouse and basic controller settings.

Advanced controller settings.

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Bind Actions to the Tab key

This is fixed in day-1 patch.

Instructions

Minimize mouse acceleration and smoothing effect

Disabling acceleration from games menu still leaves some acceleration and smoothing enabled. Disabling all values from configuration file should minimize effect.

Acceleration cannot be disabled completely.

The mouse curve was improved in patch 1.5.0.^[1]

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Change aim sensitivity

Instructions

Toggle aiming down sights (ADS) for weapons

Does not work while in vehicles

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio and game settings.

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Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		PvP (Overrun) mode requires paid DLC.^[2]

Issues fixed

Fix Crashing at Start Screen

Turn uplay to offline mode and play offline campaign.

Fix stuttering

Instructions

Holding WASD down does not continue moving

The game has some problems with devices from Razer, even with mice.

Instructions

Microstutter

This fix helped with stuttering in Far Cry 3.

Instructions

MSVCR100.dll Missing Error

Instructions

Game not starting

The game has some problems with devices from Razer, even with mice.

Instructions

Game hangs when starting, black screen

The game has some problems with controller devices.

Instructions

Game not saving progress in prologue mission

Instructions

Black Shadow Error

Instructions

Invisible/No Map

Instructions

Fix for Dual Core CPUs

This fix requires usage of third party exe and dll files. Use with extreme caution as your account can be banned.

Instructions

System requirements

32-bit systems are not supported.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-750 2.5 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz	Intel Core i5-2400S 2.5 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon R9 290X 2 GB of VRAM

Notes

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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 (298110) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-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 (298110) 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 (298110) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[2] New Far Cry 4 PC Patch Out Now, Fixes Nasty "Mouse Acceleration, Stuttering" & Other Issues, Full Changelog Revealed - Gamepur

[3] Far Cry 4 - Season Pass Details - UbiBlog - Ubisoft®

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 62: / Line 62: @@
 Step 5.
+Make a new file, a text file will work. Open it with a text editor and paste the following script into it.
+    md Step5
+    cd Step5
+    md ui
+    cd ui
+    md singleplayer
+    cd singleplayer
+    md video
+    cd video
+    copy NUL "ubisoftlogo.bik"
+    cd ..\
+    cd ..\
+    cd ..\
+    md __UNKNOWN
+    cd __UNKNOWN
+    md gfx
+    cd gfx
+    copy NUL "C63725DB0072791F.bik"
+    cd ..\
+    md unknown
+    cd unknown
+    copy NUL "0667DC51C27CCEE5"
+    copy NUL "C4710F2280612707"
+Making sure that 'hide extensions for known file types' is disabled in windows explorer, rename it to "Step5.bat". Run it.
+'''OR'''
 Make a new folder somewhere. Make 4 empty text files in it. Make sure 'hide extensions for known file types' is disabled in windows explorer. Make 6 new folders. Name the 4 empty text files C63725DB0072791F.bik, 0667DC51C27CCEE5(no file extension), C4710F2280612707(also no extension), and ubisoftlogo.bik. Name the 6 folders __UNKNOWN, gfx, unknown, ui, singleplayer, and video. Move C63725DB0072791F.bik to the gfx folder. Move 0667DC51C27CCEE5 and C4710F2280612707 to the folder called 'unknown'. Move ubisoftlogo.bik to the video folder. Move the video folder inside the singleplayer folder. Move the singleplayer folder inside the ui folder. Move the gfx and 'unknown' folders into the __UNKNOWN folder.

Developers
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	Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Dunia 2
Release dates
Windows	November 18, 2014