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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

General information

PC Report

Tweaking Guide at GeForce

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
Retail
Amazon.com		Gold Edition
Amazon.co.uk		Gold Edition
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.		Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GamersGate		Gold Edition
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.		Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Green Man Gaming		Gold Edition
Humble Store		Gold Edition
Steam		Steam can be avoided with `-uplay_steam_mode` parameter^{[citation needed]}
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.		Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.		Gold Edition

All versions require Uplay.

Version differences

The Gold Edition contains the base game and the season pass.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
The Syringe	Can only be bought via the Season Pass.
Escape from Durgesh Prison
The Hurk Deluxe Pack
Overrun
Valley Of the Yetis

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-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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Field of view (FOV)

The FOV slider is disabled when using ultra-widescreen and multi-monitor resolutions.

Instructions

Input settings

Keyboard, mouse and basic controller settings.

Advanced controller settings.

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Minimize mouse acceleration and smoothing effect

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

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.

Low DPI mice are more susceptible to this issue.

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
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish				Two available options: Spanish, and Spanish (Mexico)
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Versus, Co-op PvP (Overrun) mode requires paid DLC.^[1] Can not play the main campaign in co-op, only the side missions and towers. Progress in the player is saved for both parties but progress in game is only saved for the host.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Far Cry 4.

Issues fixed

Fix Crashing at Start Screen

Instructions

Fix stuttering

Instructions

Holding WASD down does not continue moving

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

Instructions

Game not starting

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

Instructions

Game hangs when starting, black screen, scripted events not starting

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

Black screen at launch on dual core CPU systems

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

Instructions

Crash at launch

The game doesn't tell why it's crashing on launch. Use the Windows Event Log to find the cause.

MSVC100.dll missing

Instructions

Faulting module name

FC64.dll

This might even occur to a fresh install of the game.^{[citation needed]}

Instructions

nvwgf2umx.dll

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Dolby Digital, Speex
Interface	Adobe Flash
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Uplay

System requirements

32-bit systems are not supported.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5-750 2.5 GHz	AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz Intel Core i5-2400S 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 5850 Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	AMD Radeon R9 290X Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX-compatible	5.1 surround sound
Controller	Xbox 360 Controller (optional)

Notes

↑ ^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>/298110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (298110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Far Cry 4 - Season Pass Details - UbiBlog - Ubisoft®

[Proton_path_note-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>/298110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (298110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

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

[Note 1]

[1]

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 |4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = true
-|fov notes                  = Hands and weapons don't scale with the rest of the view.<ref>[http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/955246-FOV-slider-disabled-when-enabling-Surround-Eyefinity&p=10358987&viewfull=1#post10358987 FOV slider disabled when enabling Surround/Eyefinity | Forums]</ref><br/>Limited to default setting in borderless mode and multi-monitor set-ups;<ref name="FOV">[http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=154818#p154818 View topic - Far Cry 4 | WSGF]</ref> to fix see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
+|fov notes                  = Hands and weapons don't scale with the rest of the view.<ref>[http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/955246-FOV-slider-disabled-when-enabling-Surround-Eyefinity&p=10358987&viewfull=1#post10358987 FOV slider disabled when enabling Surround/Eyefinity | Forums]</ref><br/>Limited to default setting in multi-monitor set-ups;<ref name="FOV">[http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=154818#p154818 View topic - Far Cry 4 | WSGF]</ref> to fix see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 |windowed                   = true
 |windowed notes             =
 |borderless windowed        = true
-|borderless windowed notes  = Limited to the default FOV;<ref name="FOV"/> to fix see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
+|borderless windowed notes  =
 |anisotropic                = hackable
 |anisotropic notes          = Force in the [[Glossary:Anisotropic filtering (AF)#Force anisotropic filtering|graphics card control panel]].
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 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
-{{ii}} The FOV slider is disabled in borderless mode or when using ultra-widescreen and multi-monitor resolutions.
+{{ii}} The FOV slider is disabled when using ultra-widescreen and multi-monitor resolutions.
 {{Fixbox|1=
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 |light bar support notes   =
 }}
-===Bind Actions to the Tab key===
-{{ii}} This is fixed in day-1 patch.
-{{Fixbox|
-{{fixbox/fix|Bind actions to {{key|Tab}}}}
-# While in-game, manually change the action you want bound to an unused key temporarily  (e.g. "P").
-# Close the game.
-# Open <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 4\HIDInputRemapper.xml</code> with a text editor.
-# Locate the line bound to the temporary key (e.g. <code><nowiki>input="KB.P"</nowiki></code>).
-# Change to <code><nowiki>input="KB.TAB"</nowiki></code>.
-# Save.
-}}
 ===Minimize mouse acceleration and smoothing effect===
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   |audio     = yes
   |subtitles = yes
-  |notes     = 2 options spanish from spain or latin america spanish from mexico
+  |notes     = Two available options: Spanish, and Spanish (Mexico)
 }}
 {{L10n/switch

Developers

	Ubisoft Montreal
	Ubisoft Toronto
	Ubisoft Red Storm
	Ubisoft Shanghai
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Dunia 2
Release dates
Windows	November 18, 2014