Far Cry

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

Key points

64-bit version available for separate download. See Essential improvements.

Reflections on water are broken by default in Windows Vista and higher. See Broken water reflections.

General information

Ubisoft Forums

Far Cry Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SafeDisc disc check.
Amazon.com
GamersGate
GameStop
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Uplay (EMEA/other)

Essential improvements[edit]

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>.
From there navigate to: Languages/Movies/English
Replace the files Crytek.bik, sandbox.bik, and Ubi.bik with those located here

The 64-bit patch will change the format from .bik to .avi to skip them simply delete or rename the files with the inclusion of AMD64.

Patches[edit]

Patch v1.4 (32-bit only) - The latest patch available for the game

64-bit Upgrade Patch - Adds additional content, higher frame rates, enhanced textures, longer view distances, and more objects with real-time physics.

64-bit Enhanced Content Patch - Adds exclusive content only available in the 64-bit version of the game.

Steam Instructions^{[citation needed]}

The Steam version needs some additional steps for these patches to work.

Go to <path-to-game>.
Rename Bin32 to something else.
Rename Bin64 to Bin32

Mods[edit]

Crymods - Active community website with extensive mod database.

Far Cry Addon Mod (FCAM) - Various improvements to graphical and gameplay elements.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles\player\<user-id>\savegames

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Native for Far Cry v1.33 and later but FOV is Vert- (see Field of view (FOV) for a fix).^[1]
Multi-monitor		See Multi-monitor.
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Multi-monitor[edit]

Changing the resolution using console^[2]

Once in-game press ~.
Type \r_width 1440 (width of resolution).
Type \r_height 900 (height of resolution).

Alternative - Changing the resolution by editing system.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Edit system.cfg with a text editor.
Set r_Width = and r_Height = to the desired resolution.

Notes

Use this method, if the game doesn't save resolution you've entered using console.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Be aware that FC servers can override the FOV setting to prevent cheating. It is possible to create a server which does not override the FOV.

Change FOV using console and developer mode^[2]

Run Far Cry in Developer Mode using the -devmode command line argument.
When in-game, open a console by pressing ~.
Type in \fov XXX (where XXX is your horizontal FOV value, eg. \fov 105).

Notes

You won't be able to join a servers in Developer Mode.

Permanently Changing the FOV by editing files^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\FCData
Make a backup copy of SCRIPTS.pak.
Rename SCRIPTS.pak to SCRIPTS.pak.zip.
Open SCRIPTS.pak.zip and navigate to the SCRIPTS\Default\Hud folder within the zip file.
Extract ZoomView.lua and open it in Notepad.
Find a line NoZoom = 90 * 3.1415962 / 180.
To change the default value from 90 to 108 change the line to: NoZoom = 108 * 3.1415962 / 180 if using a 16:10 resolution such as 1920x1200.
Save your changes to ZoomView.lua.
Now overwrite the original ZoomView.lua with your modified version in SCRIPTS.pak.zip
Rename SCRIPTS.pak.zip back to its original name SCRIPTS.pak.

Notes

If you can't save ZoomView.lua after editing, right click, go to properties and make sure, it's not set to Read Only.

108 is ideal for 16:10 widescreen resolutions (i.e. 1920x1200)

120 is ideal for 16:9 widescreen resolutions (i.e. 1920x1080)

140 is ideal for 2:35:1 widescreen resolutions (i.e. 1920x800)

141 is ideal for 21:9 widescreen resolutions (i.e. 2560x1080 or 1920x810)

When you run Far Cry after this change, you need to zoom in once with your weapon at the start of each level for FOV changes to take effect.

This FOV hack is permanent and it will work with Developer Mode off.

The FOV hack will work fine for LAN games.

Input settings[edit]

Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Both mouse acceleration and mouse smoothing.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Options go up to 5.1, but outputs to up to 7.0 speaker configurations.^[3] May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2, EAX 3^[4]^[5]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		A full guide on how to setup a dedicated server can be found at <path-to-game>
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	40000-42999
UDP (outbound)	41005, 41006, 44000, 49001

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes with very high lighting[edit]

When setting the Lighting Quality option in-game to Very High you may experience a crash/freeze every time you launch the game. This is easily resolved:

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Open system.cfg with your text editor of choice.
Modify the parameter r_ShadersPrecache to 0
Launch the game and set the Lighting Quality option to Very High.

Notes

Alternatively you can just set the option to a maximum of High instead of Very High to resolve the issue.

Broken water reflections[edit]

Foliage and other objects are reflected, but landmasses are missing altogether.^[6]

Apply WineD3D fix^[7]

Go to this forum topic.
For the 32-bit version, download FarCryWineFix.zip and extract the files into the Bin32 folder.
For the 64-bit version, download FarCryWineFix-64bit.zip and extract the files into the Bin64 folder.

Notes

This comes with a severe performance hit (~70% lower frame rate) and potentially has some other side effects.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2	Experimental renderer. Cannot be selected via in-game options. See Enable the OpenGL renderer.
Shader Model support	2, 3
64-bit executable		Needs to be downloaded separately. See Patches.

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	PunkBuster

Enable the OpenGL renderer[edit]

Modify the system.cfg file^[8]

Go to <path-to-game>
Open system.cfg with Notepad or other text editor.
Change the value of r_driver to "OpenGL"
Save the file and launch the game.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	AMD Athlon 2.0-3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.0-3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512-1024 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	Nvidia GeForce 4, GeForce FX 5950; ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT 128 MB of VRAM

References

[1] Guru3D.com Forums - View Single Post - HBAO+ Compatibility Flags Thread

[WSGF-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 WSGF article

[3] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

[4] EAX Featured Game: Far Cry - Creative.com (retrieved)

[5] EAX Showcase: Far Cry™ - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)

[6] Far Cry - Missing Landmass Reflections on Water - YouTube

[7] VOGONS • View topic - Far Cry

[8] TweakGuides.com - Far Cry Tweak Guide

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Developers

	Crytek
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	CryEngine
Release dates
Windows	March 23, 2004

Far Cry

Contents

Availability[edit]

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Patches[edit]

Mods[edit]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video settings[edit]

Multi-monitor[edit]

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Input settings[edit]

Audio settings[edit]

Localizations

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Connection types

Ports

VR support[edit]

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes with very high lighting[edit]

Broken water reflections[edit]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Middleware[edit]

Enable the OpenGL renderer[edit]

System requirements[edit]

References