Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Developers   Ubisoft Montreal Windows Ubisoft Ukraine

Publishers   Ubisoft

Engines   Dunia 2

Release dates Windows November 29, 2012

Far Cry

Far Cry	2004
Far Cry 2	2008
Far Cry 3	2012
Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon	2013
Far Cry 4	2014

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
Amazon.com
GamersGate
GameStop
Green Man Gaming		Playfire client required for download.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition. Playfire client required for download.
Steam		Both Steam and Uplay required to be running while playing.
Uplay
Origin		Origin client required for download.

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

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3\GamerProfile.xml %LOCALAPPDATA%\My Games\Far Cry 3\InputUserActionMap.xml

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	<Uplay-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\46\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Uplay		Save games automatically sync.
GameSave Manager

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution for setting a custom resolution.
Multi-monitor
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Between 55° and 110°; use Flawless Widescreen for higher settings.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Set with "window mode" in-game.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Force in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Changeable MSAA from 0 to 8x, Post FX handles FXAA. Because the way MSAA is implemented it may leave some aliasing when used with SSAO.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.

Widescreen resolution

Edit GamerProfile.xml Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor. Locate ResolutionX="x" and change x to custom resolution. Locate ResolutionY="x" and change x to custom resolution. Whenever you change graphical settings in-game ResolutionX and ResolutionY will be reset to 800*600.

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.

Edit GamerProfile.xml Before doing anything, set PostFx in-game settings to low and save. Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor. Locate PostFxQuality="x" and change x to false.

Disable HDR

Disabling HDR improves performance.

Edit GamerProfile.xml Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor Find Hdr="x" and change x to 0.

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

Edit GamerProfile.xml Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor. Locate SSAOLevel="x" and change x to 0. Notes Whenever you change graphical settings in-game SSAOLevel="0" is changed back to the default 1 (SSAO).

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.

Edit GamerProfile.xml Open GamerProfile.xml located in configuration file location. Paste following to new line after </CustomQuality> (sample): <Post> <quality GameDepthOfField="0" CinematicDepthOfField="0" MotionBlur="0" FXAALevel="0" id="ultrahigh" /> </Post> Save the file and make it read only. Notes Making file read only prevents game from changing any settings so make sure other settings are OK before doing this.

Input settings

In-game general control settings.

In-game key map settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Vehicle controls not rebindable.
Mouse acceleration		Positive acceleration can be switched off, see section below if you are experiencing negative mouse acceleration.
Mouse input in menus		Cannot access menus with mouse when using controller.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		No mixed controller and keyboard controls for vehicle sections.
Full controller support		One time prompt to switch to controller which cannot be answered with a controller.
Controller remapping		Three sets of bindings.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Manually bind Enter key to an action

Edit InputUserActionMap.xml Open InputUserActionMap.xml with a text editor Locate and replace, or append the following code: <ActionMap name="common_use_remap">    <MassRename MergeKey="remap">       <Rename hexInput="0x646CA0E7:0xA79E3F0F" hexToInput="0x646CA0E7:0xEFDA7A5A" />    </MassRename> </ActionMap>

Toggle aiming down sights (ADS) for weapons

Edit GamerProfile.xml Open GamerProfile.xml with text editor. Locate IronsightToggleMode="0" and change it to IronsightToggleMode="1"

Negative mouse acceleration

Negative mouse acceleration prevents fast mouse movements. Mouse acceleration option in the Options menu does not fix the negative effect.

Disable negative mouse acceleration Download the latest version of the Far Cry 3 Mod tools Extract the file Go into <path-to-game>\data_win32 Right click on Common.fat and select Open with Select browse, then go into the "bin" folder you just extracted and select Gibbed.Dunia2.Unpack.EXE Then, open up the newly created Common_Unpack folder and go into the actionmaps folder. Open Inputactionmapscommon.xml with a text editor Find and replace all instances of maxoutput="10" with maxoutput="999999". Save the file. Go back to Data_win32 folder. Now open another Window and head over to the bin folder. Drag the common_Unpack folder and place it onto Gibbed.Dunia2.Pack.EXE Delete Common.dat and Common.fat Rename Common_Unpack.dat and Common_Unpack.fat to Common.dat and Common.fat respectively.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 5.1 output
Subtitles		Under video settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	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		18
Local co-op		Not included despite being advertised. Only available on consoles.
LAN co-op
Online co-op		4

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	80, 443, 13000, 13005, 13200
UDP (outbound)	9000-9005, 21800-21845

Issues unresolved

Crash after first cutscene and random crashing

Crashes can randomly happen in all parts of the game.

Crash are more frequent after first -unskippable- cutscene.

Switch to DirectX 9 Changing from DirectX 11 to 9 in the video settings may solve this problem.

Disable any sort of forced AA

Nvidia 500-series cards Raising your GPU Core Voltage by 25/50 mV may fix crashes. For step-by-step instructions see reference

Textures and artifacting

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  Artifact blocks appear on screen.

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  Random lights appear.

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  Escaping to menu and returning and geometry has failed to load correctly.

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  Stretched, hollow blocks of the ground appearing randomly. (Possible Fix for this particular one at least for me is to change to direct X 9. Also going offline in Uplay may rectify the issue.)

Issues fixed

Change UI language

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

Set language in registry Open the Registry Editor: Vista and newer: open the Start screen/Start menu, type regedit and press ↵ Enter. Windows XP: press ⊞ Win+R, type regedit and press ↵ Enter. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Ubisoft\Far Cry 3 Set Language to English Set SKU to US

Microstutter

Adaptive and dynamic V-sync These forms of V-Sync significantly reduce micro-stuttering. For Nvidia cards, Adaptive V-Sync can be enabled through the driver control panel. Set 'Vertical sync' to Adaptive. For AMD cards, Dynamic V-Sync can be enabled using the third-party program RadeonPro. Click the Add new profile icon and find the Far Cry 3 executable (farcry3_d3d11.exe or farcry3.exe). Click the newly created profile and click the Tweaks tab. Set 'VSync Control' to Always on. Enable 'Dynamic Framerate Control' and set 'Keep up to' to 60.  Compatibility mode in Windows 8 For Windows 8 users, run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 7.

Multi-GPU crash

If your game freezes and crashes when entering a saved game, you must disable the Post FX option.

Lowering the Post FX option Enter the game and enter the Options menu. Enter the Video Quality menu. Set the graphics quality to Custom Set all parameters to your personal preference. Set the Post FX options to Low

Game stuck on splash screen

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

Edit GamerProfile.xml Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor Find VSync="x" and change x to 0  Delete GamerProfile.xml If the above does not work, delete %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3\GamerProfile.xml

Game stuck on first skill tree

Select the takedown skill by double-clicking on it, then select another skill

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.

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.

Copy the save file to alternate path Copy folder 46 from: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\0c7ddfbe-d92d-4270-8cf9-3493a81f0c2d\ Go to %PROGRAMDATA%\ and make a folder called Orbit (if it does not already exist). Make sure Orbit is set to hidden (right-click, Properties, Hidden). Paste folder 46 into Orbit.

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.

Copy temporary files Go to your temporary files %temp% Find the Far Cry 3 install folder Copy these folder to your secondary drive, then start the setup process

Change temp folders location to different drive Prepare new folder for temp files in different drive. Right click on top of start button and select System From left column open Advanced system settings From Advanced tab click Environment Variables button. In user variable list, change both TEMP and TMP to newly created folder. Save changes and restart computer. Notes To access enviroment variables more quickly, simply search for Enviroment variables with Windows search.

First loading screen stalls or takes excessive amounts of time

Kill WmiPrvSE.exe Open the game Once the loading screen comes up, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the Task Manager. Click processes and make sure "show all processes" is selected at the bottom of the screen. Find WmiPrvSE.exe, right click it, end procress. The loading screen should end shortly afterwards.

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.

Installing the game on a drive that is not a Storage Space will fix this issue.

Resolution issues before launching

Create GamerProfile.xml Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3\        2. Create a GamerProfile.xml and insert this into it: <GamerProfile> <SoundProfile MusicEnabled="1" MasterVolume="100" MicEnabled="1" IncomingVoiceEnabled="1" Language="english" /> <RenderProfile MSAALevel="2" AlphaToCoverage="2" SSAOLevel="6" SDSM="0" ResolutionX="1280" ResolutionY="720" Quality="custom" QualityEditor="editor_pc" Fullscreen="0" Borderless="0" seD3D11="1" D3D11MultithreadedRendering="1" WidescreenLetterbox="0" UseWidescreenFOV="1" OVScaleFactor="1.0275" EnableSubResolution="0" SubResolutionX="960" ubResolutionY="540" VSync="0" RefreshRate="0" DisableMip0Loading="0" GPUMaxBufferedFrames="2" ShowFPS="1" Brightness="1" Contrast="1" GammaRamp="1" AllowAsynchShaderLoading="1"> <CustomQuality> <quality ResolutionX="1280" ResolutionY="720" EnvironmentQuality="high" AntiPortalQuality="default" PortalQuality="medium" PostFxQuality="false" TextureQuality="high" TextureResolutionQuality="high" WaterQuality="veryhigh" DepthPassQuality="high" VegetationQuality="veryhigh" TerrainQuality="high" GeometryQuality="ultrahigh" AmbientQuality="high" DeferredAmbientQuality="high" ShadowQuality="ultrahigh" EditorQuality="" Hdr="1" HdrFP32="0" ReflectionHdr="1" EnableVertexBinding="1" id="custom" /> </CustomQuality> </RenderProfile> <NetworkProfile VoiceChatEnabled="1" CustomMapMaxUploadRateInBitsOnline="10240000" OnlineEnginePort="9000" OnlineServicePort="9001" FileTransferHostPort="9002" FileTransferClientPort="9003" LanHostBroadcastPort="9004" LanClientBroadcastPort="9005" ScanFreePorts="1" ScanPortRange="1000" ScanPortStart="9000" SessionProvider="" MaxUploadInbpsOnline="10240000"> <Accounts /> </NetworkProfile> <GameProfile Hour = "16" Minutes = "40" Seconds = "0" TimeScale = "1" WindForce = "80" WindDir = "0" DelayShadowMovement = "180" IgnorePlayer = "0" GatherEntitiesForMap = "0" ShowAIInMap = "0" ShowDiamondsInMap = "0" DifficultyLevel = "1" Machete = "0" UseAimingHelpers = "0" HelpCrosshair = "1" /> <ProfileSpecificGameProfile Sensitivity="1" Invert_x="0" Invert_y="0" DefaultFlickFireDirection_y="0" UseMouseSmooth="1" Smoothness="0.2" Smoothness_Ironsight="0.2" HelpCrosshair="1" Gamepad_vibration="1" UseRoadSignHilight="1" UseSubtitles="1" TaggingEnabled="0" UseAmbx="0" UseGamePad="1" GamepadAnswered="1" Autosave="1" Machete="0" IronsightToggleMode="0"> <FireConfig QualitySetting="High" /> </ProfileSpecificGameProfile> <RealTreeProfile Quality="High" /> <EngineProfile> <PhysicConfig QualitySetting="High" /> <QcConfig GatherFPS="1" GatherAICnt="1" GatherDialogs="0" IsQcTester="0" /> <InputConfig /> <ZoneConfig /> </EngineProfile> <UplayProfile LockString="" /> </GamerProfile>

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11
Shader Model support	3, 5
64-bit executable

Middleware

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz	AMD Phenom II X2 565 3.1 GHz Intel Core i3-530 2.9 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 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 Shader model 3 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 AMD Radeon HD 5770 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5 support