Key points
- 64-bit version is available for separate download. See Patches.
- Water reflections are broken on Windows Vista and later. Use SilentPatch on modern systems.
General information
- Ubisoft Forums
- Far Cry Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Crymods - Active community website with extensive mod database.
- Far Cry Addon Mod (FCAM) - Various improvements to graphical and gameplay elements.
- Far Cry Multiplayer Community Patch LRv3 - Modification which fixes in-game server browser among other changes.
Availability
Demo
A free demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v1.4 (32-bit only) - The latest patch available for the game (A bug you may encounter like the AI can see you through walls and kill you, use Unofficial 1.41 to fix it)
- 64-bit Upgrade Patch - Upgrades the game to take advantage of 64-bit architectures, allowing for higher frame rates and other optimizations.
- 64-bit Enhanced Content Patch - Adds exclusive features such as higher resolution textures and objects as well as increased viewing distances in some cases.
Skip intro videos
Instructions[1]
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- Go to <path-to-game>.
- From there navigate to
Languages/Movies/[Language installed]
- Replace the files
Crytek.bik , sandbox.bik , and Ubi.bik with empty files.
Notes
- The 64-bit patch will change the file format from
.bik to .avi . To skip them delete or rename new files with the inclusion of AMD64 .
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The former (dead but on archive.org) FileFront link had game and punkbuster server info as well.
- Fixes issues with AI, bugs and other stuff founds within the 1.4 patch.
- Serve as a replacement to the official patch.
- Fixes the water reflections for landmasses not working on Vista and newer systems
- Fixes the in-game Vsync option and common crashes
- Implements the
-64bit
command line argument to launch 64-bit version directly from Steam
- Fixes AI seeing through tents.
- Standalone version of GOG fix. (Does not required for the GOG version due to a hotfix added to the GOG version.)
- Multiplayer mod which reincorporates an in-game server list.
- Makes several changes to weapon balance and game logic. It also adds new control panels for clients and servers, automatic map downloading, new game modes, and new additions for mappers. (Client and server-side mods available)
- Incompatible with most other community mods and fixes such as SilentPatch due to client-side file integrity check upon boot.
- Incompatible with single player portion, so removed from menu upon install.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
- See the description of this video on how to reenable EAX 2 on non-Creative hardware for use with DSOAL; this allows OpenAL Soft HRTF to be used. May not work on some versions of Windows 10.
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Only available in the retail version. See here for the Steam version translation. |
Russian |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Spanish |
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Only available in the retail. Go to here to get the Steam version translation. |
Czech |
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Polish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
40000-42999 |
UDP |
41005, 41006, 44000, 49001 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Issues unresolved
Blurry rock textures
- After applying the 64-bit Enhanced Content Patch, the mountain rock textures appear extremely blurry in-game.
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Mouse not working
Instructions
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- Try resetting the control settings to defaults in the options menu of the game.
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AI can see you through walls and kill you
- The patch 1.4 (32 bit only) introduces this bug.
- This has been fixed in the GOG.com version.
Game crashes with very high lighting
- 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]
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- 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.
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Broken water reflections
- Reflections on water are broken by default in Windows Vista and higher. Foliage and other objects are reflected, but landmasses are missing altogether.[7][8]
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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OpenGL |
2 |
Experimental renderer. Cannot be selected via in-game options. See Enable the OpenGL renderer. |
Shader Model support |
1.1, 2, 3 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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64-bit needs to be downloaded separately. See Patches. |
Middleware
Enable the OpenGL renderer
Modify the system.cfg file[9]
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- 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.
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98SE |
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 Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT 128 MB of VRAM |
- Windows ME, while it can work with Far Cry, is not supported.
Notes
References