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Contents

• 1 Availability
  • 1.1 Version differences
• 2 Monetization
  • 2.1 Microtransactions
  • 2.2 DLC and expansion packs
• 3 Essential improvements
  • 3.1 Skip intro videos
  • 3.2 Disable Server Messages
  • 3.3 Restore access to Ubisoft Connect in-game rewards
    • 3.3.1 Ubisoft Connect Rewards Unlocker
  • 3.4 Play through the Co-Op Missions, locally and offline (self-sufficiently and independent of Ubisoft's servers)
    • 3.4.1 Solo Offline Coop Game Mode
• 4 Game data
  • 4.1 Configuration file(s) location
  • 4.2 Save game data location
  • 4.3 Save game cloud syncing
• 5 Video
  • 5.1 Frame rate limit
  • 5.2 Widescreen resolution
  • 5.3 Disabling post-processing effects separately
  • 5.4 Ambient occlusion
  • 5.5 Disable HDR
• 6 Input
  • 6.1 Bind Enter key
  • 6.2 Toggle aiming down sights (ADS) for weapons
  • 6.3 Negative mouse acceleration
  • 6.4 Custom mouse sensitivity
• 7 Audio
  • 7.1 Localizations
• 8 Network
  • 8.1 Multiplayer types
  • 8.2 Connection types
  • 8.3 Ports
• 9 VR support
• 10 Issues unresolved
  • 10.1 Crash after first cutscene and random crashing
  • 10.2 Textures and artifacting
  • 10.3 Low GPU and CPU usage (~60%)
  • 10.4 Very low FPS in pre-rendered cutscenes
  • 10.5 Game crashes with MSVCR100.dll on Windows 10
  • 10.6 Shadows flicker while moving camera
• 11 Issues fixed
  • 11.1 Crashes after some minutes
  • 11.2 Change UI language
  • 11.3 Reduce HUD/Minimap Size
  • 11.4 Microstutter
  • 11.5 Frame drops and Graphical Issues
  • 11.6 Low FPS on modern multi-core CPUs
  • 11.7 Multi-GPU crash
  • 11.8 Game stuck on splash screen
  • 11.9 Game stuck on first skill tree
  • 11.10 Parachute will not open
  • 11.11 Multiplayer weapons will not level up
  • 11.12 Installation issues
  • 11.13 First loading screen stalls or takes excessive amounts of time
  • 11.14 Crash when installed in a Windows Storage Space
  • 11.15 NPC shaking/vibrate animation bug
  • 11.16 Game crashes on Windows 10
  • 11.17 Resolution issues before launching
  • 11.18 Crashes on launch on Windows 10 Boot Camp
  • 11.19 Low performance when moving camera
  • 11.20 Coop/multiplayer issues
• 12 Other information
  • 12.1 API
  • 12.2 Middleware
  • 12.3 Mods
    • 12.3.1 Far Cry 3 Definitive Guide
    • 12.3.2 Rakyat Mod
    • 12.3.3 Ambient Occlusion and Shader Fixer
    • 12.3.4 Skin Backlight Shader Mod
• 13 System requirements
• 14 Notes
• 15 References

Loading Screen are capped at 30 FPS.

Notes

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor.
3. Change ResolutionX= and ResolutionY= to the desired values.

Notes

1. Go to the configuration file location.
2. Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor.
3. Search (Ctrl+F) for </CustomQuality> and paste the following to a new line after it: <Post> <quality GameDepthOfField="0" CinematicDepthOfField="0" MotionBlur="0" FXAALevel="0" id="x" /> </Post>
4. Change the "0" to "1" for each effect as desired or leave it at "0" to keep the effect disabled.
5. Change the x in <id=x> within the newly added section to the same Post FX setting set in-game, for example <id=ultrahigh>. The possible settings are low, medium, high, veryhigh and ultrahigh.
6. Save the file and make it read-only.

Notes

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Open GamerProfile.ini with a text editor.
3. Locate SSAOLevel="x" and change x to 0.
4. Save the file and make it read only.

Notes

1. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
2. Select the Far Cry 3 profile.
3. Change Ambient Occlusion compatibility value to 0x00090000.
4. Change Ambient Occlusion setting to High Quality.
5. Change Ambient Occlusion usage to Enabled.
6. Press "Apply Changes" in the top-right corner.

Notes

1. Download Far Cry 3 Mod Installer and the mod.
2. Locate the "Mod Installer" folder in the mod's archive and extract Better HBAO.a3 to "ModifiedFilesFC3".
3. Run the Mod Installer and install Better HBAO from the list of available mods.

Notes

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor.
3. Find Hdr="x" and change x to 0.

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Open InputUserActionMap.xml with a text editor.
3. Locate and replace, or append the following code:

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor.
3. Change IronsightToggleMode="0" to IronsightToggleMode="1"

1. Download the latest version of the Far Cry 3 Mod tools
2. Extract the file
3. Go into <path-to-game>\data_win32
4. Right click on Common.fat and select Open with.
5. Select browse, then go into the "bin" folder you just extracted and select Gibbed.Dunia2.Unpack.EXE.

1. Open the newly created Common_Unpack folder and go into the actionmaps folder.
2. Open Inputactionmapcommon.xml with a text editor.
3. Find and replace all instances of maxOutput="10" with maxOutput="999".
4. Save the file.
5. Go back to Data_win32 folder.
6. Now open another Window and head over to the bin folder.
7. Drag the common_Unpack folder and place it onto Gibbed.Dunia2.Pack.EXE.
8. Delete Common.dat and Common.fat.
9. Rename Common_Unpack.dat and Common_Unpack.fat to Common.dat and Common.fat respectively.

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor.
3. Change Sensitivity="X.X" inside ProfileSpecificGameProfile with your desired value.

1. Download Large Address Aware software (laa_2_0_4.zip or newer) on this page and open it
2. Install .NET Framework 3.5 or newer if needed
3. Select farcry3_d3d11.exe (Far Cry 3\bin\farcry3_d3d11.exe)
4. Check the box to enable the application to use more than 2GB of memory
5. Save
6. Repeat the process with FarCry3.exe (Far Cry 3\bin\FarCry3.exe)

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

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

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor.
3. Find D3D11MultithreadedRendering="0" and change 0 to 1.

1. Download LAA from here.
2. Run the software and select the executable farcry3_d3d11.exe or farcry3.exe from game folder.
3. Check box to enable more than 2GB ram limit.
4. Save.

• select farcry3_d3d11.exe if you are playing in DirectX 11
• select farcry3.exe if you are playing in DirectX 9

1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Ubisoft\Far Cry 3
2. Set Language to English
3. Set SKU to US

• The map will be much smaller but slightly bugged, the icons will be accurate but the map texture will no longer line up properly with the icons.
• NVIDIA Inspector HBAO fix will not work as toggling fullscreen will re-enable SSAO. Use Better HBAO mod with ingame HBAO enabled instead.

• For Nvidia cards, Adaptive V-Sync can be enabled through the driver control panel. Set 'Vertical sync' to Adaptive.
• For Nvidia cards and G-Sync monitors, a 60 fps cap in Nvidia Inspector or RTSS will greatly reduce micro-stuttering (if not all of it), only as long as the framerate doesn't drop below 60. GPU Max Buffer Frames set to anything but Off can also help.
• 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.

• For Windows 8.1 users, toggle off the core with max usage in the CPU affinity settings. For Core i7 CPUs, toggle the hijacking core and its corresponding logical thread.

1. Disable the in-game Anti-aliasing option.
2. Open Nvidia Control Panel or AMD Radeon Settings.
3. Enable the desired Anti-aliasing method from the Graphics Card's application.
4. Save configuration.

1. Rename FC3_d3d11.dll to FC3.dll and FC3.dll to FC3_d3d11.dll in bin folder
2. Set your renderer in options to DX11

1. set 4 core affinity, see Affinity Settings

Notes

• Using Process Lasso you can right click Far Cry 3 and set affinity to "disable hyperthreading", this actually allows the game to run much faster than just enabling 4 cores.

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Set D3D11MultithreadedRendering from 0 to 1.

1. Enter the game and enter the Options menu.
2. Enter the Video Quality menu.
3. Set the graphics quality to Custom
4. Set all parameters to your personal preference.
5. Set the Post FX options to Low

1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
2. Open GamerProfile.xml with a text editor.
3. Find VSync="x" and change x to 0

Notes

1. If you don't have Compatiblity Administrator (32-bit) on your computer. Download Windows ADK and install on your computer. Don't forget to check the box for Compatibility Tools in the setup to get the required program.
2. If your computer has more than 4 GB of RAM, Patch the executables in the <path to the game location>\bin folder where your game is installed with Large Address Aware. See Crash After Cutscene section.
3. Open Compatiblity Administrator (32-bit)
4. If there isn't any custom database at program launch, create a new one with a Right-Click on Custom Database -> New
5. Rename the database to your liking if you want to
6. Right click on your own custom database then choose Create New -> Application Fix
7. Select farcry3.exe in <path to the game location>\bin folder and put a name to the Program to be fixed field with however you want (it's just an identifier for the application package fix, it will not change the executable name)
8. Once over with the first screen, click Next
9. Skip compatibility mode
10. On Compatibility fixes screen, chose ProcessorCountLie and ProcessorCountLieForHybridCPU
11. After checking the box for Both, click Next then Finish
12. Repeat the process from step 6 to 9 for farcry3_d3d11.exe, FC3Editor.exe and FC3Updater.exe
13. Save the database and put your *.sdb file to the folder of your choice
14. Now on the top menu : Choose File -> Install
15. You can now close Compatiblity Administrator (32-bit) program. The game now should launch.

Notes

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

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

1. Prepare new folder for temp files in different drive.
2. Right click on top of start button and select System
3. From left column open Advanced system settings
4. From Advanced tab click Environment Variables button.
5. In user variable list, change both TEMP and TMP to newly created folder.
6. Save changes and restart computer.

Notes

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

Exit all Windows based programs.

1. For 32 bit Windows
2. Select DWORD (32-bit) value.
3. Type TdrDelay as the Name and click Enter.
4. Double-click TdrDelay and add 8 for the Value data and click OK.

1. For 64 bit Windows
2. Select QWORD (64-bit) value.
3. Type TdrDelay as the Name and click Enter.
4. Double-click TdrDelay and add 8 for the Value data and click OK.

1. Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Esc to open the Task Manager.
2. Click on Services.
3. Find TabletInputService (Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service).
4. Stop the service.

Update: be aware that in a Windows 10 update, Microsoft has "patched" this "issue" and now the disabling of TabletInputService is much more difficult as without the steps below the service will start even if set to Disabled.

1. Launch regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TabletInputService
2. Set the Start DWORD value to 4
3. Change the Owner to the local Administrators group, check Replace owner on sub containers and objects and click Apply and OK, OK
4. Right-click the TabletInputService key again, select Permissions… and then click Advanced
5. Click Disable inheritance and then select Convert inherited permissions into explicit permissions on this object
6. Change all permissions to Read Only and then click Apply, OK, OK
7. Restart and confirm the Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service a.k.a. TabletInputService is disabled and not running

I have done the steps and indeed the service figures as Stopped upon restart. source of fix: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1321908/not-possible-to-disable-the-service-tabletinputser

Launch the game in Win8 or Win7 compatibility mode.

The last possible step is to copy the game to your C: Drive.

1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3\

1. Enable Compatibility with "Windows 98/ Windows Me" and "Run as administrator" in the properties of farcry3.exe

1. You may not be able to connect to Ubisoft services in the game using some internet providers. Use VPN to compare[Note 3], you might need to change your provider, as VPN can introduce too big pings and lagging
2. Try to join your friend via friends options in Ubisoft Connect instead of dedicated game option of invitation[40]
3. Try to ask a friend to be a host or vice versa
4. Make sure you have only your internet network adapter enabled and all others are disabled
5. Try to join public lobby instead of a private one[41]
6. Disable Avast Premier Security's firewall in its options,[citation needed] so Windows Defender's firewall will be used
7. Check whether inbound rules for farcry3.exe and farcry3_d3d11.exe are set to "Allow the connection" in Windows Defender firewall[citation needed]
8. Make sure you didn't run your game directly from game executable in the bin folder of the game, otherwise game invitations in Ubisoft Connect may not show up
9. From now on, the solution will rely on using Radmin VPN (not necessary in all cases and can be even harmful at times)- join the same network, and after that - repeat all the steps above

At least private matches should work now (also public ones in some cases)[42]. Although, be aware that since it's P2P connection, all players trying to connect each other, cannot be behind NAT (e.g. turning on UPnP on your router advised), otherwise, you won't join such lobby, or anyone join you.

1. Download and replace these files in your bin folder (for your safety, you can try out without the attached files listed with 1 or 2/62 positives[43])
2. If it doesn't work, reinstall the game and repeat the step above
3. Copy these files to potentially fix kicking from sessions
4. There is an official way to downgrade on Steam. It might be more reliable than above (app id: 220241, possible manifest: 5441742905267980403 - from before 2018 1.06 update)
5. If the game still kicks you from matches, install Ubisoft Connect version instead (the game on Ubisoft Connect will redirect you to Steam anyway, if the game was bought on Steam, so you'll need to buy your game again, but on Ubisoft Connect)