Far Cry 3: Discussion

I wouldn't say the story is medicore, not by videogame standards at least. It's just not "great." Everything else about the game is a blast though, and it's a surprising good pc port coming from Ubisoft.

Start a new game on hard That's what I did, and I had just as much fun on my second run trying out new strategies and weapons and searching for hidden treasure/doing all the sidequests.

 

i liked the story .. it could have been better in some respects .. but it was good for me overall ... the boss fights were kinda lacking for me though ... i imagined it to be some kind of a big showdown or something like that .. in an arena of sorts with just bows and arrows and rocks to duck under and over ... well thats just me

 

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Enjoy! Just downloaded it, and basically I die 24/7....

 

I'm getting this as soon as I get home

 

Anyone else had any problems modifying the config? Any changes I make don't seem to get set, even after I make the file read only.

Tried lowering the LOD in order to decrease geometry pop in but no luck. Running it maxed, minus MSAA,at 1080 with the FPS limited to 30 and my GPU is only at 60% usage most of the times so I know my card can definitely handle increased detail when outside.

Is there a specific place within the config where I have to place the commands or will anywhere do?

 

Good news, Patch 1.04 is live, apparently adds in-game option to disable HUD and minimap: "New options the hide the HUD are now available in the option menu."

Changelog:

Release note – PC patch 1.04
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General fixes for the patch:
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- Fixed several issues with customize controls


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Multiplayer fixes for the patch:
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General:
- Improve stability on multiplayer maps
- Fixed the crash when the player was planting explosives
- Fixed several crashes
- Fixed bug where user was unable to jump on certain surfaces
- Fixed bug where players could become invisible
- Fixed bug with 3D weapon images in Decoding menu
- Fixed bug where weapons could disappear after completing objectives in Co-op
- Fixed bug where users could get stuck in Loadout screen in Co-op
- Removed “Reloading” shout after user shoots the bow
- Parties will no longer be allowed to numerically unbalance games
- Improved and fixed several issues with host migration
- Connection degradation will now properly trigger a host migration
- Fixed several bugs with Loadout menu
- Fixed bug that could display a profile restriction message when trying to join a lobby
- Fixed bug where users could get stuck in 3rd person in Custom games
- Fixed bug with Flamethrower not doing any damage in certain circumstances
- Fixed bug where “Player is on the way” tag could stick to downed players
- Fixed bug where clients could remain on black screen if host left the game
- Fixed bug where Fire Arrows did not do fire damage
- Fixed bug where Long Distance Kill was not awarded
- Fixed bug where Tag Assist was not awarded
- Fixed bug where Killcam wasn’t shown in certain circumstances
- Fixed bug where Survival Instinct was not cancelled properly
- Fixed bug where Psych gas could get dropped in the wrong place
- Fixed bug where Psych gas could affect players outside of the deployment area
- Fixed bug where users could get stuck when killed by Poison gas
- Fixed bug where other player’s footstep sounds sometimes did not play behind you
- Fixed bug where sound could get muffled when being revived
- Fixed bug where user could get de-synced if killed in mid-air

Map Editor:
- Added information for Player Map playlists
- Improved available space for Player map names in lobby
- Fixed bug where User made maps wasn’t downloaded properly in lobby
- Fixed bug that made the user stuck when igniting Firestom nodes on certain maps


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Single Player fixes for the patch:
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General:
- Fixed the accessing bug for the camera and the throwing rocks.
- User that have miss the Relic located in Dr. Earnhardt cave will have the relic recover.
- Fixed the bug with the weapon models staying on screen / stuck on the charatcer arm.
- The leaderboard is now updating correctly even after if the user is disconnecting/reconnecting the ethernet cable
- The objective is now properly updated after Jason burns the weed fields.
- New options the hide the HUD are now available in the option menu.
- Add support for downloadable content.
- Fixed the issue when the user was becoming invincible after failing mission 'Black Gold' several times.
- The Phonecall from Hurk (ULC missions) is no longer overlapping the brief of the 'Piece of the past' mission.
- Fixed the issue when Sam was no longer in the jeep's turret after placing two bomb and being kill several time in 'Black Gold' mission.
- Sam is no longer getting stuck when the user destroy an enemy car.

In GamerProfile.xml there are different sub-headings corresponding to different settings. Which settings exactly are you trying to change? I edited GamerProfile.xml in order to completely disable Post FX, which is not possible in-game IIRC. I don't understand which detail setting you want to try to increase beyond "Ultra"

 

I added a line that started and ended with something about terrain. It put the LOD distance down to the minimum (0.1) and apparently was meant to increase the draw distance for vegetation two-fold but didn't seem to do much.

 

Umm I still don't see the "Hide the HUD" option from the menu anywhere. I'm still using the edited DLL file from a hex editor to hide it and I still keep dying when i have to mash button that I cannot see when I'm attacked by a croc or tiger.

 

Haha yes, they kill me every time for the same reason.

I haven't played FC3 since the update, but are you sure you are on version 1.04 and there is no hide HUD menu setting?

 

how can i has check if i has 1.04?

 

a few things

I tried all low and all ultra dx 9 and noticed nearly zero visual differance why? glitch maybe?

Nice that a patch came out so soon !

Where do I go after I knife the guy at the beginning by the camp your driven to? nothing seems to be on the radar!!

 

Follow the yellow circle, just like COD bro. Until you get saved by the black guy then you're free to go wherever you want.

 

lmao that's even better than back when you couldn't figure out what to do in the beginning of Skyrim. Even if there weren't popups telling you to run away and a big yellow objective marker, there's only one possible direction you can run lol. Something tells me you're going to have some trouble playing this game.

 

edit reported.

I'm not having difficulties playing any game. I was wondering, basically if the mission that seemed like a side quest was what I HAD to do. I never had troubles with skyrim, only wondered what the point of the game was not everyone likes the same games.

 

Was there some kind of update in the last couple of days when you opened Uplay?

It's like an active process it has to do to download the patch, and it will show you a window with all the patch notes before you accept.

Or does the steam version update automatically for those of you who got it on Steam?

 

yeah steam update by itself, unless sometimes they can be a bit slower which is very rare.

 

I have the CD version, I did get a patch last week that talked about the HUD removal option but I can't see it anywhere in the options. Is it supposed to be in the "Gameplay" options? because I don't see a Hide HUD option there. Maybe I should do a clean install of the game.

 

It's on sale at Steam for $37.49 right now... woot, buying.

 

I just beat it for the second time (took me a while because I was doing a completionist run) and the alternate ending was freaking awesome. Such a great game.

 

Alternate ending?

 

Exactly! and most people on forums hate the endings and say it ruined the game. Some people just have bad taste. It's not supposed to be like your average FPS hero soldier like COD or BF3.

 

Alternate from the one I chose before lol. There are two endings.

People said that? The "bad" ending was epic! Definitely wasn't expecting it lol.

 

If you want to see both endings... save the game after Dr. Earnharth's house burns down then see citra, after completing one ending quit the game and load the last saved game for the second ending. Don't have to restart the whole game lol.

 

It seems to crash on startup for me. What a waste of $37.50.

 

Are you talking about the game or your MSI laptop?

 

is anyone getting constant crashes 5 or 10min into the first level after you escape? i cant seem to be able to fix it on my clevo with 7970m ?

 

if you could tell me where I could buy a laptop with the same specs as mine for 37 dollars and 50 cents, i would be grateful.

the game doesn't run, even on dx9 and low everything. in fact, it won't even start up properly. I'll get to the point where I select new game and difficulty, then when it's loading i get a crash to desktop, and an error saying far cry 3 has stopped unexpectedly.

 

I highlighted the problem. Seems like another game that was made for AMD, but plays bad on AMD GPU's... nothing new here. Nvidia is the way to go.

 

There's little to no difference between how it runs on the 7970m and 680m.

Chuckles, you're getting the atidxx32.dll crash. Run the game in borderless windowed mode to stop them.

Gotta love beta drivers.

 

Just a bad download. verified game cache and had to redownload about 2.5 gb of files. all working good now.

 

You can save in between? Didnt realize that.

 

You can also copy your save file and use it later. It's what I did, but I decided to just replay the entire game lol. It was a lot of fun,

 

How will this game run with a 7870m? Does anyone have one? I've been looking but I can't find a lot of benchmarks of the 7870m

 

Again, medium just as BF3, maybe better maybe worse.. hard to tell with Far Cry 3 and it's optimization

 

Should be just fine at 1080p. With my 5830m, which is a much weaker card, the game runs great at 1080p except for some lag during cutscenes. Most settings are at max or close to the highest setting, but I turned off MSAA and using HDAO instead of SSAO.

 

did you turn them off in-game or using the vcard's panel?

 

just turn shadows to low or medium as well as postfx and run in dx9 mode...looks great and runs like a dream. ANd settings are changed in game, the ones he was talking about anyways

 

having lots of fun in this game. reminds me a bit of Just Cause 2 with the whole tropical island theme, and sandbox style, but a LOT more fun in my opinion.

 

I had no desire to play Just Cause 2 until I played it and boy did I love it!! I got the same vibe from FC3

 

I saw this and became instantly confused - "say what?!"



Anyone know if this game and this movie are related in some way? Netflix doesn't give it that great of a rating for me, haha.

 

it's is based on the original game. But trust me, you will want to stay away from anything Uwe Boll related.

 

lol +1000 to long, you're going to feel like you wasted your life with a Boll flick. If you want to watch a decent movie based on a game, check out:

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn

This movie was a complete surprise to me seeing it in a Redbox, but for a $1.20, I took a shot without even looking it up. I was quite pleased (started a little slow, maybe 20 minutes, then it just blew me away), it was much, much better than I could have expected. I recognized the older sister from Narnia.

 

I was just curious, I don't plan on watching it, haha. I had never played Far Cry until this third game, so I wasn't aware a movie was made - that's funny.

Thanks for the info.

 

does anyone else think this is the best looking game out so far?

 

lol no! Go play Crysis 2 with MaldoHD 4.0. Trust me, your mind will be blown.

 

im on mission 10 or so when you meet citra how much longer is the game?

 

theres about 36 or so missions, so you got a long way to go

 

Trust you?

I checked it out on youtube doesnt impress me, only thing that impresses me is your gramor(intentional) and crysis 2s lighting

 

well this is a first.

its the first game that ive liked so much that as soon as i finished it i started it again.
luckily the only hiccup i had was at the very beginning getting out of the jeep as no keys worked. reverted to default keys and it worked and then remapped keys to my liking and was fine for rest of the game.

no crashes,freeze ups,stutter or high temps what so ever. the odd flicker on the maps in the distance but i did have quite a lot set to ultra as default.

sadly not the same can be said for the multiplayer. what a load of pants. as gamers we buy games mainly for the multi ie crysis,cod,moh etc but fc3 is all about the single campaign.
i will actually pay good money without any moaning if ubi listen to its audience and release dlc's for the single player only. im sure theres another island close by. they can shove multiplayer dlc's where the sun dont shine.

edit: almost forgot. the only ikkle disappointing bit was you would think you would get something show up to congratulate you for finding all the relics and lost letters but yada,ziltch,nout.

 

The game can be a lot longer or shorter according to your playing style.

Are you trying to conquer all the outposts and radio towers on the map, or just going where the main quest tells you to go?