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
- 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
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
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[3]
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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 GameFront link has 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. (Is not required for the GOG version due to a hotfix added.)
- Integrates Unofficial Patch 1.41, SilentPatch and Tent AI Bug Fix. Can be selected during setup.
- Widescreen support for FarCry, from 4:3 up to 48:9.
- Fixed FOV to prevent textures stretching.
- Use the
-mod:FarOut_Widescreen
command line argument to launch modded version directly from Steam, once installed
- 32-bit version can be found here.
- Contains all the features from FarOut Widescreen.
- Includes the 64-bit exclusive patches.
- Adds Quick saving and loading (assigned to the F5 and F9 keys).
- Includes widescreen FMV
- Large file size due to included videos.
- Multiplayer patch which reincorporates an in-game server list among other changes at the menu and options.
- Several new in-game panels for player and server-administration, automatic map-downloading, leaderboards, widescreen support, built-in auto-updater, new game modes, mapping features and modifiable weapon balance and game logic.
- Built-in multiplayer anti-cheat engine (PunkBuster support dropped by Even Balance).
- Server Side Mod (SSM) which includes additional config commands and files to customize game server behaviour.
- Single player portion removed from main menu. (Load Far Cry with FCLoader -> 1.40 / 1.33 for single player)
- Incompatible with most other community mods and fixes due to client-side file integrity check upon boot.
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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Retail only. |
Polish |
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Retail only, download. original version, videos. (It was heavily criticized by the players for a poor choice of actors, most notably the main character, and the actors playing their roles badly. The original version also had errors in localization, with a limping translation and some dialogues not playing.[8]) |
Traditional Chinese |
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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.[10][11]
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[12]
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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, ME |
2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon 1 GHz Intel Pentium III 1 GHz |
AMD Athlon XP 2000 Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512-1024 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 4 Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
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Sound Blaster Audigy sound card |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References