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Revision as of 23:39, 25 April 2021

Crysis 3
Crysis 3 cover
Developers
Crytek
Crytek UK
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
CryEngine 3
Release dates
Windows February 19, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 76
IGDB 74
Taxonomy
Series Crysis
Crysis 3 on HowLongToBeat
Crysis 3 on IGDB
Crysis 3 on MobyGames
Crysis 3 on Wikipedia
Crysis
Crysis 2007
Crysis Warhead 2008
Crysis 2 2011
Crysis 3 2013
Crysis Remastered 2020
Crysis 2 Remastered 2021
Crysis 3 Remastered 2021
Crysis 4 TBA

Key points

The PC version features high resolution textures, tessellation, high quality shadows and more PC-specific features.
The Crysis 3 CVar Configurator is an official tool for adjusting the field of view, disabling mouse acceleration and smoothing, and enabling borderless fullscreen windowed mode.

General information

Official Crysis Website
Official Crysis Forums
Crysis Wiki - A wiki for everything Crysis related
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Origin
2 DVDs
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
Origin
Windows
Humble Store
Origin
Windows
Origin
Origin
Digital Deluxe Edition also available. Included with EA Play.
Windows
Steam
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Origin
Digital Deluxe Edition. Included with EA Play (Steam).
Windows
All versions require Origin DRM. SecuROM v8.13.0043 DRM was removed on March 14, 2021.[1]

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Lost Island
Windows
Overkill-Pack Included with the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Brawler-Pack Included with the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Stalker-Pack Included with the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Soundtrack Included with the Digital Deluxe Edition. In lossless .WAV format.
Windows

Essential improvements

Crysis 3 CVar Configurator unlocks many options.
Crysis 3 CVar Configurator unlocks many options.

Crysis 3 CVar Configurator

An official configuration tool created by Crytek UK which lets you tweak game settings easily.

Includes options:

MaLDo OnTheFly utility

MaLDo OnTheFly utility lets you change the graphics options within the game just by pressing a key, switch HUD on and off, change FOV and more from within the game.
Unofficial tool, which may result in multiplayer ban.[2]

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Crysis3
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1282690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Crysis3\SaveGames\
<path-to-game>\Crysis 3\USER\SaveGames\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1282690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Input

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings for the player.
In-game gamepad layout settings for the player.
In-game gamepad layout settings for vehicles.
In-game gamepad layout settings for vehicles.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.1 output[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation, #1, #2.
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
16

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
May not work reliably.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Servers must be rented from approved providers.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 80, 443, 9988, 25650-25780, 17502, 42127, 64100-64110
UDP 3659, 10000-10100, 25650-25780, 64100-64110
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Crysis 3.
vorpX
G3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues unresolved

Multiplayer crash at 99% loading

Issues fixed

'Cryengine error' and 'DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED'

Problem is normally caused by faulty or underpowered power supply, or overworked graphics card.
Underclock graphics card[7]
Increase fan speed[8]
Downgrade drivers, from 314.07 to 302.80 Driver, the first driver without WHQL[citation needed]
AMD GPUs - add power/wattage to graphics card[9]

Memory allocation error on 2GB RAM

Every time when level ends with outro, game needs at least 600-700 MB of free RAM on low details, to not show the error during first loading of a next level.
Install Smart RAM from IObit[citation needed]

When game shows ending section cutscene on the level:

  • Set low details.
  • Use option "deep cleaning" in Smart RAM.
  • In result of deep cleaning option, big amount of RAM is freed.
  • You'll encounter short unresponsibility of the system (according to working of versions of the Smart RAM to at least versions till ~August 2016).
  • When computer will be responsive again, just come back to the game.
  • You can normally change the details, immediately after first loading of a level.
  • Since now, game loads normally during the whole level, without any problem, till the next one.

Similar functionality can have CleanMem, but not tested.

Possibly using NTCore 4GB patcher may fix the issue, like its use was recommended for Crysis 2.

Stuck installation

Reboot Origin into safe mode[10]
  1. Reboot Origin into safe mode.
  2. Reload game.

Hacking finishes with no result

There is a problem with ingame hacking mechanics, where successful hacking will end in no expected result. Example: hacking tutorial will not end, door will not open shortly after single player campaign starts.
Unbind F key[citation needed]

There seems to be problem with binding F key. Keep F key unbound or bind it to USE action.

Game crashes

PlayerProfiles CGameContext::StartGame: No Users Logged In[citation needed]

The game may crash with the above error message when launching a campaign mission. Launch Crysis3.exe as an administrator to avoid this.[11]

FPS issues on AMD cards

Games based on CryEngine have decreased performance on Windows 10 vs 7 on AMD cards[12]. Consider using Windows 7 along with TimerTool set to 0.5ms for the best performance[13] (also on Windows 8). Vega series GPUs also perform worse than RX series on Windows 10 in CryEngine games in comparison to Windows 7[14].

Crash to desktop when using MSI Afterburner's On Screen Display

Config file edit[15]
  1. Open the MSI On-Screen Display Server program (RivaTuner Statistics Server).
  2. Click the plus sign (or newly "add" button) and navigate to where you installed Crysis 3 and add Crysis3.exe
  3. Once you have that added go to C:\Program Files (x86)\RivaTuner Statistics Server\Profiles
  4. Edit Crysis3.exe.cfg
  5. Change EnableDynamicOffsetDetection=0 to EnableDynamicOffsetDetection=1
  6. Change HookDirectDraw=0 to HookDirectDraw=1

The game is capped to 100 or 64 FPS even with VSync disabled

Enable ultra low latency mode[16]
  1. Go to the Nvidia control panel, enable Ultra Low Latency Mode for Crysis 3 in the "Manage 3D Settings" tab and press Apply.
Apply RTSS framerate limiter[17][18]
  1. Download and install RivaTuner Statistics Server.
  2. Run it.
  3. Click the "add" button and navigate to where you installed Crysis 3 and add Crysis3.exe.
  4. Set framerate limiter to any number (e.g. 200).
  5. Minimize (don't close) the program.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
[19]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD, Speex
Interface FreeType, Scaleform

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (E6600)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.7 GHz (5200+)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
3 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 450
ATI Radeon HD 5770
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Shader model 5 support
Hi-performance specifications: 8 GB, Intel Core i7-2600k or AMD Bulldozer FX4150 with AMD Radeon HD7970 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 680.[20]


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1282690/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1282690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 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).

References