Key points
- Poorly optimized and very buggy, to the point of being officially disavowed by series developer Running With Scissors.[1]
- For Windows 8.1 and later use POSTAL III NODRM to fix DRM compatibility issues.[2]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Use POSTAL III NODRM to remove the DRM.[2]
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
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| Fart Gun / Гамамёт |
Was originally a pre-order bonus for the Russian release of the game. |
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- Later updates of the game broke the addon; fans responded by making a free remake of the addon that also works on the English version, available here.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Delete or rename files[4]
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Delete or rename logo_1_akella.bik, logo_2_RWS.bik and logo_3_TMS.bik in <path-to-game>\p3\media.
and SOURCE_LOGO.bik, NVIDIA.bik in <path-to-game>\p3_english\media
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Effectively an unofficial patch of sorts; fixes many of the game's issues whilst also reimplementing some of the game's missing features/beta content.
- Alternative to the Improvement Mod
- Fixes various game issues, while focusing on the restoration of beta content
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
Input
In-game key map settings.
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| French |
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Fan translation, download. |
| German |
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| Italian |
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Fan translation, download. |
| Polish |
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Has issues with Polish characters, to fix them follow this guide. |
| Russian |
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Issues fixed
Game doesn't work on Windows 8.1 and later
- Postal 3 has issues on Windows 8.1 and later due to the DRM being incompatible.
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Use POSTAL III NODRM[2]
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Use POSTAL III NODRM.
- Various game mechanics such as throwing grenades, using human shields, etc. can crash the game with the NODRM fix. Various solutions for this exist, but most of them are not guaranteed to work. However, an grenade fix is available here as part of Sourcemod Template, which has been tested and worked with
-game p3_gcf launch options.
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FPS is unstable/game is laggy
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Edit the autoexec.cfg[5][6]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
autoexec.cfg (if it's not there, launch the game once).
- Change
mat_queue_mode -2 to mat_queue_mode 2.
- Next, add the following lines anywhere you'd like:
physx_enabled 0 (the only noticeable thing this does is that it make the Postal Dude's jacket less flappy but it'll still move about, prevent animation problems and give the user a decent performance boost).r_threaded_particles 1 (this allows for the game's particle system to be multi-threaded)r_threaded_renderables 1 (this allows for the game's rendering system to be multi-threaded)snd_mix_async 1 (this allows multi-core CPUs to run the sound engine with the renderer simultaneously)ai_expression_optimization 1 (disables NPC expressions whenever those NPCs are off-screen)
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mat_queue_mode determines the threading mode the material system uses. A value of -1 uses the default for your system, a value of 0 uses synchronous single thread, 1 uses queued single threaded mode, and value of 2 uses multi-threaded mode. The default value is -2, and reading the translated Russian within the default configuation files reveals that this was intentional: multi-threading breaks Postal 3's PhysX implementation when turned on (the coat detaches from the protagonist, along with other physics bugs).
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
9.0c |
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| Shader Model support |
2.0, 2.0b, 3.0 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware
Mods
Allows you to play the game in first person mode. Paste the script in your autoexec.cfg.
System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
Dual Core 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
13.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
Support for Pixel Shaders
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Notes
References
