Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

Developers
	CI Games
Engines
	CryEngine (4th generation)
Release dates
Windows	April 25, 2017

Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Sniper: Art of Victory	2008
Sniper: Ghost Warrior	2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2	2013
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts	2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2	2021

General information

Official site

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Season Pass Edition only.
GamersGate
Humble Store
itch.io
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed from the game on January 26, 2018.

Version differences

The Season Pass Edition is a complete edition containing the base game and all DLC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
All-terrain vehicle
Compound Bow
The Escape of Lydia
Multiplayer Map Pack
The Sabotage
Sniper Rifle McMillan TAC-338A

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable the company logos[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\_FastLoad\. Rename/move/delete IntroMovies.pak.

SGW3 - Improvement Project

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 - Improvement Project is an unofficial patch that fixes issues with NPC spawning, key rebinding, and other misc problems.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/368070/pfx/

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/368070/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Custom FOV
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add the following and save. cl_fov = 65 r_DrawNearFoV = 55

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Enable borderless fullscreen
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add the following and save. s_IgnoreWindowFocus = 1 r_fullscreen = 0 r_FullscreenWindow = 1

Better Anti-aliasing

Game's implementation is poor; lot's of jaggies and surfaces of objects and foliage get a blurriness when the player moves.

Improve edge smoothing in the game
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add r_AntialiasingMode = 1 and save. Download custom ReShade preset, extract archive contents to <path-to-game>\Win64\ Notes Do not turn AA off (r_Antialiasingmode = 0). Will cause flickering and lighting issues.

Ambient occlusion

Disable ambient occlusion
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add r_SSDO = 0 and save.

Screen space reflections

Disable screen space reflections
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add r_SSReflections = 0 and save.

Post-processing

Disabling depth of field will disable blurring of distant landscape as well as the radial blur when using iron sights.

Disable post-process effects
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add r_DepthOfField = 0 to disable depth of field. Add r_HDRGrainAmount = 0 to disable film grain.

Motion blur

Can re-enable on startup even if turned off from menu. Disable via config to keep it off

Disable motion blur
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add r_motionblur = 0 and save.

Input settings

Mouse acceleration

Disable acceleration and smoothing
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add the following and save. i_mouse_smooth = 0 i_mouse_accel = 0 i_mouse_accel_max = 0

Mouse sensitivity

Custom mouse/controller sensitivity
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add cl_sensitivity = xx for mouse. Add cl_sensitivitycontroller = xx for controller.

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		Versus

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 (DX11).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

A 64-bit system is required.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 3240 3.4 GHz AMD FX-6350 3.9 GHz	Intel Core i7 4790 AMD FX 8350 Wraith
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 3 GB of VRAM