Fable III

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Fable III
Fable III cover
Developers
Lionhead Studios
Windows Inline Assembly[1]
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows May 17, 2011
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Fable III guide on StrategyWiki
Fable III on MobyGames
Fable III on Wikipedia
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Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Fable
Fable: The Lost Chapters 2005
Fable III 2011
Fable Anniversary 2014
Fable Fortune 2018
Fable TBA

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
CD key
Requires online activation
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Windows
All versions require SecuROM and Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1] SecuROM has 5 activations per month. GFWL can be disabled with Fable III GFWL Remover.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Dog Breed Set
Windows
Dog Outfit
Windows
Industrial Knight Outfit
Windows
Rebel's Weapon and Tatoo Pack
Windows
Traitor's keep Quest Pack
Windows
Understone Quest Pack
Windows
DLCs are no longer available for purchase.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

A title update is available. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run setup.exe).[2]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Automatically patch levels.dat with blank BINK videos[3]
  1. Download the patcher from this page.
  2. Extract the contents of the downloaded archive to a temporary working folder with at least 4 GB of space available.
  3. Open the "<path-to-game>\Data" folder.
  4. Move "Levels.bnk" and "Levels.bnk.dat" from "Fable 3's Data" folder to the "Source" folder in the above temporary working folder.
  5. Double-click on the "Run Me.bat" file and wait for the patching to finish.
  6. Open the "Output" folder and move the contents into your "<path-to-game>\Data" folder and overwrite the existing files.
  7. Keep the contents of the "Source" folder somewhere safe just in case you want to revert the changes my patcher made.
Manually patch levels.dat with blank BINK videos[4]
  1. Make a backup of <path-to-game>\data\levels.bnk and <path-to-game>\data\levels.bnk.dat in case something goes wrong.
  2. Download the Fable 3 BNK Browser from this site.
  3. Download the blank BINK file from here.
  4. Create a temporary working folder on a storage device with at least 4GB of free space.
  5. Extract the contents of the two archives you downloaded earlier into your working folder.
  6. Create two copies of the blank BINK file and rename them to lionhead_logo.bik and microsoft_logo.bik.
  7. Create an empty folder in your working folder to hold the contents of one of the game's resource packs.
  8. Open BnkBrowser.exe then click on Open. Navigate to <path-to-game>\data\ and open levels.bnk.
  9. Click on Extract All then select the folder you created in Step 7. Exit BnkBrowser when the extraction is finished.
  10. Open the folder you created in Step 7 then navigate to art\videos\. Move the two blank BINK files created in Step 6 into this folder and overwrite the originals.
  11. Open BnkCreator.exe then click on Add folder(s). Select the folder you created in Step 7.
  12. Click on Create then navigate to <path-to-game>\data\. Select levels.bnk then click on Save.
  13. Run the game to test that it starts without issue. After that, you may delete the temporary working folder.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/105400/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/105400/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings
Video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
 See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See Multi-monitor.
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Temporal anti-aliasing controlled by Effects Detail setting. No individual option.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Caps the frame rate at half the refresh rate. See Force Vsync for proper Vsync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
See Run the game at screen refresh rate.

Multi-monitor[edit]

Multi-monitor and ultra-widescreen resolutions cannot be chosen in-game.
Changing video settings in-game may reset the resolution; repeat these steps if that happens.
Use the Video Options Applet (recommended method)[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\PCVideoOptionsApplet\
  2. Run PCVideoOptionsApplet.exe
  3. Choose your resolution and save your changes.
Edit VideoOptions.xml manually[citation needed]
  1. Go to %APPDATA%\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3
  2. Edit VideoOptions.xml
  3. Set your resolution and save your changes.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Games for Windows - LIVE should be disabled if its anti-cheat protection is crashing the game.
Custom FOV with Cheat Engine[5]
  1. See Bypass Games for Windows - LIVE and apply the fix.
  2. Install Cheat Engine.
  3. Download the Fable III Cheat Table.
  4. Start the game and load a saved game.
  5. Double-click the Cheat Table and open with Cheat Engine.
  6. Open the game process from the File menu.
  7. Check the box beside "FOV [F2]".
  8. Switch to the game and then back to Cheat Engine.
  9. Check the box beside "FOV".
  10. Double-click in the FOV Value column and change the value.

Notes

Cutscenes are affected (toggle with F2 is recommended).

Input settings[edit]

Input settings
Input settings
Controller bindings
Controller bindings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse wheel and some special keys can't be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Labeled Mouse Smoothing
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Must edit user-unfriendly file at %APPDATA%\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3\Controls\<user-id>\Controls.xml
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
DualShock 4 controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

  • Keyboard and mouse bindings

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Czech (Czech Republic) and Czech (for Slovakian market) available
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network[edit]

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Xbox 360 version only.[6]
LAN play
Online play
2 Co-op

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support[edit]

3D modes Native GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod to improve 3D support.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
Devices Native Notes
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues unresolved[edit]

Some settings don't save[edit]

Game Settings - Controls / Audio / Misc won't save for some users.
Game Settings - Display are saved to %APPDATA%\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3\VideoOptions.xml, which could mean it's possible to create .xml files for the other settings.

Issues fixed[edit]

Run the game at screen refresh rate[edit]

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set highest refresh rate in fullscreen[citation needed]
  1. Download and open Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Open the Fable III profile from the list.
  3. Set Prefered Refreshrate to Highest available.
  4. Apply changes and close the program.

Notes

Using Alt+Tab ↹ may cause a delay when switching between the game and Windows.
Alternatively, playing the game in windowed mode will use the desktop's refresh rate.

Other information[edit]

Bypass Games for Windows - LIVE[edit]

A fake version of xlive.dll can allow you to play the single-player without having GFWL installed.
Benefits include faster loading and saving times.
Use Fable III fake xlive[7]
  1. Download Fable III GFWL remover.
  2. Extract xlive.dll to <path-to-game>.

Notes

Check readme.txt for useful information.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3 Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 4000+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro

Notes

  1. ↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA activation, local profile support unknown.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/105400/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (105400) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ Inline Assembly - Portfolio - last accessed on 2019-06-07
    "Fable 3 for Windows – Port of 360 game to PC, including stereoscopic support"
  2. ↑ UPDATES & TITLE UPDATES Support Start Here Technical Support - Xbox.com Forums
  3. ↑ https://www.nexusmods.com/fableIII/mods/3?
  4. ↑ https://www.nexusmods.com/fableIII/mods/3?
  5. ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2019-11-29
  6. ↑ Fable 3, couch co-op? :: Fable III General Discussions
  7. ↑ Timeslip's utilities, mods and patches