Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

Developers
	CI Games
Engines
	CryEngine (4th generation)
Release dates
Windows	April 25, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	59
OpenCritic	53
IGDB	53
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Series	Sniper: Ghost Warrior

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

Key points

Installing Unofficial Patch/Improvement Project is highly recommended. It fixes a significant number of bugs and technical issues unresolved by official patches.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Season Pass Edition only.
GamersGate
GOG.com		Single-player only. Concerns Gold Edition also available in the store.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
itch.io (unavailable)

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

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

Version differences

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

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

SGW3 - Improvement Project/Unofficial Patch

The Improvement Project/Unofficial Patch is a mod for the game that comes in two variants. The Improvement Project extensively modifies the game, adding new gameplay features, and significantly altering the core gameplay. The Unofficial Patch is focused on bug fixes, leaving the original gameplay largely intact, but fixing issues such as broken key rebinding, day/night cycle, laser sights, texture filtering, and NPCs disappearing at ~250 meters or after being unobserved for longer than two seconds.

Game data

In-game game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\368070\remote\profiles\default\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/368070/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\368070\remote\savegames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/368070/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		HUD is centred for 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60° - 80° vertical. Each tick of the slider advances one degree. See FOV Calculator for help.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Tied to other graphics settings. High & Medium are accidentally reversed. Fixed in Improvement Project patch.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Always enabled. See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Add sys_MaxFps = xx to game.cfg to set a custom fps limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

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

Anti-aliasing (AA)

By default, the game uses SMAA with a temporal filter. This makes the image blurry and can disorientate some people

Disable temporal filtering
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add r_AntialiasingMode = 1 to the file. Notes Do not turn AA off completely. It will cause flickering and lighting issues. Results in a sharper image

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.

Disable head bob

Edit configuration files
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Create and open game.cfg. Add the following and save. cl_speedToBobFactor=0.0 cl_bobSprintMultplier=0.0 Notes This fix will work for both Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 and Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts The player's view will not bob while a weapon is held, but will bob if holstered.

Input

In-game mouse settings.

In-game controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Key remapping is deeply broken, and was further broken by official patches. Fixed in Improvement Project patch.
Mouse acceleration		No acceleration by default.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Mouse look while driving vehicles other than the drone cannot be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Can be disabled.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  In-game keyboard settings.

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  In-game "Player" controller layout overview.

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  In-game "Drone" controller layout overview.

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  In-game "Vehicle" controller layout overview.

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  In-game "Multiplayer" controller layout overview.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Voice and Dialogue
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Few scenes have licensed music

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Game has full Japanese dub accessible by adding g_languageAudio=japanese to game.cfg.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		16	Versus

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 (DX11).
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Memory allocation crash

Game crashes due to a memory allocation error even with the required 8 GB of RAM.

Increase Windows page file to a fixed size (e.g. 8192 MB)
See this community guide from Tom's Hardware on how to change the page file.

Long loading times

Exclusive fullscreen with Vsync enabled may cause progress bar in loading screens to stall near the end.

Disable VSync

Use windowed/borderless fullscreen mode

These fixes shorten loading times, especially when launching the game for the first time.

Game crashes and returns to Windows

Savegames folder fix[citation needed]
Go to <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\368070\remote\savegames\. Create a backup savegames folder. Launch game and exit. Copy the backup savegames folder to <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\368070\remote\savegames\ and paste and replace.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Criware

System requirements

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

A 64-bit operating system is required.