Far Cry 3 Thread

Boge · 13 Jan 2013 at 20:16

My keyboard was quite expensive. You want me to do WHAT?

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/731115-What-does-quot-mash-a-quot-mean

You cannot be serious.

Rezident · 13 Jan 2013 at 21:51

Boge said:
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/731115-What-does-quot-mash-a-quot-mean

You cannot be serious.

What's worse is that: "keep mindlessly pressing the same key" is considered a valid game mechanic these days. The dumbing-down in games is getting really sad. That's how you win a fight, just press the same one key repeatedly, instead of having the freedom to do what you want, or heaven forbid, allow skill to get in the way.

illuz · 13 Jan 2013 at 21:55

TheVoice said:
Started playing this yesterday, enjoying it but I'm finding the mouse movement to be a bit annoying; I've tweaked the sensitivity so it's not so quick, but I'm finding that when moving the mouse fairly slowly, it feels a bit jerky (i.e. not smooth). Anyone else had this? It's putting me off playing the game, unfortunately.

Turned off acceleration? I'm hooked on this game. Going to kill Hoyt real soon then play through again with that mod + difficulty up.

TheVoice · 13 Jan 2013 at 23:27

I did play with the acceleration setting a bit but I'll try turning it off entirely. Hopefully that sorts it, I was enjoying everything else about it!

KatanaDV20 · 14 Jan 2013 at 00:17

I just wanted to mention a brilliant mod I came across. FC3 vets will already have this but for the sake of rookies (like me):

This mod removes ALL icons. You dont see any when you use the binos nor do you see the silly cartoon icons on top of peoples heads. Along with this turn off all the aids like auto-target, threat detector etc.

Just doing this adds SO much more realism and value to this game. Without the cartoon icons you have no idea where the bad guys are and they sneak up on you. This really rachets up the tension.

Im reallly surprised theres no in-game function to disable the cartoon balloons which completely ruin immersion.

Grab it from here, theres different versions:
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/734046-Mods-for-Far-Cry-3-Forums

Scroll down a bit and look under "The first mods from Haoose"

Diagro · 14 Jan 2013 at 01:52

seems the game lags and stutters when loading new parts of the maps... Anyone know of a way i can make it load Far more than what it does at the moment? i have 32GB of RAM so i should be able to fix it so it makes use of it.

seena · 14 Jan 2013 at 05:52

Far cry 3 Sweetfx + Hi res textures on my HD 4870 1GB

'Wes · 14 Jan 2013 at 09:56

Murray said:
Possible this one - http://farcry.nexusmods.com/mods/15/

I also done this - http://www.reddit.com/r/farcry/comments/149p3x/how_to_remove_all_hudui_sound_indicators_in_far/

Swartz mod is epic, definitely the way the game is meant to be played.

Rezident · 14 Jan 2013 at 12:42

KatanaDV20 said:
I just wanted to mention a brilliant mod I came across. FC3 vets will already have this but for the sake of rookies (like me):

This mod removes ALL icons. You dont see any when you use the binos nor do you see the silly cartoon icons on top of peoples heads. Along with this turn off all the aids like auto-target, threat detector etc.

Just doing this adds SO much more realism and value to this game. Without the cartoon icons you have no idea where the bad guys are and they sneak up on you. This really rachets up the tension.

Im reallly surprised theres no in-game function to disable the cartoon balloons which completely ruin immersion.

Grab it from here, theres different versions:
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/734046-Mods-for-Far-Cry-3-Forums

Scroll down a bit and look under "The first mods from Haoose"

That sounds brilliant, cheers for that. I will almost certainly be replaying this when i've finished my steam sales backlog. Removing those eyesores would be brilliant.

NutritioN · 14 Jan 2013 at 14:24

seena said:
Far cry 3 Sweetfx + Hi res textures on my HD 4870 1GB

I can understand tweaking the tone of some games, not that I have ever wanted to. But sharpening + hires updates always look so headache inducingly bad to me. Why would you want to play like that? Some screenshots look better with it though.

'Wes · 14 Jan 2013 at 14:47

Rezident said:
That sounds brilliant, cheers for that. I will almost certainly be replaying this when i've finished my steam sales backlog. Removing those eyesores would be brilliant.

Just download the files i quoted above, does all that.

KatanaDV20 · 14 Jan 2013 at 20:13

Rezident said:
That sounds brilliant, cheers for that. I will almost certainly be replaying this when i've finished my steam sales backlog. Removing those eyesores would be brilliant.

You said it best..."eyesore" is what those stupid balloons are!

illuz · 14 Jan 2013 at 20:48

I've just started again on Warrior(?) difficulty and the mod. So far so good !

needforspeed · 14 Jan 2013 at 21:06

I seem to be getting graphical artifacts?

the_worrier · 14 Jan 2013 at 21:33

I'm only just starting... taken the first radio tower, met the black dude with glasses, killed 3 boar and was on my way to chat with dr earnhardt.......now i cant escape jeep loads of goons! What have i done wrong? How do i escape these guys?

KatanaDV20 · 14 Jan 2013 at 21:41

pattojones said:
I'm only just starting... taken the first radio tower, met the black dude with glasses, killed 3 boar and was on my way to chat with dr earnhardt.......now i cant escape jeep loads of goons! What have i done wrong? How do i escape these guys?

Pick em off while they are still sitting in the jeep, they are really easy to plug. Once they get out they scamper and creep all over the place.

KatanaDV20 · 14 Jan 2013 at 21:54

Is there a mod out there that disables the stupid unrealistic laser beams from enemy sniper rifles? Looks like a rave when I approach an enemy camp at night.

illuz · 14 Jan 2013 at 22:08

http://kotaku.com/5973989/this-excellent-far-cry-3-mod-will-make-your-second-pass-a-whole-new-thing

This mod does that.

KatanaDV20 · 14 Jan 2013 at 22:14

illuz said:
http://kotaku.com/5973989/this-excellent-far-cry-3-mod-will-make-your-second-pass-a-whole-new-thing

This mod does that.

Thank you, just what im after

Jakus · 16 Jan 2013 at 11:45

Played through this game twice now, first time I did not read the help and did not really get into collecting plants...Did the full mission with 2 health slots and 2 weapons on normal

(thought it was near impossible at times)

Second time, now realising you have to click your unlocked earned skills, it's a breeze

Excellent Game, especially the Health system and radio towers idea.
The only way they could really improve it for me would be for more destructibility on things and add like the original Crysis physics where bullets actually moved the grass blades etc.

Anyone know how you get this free sp mission "Testing Unit" from Uplay ?