Far Cry 3 Thread

Nexus18 · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:43

willhub said:
Where does that config file you linked to go?

You need to download the sweetFX injector, which can be found here (near the bottom):

http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/sweetfx_shader_suite_download.html

Install by:

1) Extract or copy all the files into the directory of a game exe (keeping the file structure intact)

And then open up the "sweetfx_settings" text document with note pad and copy and paste those settings that I linked to into the document and save, launch the game and whilst in it, use the "scroll lock" button to enable or disable the sweet fx settings.

EDIT:

sorry meant, SweetFX_settings not sweetFX_preset"

Mal X · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:50

AndyOcUK said:
This....100%

Far cry 2 and 3 for me are too much about poncing around...."oh...just go and visit this man in the next village in this knackered old car of mine you may borrow and take him some herbs and animal skins in exchange for a rusty AK47....

For god's sake......if i'd wanted all that "take 3 steps forward and present the wizard with some cheese" crap, I'd have bought warcraft.

Far Cry 3?? I mean, they just killed your brother!!! I'd be damned if I'd be faffing about running errands & bartering for a machine gun......I'd just hit you over the head and take it from you, then trudge back up the hill to reek my vengeance on my brother's murderers.

Far Cry is supposed to be a shooter and it all went belly up the second Crytek let go of it!

{Rant Over ]

yea that's why i didn't get the game, too many bad reviews like this, thank God i saved 30 quid

willhub · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:58

Crashes game for me

Nexus18 · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:59

willhub · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:04

It is supposed to all go in the Bin folder right?

ScarySquirrel · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:14

What is this SweetFX thing? Is it worth using?

Nexus18 · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:21

willhub said:
It is supposed to all go in the Bin folder right?

yup!

ScarySquirrel said:
What is this SweetFX thing? Is it worth using?

Pretty much adjusts the contrast, colours of the game.

Most definitely!

I will try to get a few screenshots posted soon.

willhub · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:23

Baffled as to why it's not working, must not be compatible with Windows 8.

ScarySquirrel · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:24

Nexus18 said:
yup!

Pretty much adjusts the contrast, colours of the game.

Most definitely!

I will try to get a few screenshots posted soon.

Could it fix my stuttering or is it just colours and stuff?

Mr. May · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:35

Still dont work for me

Nexus18 · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:39

willhub said:
Baffled as to why it's not working, must not be compatible with Windows 8.

Possibly.

ScarySquirrel said:
Could it fix my stuttering or is it just colours and stuff?

I don't think so.

with my 4850 512MB, when I tried it out, it made my game stutter.

Will check FPS with it on and off in 15 minutes or so with the 7850.

LEK-89 · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:55

I've been playing the game since launch and so far I am very impressed, I haven't ever played Far Cry 1 & 2 so I am new to it. For the past few days I have wondered why it appears to be so difficult for me... and today it has occurred to me that the Warrior choice that I am playing is the hardest difficulty :eek:

lol. Though I have got better as I have progressed in the game and it has made me think about going around the enemy more carefully instead of going crash, bang & wallop and shoot everything that moves.

Liam

Nexus18 · 30 Dec 2012 at 23:09

Here are just some very quick screenshots taken by fraps, it looks much better in game:

sweetfx on the top and original on the bottom:

FPS are reduced by about 5-10 depending on the area when the sweet fx setting is enabled.

willhub · 31 Dec 2012 at 11:52

I've got it working under DX9, had to place most of the files in the Far Cry 3 folder and not Bin, only 3 files went in Bin.

Looks better than before and I guess I've also got a boost in FPS going to DX9, I can now have Post FX and Shadows on Ultra.

Mr. May · 31 Dec 2012 at 12:56

willhub said:
I've got it working under DX9, had to place most of the files in the Far Cry 3 folder and not Bin, only 3 files went in Bin.

Looks better than before and I guess I've also got a boost in FPS going to DX9, I can now have Post FX and Shadows on Ultra.

What 3 files do you put in BIN?

KNiVES · 31 Dec 2012 at 13:12

What kind of performance should I be expecting with the system in my signature?

willhub · 31 Dec 2012 at 14:31

KNiVES said:
What kind of performance should I be expecting with the system in my signature?

Assuming 1080P

Should be quite smooth on all max settings, 2-4x AA. But it depends if Crossfire will work.

Mr. May said:
What 3 files do you put in BIN?

d3d9.dll
dxgi.dll
injector.ini

I've also found using Radeon Pro, that tweaking the Texture LOD in the "Advanced" tab helps improve image quality, just don't turn it down too far or everything is super sharp and looks weird. I've also found that apparently Radeon Pro has SweetFX integrated into it, the version I've got is supposed to but does not appear to.

DarrenM343 · 31 Dec 2012 at 15:36

Anyone else have menu lag issues when running at higher resolutions? When I used 1920*1200 everything was fine but now at 2560*1440 after playing a while I find navigating the menu system can be a bit laggy. For example, clicking "Back" can require multiple clicks before it actually does it, even though the Back button recognised the mouse over action first. Sometimes I return to a game only to accidentley fire a weapon as I've gone mad left-clicking the Back button to try to go back.

If so, any workaround ?

youdsy · 31 Dec 2012 at 15:39

Nexus18 said:
Here are just some very quick screenshots taken by fraps, it looks much better in game:

sweetfx on the top and original on the bottom:

FPS are reduced by about 5-10 depending on the area when the sweet fx setting is enabled.

far car 2 looks way better than those screenshots.

what a con.

G-MAN2004 · 31 Dec 2012 at 15:42

youdsy said:
far car 2 looks way better than those screenshots.

what a con.

But it's not...