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Steve64b's Far Cry page
I like to play around with the Far Cry 4 & 5 Map Editor.
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General Far Cry Troubleshooting
Having issues with a Far Cry game? Try the following:
- Renaming your Windows User's %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry X\GamerProfile.xml file to reset the game's graphics settings.
- Renaming your Windows User's %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry X folder entirely, to force the game to reset its game settings. Note that this will also misplace any Custom Maps (cache and your own user maps) you have stored locally.
- Creating a new Windows user profile & playing the game from there. If that works, the issue you're having is linked to your Windows User's Registry or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry X settings.
- Clearing your Uplay cache: When Uplay is closed, rename your Uplay\cache folder to something else. Uplay should recreate the folder and build a new proper cache automatically.
- Lock the graphics framerate down, as claimed here.
Also, in general:- Verifying files in Steam/Uplay. Several times may be needed, make sure it completes successfully.
- Running the redist setup files (DirectX, VCRedist, DotNet) from the game folder's Support\Software subfolder.
- Running Uplay with Administrative Privileges & running the game with Administrative Privileges.
- Changing the game language (causing Uplay/Steam to download additional files), then Verifying files again.
- Make sure your Windows and Drivers are up-to-date. Conversely, some drivers may supposedly conflict with the game, like Audio drivers and newer versions of graphics drivers.
- Is there any useful information in the Uplay log files? You can find them in e.g. the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\logs folder.
- Is there any useful information in the Windows Event Log? See HowToGeek for instructions.
Far Cry Arcade Map Editor on PC:
- Don't want to feel limited by budget? Download and install my Editormod. It fixes some issues, adds many new features and objects and in general is more forgiving than the vanilla editor.
- Problem saving map for upload? The resulting mapfile may be too big.
A save error happens when the compressed map is too large to upload. To counter this, make sure that your terrain (vegetation/texture/holemap/heightmap) is greatly compressable. This means using as few unique values/patterns as possible, and having repeated data.
So, a holemap without any holes compresses better than one with holes. And if you have 20 holes punched into the terrain, the holemap compresses better when they are one big hole (all adjacent) rather than spread out as single individual small holes across the map. The same goes for having large areas without texture/vegetation, and for flattened terrain. See Picture.
If you're having problems getting an older Far Cry game to start:
- Far Cry 3 bad performance? Check the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3\GamerProfile.xml file, and make sure that D3D11MultithreadedRendering="1", OR switch the game to use DirectX9 instead of 11. Found on Reddit.
- Far Cry 4 on Steam not starting? Apply the Far Cry 4 Steam Regfix every time after you've run the editor. Download .reg file here.
- Far Cry 4 Map Editor is in Swedish language? Edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 4\{YOUR_UPLAY_ACCOUNT_HASH}\EditorGamerProfile.xml, and set the Language entries to "english".
- If your PC's CPU has more than 4 logical units, try disabling some of them. Settings to accomplish this vary per processor, but may include: disabling Hyperthreading (Intel), putting the processor in Legacy Mode (AMD / Ryzen).
- To tweak the game's graphical/performance settings further, you can edit the GamerProfile.xml file. Some settings that may have an effect on the game can be found here. After editing, you may need to make the file read-only.
Steve64b's Far Cry Editor/modding related topics
Far Cry 4
Far Cry 5 / Arcade
Far Cry 5 uses yet again a different dat/fat packing scheme, but the rest of the modding procedure should be familiar for other Far Cry modders.
Template Map NEW ASSETS map: Team DeathMatch Map Template with scripting and otherwise unavailable assets.
Template Map NEW ASSETS+SCRIPTING: Journey map with the same assets as above, but also offering additional premade scripting actions. To change HUD text, look here for the ids.
- My Far Cry 5 Arcade Editormod: PC-only mod of the Arcade Editor, bypassing limitations and adding even more assets and features.
- Far Cry 5 Community Maps index: Listing of maps published in the Far Cry Arcade, with less restricted filter options than the Arcade website.
- Far Cry 5 Map Swapper: Loads an alternate map instead of maps published by creator 'MapSwapper'. Useful for porting console maps to PC and vice versa. Xbox too this time! ;)
- Far Cry Arcade Object List: Searchable list of assets you can use in the Far Cry 5 Editor.
- Far Cry Arcade Video List: Auto-updating list of Far Cry video content found on YouTube.
- Far Cry 5 Texts: Search through Far Cry 5's oasis text strings. Useful for finding the number to input for setting text on the "Change HUD Text" Script action.
I develop these projects in my spare time, for fun, and I offer them to you for free.
The development process takes some time, and if you feel like helping me keep awake at night, you can get me a coffee. :) 
Feel free to send me a PM on The Far Cry Mods forum.
DISCLAIMER: This site and my projects are not supported nor endorsed by Ubisoft. Projects are provided 'AS-IS' and are subject to change.