Far Cry 3: Anyone else excited?

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moonbogg

Lifer
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How exactly do you do the VPN? I'd like to play this weekend.

Yes, do tell of a reliable way to do it please. I have heard that some VPNs offer a limited number of uses or something. Playing this weekend would be fabulous.
Also, should gtx670 SLI thrash this game in proper fashion?
 

CVSiN

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Yes, do tell of a reliable way to do it please. I have heard that some VPNs offer a limited number of uses or something. Playing this weekend would be fabulous.
Also, should gtx670 SLI thrash this game in proper fashion?

my single GTX670M thrashes the game flat out..in DX11 mode with everything at Ultra.
 

CVSiN

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btw if you just want to play single player and bypass Uplay to play early..

just add -offline to your command line..
removes it all and allows offline play.
 

CVSiN

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I've bought this game, but not tried it yet. Is it good?

it's amazing.. have not been able to think about anything else for 2 days..

12 hours played in 2 days stayed up till 1:30 again last night.. man I am dragging.. but it was fun.
 

scooterlibby

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btw if you just want to play single player and bypass Uplay to play early..

just add -offline to your command line..
removes it all and allows offline play.

So you pre-load it on steam, and then enter -offline in the Steam command line? How do you access the Steam command line?
 

VulgarDisplay

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btw if you just want to play single player and bypass Uplay to play early..

just add -offline to your command line..
removes it all and allows offline play.

No idea what you're talking about. Tried entering -offline to steam and far cry 3 and this doesn't work.

You can't even access the .exe for far cry 3. The folder is empty until steam decrypts it.
 

Mandres

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This review pretty much sums up my fears for FC3.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/407305/20121121/far-cry-3-review.htm

A fantastic idea for an open world FPS, but handled like an inexperienced teenager.
Seriously now....the game is definitely going for the survival against all odds theme....and yet it keeps on overloading the player with loads and loads of info...where’s subtlety?
No options to turn down the info overload??? Hopefully a user mod should fix this in the near future.
Also looks like it’s just a bit too similar to FC2 if you are stumbling from patrol to patrol.
The gameplay videos do look sumptuous though.

Totalbiscuit hit on a lot of those same problems in his review too. It sounds like they wanted to make a real survival fps/rpg like Stalker but had to dumb it down for mass appeal.

I wonder if a modding community will spring up around this and make something really interesting with it. It sounds like the world is flat out amazing and all the fps mechanics are very well done. It sure would make a sexy DayZ style game.

I'm going to buy it this weekend.
 

Dankk

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No idea what you're talking about. Tried entering -offline to steam and far cry 3 and this doesn't work.

You can't even access the .exe for far cry 3. The folder is empty until steam decrypts it.

I got the game from uPlay (non-Steam) and don't even have the option of pre-loading. Connecting to a VPN in the UK didn't change anything.

Just have to be patient I guess.
 

Childs

Lifer
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I got the game from uPlay (non-Steam) and don't even have the option of pre-loading. Connecting to a VPN in the UK didn't change anything.

Just have to be patient I guess.

Yeah, me too. I redeemed the code and got the confirmation, but I havent received the CD key yet.
 

KaOTiK

Lifer
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No idea what you're talking about. Tried entering -offline to steam and far cry 3 and this doesn't work.

You can't even access the .exe for far cry 3. The folder is empty until steam decrypts it.

Use a VPN to decrypt it then you have to register it on Uplay with the VPN as well.
 

gorcorps

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Jul 18, 2004
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So you pre-load it on steam, and then enter -offline in the Steam command line? How do you access the Steam command line?

IIRC right click the game in your steam list and click properties, and on one of the tabs there's a button or field for startup parameters. Just add '-offline' to that (apparently) and you should be good to go.
 

CVSiN

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My fix is for people that have it on CD not steam. which was how overseas was delivered.

Steam peeps have to wait.
 

KaOTiK

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My fix is for people that have it on CD not steam. which was how overseas was delivered.

Steam peeps have to wait.

Lies! I have it on Steam. Just when I want to play it I have to log into a VPN and then launch it from Steam and then Uplay, after it is launched I can disconnect from the VPN if I want.
 

CVSiN

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Lies! I have it on Steam. Just when I want to play it I have to log into a VPN and then launch it from Steam and then Uplay, after it is launched I can disconnect from the VPN if I want.

even the isos that came out are not steam packs.
they were full CDs.

so there are both out there.
 

KaOTiK

Lifer
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I'm getting more and more confused. Which VPN do you use and what is the process of decrypting it?

I downloaded this one http://kryptovpn.kryptotel.net/download/index.html

After you install it
Log off Steam.
Launch the VPN select Australia and it will connect.
Log back on to Steam
Go to your library and hit play for Far Cry 3 (you should have Far Cry 3 pre loaded already)
Far Cry 3 will decrypt.
After FC3 decrypts it will launch Uplay
Uplay will probably have to update (this takes a little bit)
After it is done updating it will want you to enter your CD key that Steam will give you when you launch FC3
After that Uplay will show FC3 on its page and you click on it to launch it and play.

When you are done and quit the game, make sure to back to the VPN program and hit the disconnect button, otherwise your net will be slow for everything

The VPN I have linked above will give you a trial good for 3-4 days.

If you want to play FC3 some other time you need to do the steps above but you wont need to decrypt/update/downloading anything.
 

KaOTiK

Lifer
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Wait - even if you have Steam you have to sign up for Uplay?

Yes, the game flat our requires Uplay. I'm pretty sure all of Ubisofts non indie type of titles have required it in some form for the last year or two now.
 

scooterlibby

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Feb 28, 2009
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I downloaded this one http://kryptovpn.kryptotel.net/download/index.html

After you install it
Log off Steam.
Launch the VPN select Australia and it will connect.
Log back on to Steam
Go to your library and hit play for Far Cry 3 (you should have Far Cry 3 pre loaded already)
Far Cry 3 will decrypt.
After FC3 decrypts it will launch Uplay
Uplay will probably have to update (this takes a little bit)
After it is done updating it will want you to enter your CD key that Steam will give you when you launch FC3
After that Uplay will show FC3 on its page and you click on it to launch it and play.

When you are done and quit the game, make sure to back to the VPN program and hit the disconnect button, otherwise your net will be slow for everything

The VPN I have linked above will give you a trial good for 3-4 days.

If you want to play FC3 some other time you need to do the steps above but you wont need to decrypt/update/downloading anything.

Thanks! I'll give it a try.
 

Northern Lawn

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and the game keeps getting better and better..
played another 6 hours last night... thought I was getting somewhere.. then I zoomed out the map and realized in 12 hours I'm still in a TINY section of the map..
game is awesome..

the crafting and getting equipped is what is taking me the most time.. but it is very fun hunting animals..
I hope so because right now it reminds me too much of FC2. Smart AI though, I was on a cliff and saw a bunch of mercs going to execute a guy so I shot at them (only had 3 bullets) they all jumped in their truck and came around the road to where I was. Meanwhile I jump down the cliff face and the guy that was going to be shot was just standing there with a bottle on his head.
 

moonbogg

Lifer
Jan 8, 2011
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Well the VPN thing worked, but I am wondering why I am getting 45fps in the very start of the game? That is about what a single 680 should get. Is SLI broken or something? Geeze this was unexpected.
 

yours truly

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my single GTX670M thrashes the game flat out..in DX11 mode with everything at Ultra.

I can't tell if you're joking or not. DX11 is killing my framerates. I've reverted to DX9 instead until there's a proper DX11 SLI profile.
 

VulgarDisplay

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Apr 3, 2009
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Well the VPN thing worked, but I am wondering why I am getting 45fps in the very start of the game? That is about what a single 680 should get. Is SLI broken or something? Geeze this was unexpected.

Yeah, worked for me too. Now I just hope my whole steam account doesn't get banned.
 
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