FarCry 3

What works

• DX 11 mode when using dxvk
• Single-player
• Multi-player.
• UPlay.

What does not

There are some visual glitches. Shadowy squares will sometimes appear over distant objects. This is unaffected regardless of whether lowest or highest settings are used.

Sometimes the game will crash after a loading screen. This occurs most commonly after dying, but can happen infrequently if there are loading screens during missions; meaning the mission has to be played from the beginning. This is made a bit more frustrating by the fact the game has unskippable cut-scenes.

Workarounds

What was not tested

• DX9 mode

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: AMD
• Driver: open source

Additional Comments

• Steam overlay must be disabled for the game to load properly. (This is also a problem on Windows.)
• Testing was done using the RADV Vulkan driver.
• Works perfectly with multiple monitors.
• An XML file to manually change the settings can be found in 'C:/users/$USER/Documents/My Games/FarCry 3'.

The framerate, and number of graphical glitches, are greatly improved (e.g. the sniper rifle's crosshairs are visible) by using the combination of Nouveau and Gallium Nine, rather than Nvidia's proprietary driver.