rather than Windowed or Borderless to prevent input lag and crashes. Steam Community How to Check Your Version

: Far Cry 3 often struggles with high-thread-count CPUs. You can use Task Manager to "Set Affinity" and limit the game to 4 cores, or disable "Control Flow Guard" in Windows Exploit Protection for the game files.

If you are experiencing issues with the 1.04 version or running the game on modern hardware (Windows 10/11), users on Steam Community and Reddit suggest these steps: Compatibility and Permissions

: Resolves the "Black Gold" mission invincibility bug and issues where weapon models would get stuck on the character's arm. Multiplayer Stability

: Resolved issues where mission objectives, such as burning weed fields, would not update correctly.

Why? Because the official patch includes an updated FC3.dll and uplay_r1_loader.dll . These files re-activate the DRM. The crack that worked for v1.00 is now overwritten and dead.

Launch farcry3.exe from the bin folder. Go to the main menu. If done correctly, the bottom left corner should display or "Version 1.4.0"

: Set the executable to run in Windows 7 compatibility mode .