It may not be as broken as that other open world Ubisoft game, but that doesn’t mean it’s free from issues. Far Cry 4 is out, and it has a few problems. – particularly on the PlayStation 3 and a PC. Ubisoft is aware of them, and plans to fix them all in the next update. Here’s what you can expect from the next major update.
It’s easy to see why the PlayStation 4 was apparently the platform favoured for reviews – because it’s the one with least issues. Here’s a great big list of changes coming to the other versions.
Xbox 360
- Fixed an issue where players were unable to complete the weapons collection even if they purchased every weapon (including main and side quests).
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from accessing the Main Menu if they accepted a game invite from an inactive profile.
Xbox One
- The correct error message is now displayed when the user tries to access the Options menu while paused when they are attempting to download a map while there is no connection to the Ubisoft servers.
- The player will now return to the Main Menu if connection to Xbox Live is lost due to a disconnect during a host migration.
- Users will no longer become stuck in an infinite loading loop if they attempt to change profiles while exiting a PvP session.
PS3
- Players will now receive an error message if they are on a content restricted subaccount if they accepted a game invite while they were offline.
- Players will no longer become stuck if they accept an invite while saving in the In-Game Editor.
PC
- NVIDIA HairWorks fully enabled for GeForce GTX gamers.
PVP + Co-Op
- The game will no longer freeze if a player accepts a Co-Op invite while in the Uplay App after quickly selecting a storage device.
- Players will no longer experience very low FPS if they join a friend in a PvP lobbly while in the Uplay browser.
- The game will no longer remain on a black screen if they use the Fast Travel feature immediately after the Bell Tower unlock cinematic.
- Resolved certain issues that prevented a player from returning to the Story Mode from the Co-Op tab.
Progression
- Players will now be able to achieve 100% progression if they do not drive a snowmobile when the vehicle is available.
- Players will now be able to reach 100% progression after the “Day 1? Patch is applied.
Trophies
- Corrected an issue where Trophies would not be rewarded for several weapons.
Main Menu
- The player will now hear ambient sound if they return tot he Main Menu from the Uplay App.
It’s worth noting that for PlayStation3 players without an internet connection, Far Cry 4 has some issues that can render the game wholly unplayable, with an oft-reported “Fatal Error”. It’s a pity that there are these sorts of issues, because Far Cry 4 is a resounding amount of fun and I think in this era of DLC, and patches and microtransactions and broken games, we’re forgetting that games are meant to be all about fun.
Last Updated: November 20, 2014
Admiral Chief Wang
November 20, 2014 at 11:01
I summon OVG for a +10 rage
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:09
BWAHAHAHA 🙂
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:12
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA2LzEyLzI4L1RvbUhpZGRsZXN0LjMxZmQwLmdpZgpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/c07bb55b/6dc/Tom-Hiddleston.gif
Admiral Chief Wang
November 20, 2014 at 11:12
Meh, that looks like a +5
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:14
I will patch the other +5 later… when I feel like it, but the DLC comes first.
Admiral Chief Wang
November 20, 2014 at 11:36
Oh, I thought it was ON THE DISC?
Admiral Chief Wang
November 20, 2014 at 11:03
UPlay….SIES
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:16
I know, Its so French 😛
ooooo play
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 11:16
Not even real French, wannabe Canadians.
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:18
lol that reminds me, I took a photo of a black French mounty on his horse when I was over there 😛
Sorry, it had to be done.
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 11:20
Not Pharrel? ;-p (refresh)
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:21
lol He oozes culture.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:42
I thought that was an Old Spice advert…
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:55
Have you seen the new one?! WIN!
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 11:31
I was hoping the patch might remove Uplay. A man can dream.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:32
BWAHAHAHAH! U r funny.
Rock789
November 20, 2014 at 11:42
That’s it folks… The internet just broke, thanks to JJ… Why JJ? WHY?!
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 12:30
Bad things happen when I joke. And when I dream. 😉
Rock789
November 20, 2014 at 12:46
So that’s what was happening last night when I was watching you from your cupboard… I mean…
o_O
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2014 at 11:38
It keeps the master race masterful
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 11:03
“the PlayStation 4 was apparently the platform favoured for reviews – because it’s the one with least issues”
That line alone should keep the review scores below 80 just to fuck Ubishit.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:05
And remember, if you don’t install the patches you’re a pirate.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:10
…
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:13
No, it’s cool. It’s kinda like when you leave a shop & you have to let security rifle through your bags to prove you haven’t stolen anything. It’s all good.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:14
I have no problem with them having a pirate patch in there. It worked. If everyone has to have a day one patch, why should pirates be excluded.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:19
It wasn’t in there to mess with pirates. That would be something like what they did in Batman AA or AC when you couldn’t make a certain jump. A FOV slider is nothing & doesn’t really mess with your game. He just said afterwards that if you’re complaining about no FOV slider it’s because it was patched in afterwards… therefore you’re a pirate.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:20
But that means they are a pirate? They are playing it without the day 1 patch, something needed by everyone to play the ‘working’ game, meaning they got the game before it was release.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:22
So there’s no possible exception? Good to know.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:26
Pray tell what it could be? If you have to install the update before you can play the game, on all platforms, how else could you play it? That is a genuine question, Mr Good to Know.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:35
You’re the one asserting it’s impossible. My actual argument is it’s not smart to insult every single person by calling them a pirate without knowing definitively. Any exception would disprove his point, but if you’re happy to climb on the PC piracy trope go right ahead. Seeing as I have personally experienced being told I’m a pirate when using a legal copy of a game I bought, I don’t appreciate it.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:38
Defence 9000+
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:46
I accept your apology.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:47
HAHAHA! That argument can be used on practically ANYTHING. Apology denied, Pirate scum!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:51
😀
His argument is a variation of “you should be ok with surveillance if you’ve got nothing to hide”.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:53
Isn’t that your third commandment?
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:55
Not really, I don’t tell people I’m surveilling them.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:56
You don’t need I suppose when you’re leaning in their windows with a camera, boom, and light box.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:58
The worst is when they try to close the window. Insensitive pricks.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:59
Well I suppose if they were sensitive closing the window might be hard… 0_O
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
November 20, 2014 at 12:05
He needs to up the voltage.
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
November 20, 2014 at 11:57
You can’t see this comment or upvote.
You are not being surveiled.
http://f0.pepst.com/c/777A2F/585992/ssc3/home/042/wolf.my.1st.homepage/albums/hypnosis.gif_480_480_0_64000_0_1_0.gif
MakeItLegal
November 20, 2014 at 11:57
Super sayian ?
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:22
While the thieves run past.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:27
This is AFRICA! lol
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:28
Also a good analogy on how the respectable customer is the only one penalised.
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:31
Then vote with your wallet I say!
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 11:32
By not voting?
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:35
A pretend vote!
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 12:31
*presses invisible button on desk*
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2014 at 11:37
That’s abstaining
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:57
You’d know all about it! *RUNS
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2014 at 12:06
http://img-9gag-ftw.9cache.com/photo/abq4QBr_460sa_v1.gif
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 12:02
Thats what she said.
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:22
lol
Rock789
November 20, 2014 at 11:43
Of course – every pirate needs a patch, don’t they?! Guys? Anyone…?
😉
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 11:45
lol. Shut your round hole before I push my square peg leg up it!
Rock789
November 20, 2014 at 11:51
Promise? o_O
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 12:00
Yes. It’ll be balsa to the wall.
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 11:49
Lol
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 11:49
LOL
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 11:05
On a side note, I had to do my first hard reset of my Xbone this morning. Two weeks ago it was my PS4 in safe mode and now this. Modern gaming is becoming a chore.
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:07
Give it 10 years before Pre-Ordering PATCHES is normal.
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 11:08
Already feels that way.
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:10
Get the new SEASON PATCH and pre-download 5 PATCHES in one 45gig sitting to your 50teraflof HD.
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 11:11
On the bright side, Telscum should be able to provide us with stable 4mb lines by then… or not…
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:13
and TitanFall will get a re-release to South Africa in the new Slim ONE Bundle pack.
HairyEwok
November 20, 2014 at 11:15
When playing the game I’ve noticed that theres a Nvidia setting in the video presets and when i place it on that the game gets so so dark and the shadows go all wonky when you move. Surely that’s not how it’s suppose to be and I hope they fix this. Note i have a GTX 780 and meet all the “required specs”.
Spaffy
November 20, 2014 at 13:12
I also have a GTX 780 but do not experience this.
Maybe it’s a setting in Geforce Experience?
Splooshypooh
November 20, 2014 at 15:12
There’s a setting for that. Annisotropic filter or some such nonsense. Switch to SSAO, should work. Worked on mine
HairyEwok
November 20, 2014 at 15:21
Ive noticed that switching from SSAO to SSBC makes it super dark and then switching it OFF makes the world look like Counterstrike 1.6 All over again.
Splooshypooh
November 20, 2014 at 17:19
Upgrade geforce drivers? After the patch the game worked faster for me as well. Also added a few more options for graphics quality
Mongoose
November 20, 2014 at 11:20
Another day, another patch.
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 11:25
You know it 😉
Grant [_G_] Hancock
November 20, 2014 at 11:29
Blood Dragon 2 is required kthanksbye !
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 11:30
I saw the header image and immediately just wanted a new Age Of Empires.
Grant [_G_] Hancock
November 20, 2014 at 11:31
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 12:01
and people think I am weird for not allowing the internet in my man cave lol
RinceThis
November 20, 2014 at 12:04
Yes, we do 0_O
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 12:29
We don’t judge you for it.
Not to your face anyway. 😉
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 12:28
I can’t watch the video 🙁
Rock789
November 20, 2014 at 12:49
Don’t worry – it’s just game porn…
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 13:03
Only the best kind of porn! Damn it
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 11:51
Totally get that! Me too now, sigh.
Rock789
November 20, 2014 at 12:50
Damn it… Now I see it too! Where’s that old Age of Empires install disk…?
V@mp
November 20, 2014 at 11:58
The next big update will allow you access to the final couple of chapters so you can finish the game because we haven’t finished developing the bloody thing yet.
OV..v00.2 20gig patch required
November 20, 2014 at 12:00
lol Dont joke.
PointMan
November 20, 2014 at 11:59
Well that’s nice and all but I can’t even download the day 1 patch because u(can’t)play is a complete fuckup.
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 12:30
That’s exactly the reason why I’m not buying this.
Skyblue
November 20, 2014 at 12:33
Yeah dude, I’ll give it a year like the Admiral and skip out on the Day One/Patch Day, get all the DLC and a 90% finished product all in the convenience of a single Steam Sale for next to nothing.
Don’t support Ubisoft, they don’t deserve your money and they really don’t want you to play their games on release.
Captain JJ the fair
November 20, 2014 at 12:34
Hear hear!
PointMan
November 20, 2014 at 12:42
Yeah I think that will be my stance going forward, I gave Farcry 4 a chance because I had no issues with 3 on uplay. I’m just glad i didn’t pay full price for this game.
sumguy
November 22, 2014 at 05:59
you should mention in your article that they have a fix for the black screen issue that is preventing thousands of people from being able to launch the game, they have had it since wednesday night yet they refuse to release it as a hotfix and they posted that people would have to wait until friday the 21st to get it as part of the patch, then they did ninja edit early on the morning of the 21st saying it would be ready the 21st or in the following days, they didnt do the ninja edit on the steam post, they waited till about 20 hours later and ninja edited the steam post and said the patch probably wont be ready till early next week now, they are pushing the patch eta further and further back and they are telling people via ninja edits and they are spreading the edits out over the span of almost a full day and over 2 different forums, giving them different info at different times, im assuming as damage control, they still refuse to release the fix they admitted to having since wednesday night as a hotfix which would enable thousands to actually play the game they paid for and they wont respond to the question as to why not
Lou
November 24, 2014 at 22:28
What about joining pvp with a party and them splitting ur party up!!!!!???
WhiteFudge
November 27, 2014 at 19:01
I have a huge problem with the game, I cant use my camera or rocks. The camera worked in the early parts of the game and i used it on some outposts. Then i wanted to use the camera on De Pleurs fortress, but it wouldn’t come up. I didn’t bother with it until i played a side mission for Willis and i had to use the camera to take a picture of the dead lieutenant. Of course since i cant get my camera up i cant take a picture of him and therefore cant complete the mission. If anyone had this happen to them please tell me if you were able to fix it and how. Thanks!