NPC shaking/vibrate animation bug

[The Hoff]

I can play far cry 3 maxed out and super smooth at 60fps vsync without an ounce of stutter. But when you come across NPC's you occasionally get this bug where NPC's vibrate on the spot. It lasts maybe 2 seconds but it is annoying as hell. Many other people have this issue too but I have yet to find a fix. I emailed Ubisoft support but I'm still playing the waiting game. Does anyone here see the same thing and found a way to fix it?
My system is clean as a whistle and drivers all up to date. I'm using the NVIDIA GTX 780.
Thanks.

[Smilodon]

Well, they do occasionally talk about having the shakes, maybe your PC just wants to animate it a bit? Drugsr bad, mkay.

[Rico_Des_Carpates]

Add "-norigidchars" command line option

[The Hoff]

Thanks. Does this really work?

[Rico_Des_Carpates]

worked for me ( tested for 4-5 hours this week end)

[Muzle84]

For the records: It also works for me, with no side effects so far.

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by MrLos:

Add "-norigidchars" command line option

What is this "-norigidchars" command line option you speak of? I don't need it now because the game runs super smooth for me fully maxed out on my current rig, but I like to learn things. My next rig may have these problems & I would love to learn a fix ahead of time.

[The Hoff]

After completely rebuilding my PC with new hardware, Windows 8.1 - 4790k & 780ti I can confirm that even after placing -norigidchars in both of Far Cry 3's shortcut targets this still doesn't fix it. The NPC shaking has not been resolved on even after replacing every component in my rig for the last 2 years rigs . Even 12 months of correspondence to Ubisoft Support couldn't even resolve it so its goodbye to this game it has defeated me.

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by Chris:

After completely rebuilding my PC with new hardware, Windows 8.1 - 4790k & 780ti I can confirm that even after placing -norigidchars in both of Far Cry 3's shortcut targets this still doesn't fix it. The NPC shaking has not been resolved on even after replacing every component in my rig for the last 2 years rigs . Even 12 months of correspondence to Ubisoft Support couldn't even resolve it so its goodbye to this game it has defeated me.

Hmm... My system is not as strong as yours & I have never had this problem happen to me. I am on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Just for the heck of it have you tried running the game in compatibility mode for Windows 7 to see if that corrects the problem?

[The Hoff]

I have tried so many things I can't remember what I have and haven't tried. I will reinstall and give it a go, thanks.

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by Chris:

I have tried so many things I can't remember what I have and haven't tried. I will reinstall and give it a go, thanks.

Ok. Good luck. Let me know what happens?

[The Hoff]

Originally posted by LeadStarDude:

Originally posted by Chris:

I have tried so many things I can't remember what I have and haven't tried. I will reinstall and give it a go, thanks.

Ok. Good luck. Let me know what happens?

I reinstalled Far Cry 3 last night and tried -

Windows 7 compatibility mode
Running with admin rights
"-norigidchars" in the Shortcut Target

For 2 years I have tried -

A mix and match with all driver and in game settings
All types of vsync settings (I have to use vsync cos of tearing)
Every Nvidia driver available
Months emailing Ubisoft support
Formatting Windows 8.1
I went from a 780 to a 780ti with no joy
I went from a 4770k to a 4970k with no joy
I went from a Z87 Asus deluxe MB to a Z97 with no joy
8gb of cheap ram to 16gb (Corsair Pro Vengeance 2400mhz) with no joy
I went from standard HDD's to 4 new SSD's with no joy

In a nut shell, I have build 3 complete new PC's over 2 years and the only thing that is the same is my Cosmos Ultra 2 case. To all of you who manage to play this game without this NPC issue I hold my hat off to you.

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by Chris:

Originally posted by LeadStarDude:

Ok. Good luck. Let me know what happens?

I reinstalled Far Cry 3 last night and tried -

Windows 7 compatibility mode
Running with admin rights
"-norigidchars" in the Shortcut Target

For 2 years I have tried -

A mix and match with all driver and in game settings
All types of vsync settings (I have to use vsync cos of tearing)
Every Nvidia driver available
Months emailing Ubisoft support
Formatting Windows 8.1
I went from a 780 to a 780ti with no joy
I went from a 4770k to a 4970k with no joy
I went from a Z87 Asus deluxe MB to a Z97 with no joy
8gb of cheap ram to 16gb (Corsair Pro Vengeance 2400mhz) with no joy
I went from standard HDD's to 4 new SSD's with no joy

In a nut shell, I have build 3 complete new PC's over 2 years and the only thing that is the same is my Cosmos Ultra 2 case. To all of you who manage to play this game without this NPC issue I hold my hat off to you.

Are you overclocking your GPU? Many Ubisoft games don't like an OCed GPU. I have read that some people with high end cards have even had to lower their clocks just little for stability on Ubisoft games. Others have reported OC utility programs as causing problems as well.

Try lowering your GPU clock just 25MHz below the stock clock & see if it smooths out this glitch you are having. Also try not using any OC or OC utility programs at all just once. That is my last idea on what could be going wrong for you.

[Muzle84]

I got this NPC shaking issue only after having enabled VSync (adaptive) in nVidia control panel. I suppose this would have been same issue with Vsync enabled from game.
Anyway, just to clarify, this parameter has to be entered using Properties / Launch options (not sure of translation) of the game inside Steam, and without quotes.
Please don't feel offended if you already knew that :)

[The Hoff]

Originally posted by Muzle84:

I got this NPC shaking issue only after having enabled VSync (adaptive) in nVidia control panel. I suppose this would have been same issue with Vsync enabled from game.
Anyway, just to clarify, this parameter has to be entered using Properties / Launch options (not sure of translation) of the game inside Steam, and without quotes.
Please don't feel offended if you already knew that :)

Yeah I do use Launch options in most games but I never knew you could enable vsync from it. What is the vsync command?
Thanks in advance.

[Muzle84]

Sorry, my wording was incorrect. I was talking about -norigidchars in Launch options, not VSync. I enabled VSync adaptive for FC3 with nvidia control panel (to prevent screen tearing as my monitor is 60Hz) and after that, I got NPC shaking glitch. -norigidchars in Launch options fixed it.
Did you try -norigidchars option AND VSync? I remember Far Cry 2 with "jumping" NPCs, and VSync alone fixed that for me in FC2.