Config File and Low Spec Problem-o's

[Barela Wick]

I got this game after beating (and losing my saves) far cry 3. I loved the stealth, characters, environment, etc. I wanted to play Far Cry 4 afterwards because of the good reviews, new environment, and better gameplay all around. I did know that the game got new shaders, but the graphics were so similar that I shrugged it off and bought the game. 16 fps, all low settings, 720p. Returned to it today and got 20 fps, then tried it again and got 16 again in the same spot. 800x600p also sucked balls.

I've had this problem before with some other games and was able to find a work around it. It's so sad I have to go through all kinds of stuff for a game that looks nearly identical to work like the previous game. I went to a popular video game youtuber named "LowSpecGamer" who had the fixes for my problems neatly packed into a little copy paste thing I put in the gameprofile.xml folder (with a tiny bit of editing). I booted up the game with the gameprofile edited.... 1920x1080p all ultra settings. Set the folder to "read only" in properties and same problem, in fact it just made the game crash when trying to edit the settings.

Is this copy paste not right or bad? https://pastebin.com/ikLDPQub (there is no download, just a copy paste thing you put in the config file.) Is there anyway to make sure it ISN'T gonna change to default when I put it in? Is there a folder that actually works? I can use all the help I can get!

[Ubi-Litten]

Hi there, while we are not directly able to support adjusting your system settings, we should be able to look into any potential performance issues you had prior to making these changes.

If you would like further assistance, please feel free to reach out to our support team directly via our social media accounts on Twitter or Facebook[www.facebook.com]

Alternately you can create a support ticket here[support.ubi.com], and provide your DXDiag / MSInfo reports as advised in the FAQ guides below :

Generating a DirectX Diagnostic Report[support.ubisoft.com]

Generating a Microsoft System Information Report[support.ubisoft.com]

If you have any further questions or are having any difficulty contacting us using one of the above methods, please feel free to let us know and we will attempt to assist further.

- Ubisoft Support

[Barela Wick]

Originally posted by Ubi-Litten:

Hi there, while we are not directly able to support adjusting your system settings, we should be able to look into any potential performance issues you had prior to making these changes.

If you would like further assistance, please feel free to reach out to our support team directly via our social media accounts on Twitter or Facebook[www.facebook.com]

Alternately you can create a support ticket here[support.ubi.com], and provide your DXDiag / MSInfo reports as advised in the FAQ guides below :

Generating a DirectX Diagnostic Report[support.ubisoft.com]

Generating a Microsoft System Information Report[support.ubisoft.com]

If you have any further questions or are having any difficulty contacting us using one of the above methods, please feel free to let us know and we will attempt to assist further.

- Ubisoft Support

thank you for the response, but I do know that this guy isn't something I shouldn't be messing with. I don't want to mess with the links you provided although I am grateful you took time out of your day to provide them. I was mainly wondering if there was a way to stop the settings from going back to default when using the config files, because that's really the problem I had issues with. Is there any way I could just get a small list of steps for this to NOT go back to the highest settings possible -Chill Birb <3

Ps. This is the video I keep refering too, shoulda put that in the description lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5LixVYHJm8

[-=SOF=-WID99]

the minimum specs for the game for PC are listed on the steam store page


Minimum supported Intel CPU is a QUAD CORE
http://ark.intel.com/products/42915/Intel-Core-i5-750-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz
# of Cores 4 = Physical processors
# of Threads 4 = Logical processors

Minimum supported AMD CPU is a QUAD CORE
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom%20II%20X4%20955%20Black%20Edition%20-%20HDZ955FBK4DGM%20(HDZ955FBGMBOX).html
The number of cores 4 = Physical processors
The number of threads 4 = Logical processors

as well as the read me file in the games Support folder under read me

Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 <--*note* both are Quad core CPU's
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller.

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.

Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.


what ever that guy is using in his video , is most likely from a stolen pre release copy of the game .. hence Ubisoft will not discuss it nor should you ...on the Steam forums .. please see the steam forums rules , as well as the EULA you agreed to .....to install the software .

[Barela Wick]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

the minimum specs for the game for PC are listed on the steam store page


Minimum supported Intel CPU is a QUAD CORE
http://ark.intel.com/products/42915/Intel-Core-i5-750-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz
# of Cores 4 = Physical processors
# of Threads 4 = Logical processors

Minimum supported AMD CPU is a QUAD CORE
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom%20II%20X4%20955%20Black%20Edition%20-%20HDZ955FBK4DGM%20(HDZ955FBGMBOX).html
The number of cores 4 = Physical processors
The number of threads 4 = Logical processors

as well as the read me file in the games Support folder under read me

Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 <--*note* both are Quad core CPU's
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller.

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.

Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.


what ever that guy is using in his video , is most likely from a stolen pre release copy of the game .. hence Ubisoft will not discuss it nor should you ...on the Steam forums .. please see the steam forums rules , as well as the EULA you agreed to .....to install the software .

fair enough, but in fallout 4 he helped me out a ton with my steam paid game. I do think he's not bullcrap and isn't pulling legs. Your concern isn't being disregarded though. I even checked the file in the video and it is there, but the other stuff in the copy paste file isn't. I just copy pasted it into the gameprofile.xml and booted it up. Maybe I was just missing something lol.

[AQQABALAH ASPYRANT]

i mean did you find low spec gamers who did things to get the game to run, on YouTube?