How to add Far Cry 4 on Steam using cd-key

[Tamara]

Hi everybody, I've recently been given Far Cry 4 (on original cd/dvd/whatevs) for my birthday. I've already activated the code on uplay and it's downloading now, but I love to have all my games sorted together in Steam. Is there any way to add Far Cry 4 to my list of games on Steam? Or do I have to add it once I've installed it, via 'non-steam games'? Because if so, it'll just disappear when I delete the game or buy a new computer. And I like to have quick access to the Far Cry 4-forums as well...

[Maver (Nick)]

Try this: Go to steam on Up Left corner find "Games" then click on "Activate a Product on Steam" and insert here your key.
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[Kargor]

No, UPlay keys are UPlay keys, not Steam keys.

Ubisoft is slightly more cooperative than EA when it comes to Steam, but they aren't best buddies.

[Maver (Nick)]

Originally posted by Kargor:

No, UPlay keys are UPlay keys, not Steam keys.

Ubisoft is slightly more cooperative than EA when it comes to Steam, but they aren't best buddies.

Ah yes, sry i forgot about that as Kargor says. You cant activate Uplay keys on steam. So. There is no choice. You cant activate the key on steam. I think you must keep it on Uplay.

[Goo6i]

I've recieved the key for it and surfed the entire web for a workaround but it seems like there's no way, sorry dude.

[Tev]

In the meantime, like you said yourself - you can add the game to your non-Steam -list, that will give you the Steam overlay.

You can also go to Steam -> Settings -> In-Game and change your homepage to http://steamcommunity.com/app/298110/ and pretend you have quick access to the gamehub by pressing the 'Web-Browser' from inside the overlay.

Also, if Far Cry 4 seems to have performance issues (IF despite your hardware being good enough to run it), I'd personally recommend to edit the game's profile.xml file found under

C:\Users\<user>\My Documents\My Games\Far Cry 4\numbered subfolder

and edit the values

• DisableLoadingMip0=0 to DisableLoadingMip0=1
• GPUMaxBufferedFrames=0 to GPUMaxBufferedFrames=1

It doesn't seem to make much of a hit graphicswise, but the performance should be a lot better after.

[Tamara]

So it turns out it's just as a feared... thanks everyone!