Many players who purchase Far Cry 3 from key reseller sites or international digital storefronts may receive a version of the game region-locked to another language (e.g., Russian or Polish). These versions often have the English audio files stripped out to save space or due to regional licensing.
Users typically search for these specific files for three reasons:
| Platform | Common Codec in .dat | Notes |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| PC | Ogg Vorbis (libvorbis) | ~64–128 kbps VBR. Can be extracted and played directly with any audio player after extraction. |
| Xbox 360 | XMA (XMA2) | Requires ToWAV or XMAParse for conversion. |
| PS3 | ATRAC9 | Less common; requires specialized tools. | Many players who purchase Far Cry 3 from
No encryption is applied to the .dat payload in the PC version. Console versions may use lightweight XOR scrambling on the .dat blocks, but not full AES encryption.
File Pair: Sound-english.dat / Sound-english.fat
Game: Far Cry 3 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
Engine: Dunia Engine 2 (a derivative of CryEngine 1.5)
Purpose: Containerized storage of English-language audio assets (dialogue, UI sounds, world cues). File Pair: Sound-english
| Tool | Purpose |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Gibbed.Dunia.Unpack | Extracts all assets from .dat using .fat as index. |
| FC3 Archive Explorer | GUI-based browser for viewing/listening to files without extraction. |
| FarCry 3 Audio Tool (FC3AT)| Command-line extractor with batch conversion to WAV. |
| ww2ogg + revorb | If Ogg Vorbis packets need fixing after extraction. |
| XMA2WAV (for Xbox 360) | Converts XMA to standard PCM. |
Basic extraction workflow (Gibbed):
Gibbed.Dunia.Unpack.exe Sound-english.fat output_folder/
This reads offsets from .fat, reads raw data from Sound-english.dat, and writes files with proper names and extensions.