: If you have files for another language (e.g., sound_french.dat ), you can sometimes "trick" the game by renaming them to sound_english.dat and sound_english.fat .
What you are using (Steam, Ubisoft Connect, or a direct portable build)?
If you are running a portable version of Far Cry 3 from a USB drive or an external hard drive, the game might fail to read the English files because its internal configuration is pointing to a different language.
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Search for the SoundProfile tag and change Language="russian" (or other) to Language="english" . and restart the game. 3. The Renaming Trick
The .FAT file acts as the catalog or index. It tells the game engine exactly where every sound clip is located.
If you cannot find a live Google Drive link, use the Gibbed's Dunia Tools to unpack your own SoundEnglish.dat and repack it into a portable package. It takes ten minutes, but you become the source of the file for the next desperate modder.
Sometimes the audio files are present, but the game is configured to look for a different language. Go to Documents\My Games\Far Cry 3\ . Open with a text editor like Notepad. Find the line . Change the language value to "english" and save the file. 3. Community Language Selectors
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