Go to your Far Cry 3 installation folder:
\Far Cry 3\data_win32\
Look for:
Is downloading SoundEnglish.dat from a Google Drive link piracy?
The Technical Answer: No. These files contain only audio assets, not game executables, maps, or textures. Without the common.dat and the main .exe, you cannot play the game. It is classified as "game asset extraction."
The Legal Answer: Distributing copyrighted voice acting (Vaas, Citra, Jason) technically violates Ubisoft's EULA. However, Ubisoft typically ignores minor audio file sharing because it does not compete with actual game sales. Use these files only to repair your legally owned copy. Go to your Far Cry 3 installation folder:
Before you go searching for these files, understand what you are looking for.
File Path (Default Installation):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\games\Far Cry 3\data_win32\
Within the data_win32 folder, you will find:
Before you consider your portable setup complete, verify: Note: This takes ~10 minutes and requires 3GB
Authentic, working files have very specific sizes (Steam/Ubisoft v1.05):
| File | Correct Size (bytes) | Correct Size (MB) | |------|----------------------|------------------| | soundenglish.dat | 1,308,043,264 | ~1,247 MB | | soundenglish.fat | 4,681,728 | ~4.46 MB |
If your .dat is smaller than 1.2 GB, it is incomplete. If the .fat is any size other than ~4.5 MB, your index is wrong.
If you have a good .dat but a broken .fat, you can extract the full .dat and rebuild the index using Gibbed's Dunia Tools (available on GitHub). users should exercise caution:
Command line method:
Note: This takes ~10 minutes and requires 3GB free space, but it fixes 99% of indexing issues.
When searching for "Far Cry 3 soundenglishdat" or "portable unpacker" on Google, users should exercise caution: