In Far Cry 3 ’s installation folder ( .../Far Cry 3/ ), the files patch.dat and patch.fat contain the game’s post-release updates (bug fixes, balance changes, DLC unlocks, etc.).
And they were sitting right next to a file named “72” – which in my case, turned out to be a archive remnant from an old Ziggy’s Mod build (version 1.04). Far cry 3 original patch.dat patch.fat 72
: This is a "File Allocation Table" header that lists the contents and offsets of the .dat archive, allowing the game engine to locate specific files within it. In Far Cry 3 ’s installation folder (
