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Fable III
Fable III cover
Developers
Lionhead Studios
Windows Inline Assembly[1]
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows May 17, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 75
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres ARPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Fable

Fable III on HowLongToBeat

Fable III on IGDB

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Fable
Fable: The Lost Chapters 2005
Fable III 2011
Fable Anniversary 2014
Fable Fortune 2018
Fable TBA

Contents

  • 1 Availability
  • 2 Monetization
    • 2.1 DLC and expansion packs
  • 3 Essential improvements
    • 3.1 Patches
    • 3.2 Skip intro videos
  • 4 Game data
    • 4.1 Configuration file(s) location
    • 4.2 Save game data location
    • 4.3 Save game cloud syncing
  • 5 Video
    • 5.1 Multi-monitor
    • 5.2 Field of view (FOV)
  • 6 Input
  • 7 Audio
    • 7.1 Localizations
  • 8 Network
    • 8.1 Multiplayer types
    • 8.2 Connection types
  • 9 VR support
  • 10 Issues unresolved
    • 10.1 Some settings don't save
  • 11 Issues fixed
    • 11.1 Run the game at screen refresh rate
  • 12 Other information
    • 12.1 Bypass Games for Windows - LIVE
    • 12.2 API
    • 12.3 Middleware
  • 13 System requirements
  • 14 Notes
  • 15 References

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability [edit]

All versions require SecuROM PA and Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1]. Manual unlock page is also available.

Monetization [edit]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Dog Breed Set

Windows

Dog Outfit

Windows

Dye Pack

Windows

Female Highlander Outfit Included with retail copies.

Windows

Five Star Dog Potion

Windows

Free Yule Hat

Windows

Free Weapons

Windows

Highlander Tattoo Set Included with retail copies.

Windows

Industrial Knight Outfit

Windows

Inquisitor Sword & Industrial Tattoo

Windows

Rebel's Weapon and Tatoo Pack

Windows

Male Highlander Outfit Included with retail copies.

Windows

Red Setter Dog Potion

Windows

Traitor's Keep Quest Pack

Windows

Understone Quest Pack

Windows

DLCs are no longer available for purchase despite being listed in-game.[2]
Steam DLCs did not provide downloadable content, only providing Games For Windows Live keys instead. With the Marketplace's purchase retrieval not working correctly, DLCs cannot be re-downloaded anymore.

Essential improvements [edit]

Patches [edit]

A title update is available. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run setup.exe).[3]

Skip intro videos [edit]

Automatically patch levels.dat with blank BINK videos[4]
  1. Download the patcher from this page.
  2. Extract the contents of the downloaded archive to a temporary working folder with at least 4 GB of space available.
  3. Open the "<path-to-game>\Data" folder.
  4. Move "Levels.bnk" and "Levels.bnk.dat" from "Fable 3's Data" folder to the "Source" folder in the above temporary working folder.
  5. Double-click on the "Run Me.bat" file and wait for the patching to finish.
  6. Open the "Output" folder and move the contents into your "<path-to-game>\Data" folder and overwrite the existing files.
  7. Keep the contents of the "Source" folder somewhere safe just in case you want to revert the changes my patcher made.
Manually patch levels.dat with blank BINK videos[5]
  1. Make a backup of <path-to-game>\data\levels.bnk and <path-to-game>\data\levels.bnk.dat in case something goes wrong.
  2. Download the Fable 3 BNK Browser from this site.
  3. Download the blank BINK file from here.
  4. Create a temporary working folder on a storage device with at least 4GB of free space.
  5. Extract the contents of the two archives you downloaded earlier into your working folder.
  6. Create two copies of the blank BINK file and rename them to lionhead_logo.bik and microsoft_logo.bik.
  7. Create an empty folder in your working folder to hold the contents of one of the game's resource packs.
  8. Open BnkBrowser.exe then click on Open. Navigate to <path-to-game>\data\ and open levels.bnk.
  9. Click on Extract All then select the folder you created in Step 7. Exit BnkBrowser when the extraction is finished.
  10. Open the folder you created in Step 7 then navigate to art\videos\. Move the two blank BINK files created in Step 6 into this folder and overwrite the originals.
  11. Open BnkCreator.exe then click on Add folder(s). Select the folder you created in Step 7.
  12. Click on Create then navigate to <path-to-game>\data\. Select levels.bnk then click on Save.
  13. Run the game to test that it starts without issue. After that, you may delete the temporary working folder.

Game data [edit]

Configuration file(s) location [edit]

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/105400/pfx/ [Note 2]

Save game data location [edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/105400/pfx/ [Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing [edit]

Video [edit]

Video settings

Video settings

Advanced video settings

Advanced video settings

Multi-monitor [edit]

Multi-monitor and ultra-widescreen resolutions cannot be chosen in-game.
Changing video settings in-game may reset the resolution; repeat these steps if that happens.
Use the Video Options Applet (recommended method) [citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\PCVideoOptionsApplet\
  2. Run PCVideoOptionsApplet.exe
  3. Choose your resolution and save your changes.
Edit VideoOptions.xml manually [citation needed]
  1. Go to %APPDATA%\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3
  2. Edit VideoOptions.xml
  3. Set your resolution and save your changes.

Field of view (FOV) [edit]

Games for Windows - LIVE should be disabled if its anti-cheat protection is crashing the game.
Custom FOV with Cheat Engine[6]
  1. See Bypass Games for Windows - LIVE and apply the fix.
  2. Install Cheat Engine.
  3. Download the Fable III Cheat Table.
  4. Start the game and load a saved game.
  5. Double-click the Cheat Table and open with Cheat Engine.
  6. Open the game process from the File menu.
  7. Check the box beside "FOV [F2]".
  8. Switch to the game and then back to Cheat Engine.
  9. Check the box beside "FOV".
  10. Double-click in the FOV Value column and change the value.

Notes

Cutscenes are affected (toggle with F2 is recommended).

Input [edit]

Input settings

Input settings

Controller bindings

Controller bindings

  • Keyboard and mouse bindings

Audio [edit]

Audio settings

Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls Music, Sound Effects and Voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost [8]

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Czech Czech (Czech Republic) and Czech (for Slovakian market) available
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese Japanese release.
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network [edit]

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Connection types

VR support [edit]

Issues unresolved [edit]

Some settings don't save [edit]

Game Settings - Controls / Audio / Misc won't save for some users.
Game Settings - Display are saved to %APPDATA%\Lionhead Studios\Fable 3\VideoOptions.xml, which could mean it's possible to create .xml files for the other settings.

Issues fixed [edit]

Run the game at screen refresh rate [edit]

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set highest refresh rate in fullscreen [citation needed]
  1. Download and open Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Open the Fable III profile from the list.
  3. Set Prefered Refreshrate to Highest available.
  4. Apply changes and close the program.

Notes

Using Alt+Tab ↹ may cause a delay when switching between the game and Windows.
Alternatively, playing the game in windowed mode will use the desktop's refresh rate.

Other information [edit]

Bypass Games for Windows - LIVE [edit]

A fake version of xlive.dll can allow you to play the single-player without having GFWL installed.
Benefits include faster loading and saving times.
This makes the multiplayer mode unavailable, as it is reliant on GFWL.
Use Fable III fake xlive[10]
  1. Download Fable III GFWL remover.
  2. Extract xlive.dll to <path-to-game> .

Notes

Check readme.txt for useful information.

API [edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware [edit]

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements [edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 4000+		 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.9 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
ATI Radeon HD 5770
896 MB (Nvidia), 1 GB (ATI) of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA activation, supports local profiles.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/105400/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (105400) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ Inline Assembly - Portfolio - last accessed on 2019-06-07
    "Fable 3 for Windows – Port of 360 game to PC, including stereoscopic support"
  2. ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-08-31
    Trying to download a free DLC gives an 80153003 error. All DLCs still have their price tags attached, as shown here.
  3. ↑ UPDATES & TITLE UPDATES Support Start Here Technical Support - Xbox.com Forums
  4. ↑ https://www.nexusmods.com/fableIII/mods/3?
  5. ↑ https://www.nexusmods.com/fableIII/mods/3?
  6. ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2019-11-29
  7. ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-09-20
    Tested with a wired Xbox One controller (model 1708). The game is playable using a keyboard and a controller at the same time.
  8. ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-09-03
    Tested in the main menu and in gameplay. Upon changing to another window, the game mutes all sounds.
  9. ↑ Fable 3, couch co-op? :: Fable III General Discussions
  10. ↑ Timeslip's utilities, mods and patches

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