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|image    = [[File:{{#setmainimage:Gow3cover.jpg}}|300px]]
|developer = SCE Santa Monica Studio
|developer = SCE Santa Monica Studio
|publisher = Sony Computer Entertainment
|publisher = Sony Computer Entertainment
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|genre    = Action, Adventure, Hack and slash
|genre    = Action, Adventure, Hack and slash
|modes    = Single-player
|modes    = Single-player
|gameid    = {{gameid|id=BCES00510, BCUS98111|oid=BCAS25003, BCES00799, BCKS15003|ird=Yes}}, {{gameid|oid=BCES00516, BCAS25007, BCJS37001, BCJS75001|ird=No}}<br>'''''Demo'''''<br>{{gameid|id=NPUA70080|ird=NA}}
|gameid    = {{gameid|id=BCES00510, BCES00799, BCUS98111, BCKS15003|oid=BCAS25003, BCJS37001|ird=Yes}}<br>'''''Demo'''''<br>{{gameid|id=NPUA70080|ird=NA}}<br>'''''Soundtrack'''''<br>{{gameid|id=NPEA00186|ird=NA}}
|internal resolution = 1280x720
}}
}}


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<!-- Enter mandatory non-default settings to be used. Recommendatory or default settings can be entered only on exceptional basis. -->{{config
<!-- Enter mandatory non-default settings to be used. Recommendatory or default settings can be entered only on exceptional basis. -->{{config
<!-- CPU configuration -->
<!-- CPU configuration -->
|ppu decoder                          = <!-- Interpreter (precise), Interpreter (fast), Recompiler (LLVM) -->
|ppu decoder                          = <!-- Interpreter (static), Interpreter (dynamic), Recompiler (LLVM) -->
|ppu decoder notes                    =  
|ppu decoder notes                    =  
|spu decoder                          = <!-- Interpreter (precise), Interpreter (fast), Recompiler (ASMJIT), Recompiler (LLVM) -->
|spu decoder                          = <!-- Interpreter (static), Interpreter (dynamic), Recompiler (ASMJIT), Recompiler (LLVM) -->
|spu decoder notes                    =  
|spu decoder notes                    =  
|preferred spu threads                = <!-- Auto, Single digit between 1 to 6 (e.g. 3), Range between 1 to 6 (e.g. 1 - 3) -->
|preferred spu threads                = <!-- Auto, Single digit between 1 to 6 (e.g. 3), Range between 1 to 6 (e.g. 1 - 3) -->
|preferred spu threads notes          =  
|preferred spu threads notes          =  
|enable thread scheduler               = <!-- On, Off -->
|thread scheduler                     = <!-- Operating System, RPCS3 Scheduler, RPCS3 Alternative Scheduler -->
|enable thread scheduler notes         =
|thread scheduler notes               =  
|lower spu thread priority            = <!-- On, Off -->
|lower spu thread priority notes      =  
|enable spu loop detection            = <!-- On, Off -->
|enable spu loop detection            = <!-- On, Off -->
|enable spu loop detection notes      =  
|enable spu loop detection notes      =  
|spu cache                            = <!-- On, Off -->
|spu xfloat accuracy                  = <!-- Accurate, Approximate, Relaxed -->
|spu cache notes                       =  
|spu xfloat accuracy notes             =
|accurate xfloat                      = <!-- On, Off -->
|xfloat accuracy                       = Relaxed<!-- Accurate, Approximate, Relaxed -->
|accurate xfloat notes                =  
|xfloat accuracy notes                = Disabling Approximate Xfloat improves performance, but only works in a few games.
|spu block size                        = Mega<!-- Safe, Mega, Giga -->
|spu block size                        = Mega<!-- Safe, Mega, Giga -->
|spu block size notes                  = Improves performance, doesn't seem to reduce stability in GoW 3.
|spu block size notes                  = Improves performance.
|tsx instructions                      = <!-- Enabled, Disabled, Forced -->
|tsx instructions                      = <!-- Enabled, Disabled, Forced -->
|tsx instructions notes                =  
|tsx instructions notes                =  
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|aspect ratio                          = <!-- 4:3, 16:9 -->
|aspect ratio                          = <!-- 4:3, 16:9 -->
|aspect ratio notes                    =  
|aspect ratio notes                    =  
|framelimit                            = 60<!-- Off, 59.94, 50, 60, 30, Auto -->
|framelimit                            = 60<!-- Off, 50, 60, 30, Auto, PS3 Native, Infinite -->
|framelimit notes                      = Can help if you're having issues getting ingame.
|framelimit notes                      = Stops the game from speeding up past 60 FPS, and can reduce crashes during load screens.
|anisotropic filter                    = <!-- Auto, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x -->
|anisotropic filter                    = <!-- Auto, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x -->
|anisotropic filter notes              =  
|anisotropic filter notes              =  
|anti-aliasing                        = <!-- Auto, Disabled -->
|anti-aliasing                        = <!-- Auto, Disabled -->
|anti-aliasing notes                  =  
|anti-aliasing notes                  =  
|zcull accuracy                        = <!-- Precise, Approximate, Relaxed -->
|zcull accuracy notes                  =
|shader quality                        = <!-- High, Low, Auto -->
|shader quality notes                  =
|3d rendering mode                    = <!-- Disabled, Anaglyph, Side-by-side, Over-under -->
|3d rendering mode notes              =
|default resolution                    = <!-- 1920x1080, 1280x720, 720x480, 720x576, 1600x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x1080, 960x1080 -->
|default resolution                    = <!-- 1920x1080, 1280x720, 720x480, 720x576, 1600x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x1080, 960x1080 -->
|default resolution notes              =  
|default resolution notes              =  
|resolution scale                      = <!-- Value between 50% to 800% -->
|resolution scale                      = <!-- Value between 50% to 800% -->
|resolution scale notes                =  
|resolution scale notes                =  
|resolution scale threshold            = <!-- Value between 1 to 1024 in the format 16 x 16 -->
|resolution scale threshold            = 160 x 160<!-- Value between 1 to 1024 in the format 16 x 16 -->
|resolution scale threshold notes      =  
|resolution scale threshold notes      = When using Resolution scaling above 100%, this must be set to 160x160. Otherwise bloom will appear pixelated.
|shader mode                          = <!-- Legacy (singlethreaded), Async (multithreaded), Async with Shader Interpreter, Shader Interpreter only -->
|shader mode                          = <!-- Legacy (singlethreaded), Async (multithreaded), Async with Shader Interpreter, Shader Interpreter only -->
|shader mode notes                    =  
|shader mode notes                    =  
|write color buffers                  = On <!-- On, Off -->
|write color buffers                  = On<!-- On, Off -->
|write color buffers notes            = Required in some sections and the demo version.
|write color buffers notes            = Required in some sections and the demo version.
|strict rendering mode                = <!-- On, Off -->
|strict rendering mode                = <!-- On, Off -->
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|stretch to display area              = <!-- On, Off -->
|stretch to display area              = <!-- On, Off -->
|stretch to display area notes        =  
|stretch to display area notes        =  
|enable 3d                            = <!-- On, Off -->
|enable 3d notes                      =
|disable vertex cache                  = <!-- On, Off -->
|disable vertex cache notes            =
|multithreaded rsx                    = <!-- On, Off -->
|multithreaded rsx                    = <!-- On, Off -->
|multithreaded rsx notes              =  
|multithreaded rsx notes              =  
|asynchronous texture streaming        = On<!-- On, Off -->
|asynchronous texture streaming notes  = Improves performance. '''May cause texture flickering when write color buffers is set to on.'''
<!-- Audio configuration -->
<!-- Audio configuration -->
|audio out windows                    = <!-- XAudio2, OpenAL, Disabled -->
|audio out windows                    = <!-- Cubeb, XAudio2, Disabled -->
|audio out windows notes              =  
|audio out windows notes              =  
|audio out linux                      = <!-- OpenAL, PulseAudio, ALSA, Disabled -->
|audio out linux                      = <!-- Cubeb, FAudio, Disabled -->
|audio out linux notes                =  
|audio out linux notes                =  
|audio channels                        = <!-- Surround 7.1, Downmix to Stereo, Downmix to 5.1 -->
|audio format                          = <!-- Stereo, Surround 5.1, Surround 7.1, Automatic, Manual -->
|audio channels notes                 =  
|audio format notes                   =  
|dump to file                          = <!-- On, Off -->
|dump to file                          = <!-- On, Off -->
|dump to file notes                    =  
|dump to file notes                    =  
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|camera input                          = <!-- Unknown, EyeToy, PS Eye, UVC 1.1 -->
|camera input                          = <!-- Unknown, EyeToy, PS Eye, UVC 1.1 -->
|camera input notes                    =  
|camera input notes                    =  
|camera settings                      = <!-- Null, Fake -->
|camera settings                      = <!-- Null, Fake, Qt -->
|camera settings notes                =  
|camera settings notes                =  
|move handler                          = <!-- Null, Fake, Mouse -->
|move handler                          = <!-- Null, Fake, Mouse -->
|move handler notes                    =  
|move handler notes                    =  
<!-- Network configuration -->
|network status                        = <!-- Disconnected, Connected -->
|network status notes                  =
|psn status                            = <!-- Disconnected, Simulated, RPCN -->
|psn status notes                      =
<!-- Advanced configuration -->
<!-- Advanced configuration -->
|debug console mode                    = <!-- On, Off -->
|debug console mode                    = <!-- On, Off -->
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|maximum spurs threads                = <!-- Unlimited, Single digit between 0 to 5 (e.g. 3) -->
|maximum spurs threads                = <!-- Unlimited, Single digit between 0 to 5 (e.g. 3) -->
|maximum spurs threads notes          =  
|maximum spurs threads notes          =  
|firmware settings                    = <!-- Manually load selected libraries, Load automatic and manual selection, Load liblv2.sprx only, Load liblv2.sprx and manual selection, Load liblv2.sprx and strict selection -->
|firmware libraries                    = <!-- Switch to LLE, Switch to HLE -->
|firmware settings notes               = <!-- Where libraries are manually selected, mention the list of libraries to be selected here -->
|firmware libraries notes             = <!-- Mention the libraries to be manually selected here -->
|read depth buffers                    = <!-- On, Off -->
|read depth buffers                    = <!-- On, Off -->
|read depth buffers notes              =  
|read depth buffers notes              =  
|rsx fifo accuracy                    = Atomic<!-- Fast, Atomic, Ordered & Atomic -->
|rsx fifo accuracy notes              = Helps with stability.
|write depth buffers                  = <!-- On, Off -->
|write depth buffers                  = <!-- On, Off -->
|write depth buffers notes            =  
|write depth buffers notes            =  
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|relaxed zcull sync                    = <!-- On, Off -->
|relaxed zcull sync                    = <!-- On, Off -->
|relaxed zcull sync notes              =  
|relaxed zcull sync notes              =  
|driver wake-up delay                  = 50 <!-- Value between 0 to 7000 -->
|driver wake-up delay                  = <!-- Value between 0 to 7000 -->
|driver wake-up delay notes            = Required to fix crashes, insignificant performance loss. Try 100 or 200 if it's still crashing.
|driver wake-up delay notes            =
|vblank rate                          = <!-- Value between 1 to 500 -->
|vblank rate                          = <!-- Value between 1 to 500 -->
|vblank rate notes                    =  
|vblank rate notes                    =  
|vblank ntsc fixup                    = <!-- On, Off -->
|vblank ntsc fixup notes              =
|clocks scale                          = <!-- Value between 10 to 1000 -->
|clocks scale                          = <!-- Value between 10 to 1000 -->
|clocks scale notes                    =  
|clocks scale notes                    =  
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|force cpu blit emulation              = <!-- On, Off -->
|force cpu blit emulation              = <!-- On, Off -->
|force cpu blit emulation notes        =  
|force cpu blit emulation notes        =  
|use gpu texture scaling               = <!-- On, Off -->
|force gpu texture scaling             = <!-- On, Off -->
|use gpu texture scaling notes         =
|force gpu texture scaling notes       =  
|accurate getllar                      = <!-- On, Off -->
|accurate getllar notes                =  
|hook static functions                = <!-- On, Off -->
|hook static functions                = <!-- On, Off -->
|hook static functions notes          =  
|hook static functions notes          =  
|accurate ppu 128 reservations        = <!-- Always Enabled, Disabled, Value between 1 to 8 -->
|accurate ppu 128 reservations        = <!-- Always Enabled, Disabled, Value between 1 to 8 -->
|accurate ppu 128 reservations notes  =  
|accurate ppu 128 reservations notes  =  
|ppu llvm java mode handling          = <!-- On, Off -->
|ppu llvm java mode handling notes    =
<!-- Recommended patches -->
|highly recommended patch              = Disable MLAA, Disable SPU MLAA <!-- Mention patch names -->
|highly recommended patch notes        = Improves performance and allows Resolution Scaling to work properly
|recommended patch                    = Skip any videos with X button, Skip intro<!-- Mention patch names -->
|recommended patch notes              =
}}
}}


==Known Issues==
==Known Issues==
<!-- Mention any known issues relating to the game. Use the issue and PR template if necessary. If no notable issues are present, mention "There are no reported issues with this title." -->
<!-- Mention any known issues relating to the game. Use the issue and PR template if necessary. If no notable issues are present, mention "There are no reported issues with this title." -->
This title is currently not considered "playable".
This title is currently not considered "playable", as the hardware requirement is too high. But it can be played from start to finish with decent performance on a good CPU, especially if you use the game's patches.


===Long black screen after Santa Monica logo===
===Long black screen after Santa Monica logo===
Users may experience a black screen after Santa Monica logo is normal. The game might take up to 5 minutes to progress past this screen.
Users may experience a black screen after the Santa Monica logo, which is normal. The game might take up to 5 minutes to progress past this screen.
 
===Resolution Scaling===
Resolution Scaling doesn't work properly unless the Disable MLAA patch is enabled. Game patches can be enabled via RPCS3's Patch Manager (go to Manage > Game Patches). The game is also quite RSX intensive and even a RTX 3090 loses a bit of performance at 4k (300% scaling). Due to this most users should stay at 200% or below if they want the best performance.
 
===Physics issues===
With low performance and varying framerates, physics issues can occur, such as Kratos not being placed properly on walls and floating off the map. Updating the game version to 1.03 may rectify this.


==Special Notes==
==Special Notes==
<!-- Mention any additional notes if necessary. If no special notes are required, remove this section -->
<!-- Mention any additional notes if necessary. If no special notes are required, remove this section -->
===Custom Icon Art by Jjw410===
Custom replacement icon art by user [[User:Jjw410|Jjw410]]. Can be switched with original icon by renaming the image "ICON0.PNG" and replacing the file of the same name in the game's "PS3_GAME" directory (it is recommended to retain the original art for safety). Author has centered the original logo and given it a black drop shadow to match the style of the GOW Collection's icon.
[[File:GOW3 ICON0.png|300px]]
{{patch
{{patch
|type    = PPU
|type    = PPU
|version = 1.2
|version = 1.2
|content =  
|content =  
PPU-19724fde16a5b111b7b4d2a065f5dccaf8e01962:
Anchors:
   Disable MLAA:
 
     Games:
  gow3_mlaa_notes: &gow3_mlaa_notes
       "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
    "Allows for the use of Resolution Scaling in the title.\nSet Resolution Scale Threshold to 1x1 or some effects will break.\n2.0 Slightly improves performance when using resolution scaling in some cases."
        BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
 
        BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
  gow3_colorgrading_notes: &gow3_colorgrading_notes
        BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
    "Significantly improves performance, changes visuals for Army of Sparta special attack and some lighting changes, generally only on magic sources."
        BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
 
        BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
  gow3_fog_notes: &gow3_fog_notes
        BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]
    "Significantly improves performance in some cases, some distant places may look too clear due to removing the Layered fog effect. The patch is a good alternative to the Color Grading patch."
     Author: illusion, ZEROx
 
     Notes: "Allows for the use of Resolution Scaling in the title.\n\nSet Resolution Scale Threshold to 1x1 for proper scaling of effects."
  gow3_bloom_notes: &gow3_bloom_notes
     Patch Version: 2.0
    "Disables some (not all) bloom effects."
 
  gow3_camerasway_notes: &gow3_camerasway_notes
    "Stops the ingame camera from swaying and shaking."
 
  gow3_skipintro_notes: &gow3_skipintro_notes
    "Skips SCE intros up to the first video.\n2.0 now skips first two intro videos."
 
   gow3_100_title: &gow3_100_title
     "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
      BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
      BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
       BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
      BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]
 
  gow3_103_title: &gow3_103_title
    "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
      BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
      BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
      BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
      BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
      BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
      BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]
 
PPU-19724fde16a5b111b7b4d2a065f5dccaf8e01962: # God of War 3 1.03
  "Skip any videos with X button":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x0026fe14, 0x901f ]
  "Disable MLAA":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
     Author: "illusion, ZEROx"
     Notes: *gow3_mlaa_notes
     Patch Version: 3.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ byte, 0x52BF2F, 0 ]
       - [ be32, 0x0052bf2c, 0x00000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x0023137c, 0x60000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x0023137c, 0x60000000 ]
      - [ be32, 0x001c7220, 0x38000000 ]
   "Disable Depth of Field":
      - [ be32, 0x002312b4, 0x60000000 ]
     Games: *gow3_103_title
   Disable Depth of Field:
     Author: "ZEROx"
     Games:
      "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
        BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
        BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
        BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
        BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
        BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]
     Author: ZEROx
     Notes:
     Notes:
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ be32, 0x001c14ac, 0x38000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x001c14ac, 0x38000000 ]
   Disable Motion Blur:
   "Disable Motion Blur":
     Games:
     Games: *gow3_103_title
      "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
     Author: "ZEROx"
        BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
        BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
        BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
        BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
        BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]
     Author: ZEROx
     Notes:
     Notes:
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ be32, 0x001c57e4, 0x38000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x001c57e4, 0x38000000 ]
   Disable Color Grading (Speedboost):
   "Disable Color Grading (Speedboost)":
     Games:
     Games: *gow3_103_title
      "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
    Author: "illusion"
        BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
    Notes: *gow3_colorgrading_notes
        BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
    Patch Version: 1.0
        BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
    Patch:
        BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
      - [ byte, 0x0052bda3, 0x00 ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
  "Disable Layered Fog (Speedboost)":
        BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]
    Games: *gow3_103_title
     Author: illusion
     Author: "ZEROx"
     Notes: Significantly improves performance, only known change is that the Army of Sparta special attack looks different.
     Notes: *gow3_fog_notes
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ byte, 0x52BDA3, 0 ]
       - [ be32, 0x00296a90, 0x38000000 ] # Disable Layered fog
    Disable Bloom (Speedboost):
       - [ be32, 0x00296bd4, 0x38000000 ] # On pause
    Games:
  "Disable Bloom":
       "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
        BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
     Author: "illusion"
        BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
     Notes: *gow3_bloom_notes
        BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
        BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
        BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]
     Author: illusion
     Notes: Decent performance improvement, disables some (not all) bloom. Fixes Resolution Scaling graphical artifact pattern seen on sources with bloom e.g lights. Write Color Buffers is still required to fix excessive bloom.
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ be32, 0x00231288, 0x60000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x00231288, 0x60000000 ]
  "Disable Camera Sway":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes: *gow3_camerasway_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0015d29c, 0x38000000 ]
  "Skip intro":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "illusion, ZEROx"
    Notes: *gow3_skipintro_notes
    Patch Version: 2.0
    Patch:
      - [ byte, 0x00588e50, 0x01 ]      # Skip SCEA logos
      - [ be32, 0x002712b4, 0x4816ce9d ] # bl 0x003de150
      - [ be32, 0x003de150, 0x7d4802a6 ] # mfspr r10,LR
      - [ be32, 0x003de154, 0x3d200055 ] # lis r9,0x55
      - [ be32, 0x003de158, 0x8009fcc5 ] # lwz r0,-0x33b(r9)
      - [ be32, 0x003de15c, 0x3d206f00 ] # lis r9,0x6f00
      - [ be32, 0x003de160, 0x7f804800 ] # cmpw cr7,r0,r9
      - [ be32, 0x003de164, 0x419e001c ] # beq cr7,0x003de180
      - [ be32, 0x003de168, 0x3d206e67 ] # lis r9,0x6e67
      - [ be32, 0x003de16c, 0x39294372 ] # addi r9,r9,0x4372
      - [ be32, 0x003de170, 0x7f804800 ] # cmpw cr7,r0,r9
      - [ be32, 0x003de174, 0x419e000c ] # beq cr7,0x003de180
      - [ be32, 0x003de178, 0x801b0f5c ] # lwz r0,0xf5c(r27) // original
      - [ be32, 0x003de17c, 0x4800000c ] # b 0x003de188
      - [ be32, 0x003de180, 0x394a0020 ] # addi r10,r10,0x20 // branch to skip video function
      - [ be32, 0x003de184, 0x7d4803a6 ] # mtspr LR,r10
      - [ be32, 0x003de188, 0x4e800020 ] # blr


PPU-4d5c51503a81a327c2a99427390a395b8dcb3767:
PPU-4d5c51503a81a327c2a99427390a395b8dcb3767: # God of War 3 1.00
   Disable MLAA:
   "Skip any videos with X button":
     Games:
     Games: *gow3_100_title
      "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
    Author: "illusion"
        BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
    Notes:
        BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
    Patch Version: 1.0
        BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
    Patch:
        BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]
      - [ be16, 0x0026fd18, 0x901f ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.00 ]
  "Disable MLAA":
        BCKS15003: [ 01.00 ]
    Games: *gow3_100_title
     Author: illusion, ZEROx
     Author: "illusion, ZEROx"
     Notes: "Allows for the use of Resolution Scaling in the title.\n\nSet Resolution Scale Threshold to 1x1 for proper scaling of effects."
     Notes: *gow3_mlaa_notes
     Patch Version: 2.0
     Patch Version: 3.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ byte, 0x52BF2F, 0 ]
       - [ byte, 0x0052bf2f, 0x00 ]
       - [ be32, 0x0023137c, 0x60000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x00231248, 0x60000000 ]
      - [ be32, 0x001c7220, 0x38000000 ]
   "Disable Depth of Field":
      - [ be32, 0x002312b4, 0x60000000 ]
     Games: *gow3_100_title
   Disable Depth of Field:
     Author: "ZEROx"
     Games:
      "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
        BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
        BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
        BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
        BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.00 ]
        BCKS15003: [ 01.00 ]
     Author: ZEROx
     Notes:
     Notes:
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ be32, 0x001c14ac, 0x38000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x001c13c8, 0x38000000 ]
   Disable Motion Blur:
   "Disable Motion Blur":
     Games:
     Games: *gow3_100_title
      "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
     Author: "ZEROx"
        BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
        BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
        BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
        BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.00 ]
        BCKS15003: [ 01.00 ]
     Author: ZEROx
     Notes:
     Notes:
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ be32, 0x001c57e4, 0x38000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x001c5700, 0x38000000 ]
   Disable Color Grading (Speedboost):
   "Disable Color Grading (Speedboost)":
     Games:
     Games: *gow3_100_title
      "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
    Author: "illusion"
        BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
    Notes: *gow3_colorgrading_notes
        BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
    Patch Version: 1.0
        BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
    Patch:
        BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]
      - [ byte, 0x0052bda3, 0x00 ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.00 ]
  "Disable Layered Fog (Speedboost)":
        BCKS15003: [ 01.00 ]
    Games: *gow3_100_title
     Author: illusion
     Author: "ZEROx"
     Notes: Significantly improves performance, only known change is that the Army of Sparta special attack looks different.
     Notes: *gow3_fog_notes
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ byte, 0x52BDA3, 0 ]
       - [ be32, 0x00296994, 0x38000000 ] # Disable Layered fog
    Disable Bloom (Speedboost):
       - [ be32, 0x00296ad8, 0x38000000 ] # On pause
    Games:
  "Disable Bloom":
       "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
        BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
     Author: "illusion"
        BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
     Notes: *gow3_bloom_notes
        BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
        BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]
        BCAS25003: [ 01.00 ]
        BCKS15003: [ 01.00 ]
     Author: illusion
     Notes: Decent performance improvement, disables some (not all) bloom. Fixes Resolution Scaling graphical artifact pattern seen on sources with bloom e.g lights. Write Color Buffers is still required to fix excessive bloom.
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch Version: 1.0
     Patch:
     Patch:
       - [ be32, 0x00231288, 0x60000000 ]
       - [ be32, 0x00231288, 0x60000000 ]
  "Disable Camera sway":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0015d1b8, 0x38000000 ] # Camera sway
  "Skip intro":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_skipintro_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x001e5468, 0x4800 ]
}}
{{patch
|type    = Canary
|version = 1.2
|content =
Anchors:
  gow3_fps_notes: &gow3_fps_notes
    "WARNING: Causes physics issues with harpies, you will need to disable this patch to get past some sections of the game.\n\nUnlocks internal timestep calculation and fixes IGC timing issues at 60 FPS and above. Increase vblank to match your desired framerate."
  gow3_100_title: &gow3_100_title
    "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
      BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
      BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
      BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
      BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]
  gow3_103_title: &gow3_103_title
    "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
      BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
      BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
      BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
      BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
      BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
      BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]
PPU-4d5c51503a81a327c2a99427390a395b8dcb3767: # God of War 3 1.00
  "Unlock FPS":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "ZEROx, illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 2.0
    Patch:
      - [ bef32, 0x00528560, 1000 ]
      - [ bef32, 0x005284b8, 100000 ]
      - [ be32, 0x0026b528, 0x60000000 ] # Don't write to target FPS
      - [ bef32, 0x0052bee4, 60 ] # Target FPS # read max of 60 for physics stuff
      - [ be16, 0x0026b6e6, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f sync stuff
      - [ be16, 0x0026b74a, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f sync stuff
      - [ be16, 0x0026b75e, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f sync stuff
      - [ be16, 0x001e51b6, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f gameplay speed scaling
      - [ be16, 0x002710f6, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f video player speed scaling
PPU-19724fde16a5b111b7b4d2a065f5dccaf8e01962: # God of War 3 1.03
  "Unlock FPS":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "ZEROx, illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ bef32, 0x00528560, 1000 ]
      - [ bef32, 0x005284b8, 50000 ] # Min FPS of 2
      - [ be16, 0x000c7b0a, 0xccc8 ] # Chainswing fix
      - [ be16, 0x000ea0fe, 0xccc8 ] # Water freeze fix
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 23:39, 20 May 2024

God of War III
Gow3cover.jpg
Developer(s) SCE Santa Monica Studio
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Series God of War
Release date(s) NA March 16, 2010
AU March 18, 2010
EU March 19, 2010
Release type PlayStation exclusive
Genre(s) Action, Adventure, Hack and slash
Mode(s) Single-player
GameID(s) BCES00510 (IRD), BCES00799 (IRD), BCUS98111 (IRD), BCKS15003 (IRD), BCAS25003 (IRD), BCJS37001 (IRD)
Demo
NPUA70080
Soundtrack
NPEA00186
Internal resolution 1280x720
Quick links Check Compatibility
Open Issues
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Wikipedia Page

God of War III is is the fifth installment in the God of War series, the seventh chronologically, and the sequel to 2007's God of War II. Loosely based on Greek mythology, the game is set in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif. The player controls the protagonist and former God of War Kratos, after his betrayal at the hands of his father Zeus, King of the Olympian gods. Reigniting the Great War, Kratos ascends Mount Olympus until he is abandoned by the Titan Gaia. Guided by Athena’s spirit, Kratos battles monsters, gods, and Titans in a search for Pandora, without whom he cannot open Pandora's Box, defeat Zeus, and end the reign of the Olympian gods.

The gameplay is similar to previous installments, focusing on combo-based combat with the player's main weapon—the Blades of Exile—and secondary weapons acquired during the game. It uses quick time events, where the player acts in a timed sequence to defeat strong enemies and bosses. The player can use up to four magical attacks and a power-enhancing ability as alternative combat options, and the game features puzzles and platforming elements. Compared with previous installments, God of War III offers a revamped magic system, more enemies, new camera angles, and downloadable content.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

CPU configuration

Setting Option Notes
SPU block size Mega Improves performance.

GPU configuration

Setting Option Notes
Framelimit 60 Stops the game from speeding up past 60 FPS, and can reduce crashes during load screens.
Resolution scale threshold 160 x 160 When using Resolution scaling above 100%, this must be set to 160x160. Otherwise bloom will appear pixelated.
Write color buffers On Required in some sections and the demo version.
Asynchronous texture streaming On Improves performance. May cause texture flickering when write color buffers is set to on.

Advanced configuration

Setting Option Notes
RSX FIFO accuracy Atomic Helps with stability.

Recommended patches

Game patches are available through the RPCS3 Patch Manager. To enable them, right-click a game in RPCS3 then select "Manage Game Patches". Game Patches are created by RPCS3's community, and can alter how a game runs. More information can be found here.

Recommendation Patch name Notes
Highly recommended patch Disable MLAA, Disable SPU MLAA Improves performance and allows Resolution Scaling to work properly
Recommended patch Skip any videos with X button, Skip intro

Known Issues

This title is currently not considered "playable", as the hardware requirement is too high. But it can be played from start to finish with decent performance on a good CPU, especially if you use the game's patches.

Users may experience a black screen after the Santa Monica logo, which is normal. The game might take up to 5 minutes to progress past this screen.

Resolution Scaling

Resolution Scaling doesn't work properly unless the Disable MLAA patch is enabled. Game patches can be enabled via RPCS3's Patch Manager (go to Manage > Game Patches). The game is also quite RSX intensive and even a RTX 3090 loses a bit of performance at 4k (300% scaling). Due to this most users should stay at 200% or below if they want the best performance.

Physics issues

With low performance and varying framerates, physics issues can occur, such as Kratos not being placed properly on walls and floating off the map. Updating the game version to 1.03 may rectify this.

Special Notes

Custom Icon Art by Jjw410

Custom replacement icon art by user Jjw410. Can be switched with original icon by renaming the image "ICON0.PNG" and replacing the file of the same name in the game's "PS3_GAME" directory (it is recommended to retain the original art for safety). Author has centered the original logo and given it a black drop shadow to match the style of the GOW Collection's icon.

GOW3 ICON0.png

Patches

Anchors:

  gow3_mlaa_notes: &gow3_mlaa_notes
    "Allows for the use of Resolution Scaling in the title.\nSet Resolution Scale Threshold to 1x1 or some effects will break.\n2.0 Slightly improves performance when using resolution scaling in some cases."

  gow3_colorgrading_notes: &gow3_colorgrading_notes
    "Significantly improves performance, changes visuals for Army of Sparta special attack and some lighting changes, generally only on magic sources."

  gow3_fog_notes: &gow3_fog_notes
    "Significantly improves performance in some cases, some distant places may look too clear due to removing the Layered fog effect. The patch is a good alternative to the Color Grading patch."

  gow3_bloom_notes: &gow3_bloom_notes
    "Disables some (not all) bloom effects."

  gow3_camerasway_notes: &gow3_camerasway_notes
    "Stops the ingame camera from swaying and shaking."

  gow3_skipintro_notes: &gow3_skipintro_notes
    "Skips SCE intros up to the first video.\n2.0 now skips first two intro videos."

  gow3_100_title: &gow3_100_title
    "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
      BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
      BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
      BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
      BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]

  gow3_103_title: &gow3_103_title
    "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
      BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
      BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
      BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
      BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
      BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
      BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]

PPU-19724fde16a5b111b7b4d2a065f5dccaf8e01962: # God of War 3 1.03
  "Skip any videos with X button":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x0026fe14, 0x901f ]
  "Disable MLAA":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "illusion, ZEROx"
    Notes: *gow3_mlaa_notes
    Patch Version: 3.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0052bf2c, 0x00000000 ]
      - [ be32, 0x0023137c, 0x60000000 ]
  "Disable Depth of Field":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x001c14ac, 0x38000000 ]
  "Disable Motion Blur":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x001c57e4, 0x38000000 ]
  "Disable Color Grading (Speedboost)":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_colorgrading_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ byte, 0x0052bda3, 0x00 ]
  "Disable Layered Fog (Speedboost)":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes: *gow3_fog_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x00296a90, 0x38000000 ] # Disable Layered fog
      - [ be32, 0x00296bd4, 0x38000000 ] # On pause
  "Disable Bloom":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_bloom_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x00231288, 0x60000000 ]
  "Disable Camera Sway":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes: *gow3_camerasway_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0015d29c, 0x38000000 ]
  "Skip intro":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "illusion, ZEROx"
    Notes: *gow3_skipintro_notes
    Patch Version: 2.0
    Patch:
      - [ byte, 0x00588e50, 0x01 ]       # Skip SCEA logos
      - [ be32, 0x002712b4, 0x4816ce9d ] # bl 0x003de150
      - [ be32, 0x003de150, 0x7d4802a6 ] # mfspr r10,LR
      - [ be32, 0x003de154, 0x3d200055 ] # lis r9,0x55
      - [ be32, 0x003de158, 0x8009fcc5 ] # lwz r0,-0x33b(r9)
      - [ be32, 0x003de15c, 0x3d206f00 ] # lis r9,0x6f00
      - [ be32, 0x003de160, 0x7f804800 ] # cmpw cr7,r0,r9
      - [ be32, 0x003de164, 0x419e001c ] # beq cr7,0x003de180
      - [ be32, 0x003de168, 0x3d206e67 ] # lis r9,0x6e67
      - [ be32, 0x003de16c, 0x39294372 ] # addi r9,r9,0x4372
      - [ be32, 0x003de170, 0x7f804800 ] # cmpw cr7,r0,r9
      - [ be32, 0x003de174, 0x419e000c ] # beq cr7,0x003de180
      - [ be32, 0x003de178, 0x801b0f5c ] # lwz r0,0xf5c(r27) // original
      - [ be32, 0x003de17c, 0x4800000c ] # b 0x003de188
      - [ be32, 0x003de180, 0x394a0020 ] # addi r10,r10,0x20 // branch to skip video function
      - [ be32, 0x003de184, 0x7d4803a6 ] # mtspr LR,r10
      - [ be32, 0x003de188, 0x4e800020 ] # blr

PPU-4d5c51503a81a327c2a99427390a395b8dcb3767: # God of War 3 1.00
  "Skip any videos with X button":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x0026fd18, 0x901f ]
  "Disable MLAA":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "illusion, ZEROx"
    Notes: *gow3_mlaa_notes
    Patch Version: 3.0
    Patch:
      - [ byte, 0x0052bf2f, 0x00 ]
      - [ be32, 0x00231248, 0x60000000 ]
  "Disable Depth of Field":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x001c13c8, 0x38000000 ]
  "Disable Motion Blur":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x001c5700, 0x38000000 ]
  "Disable Color Grading (Speedboost)":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_colorgrading_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ byte, 0x0052bda3, 0x00 ]
  "Disable Layered Fog (Speedboost)":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes: *gow3_fog_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x00296994, 0x38000000 ] # Disable Layered fog
      - [ be32, 0x00296ad8, 0x38000000 ] # On pause
  "Disable Bloom":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_bloom_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x00231288, 0x60000000 ]
  "Disable Camera sway":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0015d1b8, 0x38000000 ] # Camera sway
  "Skip intro":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_skipintro_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x001e5468, 0x4800 ]

Canary Patches

Anchors:
  gow3_fps_notes: &gow3_fps_notes
    "WARNING: Causes physics issues with harpies, you will need to disable this patch to get past some sections of the game.\n\nUnlocks internal timestep calculation and fixes IGC timing issues at 60 FPS and above. Increase vblank to match your desired framerate."

  gow3_100_title: &gow3_100_title
    "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
      BCES00510: [ 01.00 ]
      BCES00799: [ 01.00 ]
      BCUS98111: [ 01.00 ]
      BCJS37001: [ 01.00 ]

  gow3_103_title: &gow3_103_title
    "God of War 3 (God of War III)":
      BCES00510: [ 01.03 ]
      BCES00799: [ 01.03 ]
      BCUS98111: [ 01.03 ]
      BCJS37001: [ 01.03 ]
      BCAS25003: [ 01.03 ]
      BCKS15003: [ 01.03 ]

PPU-4d5c51503a81a327c2a99427390a395b8dcb3767: # God of War 3 1.00
  "Unlock FPS":
    Games: *gow3_100_title
    Author: "ZEROx, illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 2.0
    Patch:
      - [ bef32, 0x00528560, 1000 ]
      - [ bef32, 0x005284b8, 100000 ]
      - [ be32, 0x0026b528, 0x60000000 ] # Don't write to target FPS
      - [ bef32, 0x0052bee4, 60 ] # Target FPS # read max of 60 for physics stuff
      - [ be16, 0x0026b6e6, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f sync stuff
      - [ be16, 0x0026b74a, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f sync stuff
      - [ be16, 0x0026b75e, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f sync stuff
      - [ be16, 0x001e51b6, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f gameplay speed scaling
      - [ be16, 0x002710f6, 0xe7a8 ] # 1000.0f video player speed scaling

PPU-19724fde16a5b111b7b4d2a065f5dccaf8e01962: # God of War 3 1.03
  "Unlock FPS":
    Games: *gow3_103_title
    Author: "ZEROx, illusion"
    Notes: *gow3_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ bef32, 0x00528560, 1000 ]
      - [ bef32, 0x005284b8, 50000 ] # Min FPS of 2
      - [ be16, 0x000c7b0a, 0xccc8 ] # Chainswing fix
      - [ be16, 0x000ea0fe, 0xccc8 ] # Water freeze fix
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