Additional solution for nVIDIA cards
Please extend this post with another solution that I've found:
On nVIDIA cards which are factory-overclocked (that is, cards with the ti extension suchj as GT660ti), Ubisoft games all seem to freeze. The identical problem happens with FarCry3 and with Assassin's Creed IV.
The solution is to use a utility (usually from the graphics card manufacturer) to down-clock your card to the stock graphics card settings. For instance, the GPU clock on the stock GT660 card runs at 980 MHz, but the GT660ti comes set at a clock speed of 1033MHz. So if you have a 660ti, you need to adjust your GPU clock down to 980MHz to avoid the freezing in Ubisoft games.
Bought the game - does not work - tried solutions - still does not work
Dear Sir/Madam,
I hope you are well.
I have recently had a pleasure of buying the deluxe version of Far Cry 3 which does not work.
I have tried all those solutions found on the websites (this website and steam website etc.). I would be very grateful if you could let me know the fix for this problem.
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I would have to ask for a full refund if this does not get solved. I bought a game to play and enjoy it - not just storing it away as a collection which can not be played. This I certainly believe is not how this product should be. Thanks very much for your understanding.
Best Regards,
A customer.
just reinstalled this game and now i can't even play it
At first it was the stop responding error message, so I re-installed the game and uplay and now I get this error message.
Failed to execute command: farcry3_d3d11.exe (error 740)
Please make sure this executable file exists.
i7 3700
16gb gskill ram
windows 8.1
Geforce GTX 760 4gb
Soundblaster Recon 3d sound card
far cry 3 has stopped working
I bought the game on Steam and no solutions worked for me. When launch the game, I get "Far Cry 3 has stopped working".
Windows 8.1
Intel i5 4670
GeForce GTX 760, 2gb
16 Gb RAM
nothing works and im getting sick of it....
What the hell Ubisoft???
I get the friggin crash at the spash-screen and i have tryed Everything in this thread. i have a brand gaming laptop so it should not be the pc's fault. as i said i have tryed "solution" 1-7 from the beginning of this thread and nothing works.. i want to play this freaking game already! can u plz come up with a sure soution to this problem or anything in a patch for it not to do this **** annymore? i have had only problems with the u-play launcher and now this. im getting sick of it. fix it plz!!!
admin plz respond.
Solution for Black Screen Crashes
I just want to add my solution for others to see:
My System: Windows7 64-Bit, AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz, 4GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
My Problem: I was getting Black Screen Crashes all the time in the second level, on my way to the first tower. In Multiplayer the game would crash after 10-15 minutes.
My Solution: Download latest GFX-Drivers, open Catalyst Control Center. Under "Performance" there is the "AMD OverDrive" Option. Activate "Graphics OverDrive and set the GPU rate down from +900MHz to 800Mhz.
The game now runs for more than 2 hours without problems.
Cheers!