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    Far Cry 4 Won't launch... :,(

    SOLVED: I am just gonna post the last comment here from me.

    OKAY!!! I found out how. so i researched quite a bit and found out how. you uninstall Uplay. Find the last files. (there should be some left in C:\Program Files (32-bit versions of Windows) or C:\Program Files (x86) (64-bit versions of Windows)) then just find the folder called Ubisoft and delete it. and re-install the whole thing after deleting it. (Some systems has to reset the HOSTS files. try and find a microsoft article with steps.) Link to download of Uplayinstaller: http://static3.cdn.ubi.com/orbit/lau...yInstaller.exe

    That is what solved it for me. write it down if you ever have the same problem.


    So today. i decided that i wanted to play with one of my friends. I tried to launch but it wouldn't launch. naturally i tried to verify the stuff. nothing was missing. i tried restarting my computer and that didn't help. i tried to launch the directx installer from the games folder. didn't help at all. so now i'm just sitting here hoping somebody know what is happening. btw there is no warning thingy or stuff like that . Help is appreciated and sorry for bad english. i'm from Denmark
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    dual core cpu's are not supported nor are Direct X 10 video cards ....

    if your running any of the following........... shut them off before launching far cry 4

    the game has issues with the following software on some configurations

    EVGA PRECISION
    RIVATUNER + RIVATUNER STATISTICS SERVER
    MSI AFTERBURNER

    will the game run with these loaded ...? ..........yes

    but you must configure them to play nice with far cry 4

    best bet................ exit out of all background applications before starting the game see it it will launch

    also make sure you have a PC that meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements..again dual core CPU"s are not supported nor are NON directX 11 video cards or a 32 bit operating system you must have a 64 bit operating system windows 7 Sp1 64 bit or windows 8 / 8.1 64 bit

    make sure you update all your drivers as well



    Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
    MINIMUM
    OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
    Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955
    Memory: 4 GB RAM
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
    DirectX: Version 11
    Network: Broadband Internet connection
    Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
    Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
    Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller.


    RECOMMENDED:
    OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
    Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
    Memory: 8 GB RAM
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
    DirectX: Version 11
    Network: Broadband Internet connection
    Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
    Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
    Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.


    Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.
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    Originally Posted by WID992007 Go to original post
    dual core cpu's are not supported nor are Direct X 10 video cards ....

    if your running any of the following........... shut them off before launching far cry 4

    the game has issues with the following software on some configurations

    EVGA PRECISION
    RIVATUNER + RIVATUNER STATISTICS SERVER
    MSI AFTERBURNER

    will the game run with these loaded ...? ..........yes

    but you must configure them to play nice with far cry 4

    best bet................ exit out of all background applications before starting the game see it it will launch

    also make sure you have a PC that meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements..again dual core CPU"s are not supported nor are NON directX 11 video cards or a 32 bit operating system you must have a 64 bit operating system windows 7 Sp1 64 bit or windows 8 / 8.1 64 bit

    make sure you update all your drivers as well



    Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
    MINIMUM
    OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
    Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955
    Memory: 4 GB RAM
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
    DirectX: Version 11
    Network: Broadband Internet connection
    Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
    Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
    Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller.


    RECOMMENDED:
    OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
    Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
    Memory: 8 GB RAM
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
    DirectX: Version 11
    Network: Broadband Internet connection
    Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
    Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
    Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.


    Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.
    I just want to say... keep in mind i have had it running before on medium - ultra (ultra gives me 40 - 70 fps) so i know that i can run it. i just decided not to work! :,( i really want to deliver all the headshots. much sad many wow such no running :,(
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    Are all of your drives up to date? If so, could you please post your PC specs here?
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    Originally Posted by xMiiSTY Go to original post
    Are all of your drives up to date? If so, could you please post your PC specs here?
    My drivers are up to spec and my specs is:

    Windows 7

    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz 3.50GHz

    Installed memory (RAM): 8,00 GB

    System type 64-bit Operating System

    Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

    and i have 2 Hard disks. 1 with about 20 GB of space left (the one without Far Cry 4) and then the other wich has about 65 GB of space left (the one with Far Cry 4 on it)
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    anybody there? because i still have this problem and help would be much appreciated!
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    So i've done some research and found out that it was FC64.dll that is corrubt. now i don't know how to fix it but if anybody knows please post it!
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    Originally Posted by Sjafin3 Go to original post
    So i've done some research and found out that it was FC64.dll that is corrubt. now i don't know how to fix it but if anybody knows please post it!
    easy to fix

    simply delete the FC4.dll file and do a file verification it will DL and replace the file with a correct version

    To verify your files if you bought the game thru Steam


    go to your Steam games library


    right clik on far cry 4


    select properties


    select local files


    select verify Integrity of game cache


    it takes a few min to do but its faster the redownloading your entire game , if its only a few files that were corrupt or installed incorrectly .... this in many cases will fix your problems getting the game to start


    If you have the U play only Version of the game you can also verify your game files with U play


    if you have the game via u play only here are instructions how to verify your game files thru their client


    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/FAQ/60...0000000ee85CAA
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    Originally Posted by WID992007 Go to original post
    easy to fix

    simply delete the FC4.dll file and do a file verification it will DL and replace the file with a correct version

    To verify your files if you bought the game thru Steam


    go to your Steam games library


    right clik on far cry 4


    select properties


    select local files


    select verify Integrity of game cache


    it takes a few min to do but its faster the redownloading your entire game , if its only a few files that were corrupt or installed incorrectly .... this in many cases will fix your problems getting the game to start


    If you have the U play only Version of the game you can also verify your game files with U play


    if you have the game via u play only here are instructions how to verify your game files thru their client


    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/FAQ/60...0000000ee85CAA
    Doesn't work. if it helps. i used Dependency Walker to scan it and there was a red exclamation point at the FC64.dll and i assumed (of course) that there was an error since it reads as following ''could not find the section that owns the Delay Import Directory'' i guess that's an error? but deleting and verifieng it didn't do it... and i have tried both FC64.dll and FarCry4.dll just to be sure. didn't work. but still appreciate that you are trying to help me but do you have any other ideas?
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    dunno sir i have the game as well as my windows all on the same 500 gig hard drive

    your specs are fine better then mine actually

    and i have had zero problems getting the game to run

    my rig is
    Asus P5B motherboard ..bios version 1604
    Intel Q6600 core 2 quad @ stock speed 2.4 Ghz
    8 gig of DDR 2 800
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Western Digital Black edition 500 gig hard disk (64 meg cache - 7200 rpm)
    Asus Strix GTX 960 using Nvidia driver version 347.52
    (had an asus R9270X as well as a sapphire HD7750 in before )
    Creative Labs Soundblaster live 24 bit PCI sound card


    one thing that comes to mind is possibly trying to run the game as well uplay and steam (if you have the steam version )

    by launching it as run as Administrator

    the only other thing i can suggest to try loading the game after shutting down all background applications as noted on the ubi pages using MSconfig

    and seeing it it will launch properly then

    Background Applications
    You may also encounter problems due to applications running in the background on your computer system. When playing Ubisoft games, please be sure to close all running background applications before starting your game. You can find the steps for this listed below.

    - Open your start menu and look for Run (Win XP), Start search (Win Vista), or Search programs and files (Win 7)
    - Delete anything on the Open line that you'll find there, and type in the word MSCONFIG and press the Enter key to bring up the system configuration utility
    - Look down the list of startup items (not the tab labeled Startup), and choose Selective Startup (if it is not already selected) (If you don't see this, make sure you've clicked on General, near the top of the window)
    - Once you've chosen Selective Startup, uncheck 'Load Startup Items'
    - Once you're done here, click Apply & OK, and let it reboot your computer
    - Once restarted, make sure that any application that affects your local network is disabled

    Try running the game again. If the game loads and seems to be working, the problem is most likely related to one or more programs you have scheduled to load with Windows. You can then revert the settings back the way they were, and in a trial and error fashion, disable some programs using the startup tab (in the msconfig utility) to try to find the culprit.

    *Keep in mind that this is a temporary solution and any changes can be reverted by returning to the MSCONFIG utility and re-selecting 'Normal Startup"


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