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    Farcry 4 Not Opening

    Ok, so let me begin by saying that my farcy 4 will not open. I have tried starting it on steam and uplay, both do not work. I have contacted ubisoft support about it but they have not responded and it has been 3 days already. When I open it on steam, it asks me if I want to copy the code because I pre ordered the game, so I copy it to my clipboard and once I click start game, my profile pic turns green which means I am playing a game and a few seconds later, my profile picture turns blue which means I am just online, not playing a game. When I open it on uplay, it just starts the game from steam so no use doing that either. Any help is well appreciated, thanks in advanced.
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    does your PC meet the minimum system requirements ?

    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.


    if so are you running any other software in the background that may be causing the game to NOT launch


    the game has issues with the following software on some configurations you may want to exit these applications and see if the game will launch properly

    1. MSI Afterburner < needs to be configured properly
    2. Rivatuner and Rivatuner statistics server
    3. EVGA Precision


    if your not running any of those you could try booting your computer with NO back round apps running and try to isolate the program that may be the issue
    as noted here
    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/FAQ/9/...0000000eio0CAA



    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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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    see this topic on how to possibly configure MSI Afterburner if thats your issue

    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...rcry-4-Crash!?
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