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  1. #1

    Game won't launch

    I've bought the game on my steam account and I've installed it on my HDD afterwards when I booted the game it would boot until I'd reach the moment where it says it will automatically save the game at certain points. Then I'd get the "FATAL ERROR" which says the following:
    FATAL ERROR
    File system failure: Aborting execution.
    "i^'' \My Games\Far Cry Primal\GamerProfile.xml"

    I've tried verifying the game files in steam but this won't solve the problem, I've tried downloading the game again but on my C drive (SSD) but it still gives me the same error.

    https://imgur.com/oC3FGbD
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  2. #2
    Did you try deleting the GamerProfile.xml Which should be located within the Far Cry Primal folder under Documents/My Games
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  3. #3

    Same problem

    Originally Posted by ItsMyBacon Go to original post
    Did you try deleting the GamerProfile.xml Which should be located within the Far Cry Primal folder under Documents/My Games
    Sounds like my error. The problem is that there is NO Far Cry Primal directory in My Games. If like my problem, the directory never got installed.
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  4. #4
    Yeah the directory and file don't exist. Seems like I'll just have to apply for a refund.
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    with FarCry 4 that error would pop up if you had a 32 bit windows version

    you need a 64 bit version of Windows for both FarCry 4 and Primal ..... 32 bit versions will not work

    also it came up if you had a corrupted installation

    so launch Steam as an Administrator and verify your game files at least twice

    To verify your files if you bought the game thru Steam ..\EXIT Steam ..right click your steam icon ..select run as Administrator


    to launch Steam


    then go to your Steam games library


    right clik on far cry Primal


    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


    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
    Again its probably best to make sure you launch Uplay as RUN as Administrator when you do a file verify


    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/FAQ/60...0000000ee85CAA
    see the bottom of the page



    and try to reinstall the Microsoft .net frame work as well as Visual c++ run times from the games support \ software folder

    if you have Windows 7 installed .. you need Microsoft windows SP 1 installed too ..you can down load that direct from Microsoft here
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...service-pack-1
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  6. #6

    Any resolution yet?

    Originally Posted by crysh-jaap Go to original post
    Yeah the directory and file don't exist. Seems like I'll just have to apply for a refund.
    Have you found a solution yet? I'm having the same problem.
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  7. #7
    Originally Posted by CorbinBrown123 Go to original post
    Have you found a solution yet? I'm having the same problem.
    I've done all of the above, also redownloaded the whole game and updated everything I could find that could fix this issue. Yet nothing has worked yet.
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