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    Blackscreen(Windowed) with sound

    So i've played FC4 on my Desktop without any troubles and decided to buy a Laptop because my Desktop broke down.
    Obviously I now want to play FC4 on my Laptop because I love the game

    So here's the Problem:
    I can play FC4 after I Download it and Install it from scratch but as soon as I close the game for the first time everytime i want to start it the "Preparing To Launch" Window pops up and the black window in which is the game title comes. If i click on the black window it will crash, if i leave it alone i get a WINDOWED lackscreen WITH sound but no graphics (obviously because its a blackscreen).

    My Specs are:
    a Intel Core i7-7500U (Dualcore processor with hyperthreading)
    a NVIDIA Geforce 940MX with 2GB GDDR5 ( it could run the game at lowest graphic options at 30FPS)
    and 8 gigs DDR4 RAM

    I've read that a dualcore-processor could not run FC4.
    But why can I run it after I Download it again and re-install it from scratch but can't after I close the game first time after the re-installation
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    as you can see on this page http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-....156033.0.html

    they had to keep all settings on LOW and you can see the FPS they got

    and make sure in your Nvidia control panel you have the 940 MX set to prefer maximum performance .. under power settings ... not balanced ..and that the game is set to not use your on board Intel Vid chip thats built into your I7

    also background applications can play a role in the game not running

    BACKROUND APPLICATIONS may also cause the game to not launch properly and you may need Exit out of them, or reconfigure them to work properly with Far Cry 4 known apps that can cause this are


    A. EVGA PRECISION


    B. MSI AFTERBURNER


    C. Riva Tuner Statistics Server


    D. DXtory


    E. Motionin Joy


    F. Anti Virus or Firewall software (AVG , Comodo, Bullguard etc.. <-- check settings)


    G. MSI true Color


    H. Evolve gameing client


    I. AMD Raptr \ AMD Gaming Evolved


    J. TeamViewer


    K. Overwolf


    L. Nvidia Geforce Experience Shadow Play as of Driver 361.75 in Jan 2016


    see this thred to possibly fix issues with afterburner causing black screen
    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...rcry-4-Crash!?


    Please see this Page where it mentions Backround Applications and how you can try to see if one is possibly causing your issue with the game NOT starting or hanging
    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/FAQ/9/...0000000eio0CAA


    And if your running windows 10 make sure you launch both Steam and Uplay as Run As ADMINISTRATOR


    this game was shipped well before windows 10 did ...and yes you may need to take that extra step to run the game
    this games engine was created years before windows 10 shipped and that change may needed to allow the game to write any save files and or configuration files , windows 10 may handle file security \ permissions in a different way, then previous operating systems did.


    if you have a problem... try this


    right click on the games .exe file


    select properties


    select the compatability tab


    check the box that says run as Administrator


    set it to run in a windows 7 compatabilty mode


    you can also run the windows 10 compatablilty trouble shooter from that same window



    also if you game starts off in a windowed mode

    Press ALT + enter to force it to full screen
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    your I7 is also not a dual core ..
    its has 2 cores yes but 4 threads ..the game should not have an issue there ..it will only refuse to run on straight up dual core CPU's that lack hyperthreading

    https://ark.intel.com/products/95451...p-to-3_50-GHz-

    check your system bios settings and make sure hyperthreading is not disabled in your bios
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