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    FarCry3 File Integrity check still bad after re-install

    I have been having some crash issues with FarCry3 , so i decided to Un-install/Re-install to see if that would fix the crash issue , so i Un-installed it , and when it asked if i wanted to Save my files , i said Yes , so i went thru the install , and opened/logged into UPlay and tried a File Integrity Check (i had also done this prior to un-installing and found this same error , so i thought this was the reason for the crashes) , so it gave a error saying "Failed to validate game files ,Try Re-Installing the game and if the problem persists then contact Ubisoft Support" , so i un-installed again , this time i chose to delete my game files (i am assuming save games , etc) , and restarted my PC after un-installing , so as to make sure everything was clear

    So after restart , i looked for the game folder and it was there , but empty , so i figured the game un-installed , so i tried installing again (this game is on disk's , not downloaded , and i have limited Satellite so i would rather not download the entire game as that would use up my entire bandwidth for the month and then some) , and it gives the same error , so i download and manually install the 1.05 patch , and try the check and it gives the same error , i can do the error check on FarCry4 and it does it with no issues

    Anyone have a clue as to why it keeps giving the same error over and over ??? , i dont want to start playing again , and have it start crashing and screwing up the game like it did before , so i would like to fix this issue , but don't know where to turn , as i tried what i "thought" would fix it , and it did nothing , but cost me my progress (single player is all i play)....Any help (aside from saying to download the entire game) would be appreciated .... Thanks ...Jim....
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    Anyone ??? , the game keeps crashing , its getting old real fast .....
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    I see the "1 file failed to validate and will be reacquired" error every time when I validate files integrity in Steam.

    Perhaps it's a feature. People say that: "The file that doesn't validate is the encrypted DRM which can't be identified as ok by the validation program due to it being unique and encrypted. Its not a problem and occurs with a lot of games"

    Anyways, don't expect any support from UbiSoft - this game is abandonware.
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    Thanks for the reply , it would not bother me so much if it was not for the constant crashing the game does , the re-installs seem not to fix the crashing , so it has to be some file/bug in the game
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    if ya got windows 10 and your game is crashing you need to shut off tablet input service

    your PC is not a tablet .. so shut that off ....its enabled by DEFAULT in win 10 , and yes it messes up this game as well as a few others

    its a microsoft issue

    press windows Key + x


    open task manager


    open the services tab


    click name in the upper right to put them in aphabetic order


    look for tablet input service
    right clik on it and select stop


    then if you need touch screen services after you are done playing the game do the same thing except select start the service


    i killed that when i did my initial win 10 install .. i already killed it by opening
    action center
    open all settings
    open system
    select tablet mode
    move both sliders to the Left
    under options there i see
    when i sign in - use the appropriate mode for my hardware (or desktop mode)
    when this device automatically switches to tablet mode
    is set to always ask before switching


    again my PC does not have any touch screen installed ,so i shut that all off months ago when i did my initial Windows 10 Pro installation


    Microsoft was made aware of the issue ..but has not fixed it in WINDOWS 10 ..when you install Windows 10 you need to go over your settings when you set up your operating system


    see :https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-1d8a3bfd06eb


    i had to shut a ton of things off ...in both windows 10 Home thats on my laptop as well as Win 10 Pro thats on my desktop ..when i first installed win 10 over a year ago .



    also try launching both Steam as well as Uplay as run as Administrator
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    also dont worry about that one file

    its probably detecting the OLD uplay installer ..and no it will not reinstall that old version of Uplay (since it's out of date)

    it installed an old version of Uplay to your far cry 3 \ support folder on your hard drive ..go look
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    Originally Posted by WID992007 Go to original post
    also dont worry about that one file

    its probably detecting the OLD uplay installer ..and no it will not reinstall that old version of Uplay (since it's out of date)

    it installed an old version of Uplay to your far cry 3 \ support folder on your hard drive ..go look

    I already have the Tablet Input Service Stopped , so that is not it , i read everything in the link you provided and nothing there was of any help either ,, the Game Integrity check itself is not so much the issue as is the Crash related to the game (FC4 is also now crashing randomly which it has never done till now , so i am beginning to think this is some kind of a UPlay issue , , though FC4 does go thru the Integrity Check without issues

    As far as the older version of UPlay , as soon as i started the game after doing that , UPlay did a Update and also patched the game to last patch (1.05) so i don't see that being the issue either ,,,.... i am getting random Windows 10 crashes now , they are all exactly the same error , so far Microsoft Forums have been no help with a actual "fix" , the Windows crash , which could be related is ..... The driver \Driver\WudfRd failed to load for the device SWD\WPDBUSENUM\_??_USBSTOR#Disk&Ven_Generic-&Prod_USB3.0_CRW-CF#MD&Rev_1.00#201601060924&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}. so i don't know if its all related or not , i have tried System scans , and it always says no issues found , so i am no closer to resolution , its just annoying to play then the game crashes and you have to go back and do over what you already did because it crashed and you did not get a chance to save ....

    I am about ready to just go back to Windows 7 , , on my 7 PC i can play these same games without crashes , its just a slower PC (smaller CPU, less ram, ,older motherboard) , but it does not crash ....so that says something..... , i am wondering iof one of...not sure which one... of the last Windows Updates is the cause of all this ,,,, the issue is tracing it out to find out which one it was....................Either way , your constantly worried you will get thru a mission or what your doing , and can get to a Save place before it crashes....
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