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    Lastest NVIDIA driver (378.92) keeps game from loading

    I unfortunately have been away from FCP for a few weeks, and in that time NVIDIA installed the latest driver, 378.92. Since that installation, when I go to start the game, the splash screen pops up, then goes away, like normal, then my desktop freezes and my cursor disappears. After a few seconds, i can hear the game playing through my speakers/headset. Only way to get out of this is to Ctrl+Alt+Delete and close the program. Is anyone else having issues with the new driver? Im super bummed because now I cant play the game. I tried reverting back to an older driver but keep getting a "7-zip: Data error" message when trying to load an older driver.
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    just installed a GTX 1060 over the weekend with that exact driver .. game worked wonderfully

    so no the drivers are not your issue


    get and USE DDU to uninstall your drivers in SAFE MODE

    reboot

    reinstall the latest Nvidia driver and select CUSTOM installation

    select the box that says perform a clean install

    you can get DDU from either the Nvidia Driver forums here

    https://forums.geforce.com/default/t...d-02-05-2017-/

    or direct from the website http://www.wagnardsoft.com/content/d...17061-released

    also check and make sure you do not have any 3d hook overlay programs running that may be making the game hang up on load

    far cry 4 suffered from a few ..and Primal uses pretty much the same game engine

    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
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    Originally Posted by WID992007 Go to original post
    just installed a GTX 1060 over the weekend with that exact driver .. game worked wonderfully

    so no the drivers are not your issue


    get and USE DDU to uninstall your drivers in SAFE MODE

    reboot

    reinstall the latest Nvidia driver and select CUSTOM installation

    select the box that says perform a clean install

    you can get DDU from either the Nvidia Driver forums here

    https://forums.geforce.com/default/t...d-02-05-2017-/

    or direct from the website http://www.wagnardsoft.com/content/d...17061-released

    also check and make sure you do not have any 3d hook overlay programs running that may be making the game hang up on load

    far cry 4 suffered from a few ..and Primal uses pretty much the same game engine

    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

    Thank you. Ill give this a shot.
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    Originally Posted by WID992007 Go to original post
    just installed a GTX 1060 over the weekend with that exact driver .. game worked wonderfully

    so no the drivers are not your issue


    get and USE DDU to uninstall your drivers in SAFE MODE

    reboot

    reinstall the latest Nvidia driver and select CUSTOM installation

    select the box that says perform a clean install

    you can get DDU from either the Nvidia Driver forums here

    https://forums.geforce.com/default/t...d-02-05-2017-/

    or direct from the website http://www.wagnardsoft.com/content/d...17061-released

    also check and make sure you do not have any 3d hook overlay programs running that may be making the game hang up on load

    far cry 4 suffered from a few ..and Primal uses pretty much the same game engine

    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

    Well I've tried this and I still have the same issue. The odd thing is that like I stated, it worked fine until I updated the driver, then it stopped working. That's the only thing that's changed.
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