Hello!
I have had FC4 installed in my laptop (Zenbook with i7 6500U, 12GB, GF 940M 2GB, Win10, etc) for 1 year and everything was perfect.
Some time ago, after exiting the game I started having this error message from Windows saying that the program stopped unexpectedly but I just closed the window. This kept happening when exiting, always, but nothing bad seemed to happen anyway.
Yesterday after exiting I had a "green screen" from windows and it rebooted (I NEVER get blue or green screens).
Now I try to run the game and it goes to the little image of Far Cry 4 in the center of the screen and a window appears saying "Could not find suitable display settings!" and quits to desktop.
I checked the integrity with Steam, all good. Everything was working perfectly for a year! (yes I'm a slow gamer)
Can you help, please?
Thanks!!!!
PS: System info:
Computer Information:
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Model: UX303UB
Form Factor: Laptop
Touch Input Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x4e
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2592 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Supported
Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
DirectX Driver Name: d3d10warp.dll
Driver Version: 23.21.13.8800
DirectX Driver Version: 10.0.17025.1000
Driver Date: 10 12 2017
OpenGL Version: 4.6
DirectX Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
VendorID: 0x1414
DeviceID: 0x8c
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 3200 x 1800
Desktop Resolution: 3200 x 1800
Primary Display Size: 11.54" x 6.50" (13.23" diag)
29.3cm x 16.5cm (33.6cm diag)
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary VRAM: -2048 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x
Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Conexant SmartAudio H
Memory:
RAM: 12186 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: Undetermined
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 487608 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 41038 Mb
OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970
Game Controller: None detected
VR Headset: None detected
In cases where Far Cry doesn't start due to weird or corrupted graphics settings, I usually delete the game's config file. Starting the game will make a new one again, fixing any compatibility issue.
Try renaming or deleting the file, it's in your Documents folder: "Documents\My Games\Far Cry 4\{YOUR_UPLAY_ID_HASH}\GamerProfile.xml"?
Having said that, as far as I know a GREEN screen of death indicates you have a (free upgrade) Windows 10 Insider/tester Operating System. Those builds may be more prone to instability than regular ones.
Thanks for the advice. I had read about deleting that file but also that for many people it didn't work.
Anyway, it's now fixed. It had to do with some driver problem with my "desktop" video device, Intel 520.
My computer uses this 520 for desktop work and the Nvidia 940M for games, but apparently that green screen was related with some problem with the 520 and it was with a driver problem in Device Manager. I uninstalled it, rebooted and the driver was reinstalled and all working ok.
I had never seen the green screen and frankly also almost never the blue screen, and yes, I'm using Insider preview but in Slow ring, so that means that I also have no error screens in general.
Thanks!!!