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  1. #1

    Game no longer launches

    When I attempt to start the game now it kicks out when it starts. Have played this game over 502 hours and when going back now to play again it will not start.I own all the Far Cry games on PC and all work just fine except now Far cry 4.
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    did you buy your game on Steam ?

    if so look here

    https://steamcommunity.com/app/29811...1160908405054/

    also check to make sure its not an issue with a backround app causing a problem as well as see this page
    as yes many can cause an issue with stopping the game from launching properly

    see also

    https://support.ubi.com/en-GB/faqs/0...oubleshooting/


    if you still have an issue please contact Ubisoft Support Directly


    you can do so from that above LINKED page .. or here
    https://twitter.com/UbisoftSupport
    https://www.facebook.com/UbisoftSupport
    and the main site Support Site here
    https://support.ubi.com


    please include your MS info and DX diag files to your support ticket
    see these two pages on how to do that
    https://support.ubi.com/en-gb/faqs/000021185/
    https://support.ubi.com/en-gb/faqs/000021216
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    Steve64b's Avatar Senior Member
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    I really want to sort that issue out for you, reports about Far Cry 4 not starting up are driving me nuts! It should be fixable.

    Have you tried:
    - Verifying files in Steam/Uplay?
    - Renaming the "Documents\My Games\Far Cry 4" folder to force the game to reset its game settings?
    - Changing the game language (causing Uplay/Steam to download additional files), then Verifying files again?
    - Running the redist setup files (DirectX, VCRedist, DotNet) from the game folder's `Support\Software` subfolder?
    - Creating a new Windows user profile & playing the game from there? If it works, it's registry or My Documents related.

    If so, and nothing helped:
    - Is there any useful information in the Uplay log files? You can find them in e.g. the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\logs" folder.
    - Is there any useful information in the Windows Event Log? See https://www.howtogeek.com/123646/htg...ou-can-use-it/ for instructions.
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    Far Cry 4 reboot on startup fix

    I spent the last 4 days trying to fix this problem on my Alienware Aurora R5 with Nvidia GTX 1080. Finally I figured it out and it was simple to fix. Go to Nvidia Control Panel. Under Manage 3D Settings, pick power management mode and set it to "prefer maximum performance."
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    Yea this is dumb and I have done so much to try to get it to work and I shouldn't have to remove dll files or regedit out stuff or reinstall the game 2 times and uplay or steam. when far cry 5 and new dawn works just fine.

    I think ubisoft need to take down the pc far cry 4 sales or tell them you have less than 1% of it working.

    I played this long ago for it says 14 hours.

    this is whats in the game_starter_log.

    [13132] 2020-05-19 22:06:17 [ 1728] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 3760
    [ 7568] 2020-05-19 22:06:45 [10592] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 12108
    [12188] 2020-05-19 22:07:04 [ 1504] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 12964
    [ 2248] 2020-05-19 22:07:20 [15048] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 7760
    [ 2900] 2020-05-19 22:22:28 [ 1220] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 14748
    [ 7824] 2020-05-19 22:26:22 [11564] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 6616
    [ 4984] 2020-05-19 22:29:11 [15396] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 14144
    [ 4844] 2020-05-19 23:23:22 [10988] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 11700
    [16048] 2020-05-19 23:23:49 [ 7420] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 11000
    [ 1116] 2020-05-20 09:52:27 [ 5840] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 4400
    [ 1668] 2020-05-20 12:45:17 [12616] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 14444
    [11980] 2020-05-20 12:46:23 [ 8552] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 15392
    [ 4124] 2020-05-20 12:46:39 [10532] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 13820
    [ 7728] 2020-05-20 12:47:04 [13300] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 10200
    [16816] 2020-05-20 12:47:12 [11712] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 17384
    [12964] 2020-05-20 12:47:26 [ 2124] ERROR GameProcessWatcher.cpp (210) Child process abnormal exit: 13008

    Everytime I try to start the game it adds a line.

    Here's what I see on my end. seems just about everyone too.
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