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  1. #1

    Far Cry 3 not starting on steam or Uplay

    Far Cry 3 not starting on steam or Uplay
    I have just purchased and installed Far Cry 3, and when I try to launch it from either app it gives me the "launch" window for about 2 seconds and then the button returns to "play". I have looked into many solutions and cannot get it working.
    I have had this game working on my hardware in the past(used a friends CD a while back and it ran perfectly well), but now I can't get the thing to run.
    My hardware is:
    Windows 10 pro
    Ryzen 3 2200G using the vega 8 intergrated graphics
    8Gb DDR 2666
    Asrock AB350 pro4 MB

    I have a video of me trying to run it if anyone wants to see what I'm doing and what Steam is doing.
    PLEASE HELP, I love this game and I just feel like I've paid good money for a dud at the moment :-( .
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  2. #2

    Same issue

    Same issue for me too.
    I have a MacBook Pro 15" 2019 with i9 32GB ram and a AMD Radeon Pro video card running Win 10 Pro 1909 64.
    Far Cry 3 launches and I get a FC3 banner that is mostly off screen in the lower right corner of my screen. after a few seconds it goes away. no error message nothing.
    Windows logs say it can't find certain DLL files... uninstall/reinstall from steam and I get the same issue.

    If I change the resolution, I get the FC3 banner centered in the screen but it still crashes.

    I have not tried it on my old desktop yet.
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  3. #3
    I am having the same issue!!??? I bought far cry 3 and 5 with season pass cuz I heard it was amazing. But when launching, it makes my icons huge and launcher is on the bottom right. Then It just stops and everything goes back to normal? I bought two new games to not even being able to play it.... I looked it up and this thread is all I can find
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  4. #4
    Same problem here. Running Windows 10 Pro on a 16" MacBook Pro.

    I've tried various solutions found online and none actually work. Never had an issue with a game until this one.
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  5. #5
    I had the same problem. I removed the corrupted GamerProfile.xml from the Documents \ My Games \ Far Cry 3 \ folder. When the game starts, a new file will be created and the problem will be resolved.
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  6. #6
    Originally Posted by Couleeno Go to original post
    I had the same problem. I removed the corrupted GamerProfile.xml from the Documents \ My Games \ Far Cry 3 \ folder. When the game starts, a new file will be created and the problem will be resolved.
    You ******g saint! Over a year later and this worked! Been a week trying to find a solution and this works!
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  7. #7
    So I just got the game for free from a giveaway thing, and when I launch it, it will open then go fullscreen and make the screen black, and then change the screen back to normal and close. I've tried tons of things and nothing works. I can't find a "GamerProfile.xml" file in the game's folders.
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  8. #8
    dude same here, the splashscreen pops up, then the game opens up only to show a black screen then a resulting crash after
    I really need help too, I've been looking into this for hours on end
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  9. #9

    Hi even i got the game from the giveaway...

    the GamerProfile.xml file will be in your c driver documents folder. look for my games in your documents and far cry 3 in it. you will find it.

    I had the same issue and tried this out. It works!
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  10. #10
    i tried it and they weren't there
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