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  1. #391
    Resolved: Had an interesting situation where in the lead up to Xmas Far Cry 3 worked fine. Got back into the game last week and it wouldn't load at all (from Steam). Went into Control Panel-Admin Tools-Event Viewer and found this error:

    Faulting application name: FC3UpdaterSteam.exe, version: 1.2.2.0, time stamp: 0x50b9584e
    Faulting module name: nvwgf2um.dll, version: 9.18.13.1090, time stamp: 0x50de9100
    Exception code: 0xc0000005
    Fault offset: 0x000f648a
    Faulting process id: 0x1dac
    Faulting application start time: 0x01ce02cfc812a6f3
    Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Far Cry 3\bin\FC3UpdaterSteam.exe
    Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\nvwgf2um.dll
    Report Id: 068b6e1a-6ec3-11e2-84ec-f46d041bbad6

    Currently have the GTX570 card; so upgraded from Nvidia Driver 310.70 to 310.90 (no change); but if I revert back to 306.97 driver it works fine!
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  2. #392
    Originally Posted by EternalCore Go to original post
    That's a RAM issue so Follow the steps of Solution 5 CLOSELY!
    I did, and it dentin help.

    but I did use steammover to put far cry 3 on my c:\ drive (was on d:\) and now the game runs fine.
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  3. #393
    Originally Posted by EternalCore Go to original post
    Read and Follow Solution 6 on the 1st post of this thread!
    thank you. the 1st step (installing directx) is what fixed the issue seeing as everything else was already installed. do you know why? is this a problem with win8?
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  4. #394
    Originally Posted by nubon Go to original post
    thank you. the 1st step (installing directx) is what fixed the issue seeing as everything else was already installed. do you know why? is this a problem with win8?
    Yes. It's because Windows 7 and 8 do not have directx 9 installed.
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  5. #395
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    I found an older forum thread where someone suggested that you just up your video card's core voltage from 1000 mV to 1100mV. That link references free software to download (MSI Afterburner) and clear instructions. This actually worked for me, and and I haven't seen the problem since.
    Well I finally fixed my black screen crash problem for Far Cry 3 and other games as well. I have a Zotac 680 Amp card which is factory over clocked. What I did was use Afterburner to set the power limit to %90 and REDUCE the core clock and memory clock by -25. Fixed everything, game runs on ultra settings no problem.
    So what is it, up or down? This is stupid- no game should force me to screw around with over/under clocking. Even if this does fix the problem, this still doesn't answer why the devs haven't figured out why these driver crashes are occurring. They certainly look like a bunch of imbeciles not getting to the bottom of the issue and directly addressing them so FC3 runs like every other game on the planet.
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  6. #396
    Well I finally got the game running.


    It's sad that it took a cracked ISO download in order to make the game run properly. I do not condone piracy. I was able to update the game legitimately via Uplay, but it was the ISO i downloaded via a torrent that installed properly.
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  7. #397
    Originally Posted by r10k Go to original post
    So what is it, up or down? This is stupid- no game should force me to screw around with over/under clocking. Even if this does fix the problem, this still doesn't answer why the devs haven't figured out why these driver crashes are occurring. They certainly look like a bunch of imbeciles not getting to the bottom of the issue and directly addressing them so FC3 runs like every other game on the planet.

    They can't hear you over the 5 star ratings and game of the year awards they're getting.
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  8. #398
    Originally Posted by Dimenus88 Go to original post
    Well I finally got the game running.


    It's sad that it took a cracked ISO download in order to make the game run properly. I do not condone piracy. I was able to update the game legitimately via Uplay, but it was the ISO i downloaded via a torrent that installed properly.
    That's really messed up.... :| Go enjoy the game then.

    Originally Posted by Bohica2 Go to original post
    They can't hear you over the 5 star ratings and game of the year awards they're getting.
    LOL, ya I agree.
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  9. #399
    Bumping to inform others.
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  10. #400
    Ubi-MoshiMoshi's Avatar Community Representative
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    Please do not bump.
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