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  1. #21
    Originally Posted by newfrank Go to original post
    I've done that more times than I can count. It always has 1 file that fails the validation.
    hmmmmmmm............. And now you know why people, including myself, hate and wont touch Win8.....................

    Ok lets find out what the error, if any, is being recorded. Are you in Tiles or Desktop mode?
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  2. #22
    Desktop mode. As for the file validation thing, it's not just this game, a few of my other games fail to validate just one file, could be a DRM thing.

    Windows 8 came with the computer, so there's no going back to 7 for me.

    It's also 2AM, so I'm off to bed and will check back on this tomorrow. Thanks for the help so far!
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  3. #23
    Here's the error report though:
    Faulting application name: FC3UpdaterSteam.exe, version: 0.1.0.1, time stamp: 0x50c0f805
    Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
    Exception code: 0xc0000005
    Fault offset: 0x06f34908
    Faulting process id: 0x7e4
    Faulting application start time: 0x01cddcf11c55162b
    Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Far Cry 3\bin\FC3UpdaterSteam.exe
    Faulting module path: unknown
    Report Id: 5b0f13ef-48e4-11e2-be80-902b3415b930
    Faulting package full name:
    Faulting package-relative application ID:
    - System
    - Provider
    [ Name] Application Error
    - EventID 1000
    [ Qualifiers] 0
    Level 2
    Task 100
    Keywords 0x80000000000000
    - TimeCreated
    [ SystemTime] 2012-12-18T07:27:20.000000000Z
    EventRecordID 85424
    Channel Application
    Computer XXXXXXXX
    Security

    - EventData
    FC3UpdaterSteam.exe
    0.1.0.1
    50c0f805
    unknown
    0.0.0.0
    00000000
    c0000005
    06f34908
    7e4
    01cddcf11c55162b
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Far Cry 3\bin\FC3UpdaterSteam.exe
    unknown
    5b0f13ef-48e4-11e2-be80-902b3415b930

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  4. #24
    Originally Posted by newfrank Go to original post
    Desktop mode. As for the file validation thing, it's not just this game, a few of my other games fail to validate just one file, could be a DRM thing.

    Windows 8 came with the computer, so there's no going back to 7 for me.

    It's also 2AM, so I'm off to bed and will check back on this tomorrow. Thanks for the help so far!
    The 1 file failed to validate is part of the steam drm yes.

    Yes you can downgrade to Win7 but it requires a Fresh install of Win7.

    Okay try this.
    1. Run the game and write down the time you launched it at.
    2. Press the start key and type this out "eventvwr.mc" in the search without quotes, Then click the eventvwr app.
    3. Expand the "Windows Logs"
    4. Select the Application then wait till it loads and shows the list.
    5. Look for the logs that match the time you wrote down for Farcry3.exe/farcry3_d3d11.exe.
    6. Copy then Paste them in a reply.


    Edit: LOL you beat me to it. :P
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  5. #25
    Originally Posted by newfrank Go to original post
    Here's the error report though:
    Ah okay it's the updater thats crashing and not the game hmmm...

    Okay navigate to here: "C:\Program Files(x86)\Ubisoft\FarCry 3\bin" And Run FC3UpdaterSteam.exe manually without steam.

    Then report back.
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  6. #26
    Originally Posted by EternalCore Go to original post
    Ah okay it's the updater thats crashing and not the game hmmm...

    Okay navigate to here: "C:\Program Files(x86)\Ubisoft\FarCry 3\bin" And Run FC3UpdaterSteam.exe manually without steam.

    Then report back.
    LOL you've been providing far heartier and quicker tech support than those "experts" of UBI tech support team.
    What a kind person you are.
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  7. #27
    Originally Posted by justwinkosack Go to original post
    LOL you've been providing far heartier and quicker tech support than those "experts" of UBI tech support team.
    What a kind person you are.
    Thank you, I'm just An Unemployed Computer Hardware and Software Tech who likes gaming(especially working games :P ) and helping others.

    Edit: I misread your post, fixed mine now.
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  8. #28
    Update: Added Solution 4 for Steam users who are getting the updater crashing.
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  9. #29

    Same crashing.. Occurs

    Great op, still crashes here. But that's the kind of useful post ubisoft staff should be doing on day 1
    Bump to top
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  10. #30
    Originally Posted by labsoft Go to original post
    Great op, still crashes here. But that's the kind of useful post ubisoft staff should be doing on day 1
    Bump to top
    Thank you. So What happens when it crashes for you and What's your Full System Specs?
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