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  1. #1

    Cannot Launch FC4 (Windows 8)

    I bought the game a couple of days ago, I played it for a few days and then, when I tried to launch it from my desktop, Uplay, Start Menu, everything, it did't launch. It just showed the message you get when you exit a game only now it said ''Played for 0 hours 0 minutes". I tried everything (verifying files, going offline etc etc) but it didn't want to launch. Please help!
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    try this

    go into your documents, then my games/farcry4

    my location is C:\Users\Owner\Documents\my games\Far Cry 4\a3775c7f-1eb7-47c0-a045-1c036b522d70

    in here is a file called gameprofile.xml open it with notepad or some editor, and find these

    DisableLoadingMip0="1" GPUMaxBufferedFrames="1"

    try setting them to 1 instead of 0

    if that doesnt work use this, make a back up of the gameprofile.xml then paste all of this in( youll want to delet old stuff first)


    <GamerProfile>
    <SoundProfile MusicEnabled="1" MasterVolume="100" Language="english" />
    <ProfileSpecificGameProfile Sensitivity="1" MouseAcceleration="1" MouseAccelerationOn="0" MouseInvert_y="0" MouseInvert_y_Flying="0" MouseLookSensitivity="0.942997" Invert_x="0" Invert_y="0" Invert_y_Flying="1" Swap_Triggers="0" Flip_Triggers="0" InvertSticks="0" DefaultFlickFireDirection_y="0" ControllerLayoutVehicle="0" ControllerLayoutBuzzer="0" UseMouseSmooth="0" Smoothness="1" Smoothness_Ironsight="1" HelpCrosshair="1" Gamepad_vibration="1" UseRoadSignHilight="1" SubtitlesLanguage="english" TaggingEnabled="1" WikiUpdatedEnabled="0" CollectibleUpdatedEnabled="1" TutorialUpdatedEnabled="1" ObjectiveReminderEnabled="1" CraftingTipsEnabled="1" DisplayXPEnabled="1" DetectionIndicatorEnabled="1" HitIndicatorEnabled="1" ExplosiveIndicatorEnabled="1" MapIndicatorEnabled="1" HealthIndicatorEnabled="1" CrouchIndicatorEnabled="1" KarmaIndicatorEnabled="1" AmmoIndicatorEnabled="1" MinimapOpacity="2" LootReadoutEnabled="1" CoopPartnerIndicatorEnabled="1" UseAmbx="0" GamepadFeedbackLayout="0" Autosave="1" Machete="0" DrivingAssistEnabled="1" DifficultyLevel="0" IronsightToggleMode="0" ShowPVPTips="1" ShowPVPTimer="1" ShowPVPScorebar="1" ShowPVPPlayerTags="1" ShowPVPObituaryMessages="1" ShowPVPNotifications="1" ShowPVPMasterVoiceToggle="1" ShowPVPFactionPowerUpIcons="1" ShowPVPPlayerNames="1" PlayPVPIntroVideo="1" HasVisitedCoopMenu="1" SelectedLanguage="english" Coop_Friends_Only="0" DrivingAutoAimEnabled="1">
    <FireConfig QualitySetting="VeryHigh" />
    <CompressedClasses />
    <Statistics>
    <Stat Value="0" />
    <Stat Value="0" />
    <Stat Value="0" />
    <Stat Value="0" />
    <Stat Value="0" />
    <Stat Value="0" />
    <Stat Value="0" />
    <Stat Value="0" />
    <Stat Value="0" />
    </Statistics>
    </ProfileSpecificGameProfile>
    <RenderProfile AntiAliasingMode="0" UseTrippleBuffering="0" VSyncMode="1" UseMotionBlur="0" SSAOLevel="0" EnableNvidiaPCSS="0" GodRaysLevel="0" FurLevel="0" TreeTessellationLevel="0" Version="1" AlphaToCoverage="1" ResolutionX="1024" ResolutionY="768" Quality="low" QualityEditor="editor_ps3" Fullscreen="0" Borderless="0" UseD3D11="1" WidescreenLetterbox="0" UseWidescreenFOV="1" FOVScaleFactor="0.831614" AspectRatio="2" VSync="0" VSyncWindow="0" RefreshRate="60" DisableLoadingMip0="1" GPUMaxBufferedFrames="1" ShowFPS="1" Brightness="0.9604" Contrast="1" CalibrationScreensShown="0" GammaRamp="1" AllowAsynchShaderLoading="1" SafeFrameAreaWidth="0.85" SafeFrameAreaHeight="0.85">
    <CustomQuality>
    <quality ResolutionX="1024" ResolutionY="768" OtherQuality="low" EnvironmentQuality="low" AntiPortalQuality="default" PortalQuality="default" PostFxQuality="low" TextureQuality="low" WaterQuality="low" DepthPassQuality="low" VegetationQuality="low" TerrainQuality="low" GeometryQuality="low" LightingQuality="high" ShadowQuality="softshadow" ShadowCinematicQuality="low" EditorQuality="default" Hdr="1" HdrFP32="0" ReflectionHdr="1" EnableVertexBinding="1" id="custom" />
    </CustomQuality>
    </RenderProfile>
    <NetworkProfile VoiceChatEnabled="1" CustomMapMaxUploadRateInBitsOnline="10240000" OnlineEnginePort="9000" OnlineServicePort="9001" FileTransferHostPort="9002" FileTransferClientPort="9003" LanHostBroadcastPort="9004" LanClientBroadcastPort="9005" ScanFreePorts="1" ScanPortRange="1000" ScanPortStart="9000" SessionProvider="" MaxUploadInbpsOnline="10240000">
    <Accounts />
    </NetworkProfile>
    <GameProfile />
    <RealTreeProfile Quality="Ultra" />
    <EngineProfile>
    <PhysicConfig QualitySetting="VeryHigh" />
    <QcConfig GatherFPS="1" GatherAICnt="1" GatherDialogs="0" IsQcTester="0" />
    <InputConfig />
    <ZoneConfig />
    </EngineProfile>
    </GamerProfile>


    it will set the game to barebone minimum. if this doesnt help you have something blocking the game, but its what i had to do on Windows 8.1
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  3. #3
    Check out the link in the signature.
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