Doppelganger mission crash

[Avatar1971]

My game crashes on Doppelganger every single time I get to the recruit, screen goes black I hear his body getting dumped in the water then the game just locks up and never gets off the black screen. I would like to finish this game and have searched the net but no one has come up with a way to fix this glitch that I could find that works. I have had zero problems with glitches or bugs until this stupid mission, now I'm stuck and can not complete the darn game. The only "fix" that some people claim works I already tried, like using the lowest settings and switching to DX9 from DX11. None of that BS works and from all the posts I found on the net this is a very common problem and changing the setting didn't work for any of them either.

If anyone knows a fix for the black screen crash when you get to the recruit on the boat, it would be great. As a last resort if anyone has a game save right after that mission that would work I guess. I would rather do it myself but I also want to finish the darn game I bought. If there is a mod or cheat I can use to force the mission to complete I am willing to use that too.

[Avatar1971]

Anyone have any ideas?

[ARMARTIN77]

i have the same problem and i need help aswell so can somone plz help us thxs

[ARMARTIN77]

Does anyone know how to fix this bug?

[-=SOF=-WID99]

verify your game files yet ?.. never had that crash here on 5 different systems

[ARMARTIN77]

i have tried that but then my save doesnt work because of a mod that lets me go to the seccond iland when ever. when i tey to lunch my save whithout the mod it just crashs the game. i will try to disayble the mod now and see if it will work. :D

[Avatar1971]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

verify your game files yet ?.. never had that crash here on 5 different systems

Yes I did that and even reinstalled the game and am not using any mods but I still have the problem even after all this time. I even started a new game and it crashed at the same point as last time.

[fã numero 1 de camel amarelo]

I found a solution, I don't know if it will work but it worked for me, go to the file called GamerProfile.xml in documents, My Games, Far Cry 3 and find in this file '' Fullscreen '' and '' Borderless '', leave Fullscreen in '' 0 '' and Borderless at '' 1 '', this solved the black screen in this mission

[Avatar1971]

Originally posted by zero swag:

I found a solution, I don't know if it will work but it worked for me, go to the file called GamerProfile.xml in documents, My Games, Far Cry 3 and find in this file '' Fullscreen '' and '' Borderless '', leave Fullscreen in '' 0 '' and Borderless at '' 1 '', this solved the black screen in this mission

Thanks I'll give it a try, if it works I'll post it in here.

[tiger199835]

I encountered this issue too. No solution offered online works.

Changed to DirectX 9, didn't work. DirectX 9 + all graphics settings low, didn't work. DirectX 9 + all low + low resolution + windowed or borderless + FPS cap, didn't work. Abandoned the mission then changed all equipped weapons to the most basic ones, didn't work.

The only thing worked for me was to delete my savegame completely, then start a new game. I also removed a mod I was using, called the easy start mod that unlocks all weapons, skills, crafting recipes from the start, idk if that's what fixed it. Anyway, a fresh new save without that mod allowed me to beat the doppelganger mission without crash.

This seems to be entirely luck based. When playing this mission, anyone has an approximately 1% chance of encountering this bug, some mods like the one I mentioned may increase this chance. It is also tied to your savefile so once it happens, your savegame is just screwed, you have to start a fresh new game and prey that it doesn't happen again.

[76561198868205544]

Originally posted by tiger199835:

I encountered this issue too. No solution offered online works.

Changed to DirectX 9, didn't work. DirectX 9 + all graphics settings low, didn't work. DirectX 9 + all low + low resolution + windowed or borderless + FPS cap, didn't work. Abandoned the mission then changed all equipped weapons to the most basic ones, didn't work.

The only thing worked for me was to delete my savegame completely, then start a new game. I also removed a mod I was using, called the easy start mod that unlocks all weapons, skills, crafting recipes from the start, idk if that's what fixed it. Anyway, a fresh new save without that mod allowed me to beat the doppelganger mission without crash.

This seems to be entirely luck based. When playing this mission, anyone has an approximately 1% chance of encountering this bug, some mods like the one I mentioned may increase this chance. It is also tied to your savefile so once it happens, your savegame is just screwed, you have to start a fresh new game and prey that it doesn't happen again.

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