FC3 Crashing/Hanging/Freezing -> Solutions Read here!!!

[EternalCore]

Note: Windows 10 is an upgrade of Windows 7, So all solutions should still work!!!

To get help and solutions go here: http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/739489-PC-Win7-8-vista-Solutions-gt-Far-Cry3-Has-Stopped-Responding

*** If you have a question or need help to get this game working then post a reply to this thread! Please do NOT add me as a friend on Steam; Because it would just fill up my friends list with people who need help for something minor; like asking a question or fixing a game... Thanks -EternalCore ***

UPDATED - 01/05/13: Added Solution 7 for Blank "GamerProfile.xml" Config file & improper resolution startup.

UPDATED - 01/09/13: Added a list of known Overlay/hook programs that Interfere with Far Cry 3 to Solution 4. Also Updated Solution 5 with knowledge of Overlay/Hook Programs Causing the error "Exception Code: c0000005".

-Enjoy

[frostie]

regarding far cry 3" what do you mean laptops are not supported i have played the game for 10 hours what do you think i have been doing looking at a black screen my notebook is a acer E1-571 i5-3210m HD4000 intergrated graphics chipset 8gb ram
and my computers performance is
processor - 7.1
memory (ram) 7.5
graphics - 5.9
gaming graphics - 6.5
primary hard disks - 5.9
BASE SCORE - 5.9
i can even play metro last light 7 hours played my notebook struggles but is still playable, but i have no problem playing far cry 3 it plays better than my xbox 360, and i do not use any game boosters, what can i say i have over 200 games and each and every one has started first time with no errors or crashes, only last light has some slowdown and some black patchy things on the screen

[Hy'Wretch]

"The instruction at 0x102b5549 referenced memory at 0x4b204b85. The memory could not be read." I continue to get this message every time i try to play this game. I just bought it and downloaded it. I have it on an external hard drive i don't think that's a problem. I have tried the compatability mode with no affect. I am at a total loss as to what to do so every bit of help would be greatly appreciated.

[EternalCore]

Originally posted by DaMaster:

"The instruction at 0x102b5549 referenced memory at 0x4b204b85. The memory could not be read." I continue to get this message every time i try to play this game. I just bought it and downloaded it. I have it on an external hard drive i don't think that's a problem. I have tried the compatability mode with no affect. I am at a total loss as to what to do so every bit of help would be greatly appreciated.

Install it on an "Internal" Harddrive, then play it!

[frostie]

Install it on an "Internal" Harddrive, then play it! "your so funny why say a stupid thing like that" i store all my games on a 2tb external HDD and all my games including far cry 3 play with no problems

Windows Memory Could Not Be Read Error is caused by misconfigured system files.

If you got Memory Could Not Be Read then there is a 96% chance that your computer has registry problems.
This error should be fixed immediately to prevent further damage to the Windows system.

uninstall the game and re-install try ccleaner its free

[Make_noob]

Finally got it working! FarCry3 and Blood Dragon run perfectly as long as you intstall them to C: drive (or the one where your windows is installed)

[Salzza]

I've had the problem that my game crashed / freezed / blackscreened during the initial video sequence when Vaas was talking to Jason and Grant inside the cage. I followed every tip in the forums which told me to reinstall every visual c++ / directx / driver and stuff and it didn't help. The solution that worked for me was turning off my graphics card overclocking (using 2x 7950 overclocked as 7970) to stock values.

I'm sure that some of you will have the same issue.

[Petros™]

good game

[DesOLatE]

works great, i love it!

[angry molesting tree]

WOW 7 different problems, who could be bothered

[frostie]

why do people overclock if it causes all kinds of problems

[AverageJoe]

Thanks for this.

[breadman86]

So I'm really not sure which of these solutions I should try to fix my problem, as my problem doesn't seem to be any of the ones described above.

I've played 20+ hours without any issues. When playing, on one particular section of the map, my game always crashes. I avoided that section successfully until one mission which brough me right through it (forgot the name, the one where you have to keep a guy from dying by sniping a bunch of dudes while he runs away). I always get a black screen crash "Far Cry 3 Has Stopped Responding" crash. I ONLY get this crash on this area of the map and on this mission (or the White Tapir mission which is right by the same place).

I've ruled out "Cause 2" and "Cause 4" and I believe I've ruled out "Cause 1." I've tried to solve the Cause 3 with Microsoft runtime stuff but I'm running Windows 8.1 and those files won't install on my computer. I haven't attempted "Cause 5" and "Cause 6" solutions because those causes described don't seem to relate to what my problem is. My game always starts up and my crash is never that error, it's always just "Far Cry 3 Has Stopped Responding." I also don't have a blank gamer file so I don't think that's the issue.

As I've said, I've played 20 hours no problem and it's only this one part of the game that is screwing up so far. It's an incredible game otherwise but I literally can't even progress anymore.

I did notice that on Steam, where I bought it, when I authenticate the game cache, it continuously re-downloads one 0byte file. I check the cache, it downloads it. I check the cache again and it downloads it again. I dont' think this file is sticking around and I can't seem to solve that. I've completely uninstalled the game once already and re-downloaded it from nothing and that didn't solve the issue. I'm wondering if that one 0byte file is the issue. Who knows.

I've also contacted Ubisoft and they refuse to help me. They keep replying that "Windows emulation isn't supported" because they see I'm playing the game on Bootcamp. Bootcamp isn't "Windows Emulation." It's literally dual booting the computer. My computer can more than handle Far Cry 3 and as I've said 2 times now, I've played for 20 hours no problem, but they refuse to talk to me anymore about it because they claim dual booting is the same as emulating windows which isn't supported.

Anyone have any thoughts or a solution, or what I should try next? Pretty desperate for help. I love the game and really want to keep playing it.

[(-n00b-)Bushhogg]

Okay im not doing all this damn work, STEAM GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK and tell UBISOFT to fix their own F'n Game im not a programmer, coder, or any other sort of employee for UBISOFT!!!! please refund my money so i can buy a game that works i dont have time for this crap.

[K i l l J o y]

well i got my game to work ty .D

[Cozdatel]

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