Stuck at Intro Scene

[RedRainn]

I cannot get past the intro, immediately after the title, which comes after the very cutscene with the helicopter. The exact part where I'm stuck is when you have a bag over your head and can't see much. At this point, I get maybe 2 or 3 still images, extremely dark (I couldn't have guessed what it was without looking it up on YouTube).

It isn't a core issue or anything technical like that because I am able to play the game in multiplayer. I've looked around but I can't find anything to solve this problem.

I have now wasted close to 5 hours over this complication and the next thing I'll do, if nothing else works, is uninstall Far Cry 4, get another game, and never buy from Ubisoft ever again.

Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.

[RedRainn]

I can hear ambient sounds, but visually, it's either complete darkness, or stuck muddy images I mentioned before. It's as if the soundtrack is moving on while the visuals are on a complete standstill. There is absolutely nothing I can do from this point on, and even getting out of it is complicated: alt+tab doesn't work quickly, when it works at all and ctrl+altgr+del works just as badly. It takes anywhere from 10 minutes to more simply to close the program. Last time, I had to shut my computer down because I just couldn't get out of the game.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

please do the following

up top in steam look for the help section

clik on that

then clik system information

let that load , only take a few seconds

once that loads with your system information

right clik on that

select all

then right clik agian select copy

then when you post back

right clik and select paste on your reply

[RedRainn]

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x1a
CPU Stepping: 0x5
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2673 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Windows 7 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
DirectX Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
Driver Date: 5 Feb 2015
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0xe24
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 26.65" x 15.00" (30.55" diag)
67.7cm x 38.1cm (77.6cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (2- High Definition Au

Memory:
RAM: 3062 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 953866 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 147952 Mb
OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970
Game Controller: None detected


I didn't know this was an option on Steam... Will be very useful, thanks for that!

[RedRainn]

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 953866 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 147952 Mb
OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970
Game Controller: None detected

> OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970

How is this even possible?

[-=SOF=-WID99]

sorry the game will not work your under the minimum system requirement for memory

the game needs 4 gig its not gonna work till you upgrade

you have ..

Memory:
RAM: 3062 Mb

Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 <---*note* both are Quad core CPU's
Memory: 4 GB RAM < --------------------------------you need more ram
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller.

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.

Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

Originally posted by RedRainn:

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 953866 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 147952 Mb
OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970
Game Controller: None detected

> OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970

How is this even possible?

generic windows install date is often set to that

[RedRainn]

Then how come the game works in multiplayer?

[-=SOF=-WID99]

also once you do get enough ram the game is not gonna run very well on a GTX 460 its the minimum supported video card low to medium settings at best ..

[-=SOF=-WID99]

Originally posted by RedRainn:

Then how come the game works in multiplayer?

multiplayer takes less memory i guess due to the smaller map size and less has to load into system memory

again minimum system requirements are 4 gig of memory

you should read these before you buy or install software
system requirements are located on the store page before you buy ..

you need to make sure your PC meets or exceeds them before you clik buy ..

[RedRainn]

Some people have managed to get the game running with less than the minimum requirements; I am not convinced that the problem is with my computer. Generally, when you run a game that's too much for your machine, it's just unplayably slow, but it's not stuck. Here, the cutscene just won't happen, and I have heard of many others with much stronger computers who had similar problems.

I appreciate your help and thank you for it, though.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

ok well good luck! ..its not gonna work and system memory is not that expensive of an upgrade it will help your PC run other games and applications better too as well as windows itself

you can try to convince yourself other wise .. but seriously you need more then 3 gig of memory for Far Cry 4 to work

[RedRainn]

So I should get RAM?

[-=SOF=-WID99]

yes i use 8 gig of ram in all of my machines .. hell i have 16 gig in my laptop

good rule of thumb max out your system ram if ya can ..your machine will perform better

[RedRainn]

I need a new computer anyway. Depending on how much RAM is and how much more I can shove in my computer, I'll either get more memory or wait and get a whole new machine.

I bought Bulletstorm in the meantime. Can't go wrong with Polish FPS games. First time I get a game I can't play, I'm very surprised.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

not surprised at all FC4 will not run with 3 gig of ram .. its a pretty demanding game and like i said that GTX 460 you have in there is ok .. but not for high res gameing maybe 1280 x 720 at best with medium settings ..its a pretty old GPU

newer games will perform better with newer GPU"s .. i use a GTX 960 just got it a few months ago ..-plays FC4 in ultra settings @ 1920 X 1080